PLAN FOR HOG HOUSE. Advice ton Fanner AVlio Wants t• Ilulld a Structure to Accom modate 100 Animal*. It is difficult to plan a hog house where little is known of the conditions governing. It is assumed that it is the purpose of the builder to grow and fat ten 100 hogs per year, or in other words that he is likely to have 100 hogs to shelter at one time that will average 200 pounds each. This being the correct assumption, it would hardly do to plan a building less than 32x50 feet, on the ground. The building should stand north and south, if tlie lay of the land and other buildings will permit, so as to get sunshine into each pen at some time during the day. If the building cannot be so placed It will be best to make it narrower and -"r -"r " "j' r 4ft i i fe a. = —-J 1 ' cl : : £ ! * : r ARRANGEMENT OF HOG HOUSE. longer, with only one row of pens and these 011 the south side, with feeding alleys on tho north. Sun shine is as essential to the healthy growth of hogs as it is to the growth of corn, and no effort should be spared to provide plenty of it. A wide house standing east and west may be lighted by having the north side of the roof three or four feet higher at the ridge than the south side, and windows built in between. This plan insures pome sunlight in each pen. At least one foot of trough room should be allowed for each hog. If the house is divided into ten pens, each 10x14 feet, with four foot illey through the center, it will accom modate the full number while fatten ing. Twelve or 15 brood sows will be required to raise 100 pigs, and the ten pens will be none too many during the farrowing season. If ear corn is used largely In fatten ing, labor will be saved by removing the slides between the pens, using three or four on one side for a feeding floor, and the other side for sleeping quar ters. If this suggestion is adopted a passage two feet, wide should be pro vided across the end of the feeding al ley. Reserve pens are thus kept for store hogs and brood sows, and the full amount of trough room can be used. The construction of the house will de pend largely on the amount, of money that can be put Into the building. A cement floor and cement troughs are advisable. The floor should slope to the outside for free drainage and should always he kept well bedded dur ing cold weather. Drop siding over 2x4 etudding makes a suitable building. It Is assumed that the corn crib can be built close by, which is better than to make it a part of the building, as the steam from the animals is likely to In jure the flavor of the grain. One pen may be inclosed entirely, to use as a feed room where mill feed is kept, and It will often be useful for a farrowing pen for early pigs. The posts should be eight feet high and floored to provide storage for bedding above the sleeping pens. Outside pens or yards should be built also, if means will permit, access being made to them through a sliding door from each pen. A good sized window should be putin for each pen also, and movable partitions or at least sliding doors between the pens for convenience In changing stock from one pen to an other. Numerous conveniences can b« added to suit circumstances, but as so little is stated in regard to the amount of money to be used, and as to personal preference, only the general features are Biven. —Prof. Andrew Boss, in Orange Judd Farmer. TIMELY STOCK NOTES. Broken straps about the harness quite often lead to broken bones in the man. Breaking colts is a great deal like sitting up with a sick man. One must attend strictly to business. No nap ping on duty. Sometimes a bit of taffy goes a good »ways toward making a man do his best. Cows are just so. Kind words and good treatment count for a sight. Ever try it? Look well to the colts you are driv ing. It is a good plan to put them one at a time with some old and steady horse until they have become thor oughly broken. The manure produced by one pig in a year is worth about sl2 for fertiliz ing purposes, hence the need of re moving this to a suitable yard or shed -where its fertilizing value will not be i wasted. I DISTEMPER IN CATTLE. I If Token Enrly, flir nt»«tnme C'nn B« IbecLcil Itcnillly i* ml u Cur* Effected. Tho first symptom of cattle distem per usually noticed is swelling of tho throat, especially the throat glands. It is more common with young ani ! mals than older ones, but may attack cattle at any age. The swelling comes j suddenly, often within 24 hours, and is generally severe. It is preceded by discharges from the eyes and nose, accompanied with some fever. The swelling gradually increases in size until an abscess containing a thick yel low pus forms. Often two or three of these abscesses form about the throat, on tho side of the head, or along on the jaw. The distemper ap pears to be somewhat contagious, but