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V-Kr Sheep Pasture.
As a teenirtx proposition there
none that gives j. profits, consid
ering the amount capital invest51'
thun fattening sheefp, the corn'1611
where rape has been sotd at the last
cultivation of the corn. The s,heep
may be bought early, and pastured or
fed earlier soiling crops Until iVe- rape
is tit for them to be turned Jnto the
cornfield. The Dwarf Essex, rape is
the variety best adapted for sheep pas
ture. About five or six pounds of seed
will afford an excellent stand. If sowed
broadcast after the final cultivation of
the corn crop, providing that the con
ditions are favorable for an early ger
mination of the seed.
Practically no damage will result to
the corn crop ; the sheep will con
sume a large percentage of the lower
leaves and lodged stalks. Old breed-
ing ewes that have passed their ma
ternity . usefulness, can always be '
bought at prices which make them j
profitable to turn into a rape and corn- j
field. Yearling wethers may be fat- j
tened in the same way. No grain foods i
will be required. Rape alone will pro- j
duce enough increase to insure a good '
profit. By growing rape with the corn j
crop, and pasturing it with sheep, an .
intelligent fbjck owner may greatly j
increase his income from his corn i
crops, I
RING WORM IS EASILY CURED
University E
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(By M. H. REYNOLDS, University Farm.
St. Paul.)
King worm appears most commonly
la cattle as a round, slightly raised,
bald patch, being seen especially about
the head and neck of a calf or year
ling. Older cattle, other animals and
men are subject to the trouble. It is
caused by minute vegetable parasites
which grow under the skin, something
like mildew in a grape leaf.
, King worm can be rather easily
cored by giving the spots a good
scrubbing with soft soap and water,
then treating them once each day with
equal parts of tincture of iodine and
glacial acetic acid. The treatment
may be continued for several days,
as appears necessary.
WEANING COLTS IS SIMPLE
Ordinary Youngster Should Be Taken
From Its Mother When From Four
to Six Months Old.
The ordinary colt is best weaned
from its mother at from four to six
months of age. If the mare has
been re-bred or is kept at constant
hard work, four months is none too
soon, otherwise, six months. If prop
erly handled, we:wiing is a simple mar
ter. Before weaning, the colt should
jbe gradually accustomed to a rather
jfull hay and grain ration, so that when
jflnal separation comes there will be no
setback. And the separation must be
Splendid Mare and Foal.
omplete, the foal and Its dam not be
ng permitted to see or smell each oth
r for some weeks.
Good clean oats form the best of all
pains for the weaning foal, but in
.rder to build up bodily fat which
he colt needs in cold weather, one
ourth of the grain ration in the fall
md winter may consist of ground corn.
Uso, several small handfuls of oil
ueal may be added with good results,
jet the colt have plenty of good clean
ulxed hay, plenty of good water and a
llean bed.
(EEP SWINE IN CLEAN PENS
bholera Germs and Vermin Flourish
Most in Hot Weather Avoid
Trouble by Cleaning.
Lice and cholera germs flourish
lost In hot weather, and both by a
ttle work may be prevented. Itun
ing for remedies and cleaning up
hen a flock is down with contagious
"isease is certainly a ridiculous and
Vultless proceeding and exhibition of
sow not to do It. '
SIXTURE FOR HOG PASTURES
;our Pecks of Oats and Four Pounds
of Rape to Acre Will Furnish
Ample Supply of Grass.
For hog pasture sow on each acre a
ixture of four pcks of oats and four
Vjnda of rape. Broadcast or drill.
;e mixture U ordinarily ready for
iture about eight weeks after seed-
Steer Infested
By CARL VROOMAN,
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
Two hundred and fifty-three thou
sand square miles Is obviously a lot of
territory. Anybody can see that, by
just looking at the figures, but nobody
can realize just how big such a stretch
of country may be till he has had
something to do with ousting from
such an area a sit-haek-and-hold-tlght
citizen like the cattle tick. The folks
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Dipping Infested Cattle.
in the department of agriculture who
have eradicated the aforesaid tick
from that much territory to be pre
cise, 253.1G3 square miles have a very
full realization of Its extent. Other
people can only make a stab at realiz
ing how big it is, through some such
comparisons as these:
It is nearly as big as Texas.
It is more than four times as big as
England.
It is 15 times as big as Switzerland.
It is bigger than the whole German
empire In Europe, with Denmark, Bel-
TOMATOES FOR NORTH
Florida and Texas Lead in Pro
duction of Crop.
Convenience, Care and Judgment
Should Enter Into Preparation of
Product for Market Exclude
All Leaky Fruit.
(By L. C. CORBETT.)
