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Bellefonte, Pa., January 3, 1913.
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THE JOURNAL OF THE YEAR.
How fair into our hands it came,
Snow white was every separate page,
Whereon each day we were to keep
The record of our pilgrimage.
Our hearts were tender with regrets
Over past failures; eyes were dim
With watching out the dying year;
We sorely grieved to part with him.
And grieved still more because the book
Of life he brought and bore away,
Our hands had blotted carelessly,
And sadly marred from day to day.
And so we took the New Year's book
With naught of boasting, much of prayer,
That, when complete, the Judge might find
A clearer, purer record there.
And yet—and yet—O heedless hearts!
How have your promises been kept?
How many crooked lines were penned,
And errors made while conscience slept?
And now the final page is turned;
And, in the solemn midnight tryst,
This one last line we humbly add:
“Forgive! forget! for sake of Christ!”
THE NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS.
“Am I going to make New Year reso-
lutions? Well, I guess not,” said Leonard
Hamilton, with emphasis, answering his
sister's question from the arm of the big
easy-chair, where he sat swinging his
feet. ‘What's the use? You can't keep
“Yes, but,” said his golden-haired twin
doubtfully, “somehow it always seems
more respectable to make some. Else,
what's New Year's Day good for any way?
Sylvia, tell us honest now, you always
make them, don't you?” Now the twins
had a high opinion of their sister Sylvia,
two years older than themselves;
“Oh, I'm going to keep mine, mother,
| sure,” vowed
| “See here,
must be something easy,” declared Lau-
ra, jealously.
“No, it isn't, honest Laura,” returned
. “It's the very hardest thing I
| could think of.” -
| Such goodness as reigned in the Ham-
| ilton household for two days after that!
‘No one knew exactly what the good res-
| olutions were, but they seemed somehow
| to have oiled the machinery for the en-
| tire family. But on the third day, just
| before Bobby's bed-time, Laura called
i the N. Y. G. R. C. upstairs to hear the
. first confession.
| “Yes, I'm the first one,” announced
| Laura, bravely. “You know I promised
| Aunt Hannah I would dust her bookcase
| and mantle and desk every single morn-
| ing, because she doesn’t like to have Bet-
| ty touch her things, and she knows I'm
| careful. My resolution was that rd
| do it thoroughly every morning. Well,
| yesterday Harriet Morse called for me
before I was through; and so I just blew
off the dust, and wiped round a little.
Then this morning I forgot all about it,
and this noon Miss Lester was there, and
they moved some of the things on the
bookcase, and there were rims of dust
right round them; and so aunt Hannah
io mother that she would rather have
ty
does break one thing in six. So I'm out
added, comfortably. “I tried it, anyhow;
but I knew I co! 't keep it.”
“Never mind,” said Sylvia, consolingly.
temptation; and one meeting served for
practiciog every day, no matter what
ned; and she knew that, if she did,
the half-hour was likely to be an hour
her favorite cousin had stayed over night
| one for practicing before school; and
| when her aunt proposed to take both the
| girls to the matinee in the afternoon, she '
and | :
they liked to do the things she did, pro- was too excited tomake use of the hour
vided the things happened to be some-
Leonard did once, they always liked to
like to do the things Sylvia did.
“No, twinnies,” began Sylvia,
elder sisterly manner.
in her |
I may as well jo oq her practicing, but broken her
| before luncheon or the half-hour after,
thing they liked to do, or, to put it as | and, when the matinee was over, she did
not feel like going to the piano, and after
| dinner she was too tired. So it was not
she remembered she had not only neg-
tell you frankly that I have almost re-| Now Year resolution as well.
solved not to make any resolutions. I've
made them for years and years and years,
and they simply will not stay BE »
"0, sister Sylvia,” began Bobby, re-
Rroacntuly, in attempted protest; but
ylvia was warming up to her subject,
and went on eloquently without heeding.
Bobby was the youngest of the family,
and was used to listening, when he wish-
ed to talk himself.
