“FLY TIME” AMONG THE COWS
8ome Individual Animals Seem to
Suffer More Than Others—Vari-
ous Remddies Suggested.
(By WALTER B. LEUTZ)
Midsummer is known as “fly time"
in the dairyman's calendar.
the dairy cows at this season of the
year is looked upon as unavoidable,
and is attributed by many to the wor
ry of the stock by flies. The failure
to provide an abundance of succu
fent forage to supplement the parched
pastures seems a trifling contribu-
tory cause of the lessening milk se-
cretion, compared with the activity
of the pesky, ubiquitous fly, especially
at milking time.
The flies that are most numerous
about cattle are known by their coms«
mon names of the stable fly and the
horn fly.
I
Harness Arrangement Will Prove of
Greatest Aid to Animals
Mardy valuable cows have been lost
the womb or calf-bed following
calf, In large herds a harness,
the
This
bed when there
must be kept
is any danger.
on for 24 hours
The part under
fers in having the mouth parts fitted
blood of animals. The eggs of
stable fy are usually laid in horse
manure, the female laying from 125
to 150 in a season. The period of de
velopment from egg to adult fly
about 15 days
The horn fly is a new pest and was
first noticed in this country about
1886. The first appearance this
fly was the cause of
alarm among the cattle men, and
experiment stations of
of
the
life
sug-
repell
to the origim and
and for
for
tion in regard
history of this
gestions as to
ing it.
The
very much
smaller,
teenths
have strange habit of settling in
great numbers about the base a
horn, which they sometimes complete
ly cover, a which gives ti
their common They
their attention to cattle They bur
row
the
tions
easily
by the
like th
fine
suck the
insect
agencies
fly is a small,
like th
measuring
of
the
horn gray
iy,
three
three
JUL
house bu
six
e
about
They
an inch in length.
of
habit
name cont
in the hair about the shoulder,
of th
body
dislodged
horn
mosquito
©
roots
of
tall and other por
the } are not
fly is
o
lancet they
blood
pier
at night and
time
Various
gested by
Destruction
pings by appl
immediate spreadin and
the same
Application of
destroy the flies
remedi
good
of
ation
tn
ime or
drying
co powder
Application of of the follow
fng repeilants
kerosene in
Mish oil with sn
bolic acid
and pine tar one part
Ten to fifteen per cent
waler
of
(ture
car
Cottonseed
Iwo
Receptacle Shown in the illustration
is Designed for Use Either
in Field or Corral,
The
dlustration
field or corral
the stock
juisite amount
same time
slements
salt receptacle shown in the
for
designed
it
for «
of
is use in
acy
ining the
salt, and at
the salt from
waste
ford
af ds free
te
{0 bt
the
protects
and
spenipg is protected by a hood which
prevents
and
nose under it iifting upward
When the nose is withdrawn from the
Salt-Feeding Receptacle.
opening thus made, the hood drops
down again by ita own weight A
sufficient opening is always left to ex-
pose the salt and attract the stock.
Handling Cows in Summer.
There is a iradition that cows will
do hetter in warm weather than in
cold weather, but experience has dis
roved this fact. It is often easier
to reproduce summer conditions in
the winter stable than it is to thor
oughly protect the stock from the
pasts that make them go dry in sum-
A
Equipment for Dairy Farm,
The cream separator, the silo and
the manure spreader should find a
lace in the equipment of every dairy
arm.
can be put next to the cow's skin.
dangerous subject very often,
A
when
Saves the Cows,
will show an inch or so of the uterus,
says a writer in the Country Gentle
man, She should be carefully watched
at calving, and as soon as she has
calved put on the harness, which
must be tightly strapped on, and then
in an hour or so loosen it up to let
away the after-birth or renew the
It almost always hap
pens that once a cow throws her bed
she will do it again In desperate
can be made with
a darning needle and fine white tape
and left In for two days, giving sloppy
drinks with a little oplum in them
Raise the cow's hind end higher than
her front end with inclined floor.