Commercial tomato growing in the
southern states Is almost exclusively
confined to the production of tomatoes
at a ..season when they cannot be
grown In the North except In green
houses. On this account the commer
cial production of this crop is restrict-1
ed to areas where there Is very little, I
if any, freezing during the winter
months. B'lorlda and Texas lead in I
the production of this crop. I
Where tomatoes are extensively
grown for shipment to the North, con
venience, care and, judgment should
enter Into the preparation of the prod
uct for the market. It is always ad
visable and usually necessary to assort
and grade the fruits as they come
from the field before placing them In
the shipping boxes. If this work can
be done in a shed located on the rail
way over which the fruits are to be
transported, so much the better, but
If It is necessary to haul the tomatoes
some distance for shipment then the
packing shed should be located at the
most convenient and accessible point
for both harvesting and shipping. The
same precautions In handling the
fruits should bp observed in (he South
as in the North.
The fruits as they come from the
vines should pass the scrutiny of ex
perienced sorters and graders so that
tomatoes of a certain size and degree
of ripeness will reach the same ship
ping case. All leaky fruits should be
excluded, and the stems, if any are
found attached to the fruits, should
be removed. Experience has shown
that fruits are less likely to be broken
and leaky upon arrival at their des
tination if all stems are removed than
when this feature in aeglected.
The individual fruits are wrapped
In a soft brown or white tea paper
and packed In tv-layer boxes or in
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With Ticks.
glum and Holland all thrown in.
Scope of Work!.
These figures give some faint Idea
of the scope of the work of the depart
ment of agriculture In its campaign
against this scourge of the live stock
industry In the South. To get a full
realization of the magnitude of this
work, however, one must know how dif
ficult It has been to push the fight in
the face of popular opposition based
on a widespread belief that the ar
senical bath was poisonous to cattle
and caused niilk cows to go dry must
know that It usually takes two or
three yenrs of preliminary demonstra
tion work to persuade a county to
vote for tick eradication, and that oc
casionally dipping vats are blown up
with dynamite by overenthusiastic op
ponents of such new-fangled contrap
tions. Now, however, the department seems
to have the campaign well in hand,
and the work of clearing territory is
going forward smoothly. Over a third
of the territory originally quarantined
has already been released and popular
sentiment Is trending strongly in favor
of pushing the fight.
The department will demonstrate
the use of the dipping vat anywhere,
if there seems to be sufficient local In
terest to encourage the experiment,
but it will not begin systematic work
at eradication in a quarantined area
until the county has, by a special ref
erendum election, voted In favor of
such a campaign.
Dipping Demonstrations.
The dipping demonstrations often
partake of the nature of a barbecue or
picnic. Everybody goes, the skeptical
as we', as the hopeful, and the ad
dresses of the demonstrators are usual
ly delivered before large audiences. .
After the dipping, the steers and
cows that have been through the ar
senical ordeal are put on public ex
hibition for several days, in order that
the fearful may be convinced that the
animals suffer no harm from the bath.
As a result of a few practical dem
onstrations of this nature the county
generally votes wet as regards the ar
senical bath sometimes by a major
ity aS large as ten to one.
a six-basket peach carrier. Fruits
packed in- this way and shipped by
express are successfully carried from
Miami, Fla., to New York, and from
Corpus Chrlsti, Tex., to Chicago.
For the long shipments which are
necessary in order to place the Florida
and Texas grown tomatoes in the
markets, the fruits are picked as soon
as they have reached full development
and show the slightest change in color.
The stage of ripeness at which fruits
should be picked and shipped should
be regulated by the season as well as
by the demands of the market for
which they are intended. During
cool weather the fruit should be riper
when gathered than during the warm
season. The most distant shipments
should be filled from the least ad
vanced fruits. These features would
appear to be self-evident, but they
are worthy of enumeration, for they
are important factors in gaining the
highest success. '
STARVING ROOTS OF WEEDS
If Foliage of Plant Is Constantly De
stroyed Death Is Only Mere Mat
ter of Time.
Perennial weeds of all kinds must
be cut repeatedly to starve out the
underground roots or stems. If the
foliage of the plant Is constantly de
stroyed, the death of the plant Is only
a matter of time and will be caused
directly by root starvation.
Any breaking or cultivation of the
soil in which these plants grow only
serves the purpose of scattering them
unless that cultivation is persistent
enough to keep down all growth of
foliage.
SOME WEEDS SERIOUS PESTS
Rotation of Crops Is Most Effective
Means of Eradication Plow
Up All Thistles.
The fact that certain weeds are gen
erally found as serious pests with cer
tain cultivated crops an dare not gen
erally serious pests with others sug
gests the most Important of all ways
of combating the weeds, viz., by the
rotation of farm crops.
If the thistles and mullens overrun
the pastures, plow thera lip and sow
corn.
UNIFORM COLOR IS DESIRED
Coloring Should Be Added Just Before
Churning Begins Overchurning
Is Undesirable.