not especially so. If taken early, cat tle distemper may be relieved ordi narily by rubbing the parts thorough ly two or three times daily with a lini ment made with equal parts of tur -1 pentine, kerosene oil and alcoholic tincture of camphor. This rubbing should be kept up faithfully until the swelling is entirely scattered. If, however, the swelling progresses too | far, and abscesses form, they should | be opened with a lancet, and the open j ing well washed out twice a day with I soap suds, made of castile soap and warm water. Let it partially dry, and llicn apply freely a solution of blue vitriol of the strength of a tablespoon fill of vitriol dissolved in half a pint of water. Continue this process until a cure is entirely effected.—T. E. Rich ey, in Epitcmist. SHELTER FOR STOCK. Plnn Adopted by n TenneNnoe Fnrmff Which Seem* llotli I'luuitible nud Economical. I shelter all kinds of stock nicely in or near my barn. Plan of stables and ; pastures is as shown. Six horse 3 | have stalls as shown, grain mangers ; siding together, a straight trough an swering for hay. Each stall has a door opening into a fenced yard, each end of which has a gate, as shown. Tho opened gate is to the horse run. The roadway from the street and ! residence runs down to the open gate, j through the fenced yard to the hall. | To tho left of the hall is a stairway; to the right a passage. In front is a feed box with wheels on track, which is pushed from crib at opposite end. j Four cow tie-ups are shown, mangers and putter. A door opens in rear to fenced inclosures or to pasture and 10 * p ' r "| c 1 . ftir & / / *1". j \ /" ™ — ' K 3§ <OLi 5/» 1 //t nstj \ H ~~ \ irh r-11 ZZu -i /{ //,// 6-,' i * j / 6 ""' r J X.» —l --Y j GKXERAL I't:RX'OSE BAIIN. wood lot as desired. A similar door jin sheepfold answers the same pur i pose. In a lot on side of sheepfold and i crib, the boars are pastured, while in another lot beyond, adjoining the crib, fattening hogs are kept. Adjoining the fattened hog lot, crib and horse pas ture is a lot for brood sows. Troughs j for feeding grain are shown at b, hay racks at c, and holes through which i grain is fed from truck box, at e. The | sides along track hall are boarded up ! close, except for the doors. Roughag? i is fed from the floor above through holes cut for the purpose.—W. IL . Stunipe, in Farm and Home. j 'Why HORN Get Mimchievoiia. The way to avoid having mischiev ous hogs is to keep them from getting so hungry t..at they are tempted tc break through and become eon ! firmed roamers. It is the underfed hog i that is troublesome. A good many hog raisers think that grass is enough foi I a growing pig, and so it is if the pig 1 has enough of it; but overstocked hos I pastures are a very common thing. While the grass looks to be plentiful, there is not enough of the kind th« pigs will cat. A pig pasture must i contain plenty of succulent grass, oth ! erwise it might as well have none. Ai ! this season the succulence is 011 the I wane, arid a daily feed of corn is the thins- Whatever may bo true of feed ing cattle grain on grass, it is certain that pigs will pay for it in growth, and it keeps them out of mischief, which can easily be expensive. Teeth nn«l Skull of I'IRR. According to Mr. Schwartzkopf, ol i the Minnesota station, the order of succession of teeth in our precocious pigs runs the same as in the primitive | hog. The times when the teeth appear are variable, according to race, feed j ing and health. The same breeds, | raised under the same conditions, will | show the same appearance. The form of the skull depends upon nutrition health, and more or less employmem of certain muscles of the head ana neck. Skulls of poorly nourished pigs are long and more slender than from those well nourished. Pigs that are prevented from rooting will acquire a short, high and rounded head, while those that are forced to root to se j cure a portion of their food will de \ velop a long and slender form of head. Really sound horses of good and. kind disposition are scarce. If we gel one we ought to stick to it as long as tho animal is aisle to work. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3. 