“No, sir; it's no use. Didn't I make a
string last year as long as your arm, and
how did they work? Now listen! My first
was a desperate resolve not to slam the
doors. While I was writing the second
resolution Aunt Hannah's door—of all
the doors in the house. Aunt Hannah's,”
—and here Sylvia was truly impressive,—
“went slam-bang behind me, actually be-
fore the ink was dry. Then my second
resolve was not to speak cross to Aunt
Hannah, no matter what she might say;
but, when she said that slamming doors
must run in mother's family, because she
was sure that none of father’s relatives
ever had that lamentable failing, I was so
mad I cried, and told her father wouldn’t
say such things about mother's family,
no matter what they did, and that I never
heard mother slam a door in her life. So
Jou see, | smashed the second resolution
fore I had finished writing it.”
Leonard laughed at the remembrance
in spite of Sylvia's seriousness and rue-
ful tones. “Go on; tell us about the
others,” he exclaimed joyously.
“Well,” said Sylvia, smiling in spite of
herself. “I decided that I wouldn't count
breaking them until I had them all writ-
ten, to begin fair with. My third one
was not to do anything crazy or unex-
pected in school, to make Miss Long
worried. So the first day after vacation,
in the very first study hour, I opened my
history, and began to dig for all I was
worth. All at once everything seemed
still, somehow; and 1 looked up, and
found everybody in the school was look-
Hg at me, and there I was a.drumming
e Watch on the Rhine’ on my desk,
just as loud as I could, and humming it
to myself. There Miss Long stood, try-
ing to keep the children from laughing.
I thought I'd die of mortification, and I
didn't know whether she thought I did it
let's
on purpose or not.”
aia,
bby, seiz-
“Oh, please, please, sister
make resolutions,” broke in
ing the moment when Sylvia paused for
breath. “I never made any in my life. |
can't remember a single fing” (Bobby
never slighted his th's unless he was a
bit excited). “I did lsst year, and I want
to write them down and everything.”
“So you shall, sweetheart.” replied
Sylvia, kindly. “Perhaps it might go bet-
ter if we didn’t make so many.”
“Let's make one resolution apiece,”
proposed Laura, who also liked to live up
to her holidays, and felt that New Year's
Day would be wasted with no special
observance of its timehonored duty.
“All right,” said Sylvia, briskly. “We'll
each make one, and see who will make
it the longest.”
“Let's make it a gume,’’ amended Leon-
ard. “Let's write down the resolution
and not tell what it is, and give the pa-
pers to mother and have her givea
prize.
This was rather confused, but every-
body understood; and it was agreed that
sach one should write a good resolution,
piace ii in an envelope and seal it, and
then leave it in the care of Mrs. Hamil-
the resolve most faithfully.
n immediately to talk
ear Good Resolution Club, and
choose resolutions he
Spit wake tie one t most needed
ng.
“Be honest now, " warned
Leonard's resolution was truly a need-
| ed one. He had resolved not to lose his |
temper. He did not like to be beaten at
games, he objected to open criticism, and
he hated to be teased. Now, when all
ned to him at once, it was too much.
his friends criticised him, and his op-
threw his resolution to the winds, which
seemed particularly ill-tempered them-
selves that afternoon and he said some
only a few years younger, he would have
liked to stamp and howl. Of course he
was ashamed of himself afterward; and
about it later at the N. Y. G. R. C.
Bobby was left alone in his glory of fi-
have the prize at once. His mother,
however, chose to wait.
“Don’t you see, children,” she said,
“Bobby deserves a better prize if he
keeps his resolution a month, provided it
is really something worth doing, than if
he keeps it only a week?”
“Amonth!” scoffed Leonard. "Nobody
could keep one a whole month.” But she
only smiled and waited.
ly, “Bobby, are you perfectly sure you
haven't broken your resolution yet?"
“Yes, perfickly sure,” was always the
steady, honest answer, which no one could
refuse to accept. When January had giv-
en way to February and February was
just slipping into March, when the chil-
dren had almost forgotten to question
him, Mrs. Hamilton showed them one
day a bright gold dollar, and asked if that
would not be a good prize for the well-
kept resolution.
“Are you sure you haven't broken it
et?” asked Sylvia, Joy again; but
bby was not affended at the question.
“Yes, perfickly sure, and I can keep it
forever and ever and ever.”
