Farrowing Sow, Also a Temporary
Shelter for Fowl,
For many jobs in the fall a
alle house to use as a shelter
be of great advantage.
or turkeys to be moved about
entcess, says Orange Judd Farmer.
Build the floor the you
andl make as strong possible
size
as
is placed, which can be made of a
is placed on one
is fastened behind a
sueving the building Under
Tangue a block is placed when
degired to use the building
wiheels, as in husking corn in the
fidd In cold weather. »
The building is ere
fioor, and if for
tengue end,
wagon
it
cted above the
corn husking
T
Portable House.
. 13
the walls may be canvas, painted to
Keep out the rain, with a small bench
budlt at one end for the stalks to lie
upon, with hooks for strings This
makes it as comfortabl working
place as be desi: with
the advantage that it
fram one end of the fi
83 needed
Where built for ¢
the walls should be m
beards, or, at least, the
ills, and the roof, of
or canvas. When used
hogs or it is
proper place and the
1bus resting the building on the
and by replacing wheels it
be moved to new
sired.
A
can and
be moved
» other
Urnoge
Ir POSE
light
as a pen for
moved to the
wheels removed
axle,
again
fowls
can
a location
KNELL OF CHOLERA SCOURGE
Government Experts of Agricultural
Department Anncunce Discovery
of Vital interest.
wl
ally
Extraordinary Interest was arous«
in Chicago the other day, especl:
the stock yards, by rec
news from Washington cholera,
the great scourge in
Logs, has, in the opinion
of the agricultural department,
conguered.
According to reports a
serum, with which the department has
been experimenting, bas proved a sue
cess at the Union Stock yards at
South Omaha, Neb.
The Washington reports state:
“The Stock Yards company pur
chased thirty pigs weighing from for.
iy to sixty pounds each from a farm
which had been free from hog cholera
far several years. These pigs were
brought to the stock yards and four
of them were inoculated with
cholera.
placed in a pen by
within five days they had
sick, at which time eighteen
remaining pigs were given a
doge of the serum, while the
eight pigs were not treated
way. The eighteen serum-treated pigs
and the eight untreated pigs were
ait the eipt of
that
the
e
Of experis
the new
become
of
each
four pigs which had been made
by fnoculation.
“The fowr pigs which
given hog cholera all died and
eight untreated pigs all contracted
the disease from them. The eighteen
pigs which were given serum and
were
perfectly well and were finally turned
over to the officials of the stock yards
company upon the completion of the
experiment.”
The department of agriculture does
not distribute this serum to farmers.
but is enleavoring to bring the value
of this method to the attention of the
#tock-raieing Interests in order that
shey miay arrange to secure state
funds for the manufacture and dis
srfbution of the serum.
Better Silage for Sheep.
At the Minnesota experiment sta.
tion it is believed that greater care
must be had in preparing silage for
sheep than for cattle. Sheep require
im sweet and dry silage. Thickly plant.
od corn cut before It Is well matured,
does not make Ideal silage for sheep.
n planted about like field corn,
ested and put Into the silo when
begins to dent, has proven very
Ithful to sheep, and they have
e well upon it. If clover hay is
in conjunction with this silage,
and satisfactory gains may be
in sheep fattening.
A ——————————
NEW TROUGH
Ingenious Contrivance Invented by In-
diana Man Fills Tank as Fast
as Emptied,
An Ingenious contrivance for use in
watering troughs has been invented
{ by an Indiana man. It consists of an
automatic device for filling the trough
as fast as the water is depleted by
New Watering Trough.
animals drinking it. The pipe throug!
£
with a spring valve
An angle
the bottom «
shaped arm is
¢ +h
pivoted
e tank near this pipe
with the lower end of the as
the
i
a wooden
mi raat
i Tess
valve and end
upper
whicl
ball,
face of the wa
nis appliance wil
When the wate
fie
is depleted by
nks with it on the
valve rises, admit water
This device insures always a full sup
ater in tank
water otherwise
the
source
Yor <
ply of fresh w the And
saves the waste that
runs over when trough
from a running
CROWDING ABOUT SALT BOX
i Prevented
Hiustration—How
Together.
by Receptacle
it
Shown
Is Put
in
Salt Box.
crowding about the
bunk is
place
i
made about
long
S50 AS
bt
sides, The
within an inch
that stock can lick the salt,
salt
An
ordinary three
the salt
fit |
DArTY
come
the bo
and
to naide
it mu
sides
ch Wer
down
to
of ntom se
Wean Pigs Gradually.
should be weaned
trough near the pen
but out of reach of the larger hogs
A small opening ihat will allow the
little fellows to pass in and out free
some milk in small trough
| and in & very short time they will be
tasting the milk They may not eat
at first, but it will not be but
i a short time before you will find
them tossing each other about, each
trying to get the last bit of the
milk.