A uniform cdlor in the butter from
one season to the other is desirable,
hence during ;the winter when the
cows are getUiig dry feed a little col
oring should -be added. Too much col
oring, however, is very undesirable.
When coloring is used it should be
added just before the churning begins.
Stopping the churn at the proper
time ha'i much to do with the quality
of tle butter. It should be stopped
when the butter Is In the form of
granules about the size of a kernel of
whiat or a trifle larger. When the
butter Is churned to too small gran
ules many of them will go through the
buttermilk strainer and will cause
more or less loss. Overchurning is un
desirable because the butter will retain
considerable buttermilk, which Is diffi
cult to remove and which also tends to
cause the butter to deteriorate faster.
As soon as the churning has been com
pleted, the buttermilk should be drawn
off. '
BLACKLEG IS TO BE AVOIDED
Infectious Disease Usually Attacks
Cattle Between Ages of Six
Months and Two Years.
The infectious disease known as
blackleg usually affects cattle between
the ages of six months and two and
one-half years. It gains entrance to
the tissues through small wounds on
the skin.
A swelling occurs beneath the skin
on the hindquarters, the shoulder, or
the lower portion of the neck. If the
hand is passed over this swelling ' It
crackles, and if cut into, a yellowish,
bloody fluid flows out. The carcasses
of dead animals should be buried or
burned and the spots where they died
should be disinfected.
The healthy cattle should be re
moved from infected pastures and all
susceptible cattle should be vaccinated.
WELL-SELECTED DAIRY HERD
Hoisteins Have Distinct Lead at Pres
ent Time, Both In Popular Fa
vor and Records.
When it comes to dairy performance,
the farmer who will give careful shel
ter, feed and treatment to a really well
selected herd of Hoisteins, Ayrshires,
Guernseys or Jerseys will find them all
good; but if he is going to give bad
treatment to his cattle, a common
"rustler," with no special recommenda-
X.
'In t)
Splendid Type of Holstein Cow.
tion at all except the agility to put up
with hardship may be as profitable.
No farmer can ba absolutely assured
of having a good producing herd simply
by selecting a breed. If he tests his
cows, and weeds out and breeds up, he
can establish a. good herd of any of the
good breeds.
It is only air to add, however, that
both Id popular Tavor a'id milk and
butterfat records, :he Ho' steins have a
distinct lead at the pre? jnt time.
WOODEN WORKER FOR BUTTER
Fork, Made Big and Strong Enough to
Bear Strain, Is of Great Help
in Mixing Salt
Sometimes butter is mottled and un
even in coloring because of the salt
not being evenly and uniformly mixed
and dissolved. A wooden butter fork,
made big and strong enough to bear
considerable strains will be a valuable
Wooden Butter Worker.
help in mixing the salt. It may also
be used for taking the butter out of
the churn and in working the water
out of the butter. Where a big churn
is used the fork will be very conveni
ent. FREQUENT FEEDING OF CALF
Stomach Is Quite Small and Will Not
Hold Large Quantity of Milk
at One Time.
The stomach of the calf is small
and will not hold a large quantity of
milk at one time. This makes it nec
essary to feed it as often as practica
ble. Overfeeding will cause Indlge
tion and may result In the de&& of
tl calf.
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lust Once! Try "Dodson's Liver Tone" When Bilious, Consti
pated, Headachy Don't Lose a Day's Work.
Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
fine and cheerful; make your work a
pleasure; be vigorous and full of am
bition. But take no nasty, danger
ous calomel, because It makes you
sick and you may lose a day's work.
Calomel is mercury or quicksilver,
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel crashes Into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That's
when you feel that awful nausea and
cramping.
Listen to ma! If you want to enjoy
the nicest, gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced Just
take a spoonful of harmless Dodson's
Liver Tone. " Your druggist or dealer
sells you a 50 cent bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone under my personal money-
Gratitude.
"I say," the visitor told the police
sergeant, "my neighbor had all his
chickens stolen last night."
"How many?"
"Oh, I don't know I"
"You want to make a report of these
chickens being stolen?"
"No; I'll let him do that."
"Well" (impatiently) "what do you
want?"
"Why, I just wanted to ask you, if
the police catch that chicken-thief, to
give him my Vhanks!"
BABY'S ITCHING SKIN
Quickly Soothed and Healed by
Cuticura. Trial Free.
Bathe with hot water and Cuticura
Soap. If there is any irritation anoint
gently with Cuticura Ointment on end
of finger. Refreshing slumber for rest
less, fretful babies usually follows the
use of these super-creamy emollients.
They are a boon to tired mothers.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv.
Vhen Hogan Telephoned.
Hogau, the elder, was doing useful
work In the stables, since most of the
younger men In the nearby little mar
ket town had enlisted.