“Then tell us what it was, dear,” said
Sylvia again.
“Mather can read it off the paper,” said
that Aunt Hannah had entered the room
and was listening.
So mother took from her pocketbook
the tiny envelope, opened it, and read
from the folded slip the famous resolu-
tion, printed in straight up and down let-
ters—
A NEW YEAR RESOLUTION.
By Robert Hamilton.
I am going to keep on a-trying.
A moment's silence. and then every-
body applauded; wile Bobby with buhay
eeks went on putting together
sected map as tg had nothing to do
er i a all the
“Well, I can keep it year,
how, can't I, father?” said Bob by appeal
ingly.
nS fotioey drew the small boy closer to
her; and Sylvia said: “The gold dollar
is yours all right, but next year the rest
of us will make a resolution we can keep,
n their new when
they like, Sylvia, said Aunt Hannah,very
cheerfully for her. “You might play its
New Year's Day right now.”"—The Chris-
tian Register.
Women Are to Blame
in a great measur. for home unhappiness.
Not always the woman who helps make
home un , but her mother
who lets her daughter assume the obliga
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then, Bobby Hamilton, it
dust her room after this even if she
of it, and I don't much care, either,” she
“Though I wish it had lasted just a little |
Jorger.*
very next day, however, Sylvia
herself and Leonard both fell victims to |
both confessions. Sylvia had resolved
that she would do at least half an hour's |
without any trouble. But the day after
with her was certainly not a favorable |
until she was undressing for bed that
three of these disagreeable things hap- |
e lost the game of hockey for his side, |
ponents criticised him, or he thought they |
did. Mad? Yes, I am afraid he was. He |
very angry words; and, if he had been |
he owned as much frankly when he told |
delity, and Sylvia proposed that he should |
Time went on. Again and again, Syl-
via, Laura or Leonard would say coaxing- |
Bobby, suddenly abashed, when he found
any- |
Greetings of the Nations. | FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN
DAILY THOUGHT.
Every nation has its own peculiar mode
of salutation. In the United States the
characteristic salutation is “Hello.” The
telephone is accused of having fastened
this upon Americans, but in truth the tel-
ephone only adopted a word, already fa-
All Aboard for Happyland.
All aboard for Happyland,
Fast as we can race,
Where everyone is pleasant,
miliar to everybody, says the New York It's a glad and joyous place. i
Sun. : No clouds darken Happvland, !
The Arabs say at meeting. “A fine Place of pure delight,
morning to you!” . : And to this land all may come,
i’ urks say, with dignified gravity. Start today or night.
God grant you His blessings!” One of its ways is to smile.
The Persian greeting is familiar to all No cross word is heard,
the world by his quaintness. “May your Everyone laughs in Happyland
shadow never grow less! i Kindness is its word.
He!
The Egyptian is a practical man.
has to earn his taxes by toil under the
i
| as 0 : | Making the Most of the Window Spac- |
burming sun, and accordingly when he | piers ls something very human
ire?” It is obvious that in low lati- | about the outside of a house. It invites
tudes i i or repels the passer-by and, if you notice, |
he alls well with 3 laborer 50 long this is due in great measure to the ar- |
| good Chinese loves his dinner. | rangement of the windows. Haven't you
“How are you digesting?” he kindly in. S€€0 beetle-browed houses that actually
quires when he meets his friends. frowned upon you as you came up the |
| * The Greeks, who are keen men of bus- walk, while others positively smiled a
iness and close bargainers, ask one anoth- | welcome at you? The architect knows |
er, “How are you getting on.” this and gives much of his study and at-
The national salutation of Naples was tention to the window spaces in this plan. |
formerly “Grow in grace!” At present, | After your architect has provided spa-
in most parts of Italy a phrase equiva- cious, dignified rooms with windows of
lent to “How are you?” is used. | good proportions and trim of suitable de- |
The Spaniards say “How are you pass- sign, care should be taken that the hang- |
| ing it?" ings do nothing to mar the Sense of sym-
“ carry . | metry. here is no single decorative
! ey Branch: How do you your | feature of greater importance to the suc-
| cessful interior than the curtains. Gen-
| erally speaking, a window is made to
| look through, not at, and the hangings
| should be draped to simply soften the’
| cold, hard lines of wood and glass. If,
however, a room happens to look out
upon unsightly scenes, the window should
The German “How goes it?”