GOOD STABLE SCREEN DOOR
it Can
Be Secured by Wide Board to
Drop Into Brackets,
If the screen door for the cow stable
is made of strong material it can be
secured by a wide board to drop into
A Stable Screen Door,
home
would be bolted
y that it may
ards be ralsed
act
‘ the be
i th i
the door is opened
Food for the Growing Calf.
Growing calves should have
Fat
Keep
and win
follow as a nat
food as insures growth
needed dairy calf
in the
comfortable,
and growth will
result
calves
ter,
summer
ural
Best Milk Producer.
far ¢ should not
or Cows
Dairy
iy timoth
raise or
Clover or
milk
bt
bettér as a pro
{
Bh — r=
malt CBs NA4, pe
ar AY
a mistake
should
cleansed before milking
Bloody milk or that from a sick cow
should never be mixed
A cross bred cow is
Each
oughly
cow's udder be thor
with wholesome
‘The uncovered cans of milk should
cold water until they are
The use of muslin in dalry windows
instead of glass Is sald to lessen the
The secret of success in the dairy
business is, test the cows, keep rec
ords, figure, know and do not guess,
The milk from a new milch cow
:
i
!
until at least a fell week after the cow
has calved.
The stable should not be cleaned or
brushed nor should silage or roughage
be fed until after all the cows of the
herd are milked.
All milk cans should be washed first
in cold water then thoroughly cleansed
scalding hot water
It really requires little care and at
a clean, sweet condition even during
hot, sultry weather.
The cow is not working for you, but
instead she is your master. The bet
ter work you do for her the larger sal
ary she will pay you.
Whole onts, corn and wheat bran In
equal parts with one-half part linseed
meal added makes a good grain ra
tion for the young calves,
When calves have a habit of sucking
each other's ears it Is best to separate
or tle them. After they get to eating
grain foods there Will be no more
trouble from this source.
RA
ager, Christy Mathewson,
Wiltse, the GClants’ clever southpaw,
will go on the stage next
George will not do a monologue stunt,
but will be a member of a quartet com:
posed three ball players in
the big leagues. Wiltse is In fine form
of other
AN A SN NAN NS ANN
ON QUESTION OF MANAGERS
Which is More Capable, Bench or
Playing?—Largely Matter of indi
viduals and Personality.
The discussion as to the relative
merits of a bench and playing mana
ger for a baseball team Is again
der way
“1 believe that before long all man
agers will be bench managers”
Hugh McBreen, treasurer of ti
ton Americans ‘1 think
coming that Baseball
ahead so much and come
before long the manager will have all
1
Ly
wa
BAYS
e B
%
the game is
has gone
to be so fast
io
be can do to sit on the bench and
the play without ting to
upon the coaching Mana
must plan ahead, mus figur
out play, and upon the
emp
rect
get
gers
ing the
lines they
moves abead
te
ih
"
att
next
are of
td
apt to
have In thelr minds
duties of coaching
coaching
then a situ
“es
the immediate
You AR LANAKer
first base one minute and
ation arises that
third base
RS at
takes him
that he
the
ne
same
were on withou
thing to bo him
Then, again, Ly sitting on
the time with th
he
ideas and finding
think of what ought to be
Now, it just happens that the Boston
Americans a bench manager
which may may not influence Mc
Breen's opinion; at any rate it
fs probable that officials of th
New York,
clubs In
the Athletics,
Washington
league would agree with him
The secretaries of the other major
cant plat
except pial
the
ie players around
getling
at what
is constantly
out ju
done.”
nave
or
but
the ©
Cincinnati and Brookiyn
league, and
Chicago
Am
the National
Detroit
clubs,
in
in
the
Capt. Bobby Wallace.
league teams would probably declare
in favor of the playing managers, who
are as follows:
Chance, Chicago Cubs, first base;
Clarke, Pittsburg Pirates, left field;
Doolin, Phillies, catcher; Bresnahan,
st. Louis Cardinals catcher; Tenney,
Boston Doves, first base; Chase, Yan.
kees, first base; Wallace, St. Louls
Browns, shortstop.
