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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.
PILES rntED IN fl TO 14 DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT Is gimrantoed to cure any ccsa
of Itching. Blind, Blooding <-r Protruding Piiei in
oto 14 days or money refunded# 60c.
Fancy prices please the seller more
than the buyer.
Senna
acts gently yot prompt
ly oatlie bowels, cleanses
the system e||ectu ally,
assists ono in overcoming
habitual constipation
permanently. To get its
beneficial ejects buy
tke Genuine.
by the.
CALIFORNIA
FIG -Syrup Co.
SCLD BY LEADING DRUCGISTS-50* p.rCOTTLt
SfOK HEADAGHE
A . ~] Positively cured by
CARTERS '"t
They alao relieve Dia-
Jaj !TTLE tress from Dyspepsia, In-
M digestion and Too Hearty
I I K Eating. A perfect rein
v [2l« a I * or I )lzziness > Nan
y I ILfLd* soa » Drowsiness, IJas iveßrwHcnc
auinr rnit roR rutASniMt
A _ HICKS'
=§JfICAPUDINE
CURES
XzM ACHES
And Nervousness
Trial bottle ltc At drugstores
A. N. K.—C (1908—13) 2223.
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iiMiffilfP "OUCH" /
fHT OH, MY BACK
IT IS WONDERFUL HOW O.UICKL.Y THB
PAJN AND STIFFNESS CO WHEN YOU USB I
■1 S-JACOBS OIL
X jjV THIS WELL.-TRIED, OLD-TIME
W REMEDY FILLS THE BILL
25c. ALL DRUGGISTS. —SOc.
MB CONQUERS
(*L —~
Buy Land in Texas
Good Farms in the Panhandle and South
Plains Country Can Be Bought
at $15.00 an Acre.
Every crop common to the temperate
zone does well. Rainfall ample for
every need. Water for stock and do
mestic purposes abundant. Soil deep,
rich and more productive than Ohio.
Fruit, Wheat, Corn, Oats, Cotton all
big money makers.
Let me send you free our new
booklet on the Panhandle.
C. L. SEAGRAVES
Gen'l Colonization Agent, A., T. & S. F. Ry.
1115 Railway Exchange, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
PRICES, FOR EVERY S & &
""•member ofthe family, B W S
MEN, BOYS. WOVEN, MISSES AND CHILDREN. « A. H
BCp, W. L. Douglas mmkna and aofta mora "Cjij Q /mu S
mon'a 93.00 and 93.80 ahoaa
than any othai' manufaoturor In tha
wor/rf, bocauao thmjr hold thalr
ahopo. tN batter, araar lon oar, and &!<*■
are nf orcatar traluo than any othor W/ \W evhu
ahooa In the vrorld to-dmy. T®
W. L. Douglas $4 and $5 Gilt Edge Shoes Cannot Be Equalled At Anj Prloe
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