The Dutch “How do you travel?”
The Swedes, “How can you?” meaning
“Are you in good vigor?”
The Russians, “Be well.” {
The English Sling Aations, in ik
tion to the telephonic “Hello” say “How ! : ;
are you?” And “How do you do?” | Be en that the
see a8 otter Iathods of gree ting | The key-note for all hangings should
er in yi ng ! g | be simplicity and suitability. There are,
use in Italy and France, but these of course, many ways in which they may
are the principal ones, be hung; but in general, it may be said
| that cumbersome, dust catching, festoon
WHAT You CAN SEND BY PARCELS | drapery has been banished and the lace
PosT.—Postmaster Harry C. Valentine curtain and over-hanging that once
recently received an official zone | SWeP! the floor have disappeared in favor
: i —the sill-length hang-
map of the United States to be used in OF ESE urine es gt 8
computing the rates on matter sent by |
| The selection of materials and the
parcels post, which new law went into | study of the proper methods of hanging
effect on January first. The first zone is |
the curtains is a delightful duty. There
within a circle or radius of fifty miles for |
are quaint, old-fashioned English chintzes
and reproducticns of delightful cretonnes
which the postal rate will be five cents of Colonial days for bedroom use. For
for one pound and three cents for each the Jacond fons Ey Tom: Seve mB
iti ; | wealth of hand bloc inens and ta
| additional pound. There are eight zones, | Fo t Vhich to select. These hand block-
the latter being eighteen hundred miles | ed materials, prints de luxe,are also made
or over, for which the rate is twelve in various effects, especially for dining-
cents for one pound and twelve cents for | Moms. : i Deakiast rooms, ey Ste
i iti . | almost indispen: y -
each additional pound. Postmaster Val | nishings and cushions, they stan 3 alone,
In the selection of fabrics for certain
rooms, apply the laws of reason. Select
rich, quiet materials tor dignified rooms,
less pretentious materials for less pre-
tentious rooms. Let your morning room |
be bright and cheery with a riot of color |
in its chintz hangings, if your taste so |
dictates. Your living-room, where you
spend most of your working hours, should
be subdued, but never gloomy.
library should have nothing to dis-
tract the eye. Figured materials should |
be used in rooms in which you spend the |
least time. Your living-rooms should be
hung with draperies that are plain with a
figured border, if you like to produce a !
quiet, restful effect. Avoid figured hang- |
| entine also received official orders gov-
erning the entire parcels post system.
giving a list of mailable and unmailable
matter, as follows :
No intoxicants of any kind can be sent |
through parcels post, and neither can fire |
arms nor ammunition, matches, explosive
oils, etc., but practically everything else
can. |
| Liquids, oils and pastes can be sent
providing they are securely wrapped in
such manner that should the contents
spill, it will not run out of the package
and damage other mail matter.
All parcels that contain millinery, arti-
cles consisting in whole or in part of
glass, etc, must be marked fragile, and
! every ible care will be taken by the
postoffice employees in handling these
' packages.
| Articles containing foodstuffs of a per-
' ishable nature, such as berries, butter,
| lard, etc., must be marked “perishable,”
and these packages will be transported as
rapidly as possible.
Any farmer residing along a rural
route that extends to Bellefonte, may
| pack butter, eggs, lard, fowls, etc., he
| can pack the articles loosely, but in such
| a manner that they cannot spill out on
| other mail matter, but when the goods
| are to be shipped over a railroad train,
| the articles must be enclosed in a heavy
| wrapper, which must in turn be encased
ings with plain walls.
For the hall, living-room and dining-
room in the small house or cottage, sim-
ple, inexpensive fabrics should be select-
ed.
over-draperies at the windows may be of
printed novelty cloths. The material
the glass of the windows, curtains of
plain or figured net should be used. A
very wide selection is possible in this ma- |
terial. Where there are casement win-
dows, and the English idea in furnishing
is to be carried out, white muslin cur- |
tains, plain or dotted, hung next the glass |
are appropriate. There is a plain, wash- |
{0 Hght | kage of metal, wood or | zple, inexpensive material, which comes |
| “In shipping oe: each egg must be in excellent colors; dull blue, green and |
cafe-au-lait. This is thirty inches wide |
and is known as casement cloth. It may
be used next the glass or as over-drapery.