1903. fIOW CHEAP BAKING POWDER IS MADE. A recent seizure of a lot of "cheap" baking powders by the authorities of a neighboring city has exposed the character of the low priced brands ol baking powders which many manufac turers are offering throughout the country. The price of the powders first attracted attention to them. Samples were taken and analyzed. The official report of the analysis showed the stuff to be "alum powders," composed chiefly of alum, sulphuric acid and pulverized rock. The powders were declared dan gerous to health and several thousand pounds were confiscated and destroyed. Physicians have frequently cautioned consumers against mixing food with these so-called "cheap" baking powders. They are all found, when analyzed, to contain large percentages of alum and sulphuric acid to which are added vari ous sorts of filling matter sometimes both injurious and nasty. The high class, cream of tartar bak ing powders, are the most economical and wholesome and should always be selected for use. They will be found cheaper in the end, besides making the food better and more healthful. SEVEN QIRL FARMERS. TlirnriWodrrn Timid lliillcra Are a* Handy with tlio l'iano un Tlicy Are with the I'low. Jonathan C. Wilson, a well-to-do farmer, living east of Rushvillc, Ind., lias seven girls, ranging in age from 0 to 23 years, and all are old enough to work on the farm. It is no un common tiling in passing the farm, which contains 170 acres, to see these modern Maud Mullers busy in all of the various departments of farm work. Circumstances have had a great deal to do with their doing the farm work. Their parents are old, and the two brothers nre away at school most of the time. All of the girls goto school in the winter, except the two older ones, who stay at home and attend to the stock and look after the farming interests. IAS early in the spring as will per mit the ground is broken, and as the "gee" and "haw" of the plowman is heard in the surrounding fields, the voices of these farmer girls are none, the less effective. When the soil is ready for the harrow they get out to work early. They putin the corn, plow and tend it, usually getting it plowed over three times before the hay harvest and wheat cutting is begun. Putting up hay is one of the features of the girls' work. "Raking the meadows sweet with bay" is such an uncom mon thing for women to undertake that people will stop along the road side to watch these girls load the wagons and haul it to the stack. Usually one of the younger girls of the family drives the binder in cut ting wheat while the others do the shocking. After the summer's work is done, cider is made and stores of all kinds put up for the winter. Wood is cut and hauled to the wood shed. and repairs of fences anil buildings are looked after. There is nothing whatever on the farm that tney cannot do. They are cultured and educated. They look at farm work in a sensible way and are glad to help their par ents. Tliey are church workers and stand high in the community. The two older girls are skilled musicians and can touch tile piano keys as well as they can handle the plow. Where Woman Ilalka. Tt cannot be ignored as a sign of the times that a scientifically planned daily newspaper started at the lirit its capital for women omits party polities altogether. While the advance of woman in all other paths con tinues, remarks the Chicago Chroni cle, she persists in refusing to be dragged into the commotions and burdens of politics. THE MARKcTo. New York, Nov. 28, 1003. Flour—More active and a shade higher. Wheat—No. 2 red SSVic. Corn —No. 2 yellow 52c. Oats —No. 2 white 4314 c. Hay—Quiet. Beeves—Steers $3.73(u5.20. Veak , $4.50(?t 8.75. Slieep—Slow at s2.so(ft 3.62%, lamb. ss,oo(rt 5.90. Hogs—'Pennsylvania pigs $4.65. Cleveland, Nov. 28. —Flour—Minnc sota patent s4.4o(fi 4.00. Wheat—No. 2 red 8614 c. Corn —No. 2 yellow 4Dc. Oats—No. 3 white 38% c. Butter—Best creamery 20c. Cheese—York state 13c. Eggs—Strictly fresh 38c. Potatoes —Best grades 60(?/65c. Cattle—Best steers $4.30@4.75, calves $7.25(fi 7.50. Kheep—Choice wethers best, lambs $5.50. llogs—Yorkers $4.45. Toledo, Nov. 28.—Wheat—Cash 87V&C. Corn —.November 40'/,e. Oats—November 36% c. Cloverseed —-Cash $6.80. Fast Buffalo, Nov. 28. —Cattle — Choice steers $5.15(h5.25, veals sß.so(<i 8.75. Sheep —Best wethers s4.oo(ri 4.25, lam lis $.).65(« 5.75. Hogs—Good Yorkers $4.53, pigs $4.65. Pittsburg, Nov. 28.—Cattle—Choice steers $5.05(?< 5.20, prime $4.85^15.00. Sheep—'Choice lambs $5.35(0.5.50, prime wethers $3.83(6,4.00. Hogs—Prime heavy $4.60, pigs $4.55. The never ending cures of I j Sprains and bruises I St. Jacobs Oil I rfect remedy ■ TRACING THE LEAKS. now Important Treaanr? Informa tion Ualued Outalde Cir culation. "I have rtopped talking to you fellows about the plans of this department," bluntly declared Secretary Shaw to • newspaper lriend the other day, reports the Capital. "I know, of course, that I can trust you, but 1 have learned that it is better not to talk to anybody when I ain maturing an important movement. Now, take this last refunding operation of the treasury, involving $20,000,000. Why, man,l said nothing to anybody about that, and still news of it leaked out before I was ready for it." "How did it get out?" asked the news paper man. The keen, gray eyes of the secretary of the treasury twinkled. He screwed up his face until it looked like a funny mask. "That's what I'd like to know,"he said "Do you know,"he went onto say, 1 come to think it over, I do rememoer that 1 wrote one letter about it." "To whom?" insisted the inquisitorial journalist. "To the president, sir; to the pres ident, sir," exclaimed Mr. Shaw, "but I clean forgot to tell linn to say nothing about it.' P RUNIIIPKII Precaution. A enller at the boarding house of Mrs. Irons was surprised to see a tine greyhound basking in the sun outside the kitchen door. "I didn't know you had a dog," «he said, ''lie's a beautiful animal. How long have you had him?" " Two or three years." "How does it happen I have never seen him in passing along here?" "We don't allow him to leave the back yard," replied Mrs. Irons, with emphasis. "What kind of an advertisement would it be for a boarding house to have a creature as lean as that dog is standing round in front of it?"— Youth's Companion. A HemarUnble Woman. Kokomo, Ind., Nov. 23.-Mrs. Anna M. Willis, of this place, a charming old kidy of 74 years, has given for publication a very interesting letter. lire. Willis is widely known and high ly respected, and the recommendation she gives is well worth the consideration of anyone who may be interested. Mrs. Willis' address is R. R. No. 0, Kokouio. Her letter reads as follows: "I have been troubled with Kidney Trouble for 20 years. It was so bad that it affected my heart and my back. It hurt so that 1 could not get up when down, and I began to think that I would be past doing anything. I was recom mended to get Dodd's Kidney Pills and purchased some at the drug store of Sir. (i. E. Meek. After using several boxes, 1 was completely restored. I feel twenty years younger, and am able to do all the usual work in the house and garden which a person who lives on the farm has to do, although 1 am 74 years of age." " 'Tain' no sure sign," said Uncle Eben, "dat a man loves his country because he gits mad in a political alignment. He's liable to do de same thing over a hoss race."—Wash ington Star. To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Broino Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. "I)e man dat makes a business of findin' fault," said Uncle Eben, "gits mo' occu pation an' less results dan anybody else in de community."—Washington Star. Piso's t'ure cannot be too highly epoken of as a cough cuse. —J. W. O'Brien, 322 Third Ave., N., Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 6, 1000. It is a sad religion that is never strong unless its owner is sick.—Chicago Trib une. The Chicago & North-Western is the only double track railway between Chicago and the Missouri river. "Well, Mary, I had another proposal last night." "It must be a nice thing to have money."—Chicago Chronicle. The Overland Limited, solid train Chi cago to the Coast daily. Chicago, Union Pacilic & North-Western Line. Employment and hardships prevent melancholy.—Johnson. Putnam Fadeless Dyes produce the brightest and fastest colors. A proof of friendship is not only in giving, but in yielding.—Chicago Journal. WHAT SICK KIDNEYS CAUSE. KIDNEY COMPI-AINTP. — Dia betes, liright'a Disease, Inflam mation of the Kidneys, Dropsy (swelling of tho limbs or body), incessant pains in the back or loins. BLADDER TROUBLES. l nflammation of the bladder, in flamed passages, pain in passing urine, incontinence of urine, too much or too little urine. URIC ACID TROUBLES.— Rheumatism, Gravel, Gout, Gall Stones, Lumbago. NKRVE TROUBLES.—Neural gia, Sciatica, Nervous Collapse, Sleeplessness, Melancholia. Many other disorders are caused directly or indirectly by faulty kidney action, and can be reached ar.d cure(l by Doan's Kidney Pills. l'his remedy has cured every com plaint recorded above, and over 50,000 testimonials prove its surprising merit. 50 ceuts per box, of all deal ers, or mailed on receipt of price, by addressing Fostcr- Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. SISTERS OF CHARITY Use Pe-ru-na for Coughs, Colds, Grip and Catarrh —A Congressman's Letter. Ia every country of the civilized world Sisters of Charity are known. Not only do tliey minister to the spiritual and intellectual needs of the charges com mitted to their care, but they also minister to their bodily needs. With so many children to take care of and to protect from climate and disease, these wise and prudent Sisters have found Peruna a never failing safeguard. Dr. Hartmau receives many letters from Catholic Sisters from all over the United States. A recommend recently received from a Catholic institution in Detroit, Mich., reads as follows: Dr. S. B. Hartman, Columbus, Ohio: Dear Sin—"The young girl who used the Peruna was suffering from laryngitis and loss of voice. Tt e result of the treatment was most satisfac tory. She found great relief, and after further i/.ie of the medicine we hope to be able to say she Is entirely cured."