The whole question is, of course,
largely a matter of Individuals and
personality, and will probably be a
source for argument as long as the
game exists,
should the
the show will recelve a big
this scason, and
win out
boom.
Wild Base Running Wins.
Wild base running seems the thing
which is winning ball games for the
Tigers this year
rr i,
sss
\\
iy Cobb
their own luck
says ball pl
The poor bazeball player is the only
one who knows no holidays
Ping Bodie looks a good deal be
thy
‘tor
the oulfl
To bean
tion
Burns
¢id than on second
Or not to De
Ry among
teams
nidable
ams this
her Madden
Boston Red Sox, has irchased
by the Phi
Umpires are
been 1
ladelphia Nationals
beginning
manly art of self defense Is more
e levying of fines
has signed a hard
in Fred Busch of
ultural college
y
to feel that
than ti
Wallace
collegian
sntisfactory
Hohby
hitting
the Michigan Agric
team
Cateh Lou Criger of the Milwan
American
given
er
sasocint!
his umn«
baseball
re
kee
mn
was onditional
Good in trade
from
playing a
so far
Wagner does not
much grace as he does short
by the Cubs
has been
of baseball
taken
Boston
Kalser
arti
for
strong le
play first with as
but he
comes anywhere
near him
Trainer Tuttle of the Detroit Tigers
Boston
Doubting Resiliency of New
Sprere—Test Causes Confusion.
A———
There has been much controversy
fans this season regarding the ball
now in use in the major leagues, the
disputants lining up on the question
whether the ball now in use is or is
not livelier than the one used last sea
son
Many claim that the high batting
averages of some of the players at the
present time are due to the llveller
{ ball, while others claim that they are
! due to the ineffectiveness of the pitch
i ers and that the ball is no livelier
| than the one used last season.
Of course, if the manufacturers will
i not settle the doubt it would be nec
| essary to subject the balls to sclentifio
| tests and examination In order to
| definitely determine the (facts, and
| even then balls which were supposed
| to be identical in make might show a
| difference in resiliency because If
! probably 1s not possible that any two
| of them are exactly alike
| Some tests were made the other day
| with two balls, one of them issued
| for use in the American league late
last season, and one that was issued
| for the season of 1911. These were
| dropped from a height of 15 feet sim-
| ultaneously. They struck a concrete
floor at as nearly the same instant as
they could be made to do so, and
they were photographed at the mo-
ment they had reached the extreme
| height of the rebound
it was found that the ball issued
for last season bounded higher than
the one issued for this season, the dif-
| erence in he!ght being clearly shown
in the photograph
Several other tests were made and
invariably the 1910 ball proved to be
{iveiler. These tests with oaly
| two balls are absolutely decisive of
nothing as regards the general propo-
sition. but they show clearly enough
that the ball that was issued in 19510
wis this particular case, livelier
than the one issued for 1911. Whether
1 series of experiments more accur
ately scientifically made would
show the same or opposite results re
mains to be seen
The experiment made recently
would seem to confuse the problem
gtill further. for the players generally
that the ball is liveller this year
it was last
IS SURE OF CHAMPIONSHIP
Eddie Collins Says Detroit Has But
One Pitcher, and Does Not Fear
Tigers in Pennant Race.
the
4
anc
ny
than
oph neios
Collins.
to
language,
for 191
given
heads trying to pilfer signals
opposing batteries
Babe Towne, manager of the Sioux
is leading the batting list of the West.
Joe O'Brien
Battery of Brothers.
“You hear a lot about brothers
battery,” says Bob Groom, the tooth
twirler of the
“Well, I was a member of
the Groom brothers battery once, back
in Illinois. That was before | enter.
od professional ball. 1 was known as
the ‘strikeout king’ around St. Louls,
not far from my home, and usually |
fanned 156 or 16 men in a game |
didn’t Yave much but a wide curve,
but, oh, how it used to feaze those
lads trying to hit it. During the en
tire season before | entered organized
baseball | averaged 15 strikeouts to a
game,
“1 was billed as one of the Groom
brothers battery and people used to
come Lo see us work. Alec Groom and
Bob Groom got their names In the
papers with great regularity.