It is particularly good for simple curtains
and has the advantage of taking stencil
ing well. Special stencil cloths are also
obtainable. :
For the bedrooms of the house, muslin
curtains next the glass with over-draper-
ies above are pleasing. When the side-
walls are plain or covered with a two-
toned, striped paper, figured cretonne cur-
tains look well. Straight hangings are
used now almost exclusively, and it is a
happy style. The curtain ring has been
almost wholly abandoned, and curtains
are run over a rod or pole, giving the ef-
| wrap in cotton, excelsior, or other
| suita le material, and packed in a con-
| tainer, made of double corrugated paste-
board, metal or wood, and so packed that
each egg will stand on end. All such
must be labelled “eggs.”
Meat, fresh and cured, can be trans-
ported, and in fact everything that will
weigh less than eleven pounds, even
down to a hive of bees.
In packing liquids, bottles containing
xr io ts
articles sent ug post
must be sent at the risk of the sender,
unless they are registered. For an ad-
ditional ten cents, an article may be reg-
istered for any amount up to $30.
fect of being thrown over it and hangi
No pack will be sent unless the sn is gg i Bg
name and a of the sender is placed | yp by ri Portieres are made of any
on it. material that is correct to face the adja-
Te cent room. They hang straight, just es-
Look Ahead. cape the floor and are
of the casin
have the colors of one room
It’s only a trifle now, that little touch of DE I af he a
stomach trouble. But look ahead. Every
jacent room or rooms.
dan, disease begins
he agie in 2 Hille, Just When the casement window is used,
begins,
When the curtains si t and are drawn
the first | *1€ ach side of the window. Where
type of window prevails in a room, no
valance need be used.
In valances and over-curtains,
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| stomach a
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' quickest when the disease is taken at the
start.
Take no pill which reduces you to pill
slavery. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets do
Dot Hegel the pil Rabit, They cure con-
stipation, and its almost countless conse-
quences.
~The movement for the erection of
a new glass manufacturing plant in Belle-
fonte is progressing favorably, according
to the men who are actively engaged in
promoting the same. A number of busi-
ness men in Bellefonte have subscribed
for stock in the same, but at that consid-
erable more money is needed for the
erection of the plant. A plant such as is
proposed to erect would give employment
to upwards of one hundred men, and as
most of these would have to be skilled
glass makers, drawing big wages, there
is no doubt but that the plant would be a | | 415g wa
benefit to every business man in the! When the curtains and draperies
town. Just how it would affect each one,
however, is a matter he will have to de-
cide for himself when considering the
proposition of taking stock in the com-
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silk is to cut off a small piece of t
pany, and act accordingly.
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"tern of filet or Colonial net with an edg-
ing. A pair of over-hangings to each
window completes the hangings. If the
top of the window is wide, hang them
straight, without catching them back. A
| valance across the top frequently adds to
the charm. When valances are used, if
the windows are somewhat narrow, catch
! the over-curtain back with bands of the
same material; otherwise, let it hang
| straight.— Pictorial Review
The best and simplest way of jesting
silk
and burn it. If it burns quickly, leaving
a clear, gray ash, the silk is pure; but if
| it smoulders and leaves a heavy reddish-
' brown ash it has been treated withchem-
icals and will not wear well.
When a dark serge suit or dress has
become shiny looking with wear sponge
it with hot vinegar and press it in the
usual way. No odor of vinegar will re-
main, the shine will disappear and the
| articles will be much improved in ap-
pearance. The vinegar will leave no
stain.
The Victorian influence is everywhere,
and a pretty novelty is the Early Victo-
rian sleeve opened almost the whole
length of the outside seam to let in a
wide, soft frill of lace or chiffon. The
frill 1s continued round the wide cuffs,
falling in billowy folds over the wrists
and hands.