3
Pigs gradually
Have a small
iy, the
much
Hogs often get crooked legs for lack
i of exercise
Stockmen say this Is a good time tc
buy up calves.
Packers find it hard
hog prices down.
Shropshires and Hampshires
best all purpose sheep.
Pure air, pure water, clean food and
| 4 clean place to sleep make hogs prof
work to put
i {table
Some cattle breeders make the mis
take of crossing breeds for the pur
pose of combining the excellencies of
each breed,
If one has plenty of pasture, and
can ralse clover hay, there Is nothing
that will pay so well for as little labor
as a flock of good sheep,
When a small bit of pork costs a
day's wages, and even a ham bone is
precious, there need be no fear of
overstocking the hog market.
There is no kind of animal breed
ing that will pay better than the
breeding of horses, but horges that
will sell, not dunghilis or misfits,
One of the highest uses of rye pas
ture probably is for grazing ewes with
lambs in the early spring, or In gra
zing weaned lambs In the early fall
Get a collar that will fit the horse
and fix the hames 80 they will fit the
collar. Do not get the bridle too
tight, nor have any place which will
rub and make a sore.
In hilly going, an Improved brake
would add years to the service of
many horses that are crippled and
worn out before (heir time by too
much holding back.
he RL Lh ML A RI ST
i Michigan's close game with the
{ Michigan Aggies, in which the Wol
{| verines were victorious, 6 to 3, should
not taken seriously, as the
Aggles have of the strongest
teams In years this season and in
Hill the farmers have a player who con
| tinually keep his team from be
tiful punt
be too
one
can
ing
The game demonstrated thing
and that is that Michigan has a strong
that will be mighty
svivania, Byracuse
penetrate If Coach
with this he
will develop an offense which
qually effective, F
iid not take
one
hard
a
x
defense, one
Penn
iesOta to
for and in
Yost is
itisfied defense surels
will be
ollowers of football
this contest or
as criterions of Mi
Yost is going to
1
powerful eleven
with Case
ngth
strong and
Bir«
and he is
which will
interesting
make
for
sure to have a (eam
things exceedingly
- wn -
MAKE-UP OF ALL-STAR
Wagner, Christy Mathewson
Mordecal Brown Among
Those Relegated to Bench.
Honus
and
Wagner, Christy
Brown
Relegnting Honus
Mathewson Mordecal
but naming five
in
Pat
and
the bench of oblivion
two Sox as the peers
ve positions, E. (
Weekly, pick
in Colliers
eball
ving comment:
+h fil
Star has team with the fol
Kling
Coombs, Walsh, Johnson
Chance
Recond Base—Lalole
Hase
8; ortstop Pink
Lord
iders—Cobb
atcher Kling has no equal to
however, 10
Third Base
ipeaker, Schult»
mistake
the work of
is a
iit for
It
re
Chicago chers
mind
pitchers
the game
then
in selocts
sakes them out of
knows
been
this season!
1. except Cole, have taken
out many times
All hata off to Chance as a manager
for intelligence and
Lajole needs no com.
played the
field, at the
bat. or on the bases that Tinker has
I hope prediction will not come
true, but | think “Honus” has seen his
best days
the White Sox new life
fielders are fast and furious at
bat, on the bases, and In the fleld
Take the five pitchers named,
with batting behind them they
win a pennant for any league,
time, and any season if you
and first baseman
brains
Wagner
Year
baseball
has not
in the
ment
game this
w
my
and
cepting
plon hard luck pitcher of the year
Baseball Presented to Him by Presi.
dent Murphy ls Not Genuine, De-
clares ThoWas Foley.
