isfVfc it ; CARE OF THE FLOCK. Animals Need Protection from Stormy Wet Weather. Sheep need little shelter except to keep off rain and snow. I have al ways allowed them to stay out in the coldest weather, if it was not stormy. However, I never, under any circum stances, allow them to take rains and snows in winter, writes a correspond ent of Farm and Home. At this season I give good clover hay, and in addition a little silage or corn fodder about three times a week. I feed twice a day in the yard on the ground if it is frozen, but when the ground is not frozen I feed in rack 3 Jn the sheep barn. I feed a little en tire grain, mostly oats, to the breed ing ewes. My troughs are made of three boards, 8 feet long, the bottom one 10 inches wide and the sides 6 inches, as KagfcJJOWMM—— rnammmmmmmmemaMmmmmmm Wall Sheep Trough, shown in sketch. I scatter the oats thin in these troughs and the sheep cannot get a large mouthful. Thus better mastication of the grain is se cured than in narrow troughs. I have fed threshed oats to my sheep for a good many years and have not as yet experienced any bad results from their use. I feed oats until after lambing time, then I add about one ear of shelled corn to one pint of oats per day. I know from my own experience that it pays to keep sheep, provided they are kept well, and those who do not do this are very likely to con demn the breed of sheep which they may happen to have or the breeding stock which they have purchased for the improvement of their flock when the fault is really their own. CATTLE AS A SIDE ISSUE. Probable That They Pay a Larger Profit Than Cattle Otherwise Raised. It is probable that cattle as a side Issue pay larger comparative profits than cattle raised in any other way. The farmer that raises a small bunch of good calves can frequently feed them at almost no cost. The statisti cians that figure on the cost of rais ing beef cattle always putin the cost of the pasturage at a certain fixed price. Hut in the case of the pasture being otherwise understocked, the feeding of a bunch of tteers actually costs nothing. On many of our farms unused opportunities go to waste. These opportunities include acres of corn stalks in the fall of the year; rough grasses that the smaller stock do not eat; pasture grasses in excess of what the other stock will eat; silage in a greater abundance than can be eaten by the dairy cows. Some times these opportunities include un used grazing areas in the woodlands. The fanner to utilize all of these lets some of his calves grow up into beeves. The men that think they know that beeves do not pay cannot convince the farmer that he is not ahead under the above-mentioned con ditions. Sheep Getting Back on Farm. There is no danger of any person getting into trouble in. predicting that from now on the sheep is to be re turned to its proper place on the farms. And why not. when it makes by far more money out of the grass and the weeds, and the seeds, the roots, the grains, the hay and any thing else fed to it than any other kind of animal we raise, and it does that without one needing to milk or grind for them? All this is required to give the feed as it comes from the field, only that turnips had better be cut. Does that not tell, and tell ma terially, when the labor saved is con sidered, how we can farm, farm well, and cut down expensve labor bills? Clover for Swine. I prefer clover pasture for my hogs, but this year have only June grass and rape, writes a farmer in the Orange Judd Farmer. A portion of the pasture is in an orchard where the pigs have access to the fallen ap ples. I find the more liberty a pig has tbo better he does. In connection with pasturage I feed corn. The pigs get ukim milk twice a day. Stock foods I give a wide berth. In their places 1 feed ashes, salt, etc. Pure water is provided and shade is afforded by sheds and apple and other trees. It is a good idea to fatten the hogs on old corn. They may be sent to market earlier in the fall and secure the high prices. Do not feed old, hard corn to them until it is well soaked. Many farmers feed the sow too much corn and when the pigs arrlv* they are weak and the sow is Id fe verish condition. The result is that only about a half crop of pigs are saved. Hogs in a straw pile are apt to get too hot, then chilled, and trouble i« llkaiy to result. MAKING BUTTER ON THE FARM. Two Prime Essentials to Success fn This Branch of Dairying. There are two prime essentials in making butter on the farm a profitable business. In the first place, one must have plenty of pure, cold water; and then a good enough grade must be turned out to make and hold custom ers. The trouble with nine out of every ten farm homes is they are not equipped to take care of milk and cream. When one goes into this work to make money, better put up a milk room, where pure water may be had from pumping or from a spring. Con crete floor and walls may now be built as cheaply as with lumber, and it is a great deal better than lumber. Don't stop here. A barrel churn and a but ter maker will be necessary in turning out a uniform product. It looks easy —simply separating the