There should never be any undue pres-
sure on the throat, especially for full-
blooded persons. Anything that retards
the circulation in the large artery that
carries the blood to the head should be
avoided. Dress the throat loose enough
to allow free movement of the head.
When trimming a hat always put a
piece of muslin round the band under-
neath the ribbon or silk. This saves the
hatpins from breaking the straw.
®
Beef-Juice—Chop and broil slightly
lean meat from the round. Squeeze by
means of small hand-press or lemon-
squeezer into a warm cup. Salt and serve
immediately. One pound of round steak
usually yields from two to three ounces
of juice.
——In the Appelate court in Chicago
recently Harry F. Good, of Lock Haven,
but well known in Bellefonte, won his
case giving him possession of his ten
year old daughter, by his first wife. About
eight years or more ago Mr. and Mrs.
| Good separated and in 1909 the latter got
a divorce and also possession of the child.
Later she was killed in an automoble ac-
| cident at Buffalo, N. Y., and her entire .
estate of five hundred thousand dollars
was left in trust for her daughter. The
child was taken by her grandmother,
Mrs. Mary J. Hoxie, who refused to give
The | her up to her father. Later the father |
kidnapped the child and then brought
legal action to establish his right to keep
in his favor.
A physician always in the house; a
ings with figured walls, and plain hang- physician whose knowledge comprehends |
the whole of medical science experi-
ence from the day of Galen dawn; that is
practically what is offered in Dr. Pierce's
Common Sense Medical Adviser. This
If the wood trim is severely plain, , work containing 1008 pages and over 700 |
illustrations, is sent free, on receipt of
stamps, to pay expense of mailing only.
to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y
Had Another Engagement.
“Now, Willie, promise me you wont
fight any more.”
“Can't you wait till tomorrow,
mother? I've only got one more boy
to lick an’ then I'll be through."—Life.
A Man to Be Avoided.
“Harduppe makes me think of a
busy bee.”
“Industrious, is he?”
“Oh, not in that way—nearly every
one he touches gets stung.”
An Unusual Order.
“Johnnie, do you wish the stork
would bring in something?”
“You bet I do.”
“A brother or a sister?”
“Neither; a ketcher’s mitt.”
The Usual Thing.
“I see where a man in New York is
complaining of beinz railronded to
prison.”
“Why did he =~" ‘hem to (ake
him in an
Intangible Fortunes.
“You say you lost a fortune on Wall
street?”
“Yes,” replied the philosophic per
son. “But it's the same fortune my
broker told me I had made the week
previous, so I don't know that I ought
to feel any different from what I did
before.”
Big Ones.
“How do you make your living, my
lad?”
“Picking up pins, sir.”
“Dear me! What an odd occupa
tion. Where?"
“In a bowling alley, sir.”
Amazing Ignorance,
“Dibble doesn’t seem to know much
about business. matters.”
“No?
“When I told him to look me up in
Bradstreet he asked me what
ber.” '
A Fertlle Field.
“Great Scott, man, I didn’t expect to
run across you in this village! What
is a fellow of your ability doing among
all these boobs?”
“The boobs.”
Vindictive.
“his show cost the producer $30.
000.”
“I'm glad of it."
FARM NOTES.
—Develop a Retail Market.—Some peo-
ple don't like rabbits asa regular food,
but the game need not be thrown away
because of this fact. There is always a
demand for dressed rabbits in the cities
and towns at fairly good prices. Butch-
ershops will take them and pay you from
ten to fifteen cents each for them, or you
can sell them to restaurants and hotels
or to private customers at a quarter
apiece, the price at which the butchers
usually retail them. So if you bag more
of the little animals than you can use at
home, either dress them yourself or give
them to some boy who would like to
make a little spending-money.
W. F. PURDUE.
A dairy cow should always receive a
variety of feeds, and be fed at the regu-
lar times.
The feeder soon learns to adjust the
feeds for the particular cows in the herd.
Grain should always be ground before
fed. This is especially true if the owner
has no hogs running after the cows. As
much as 20 per cent. of the grain is wast-
ed by passing through the digestive track
undigested when fed whole. Besides it
takes energy to grind up the feed. Itis
better to save that energy for milk pro-
duction and do the grinding for the cow.