One day he was sent by his employer
to telephone to a dealer for various
loads of hay, straw and oats. After
many struggles with that terrible in
strument which is supposed to save
time, he got into communication with
the dealers at last.
"I say, we're waitin' fer that last
order fer hay, straw and oats.' We
want it at once. Hay, straw and
oats."
Back came the answer:
"Very good. But who's It for?"
"Arr, now. Would ye try to be
funny with an ould man what's doing
his bit? It's fer the horses av
coorse." London Mail.
important to Motnera
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that It
Rcora th
Signature of O&stsffl&ZZjfef
In Use for Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
WHEN FOES MEET IN AIR
German Lieutenant Tils of Engage
ment in Which French Aviators
Lost Their Lives.
"One afternoon a French flyer ap
peared," says a German lieutenant.
"It circled over Douauraont and then
rose high above the clouds. For a long
time it seemed to be just hanging in
the air. And then from our side there
arose a buzzing, a fierce, sharp buz
zing, and It "made straight like a bee
line for the little French flyer. It
went through the clouds and disap
peared. Nothing could be seen. The
clouds covered all. , Five minutes of
suspense passed, and then a shot, and
after that a roaring. We waited
breathlessly, and then two little black
spots were seen breaking through the
clouds. Tiny little spots, and these
spots were the two French aviators.
They grew bigger as they fell. A mo
ment after the men came the flaming
machine. It came down roaring and
crashing. Its wings were yet on fire,
and the red, white and blue of the
tricolors looked like a revolving
American barber pole. . Everything
crushed to the earth,' a hopeless, man
gled mass. Again a spot broke through
the clouds. It came swift and straight,
without any spectacular showing. It
was Boelke returning home."
Effective.
."I was awakened last night by a
peculiar rapping sound, and when I
went downstairs I found a burglar
about to walk off with my silver."
"What was the rapping sound that
aroused you?"
"My watchdog was lying under the
dining room table, wagging his tail at
the burglar."
Two-third of the world's corre
ipoifcdoc if la the English language-
back guarantee that each spoonful
will clean your sluggish liver better
than a dose of nasty calomel and that
it won't make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know it next morn
ing, because you will wake up feel
ing fine, your liver will be working,
your headache and dizziness gone,
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular.
Dodson's Liver Tone is eotlrdry...
vegetable, therefore harmless and
cannot salivate. Give it to your chil
dren. Millions of people are using
Dodson's Liver Tone instead of dan
gerous calomel now. Your druggist
will tell you that the sale of calomel
Is almost stopped entirely here. Adr.
Sold for 47 years. For
Malaria, Chills & Fever.
Also a Fine General
Strengthening Tonic
60c and $1.00 at all
Druf Stores.
SUPPLY OF SEALS ASSURED
Action by United States, It Is Be
lieved, Has Done Away With All
Danger of Their Extinction.
For the first time in the history of
the United States Ihls country is han
dling its own sealskins, a condition
that should have been brought about
long ago, but was not, largely owing
to trade secrets connected with the
dressing and dyeing of the furs, which
were possessed exclusively In Eng
land. Seal furs are used more extensively
In America than In any other country
on the globe and the United States
government has done more to prevent
seals from becoming extinct than all
the other nations put together. It is
due entirely to our Initiative that
there is now a growing supply of
seals from which to draw.
The total number In the Alaskan
herd is now estimated at 300,000, and
it is believed that 100,000 will be
added this summer, after which, un
der moderate regulation, there will
be little danger of extinction, such as
faced the fur-bearing seals only a few
years ago.
HAD GRAND DAY'S SHOOTING
Amateur Sportsman Thoroughly En
Joyed Himself Until Unfortunately
. His Supplies Gave Out.
"Awfully sorry, old chap," said the
host, greeting his guest, who had ar
rived for a week-end with the guns,
"but I shan't he able to come out to
day! However, a sportsman like you'll
he able to get on by yourself. 'Ere's
a gun, and 'ere's a bag o'. ferrets. Keep
well In the wood, and you ought to
'ave plenty of. sport."
So away went the cockney sports
man, gloriously arrayed in glaring leg
gings, deer-stsilker and Norfolk jacket.
At about umpty-um p. m. the mighty
hunter returned.
"Well, 'ow'd you get on, ole chap?"
asked his host.
"Oh, grand ! Capital sport ! Got
any more?"
"Any more what?"
"Why, any more of those squirrel
things you gave me In that bag. I've
shot that lot !" London Tit-Bits.
Japanese are said to have invented
matches that will light perfectly even
when wet.
Gets Attention
First, because of its
wonderfully (delicious
flavor
Then again, be
cause it is ready to
eat fresh and crisp "
from the package.
But the big "get at
tention" quality is its
abundance of well
balanced, easily di
gestible nourishment.
For sound health,
every table should
have its daily ration
of Grape-Nuts
"There's a Reason"
GrapWNuts
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