Some one has “gold-bricked™ Charles
Murphy, president of the Chicago
The other day Murphy presented to
A. G. Spalding, onetime champion
the
that
Spalding’s great game against
at
magnates. How
when Foley's billiard hall, In Chicago,
was destroyed In the great fire of
1871.
Foley, to use his own words, was
“breathless” when he read a story to
the effect that Murphy had given
Spalding the old ball. Foley had clung
to that ball with great care up to
the time it was burned, as It was
proof that his club had beaten the
greatest pitcher at that time in the
world, an@l says be knew positively
that the ball was lost in the fire of
1871.
Fight Club for Winnipeg.
A number of Vinnipeg sporting men
soon will organize a club similar to
the National Sporting club of London.
Before leaving for Chicago the other
day Harry Glimore, who has been
asked to organize the club, hod a
Eleven.
Michigan's
Whatever
opponents
Michigan
rules this
make
year,
use may
fered by the rule allowing unrestrict
ed direct passes {s to be taken full ad
vantage of by the Wolverine eleven
Yost himself 4d that he is
going to use the direct pass exclusive
iy, and probably he won't. But itis a
that the big jority of the
ipon which he his faith
Notre
Oesnt say
good bet
plays
in the
Pennsylvania games
wh there is no mi
which
who calls the signals, and
ma
pins
Dame, Minnesota and
will
leman
be plays In
ich da in other
n the quarterback
ne leader always has
and
and
for
crossbucks
ight bucks by halfbacks,
r new code the
plays
stra the
yl
¥
SBUCCEER OI
chances
fhe
those to have
Eeem
increased immeasurably
PAN NPN Sf
DROP KICK BEATS
Pr
CHICAGO
First Victory Cver Maroons
in Nine Years.
Playing with
Otto Seiler.
[liinols outplayed and outgeneraled
Chicago throughout one of the most
bitterly fought struggles between
these ancient rivals in recent years.
The wildest scenes occurred at the
call of time at ‘he end of the final
quarter, Revolvers were shot off and
the cannon roared. The playing field
was one mass of wildly shouting per
sons who seemed unable to control
their happiness. Everything that pos
gibly could be done to celebrate vie
tory was done and finished in a man
ner which seldom has been witnessed.
Hats were torn, women's hats. were
thrown in the air, stands broken, and
what took place that night will be re
membered for some time.
Numbers on Football Players.
That football players should be
Sy A A HA AFI EA SP Or RE
HARD WORK TO GET STARTED
Harmon, Considered One of Coming
Pitchers of Country, Tells of His
Early Playing.
BY ROBERT HARMON.
(Copyright, 1910, by Joseph B. Bowles)
I broke into baseball on a bluff, or
{a dare. ] had not the slightest in-
i tention of making baseball my busi
| ness in life, but 1 loved the game, and
| never lost a chance to play it, no mat
{ ter what happened.
{ 1 remember that
| school at my home in Liberal Mo,
| where 1 was born In 1887, | used
| play “hookey” to play ball, and when-
| ever the West Side and the East Side
teams played Saturday afternoon
i 1 was either pitcher or
| one could chase me into
i I moved down into
! and started to play ball
lin Arizona, not go much fou
honor of
when 1 wns at
to
on
catcher N
the
the
outfield
s8OU
4
at Morenci,
what they
paid me as for the
the teams I don’t
| they happened to
the Portland, Ore,
trial in the spring
boys bluffed me, saving 1 cou
make good, 1 didn’t, but the fact t
Portland me a sl
playir
know
out
exactly
find me
but team
me nn
the i
of 1508
gave 1011
Ti¢ a CRicher
He was Ix
knew more
Enos
Garvin
Garvin, an
about pitch
if 1
gan showing * 8
trade ten
{use the natural cu
He started
earnest about how
shutti
i shooting the ball around
{hard as I could
| Dale
{team, I began to learn the
f pitching
2 i
i ai
successful In the
will
live to be
lot of the tric
the hit
! had
ally instead of
Gear, who was man:
3
scientific
i 1 was
{ league, and befor
over the Bt. louls club bought
| WAS Taw even but managed tc
i stick it out and by studying and work
{ing 1 have managed to last this long
A pitcher never gets through learn
| ing. and the moment be thinks he
{ master of all tricks of trade
he is ready to go back to the minor
{i leagues. A fellow has to keep work
| ing and studying all the time, learn
{ing to do new things with a ball, and
| learning to use his head
It is hard work, but | never have re
| gretied trying to break out into the
| big leagues. Even If I slip back now,
ior damage my arth so 1 never can
| pitch again, the experience and train
{ Ing gained will help me In any line of
| business or trade. 1 think I have
| learned self-control, patience and to
keep my temper; to respect the rights
| of others and to look on things with
e the season was hs
me, 1
then,
is
i
the Lae
i
§
the other man's view as well as my
! own, and 1 think it has been as good
{ an education ag I could have gained In
| any way.