cream, churn ing till the butter comes, and salting and the trick is done. That is where so many fail. The cream must be churned at the right temperature; it must be neither too sweet nor too sour. Working and salting butter to secure uniform color and flavor is a very nice art. Don't try to learn to do it infallibly in two or three weeks, but by all means don't practice on your cus tomers. That means loss. It is better to wait two or three months, until you are sure of your quality before you seek customers. And before you ship, find out how your commissiou man or private customers prefer to have their butter put up. Sometimes the pack age means a difference of two of three cents a pound. A GOOD BARN. Thl« I* the Only Kind That It Pays to Build, It pays better to build a good barn than it does a poor barn. It will pa? ( the farmer better to take time to think over the matter of building than it will to rush in and build a barn that will become rickety in 20 years. Time slips away rapidly, and the poorly built barn deteriorates rapidly. If it is so built that it will have a life of not more than 20 years, then five per cent, must be charged off as depreciation each year, and this is equivalent to an interest of that amount, which has to be added to the interest on the original investment. This will sometimes make a total of more than ten per cent., which is too much money for a man to pay out an- ! mtally on any structure. Therefore, says Farmers' Review, the part of wis- | doni is to build for permanency. Ma- | tcrials, plans and labor should be such ' that the barn will have a life of from 50 to TOO years. In that case the an- j nual charge for depreciation will be less than two per cent. The poorly built barn will soon take on an ap- , pearance that will detract from the j value of the farm, in case the farm has to bo sold. CRATE FOR CATCHING HOGS. Must Be Made of Strong Material to Stand Strain. This crate can be made of most any j kind of strong material. Wo used 2x2 | for posts, Ix 4 for j • J 1 Bluts anrt ,nch i boards for bottom utt yJS L -iiyv a,u ' lower side • n/ boards. Crate is lIBtAi l.l• \r/ about five or six i | Y feet long, 2% feet ! high and wide. Five-six- j teenth-inch bolts used at corners and ! through lower end of lever and at : cross at top where levers slide. Run j any size hog or pigs in from back end and have man catch them as they stick their heads between the lever slats. A boy can hold the Largest hog very easily while being rung, etc., without injury to either. When ready j to let them loose, directs the Kpito- \ mist, throw levers open and hog goes ! through outside and is separated from ! unrung hogs. We also use it as a crate *> haul one or two hogs. This is worth i'Zo to us and can be made for almost nothing and in an hour on ! a rainy day. TO HOLD A RUNAWAY. Check Strap Which Holds Horse Un der Complete Control. A strong strap 48 inches long with a stout ring in each end is required to make the device shown in the ac- OWMUTT .mi- in ll——O How Strap Is Put In. companying illustration, says Prairie Farmer. It is fastened on the top of the bridle, brought down on each side and passed through the rings on the bridle. The lines are titen at tached to the rings on the strap and when the horse starts to run it is very easy to bold him as the bit is drawn up. Care of Milk Utensils. Milk utensils shouiJ be rinsed with cold or lukewarm water. They should then be washed thoroughly with hot water, with the aid if some cleaning other than laundry soap or inferior washing powder, as sal soda, then rinsed with clean water and sterilized by exposure for t.t least ten minutes to live steam, or water that is actually boiling. CAMERON COUNTY PRBS6, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1908 A REMARKABLE MAN. Active and bright, Though Almost a Centenarian. Shepard Kollock, of 44 Wallace St., Red Hank, N. J., is a remarkable man tat the ago of 9S. For 40 years he was a victim of kidney troubles and doctors said he would never be cured. "I was trying everything," says Mr. Kollock, "but my back was lame and weak, and every exertion sent a sharp twinge through me. I had to get up several times each night and the kid ney secretions contained a heavy sedi ment. Recently I began using Doan's Kidney Pills, with fine results. They have given me entire relief." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Just mere shadows 0 1 their former selves. DEEP CRACKS FROM ECZEMA Could Lay Slate-Pencil in One—Hands in Dreadful State —Permanent Cure in Cuticura. ' "I had eczema on my hands for about seven years and during that time I had used several so-called rem edies, together with physicians' and druggists' prescriptions. The disease was so bad on my hands that I could lay a slate-pencil in one of the cracks and a rule placed v acros=s the hand would not touch the pencil. I kept using remedy after remedy, and while some gave partial relief, none relieved as much as did the first box of Cuti cura Ointment. I made a purchase of Cuticura Soap and Ointment and my hands were perfectly cured after two boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one : cake of Cuticura Soap were used. W. H. Dean, Newark. Del., Mar. 28, 1907." Asserted His Fights. John Hunter was a negro given to chastising his wife. "You, John," said a neighbor one day, "Susanna say, ef you don't quit beatin' her she gwine to de Freedman bureau!" "She do. do she?" he replied, with scorn. "Now, leninie tell yer, wunst I an' fer all! Susanna am my wife! An' I EO long as she go 'bout her bizness I ! gwine left her 'lone. But w'en she git ! ter cuttin' up I gwine ter beat her, an' ther' ain't no bureau nor no sidebode I nor 110 chist of drors what kin hoi' me I back!'" Didn't Need It. | Agent—Here's a book that will be | welcome in every family. It contains | all the rules of etiquette and direc | tions for avoiding slips in grammar, i Hiram Grasscutt—Don't nee-J noth in' of that kind. Got a daughter hum j from boardin' school, a son goin' to j high school an' a hired man who's a j college feller workin' fer his health. I But, by jing, partner, it's a relief to j talk once in a while to a common, j ordinary person. 1 don't need the book, but I'm darned glad you called. Giving It the Acid Test. The clairvoyant was swaying back and forth under the severe strain of j her mental connection with the realm | of spirits. "Now," she chanted, "call upon any ] soul you will and I will make it speak ; to you—yes, even visible to you." For I she was up to date in the biz. "Bring me," asked the masculine skeptic, "Brevity, the soul of Wit." Right here the seance ended. —Cin- i clnnati Enquirer. HAPPY OLD AGE Most Likely to Follow Proper Eating. As old age advances, we require less food to replace waste, and food that will not overtax the digestive organs, while supplying true nourishment. Such an ideal food is found in Grape- Nuts, made of whole wheat and barley by long baking and action of diastase In the barley which changes the starch into sugar. The phosphates also, placed up un der the bran-coat of the wheat, are in cluded in Grape-Nuts, but left out of white flour. They are necessary to the building of brain and nerve cells. "1 have used Grape-Nuts," writes an lowa man,"for 8 years and feel as good and am stronger than 1 was ten years ago. lam over 74 years old, and at tend to my business every day. "Among my customers 1 meet a man every day who is 92 years old and at j tributes his good health to the use of Grape-Nuts and Postuni which lie has 1 used for the last 5 years. He mixes | Grape-Nuts with Postuni and says they j go tine together. "For many years before I began to | eat Grape-Nuts, I could not say that j I enjoyed life or knew what it was to 1 be able to say 'I am well.' I suffered | greatly with constipation, now my hab its are as regular as ever in my life. "Whenever I make extra effort I depend on Grape-Nuts food and it just fills the bill. I can think and write a great deal easier." "There's a Keason." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellvllle," in pkgs. ; DO YOU KNOW WHAT WHITE LEAD IST Its Chief Use and a Method of Deter mining Good from Bad Explained. White Lead is the standard paint material all over the world. It is made by corroding metallic lead into a white powder, through exposing it to the fumes of weak acetic acid and carbonic acid gas; this powder is t'nen ground ! and mixed with linseed oil, making a thick paste, in which form it is packed | and sold for painting purposes. The 1 painter thins It down to the proper consistency for application by the ad dition of more linseed oil. The above refers, of course, to pure, ! genuine White Lead only. Adulterated I and fake "White Lead," of which there are many brands on the market, is generally some sort of composition containing only a percentage of white | lead; sometimes no White Lead at all; in such stuff, barytes or ground rock, I chalk, and similar cheap substances are used to make bulk and imitate the appearance of pure White Lead.' There is, however, a positive test by which the purity or impurity of White Lead may be proved or exposed, be fore painting with it. The blow-pipe flame will reduce pure white lead to metallic lead. If a supposed white lead be thus tested j and it only partially reduces to lead, S leaving a residue, it is proof that j something else was there besides i v/hitc lead. ; The National Lead Company guar ' Entee all White Lead sold in package 3 j bearing it.3 "Dutch Boy Painter" trade mark to prove absolutely pure under this blow-pipe test, and that you may make the test yourself in your own , home, they will send free upon re ; quest a blow-pipe and everything else necessary to make the test, together | with a valuable booklet on paint. Ad j dress, National Lead Company, Wood | bridge Building, New York. Admitted That Much. "But," she persisted, "you can't deny it. A woman's life is made up of sac rifices." "Of sacrifice sales, yes," replied the brute, her husband. TVIIAT CAUSES IIF.AI>ACIIK. From October to May, Colclr are the most fre ouenT cause of Headache. LAXATIVE BKOMO QUlKlNErewovebcaube. E.W.Gruveou box 26a It's easier for a woman to hold a ! ctroug man than her own tongue. 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