—Sisters of Charity. The young girl was under the care of the Sisters of Charity and used Peruna for catarrh of the throat with good results as the above letter testifies. Send to The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio, for a free book written by Dr. Ilartman. GALL-STONE CURE. "Craemer's Calculus Cure" MOnßa U ItUSlk |g a Certain Romody FOR CALL STONCB, Btonos in the Kidneys. Stones in the Urinary Hladder or Gravel, Biliousness, Sallow Complexion, Jaundice and all St'unach Troubles resulting 'from Biliousness. Write for Particular*. If your druggist does not keep it. order from us. \VU. (!IC.IKHK'V 4 100 N. Orutid Ave., Si. Loula, Afto. DKUGGTZSTS—WJbS SI £»JPIJY YOU UIH.BOT. l)rnd Kuny. When Gen. Lan Hamilton, of the Brit ish army, was in Washington he was the guest of Maj. Gen. Corbin and all his mail ■was sent in care of Gen. Corbin at the war department. One day quite a Batch of letters arrived and was taken m charge by one of the brightest colored messen gers in the war department to be deliv ered at Gen. C'orbin's residence. Hut this messenger and others had read the ad dresses and commented on them. "Lieu tenant General Sir lan Hamilton, K. 0. 15.," they read. "What does K. (J. IS. mean?" asked one messenger. "Don't you know what that means?" replied the oth er, scornfully. "Why, K. C. B. means the 'Cat Came Back.' Thought every niggali knowed that." —Chicago Chronicle. FIRST KIDNEY PILL MADE. THE ORIGINAL DISCOVERY. THE ONLY GENUINE. WM. H. NEIOITBORS, the well known jeweler of AVest Main Street, Wytheville, Va., says : '' Some four years ago an attack of grip settled in my back, and I have suffered off and on ever since with a dull, heavy aching across the small of my back, always more severe in the morning. It was difficult for me to stoop or straighten, and if I sat down for any length of time it was hard for me to arise. I took two boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills, and the dull, disagreeable aching left me." DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS. * The following letter is from Con gressman Meekison, of Napoleon, Ohio: Tlie I'eruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O.: Gentlemen: "I *-• »»• »• » »-«—» « « « 1 have used several J 1 bottles of I'eruna 1 i and feel greatly I J I heneflted there- MM \ ! by from my ca- i > ] _ t tarrh of the head, I I i tinned use will 112 t disease'of I tfirtv I . VV'" Moeklson J • j-ears'standing."—David Meekison. ' Dr. Hartman, one of the best known 112 physicians and surgeons in the United ■ States, was the first man to formulate 1 I'eruna. It was through his genius and ( perseverance that it was introduced to ' the medical profession of tiiis country. If you do not derive prompt and sat ! is factory results from the use of I'eruna, , j write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a i full statement of your case and he will he pleased to give you his valuable , advice gratis. i Address Dr. Ilartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. 112 Neglect a cough and contract consumption. Shiloh's (Consumption* Cure Ts« ic Lung cures consumption, but don't leave it too long. Try it now. Your money back if it doesn't benefit you. Prices: S. C. WELLS & Co. 1 25e 50c. SI Leßoy, N. Y., Toronto, Can. 11. B. MCCATIVER of 201 Cherry Street, Portland, Ore gon, inspector of freight cars for the Transcontinental Com pany, says:"l used Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and other symptoms of kidney trouble which hail annoyed me for months. I think a cold ■was responsible for the whole trouble. It 6eemcd to settle in my kidneys. Doan's Kidney Pills rooted it out. It is several months since I used them, and up to date there has been no recurrence of the trouble." PILES flow York. JOHNSTON «'(.«/■ |MTfrnt. liHi.U-mu monthly. N BWI'OHT. H. I tot-lliflr !*» 04M»»flTef. A.N.K.-G 1907 UUiU S Whfcifh ALL USE VAILS. Rdl Beet Cough Syrup. Tauten Good. Uso K1 in time. PoM by druitfrtntf. 7 Mrs. GEORGE WALLACE, Jr., of Elmira, N. Y., wife of George Wallace, broker, of West Water Street, and living at 6G7 Baldwin Street, saytf. "In March, 1897, I was cured of kidney and bladder trouble by Doan's Kidney Pills. My physician said at that time that my life could be saved only by an operation. Night after night I had been kept awake for hours at a time with ter rible pain in my back, and the secretions from the kidneys were in as bad a state as pos sible. I suffered with hemor rhages frequently and was ia a weak state. Four boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills cured me, and I now gladly reCndorse the remedy, because during the time which has since elapsed, nearly seven years, I have never had the slightest sign of a return of the trouble."
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