BAR MAN COACH FOR WOMEN
Falr Sex Should Be Confined
to Themselves.
“1 am very decidedly opposed
employment of men as athlete In.
gtructors or coaches for girls or wom-
en,” says James E Sullivan, secretary
of the. Amateur Athletic association.
“It 1s a mistake to have a man, for
to have him coach or direct girls In
thelr athletic exercises.
“A man coach In a girls’ school will
naturally present his theories from
a masculine standpoint. He will tell
his pupile to play a good, rough game
and instruct them to do things as a
boy or man would do them.
“Girls’ athletics when conducted
along safe and sane lines, I= a real
|
i
" w——— ———
A TIMELY WARNING.
Backache, headaches, dizzy spells
and distressing urinary troubles warn
you of dropsy, diabetes, and fatal
Bright's discase. Act In time by cu-
ring the kidneys with
Doan’s Kidney Pills,
They have cured
thousands and will
cure you
Mrs. Sarah 8. Mau
pin, Brentwood,
Tenn, says: "Doctors
sald 1 had Bright's
disease and held out
little hope of recov
1 could scarcely totter about. My
and my life was
1 began us.
And was as
n ely weeks
{ could do a hard day's work without
inoonveniencs
id
iS A Sry
Hmbs
one long,
ing
tons hed
were swollen
drawn
Doan’s Kidney
the
out palin
Pilis
at results
Remember the ~Doan's
name iB
Loy
For sale by all des cents 8
box. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo N
. i 3, 3 *
Getting a Reputation
iate par
from
5 next to
enter of
opportu.
every-
Ca
an
nave
accord.
respondent
borrowed
i utter
This
protest
give up
afraid
man
n't want
nstantly
ords
aie
f dia
one
y parted
imparted
ther that
ne man
ig.nnar
gam
ee?
Ces were
The
pressed
ould
yuld
de.
apologetical-
get 8 good
Lippincott's
What About Him?
gone back and fro, and
ful socialist had been an-
ng that man ought to get his
t by cheating, and we all listened
im, and agreed that it was dread.
when men and women did not tell
truth, but tried to make their liv-
Millionaries,
we scarified all
“No
decep
had
i 80
no
Le
ful
tie
ing by deceiving people
landowners, financiera
who cheat the public
make a living by
he young man Then a
5 4 Cae rom
“What about
London Chronicle.
tion,’ sald t
the corner of the sofa,
the conjurer?”
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When a Baby.
If parents realized the fact that cof-
fee contains a drug—caffeine—which is
y harmful to children, they
would doubtless hesitate before giving
the babies coffee to drin
“When | was a child in my moth
er's arms and first began to nibble
things at the table, mother used to
give me sips of coffee. As my parents
used coffee exclusively at meals 1
never knew there was anything to
drink but coffee and water.
“And so 1 contracted the coffee
habit early. 1 remember when quite
young the continual use of coffee po
affected my parents that they tried
roasting wheat and barley, thea
ground It In the coffeemiil, as a sud
stitute for coffee.
“But it did not taste right and they
went back to coffee agam. Thar wus
jong before Postum was ever heard
of. 1 continued to use coffee until 1
was 27, and when 1 got into office
work, I began to have nervous spelis.
especially
“At night, after having coffee for
supper, 1 could hardly sleep, and on
rising in the morning would feel
and nervous,
“A friend persuaded me to
Postum. My wife and I did not
it at first, but later when boiled
and strong It was fine. Now we
not give up Postum for the best
we ever tasted.
“Il can now get good sleep, am
from nervousness and headaches I