“But Alec Groom wasn't my broth.
er. He was my cousin, However, few
ever knew that, and we passed for a
long time as the Groom brothers bat
tery.” .
Pitcher George Mullin,
[body else In the American league,
{can Eddie see has a thing on the
{ Champs.
“1 don’t like to appear foolish with
a lot of talk about the race,” shot
forth the great midget,
to go on record as saying that we
will jam down that pennant as sure as
shooting.
:
that would help a lot
have to beat, We'll do it
pept George Mullin, and it can't work
him every day. By the first of Sep
tember we'll have the grand old rag
mortgaged, and’ don't forget it. It
is going to be no runaway race, of
course, as we have a late start. But
wo will win as sure as the sun shines.
There will be nothing to it”
STR i,
NOT A “FULL-LENGTH” PAPA
Child Wanted Original of Portrait That
Had Been Made So Familiar
in
who
An amusing incident related of
8 young service matron had re
Hnquished her husband for two years
and who, having before his departure
insisted on a good photograph, applied
herself assiduously to the upbringing
of her two-year-old baby with a view
to the child's familiarity with her dis
tinguished father Kach day she would
call the baby girl to her and, kneeling
beside her, would hold up the photo
graph, pointing out each featu
the child
One day the officer
ris to
came home, and
girl, then fo old,
summoned C said
in gles,
t last!” The child sur
ths
baby Years
was
the
home &
the offi
her
ome, dear,”
mother a has come
veyed
in
head
ig the matter
“Well,
something like my
@r perplexity and
shook
“What
ber
he looks
my papa hasn't any legs!
ECZEMA ON HANDS AND FEET
face
dear?’ asked
mother repli
“In the latter part of 185¢
and broke t in little pl
My doctor gave me some medicine and
& salve, | used them at
ad receive the
meantime It broke
back and chest i
other doctor and he told
tha it
head ou
for monihs !
results
it all
4
§ {
ig $4]
over
not any
my
an
Ot
then went to
the same
me
#8 my own doctor Was eczenna
He also gave me medicine for eigliteer
months, All |
moved fr
could see was hat
it yn my face and body
+} 1
and although |
hands and feet
everything, I cou
WA
My
my
id not heal my
rye f cogut
and feet
on the
could
3id
joints and would De 8
not
gtarted
use them tim
to use Cuticura
in July, 1883, and belor
ired
‘uticura Soap and Ointn
i
i
Ointmen
9 therefore
n
having skin disease
2 Cutie
There's no
map
aired
{dea
cks
Great
where a
tary
stamps or
ee the city
Weds.
he
He nw
years old, who
Chicago Dally News
Important to Mothers
Fxamine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy fot
infants and children, and see that it
vr
lignature of AT
n Use For Over 30 Years.
‘hildren Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Bears the
1
{
Wise
Bobby, didn’t you hear mammal
tellin’ us to come in out © the rain?”
“Yep, but I'm not goin’ to do it til
I'm 80 wet that she cant lay me
across her lap ‘thout spoilin’ her
dress.”
TO DRIVE OUT MALARIA
AND BLILD & x aE EE
Take ihe Old Sandard GROVES TASTHEL
CHILL TONIC. You know whai you ste aking
The formuia is plainly printed on every botlia
showing (1 is simply Quinine and lron iD 8 tase
he Quinipe drives oul the malar
pnd the iron builds op the system. Sold by ab
Price WM cents,
I ———— —————————
indefinite,
“id you have fun taking his candy
away from the baby?
“Fun? My dear boy,
scream!”
it was a
For HEADACHE <~Micks' CAPUDINE
Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach of
Nervous Troubles, Capudine will relieve you.
t's liquid plessant to take acts (mmedi
ately. Try it 10e, Sc. and 50 cents at drug
The census would be much larger if
all the men who are leading double
lives could be found out.
For a trainwrecker no punishment
san be too severe.