Also we want a good dairy cow to last as
long as possible. If we compel her to be
daily chewing the hard dry grain her
teeth and stomach are likely to give out
early. These are the two organs of a
cow that usually give out first. By grind-
ing the feed we can get more out of the
grain, save the cow some energy and pro-
long her life.
—When rabbits are very plentiful in
any section, they are sure to do much
damage during the witer and spring
months to young fruit and shade by
gnawing the bark from the trees. Con-
sequently the trees must be protected
from their ravages. Even a very few
rabbits in an orchard or in adjoining
fields make necessary the work of pro-
tecting the trees. Now no lover of na-
ture would recommend a measure to ex-
terminate the rabbits completely as, for
instance, the wild pigeon has been ex-
terminated. It is good to have a few of
them around, especially if one wants to
take a few hours’ hunt now and then,but
it is not good to have them make their
headquarters in the orchard. These need
to be exterminated, if possible. A good
dog and gun is all that is necessary to do
this, and a few hunts will practically
clean them up around the orchard until
another season has increased their num-
TS.
The kind of grain that a dairy cow
should receive to a large extent depends
upon the kind of roughage at hand. By
taking it for granted that most dairy
farmers have wild hay, corn fodder and
silage as roughage, the grain fed should
be such as oats, bran and oilmeal. All of
the roughages are rich in the heat and
fat-producing substances (fat and carbo-
hydrates,) while the grain mentioned is
rich in the milk and muscle-producing
| substances (protein.) This will then give
the cow that which we call a “balanced
| ration.” If the owner has roughages,
| such as alfalfa hay, clover hay and silage,
. then he can feed corn and a little oilmeal.
| her. The case has finally been decided | The grain ration corn is a fat and heat
producing substance, while clover and al-
| falfa hay are milk and muscle-producing
feeds. hen a cow starts to put on fat
then he should take away a little of the
corn and add a little oats instead; while,
if a cow tends to become poor and is
milking heavily, it is best to increase the
corn a little and take away a little of the
oats or bran.
— Bloating of the paunch, or rumen, of
the cow would be less common, if own-
chosen for the over-draperies should also Send 21 one-cent stamps for paper-cover- | ers would remember to make no sudden
appear in couch or chair cushions. Next ed book, or 31 stamps for cloth binding, |
changes of feed and to refrain from turn-
, ing animals on clover or alfalfa pasture
' when wet with dew or rain. There is al-
' so less tendency to bloat when cattle are
fed on dry hay before allowing them to
| graze rank green growths, and if they
| are allowed free access to rock salt and
'an abundance of pure, fresh water.
Bloating is due to fermentation of feed
| which becomes yeasty in condition and
| gives off gas in large quantities. The
. paunch, when greatly distended with feed
|and gas, becomes paralyzed, losing its
| natural muscular motion (peristalsis.)
| Chewing of the cud (rumination) ceases,
| and the bowels do not move no y.
| The animal may scour at first and then
| become costive, or from the start of the
| worst cases no action of the bowels takes
| place. The bloating is noticed high up
| on the left flank. In the horse the right
! side is distended when gas fills the colon.
: To prevent bloating on alfalfa or clover,
| it is well to let the pastured cattle lick a
| mixture of equal parts of salt and slaked
| lime at will and to graze but a short time
| when becoming accustomed to such feed.
Treatments and Remedies.—Cut green
clover or alfalfa should not be fed wet,
but should be allowed to wilt before use.
It is best to cut supplies one day ahead.
All dam , heated, fermenting or
moldy feed should be withheld from cat-
| tle. If bloating is noticed, simple meas-
| ures of relief should first be tried. Place
a piece of fork-handle or broom-stick bit-
wise in the cow’s mouth, and keep it in
Place by cords fastened to the horns or
ter. This “gag” will prevent suffoca-
tion. Another good plan is to elevate the
forequarters of the cow by building up
the stall floor. Cold water dashed
the dbdoes is helpful, and vecial injec.
tions of soapy warm water glycerine
Should be veh once an May
m ve been suggested for
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