AN SELF-FEEDER SHEEP MANGER Into Construction Any Material Can Entering be Found on Almost Farm-—Device Is Handy. This but another application feeder principle to a sheep manger When the grain {8 not fed in the manger it serves about every purpose, says a writer in the Breeder's Gazette, The material that enters into its con- giruction can be found on almost every farm, and for that reason cost of construction is very low. Two- byfours and one-inch boards are all that needed. The demands are manger for feeding sheep 1s of the self- its are ee ARE \ A Seif-Feeding Sheep Manger. from those of the type that requi very different dinary to properly These mangers for that reason wandle. They pacity and handy sheep, and times wishes fore his short. They and out of eannot be type. Wh the n than the or- re new material construct them have no bottoms and light and of fairly that ) for the n with but are easy large reason Aare very few some are man who keep a little hs; while t t can be way to ay be sheep he ure is | put in « in a done with the pas rners | the manner that ordinary en {r hay down om much common kind far wider at the top. usually make them as we have nore boards of that length around than of any other The dimensions are: Corner posts, | 2x4 inches, cut on a slant; bottom cut hes and inches long: space, 9 wide; total = 42 height, 54 Inches: total length, the ing arowing hit | easier to as *Y Aare In length, we about eight f 10W they are the eat 18 long top cut “i open inche idth, inches: INDIVIDUAL HOUSE FOR Buiit as Closely as Possible Good Dimensions. Frr twenty years ee A style dlvidual house Were we Raw that anxious for £0 to pleces so we could of the new sty Recently them so piec es balance Of qnes and make them go as will in building the new has been In use, 1 then with m well using somethi er. Then old ones to i a few 1 we lil we Wop gome of the bull 4 w Tit hree and liked shall + eed we built well that take the our far ones as they sions are as and five front two the back and The one h and at front always to tie south door, 18 inches wide and high in east end, s the southenst corner. 18 inches wide and feet high, cut in south side at east corner Should be built of the best matched lumber, battened or tongued and grooved of best quality. If metal fs used for the roof it should be laid over paper or felt of some kind to ¢ cut Ga Improved Hog House. prevent moisture forming on the un- der side of the roof, which keeps the floor wet, sible. shine needed can be had at the doors. When the weather Is too cold for safe farrowing a lantern can be hung to a rafter on the high side with a short h rdle across the doors. There 18 no need of craw-fishing to get away from an angry sow-John M. Jamison, in American Swineherd, High-Class Ewes Best. Why not buy a couple of high-class ewes? A few years hence you will be able to give your boy a nice little flock of ewes, in the meanwhile rals- fng your own rans, selling the surplus to your neighbors, doing a little mis slonary work and they cost no more to raise than the kind that are just *sbep.” \ | CEMENT FEED FLOORS BEST More Expensive Tt Than Others, But Pay for Difference in Comparative- ly Short Period, The writer cc matracted a floor 20520 | ing It almost constantly and with the greatest satisfaction. Though it cost about two weeks of hard labor and $16 in cash I almost feel that | have a re- turn for my outlay both in labor and cash already, says a writer in an ex- change. Am quite sure I have saved $15 tra labor In carrying out corn, a basket at a time, through the deep mud to & dry (muddy) spot through all that bad weather would have al most equaled the labor of building the floor. But more than this is the sat. isfaction of feeding in this clean and handy way, which can only be appre. ciated by trying it. Our floor was made right beside the 'n a hog wal Stones were gathered from the flelds and laid in the bottom. were covered and leveled by and coarse gravel, then a of concrete (elght parts one of cement), then the 8 of four or five parts of coarse sand to one part of cement, the concrete be ing forced to the bottom on all sides to prevent rat invasion. After remov- ing forms, posts were set on glides and the wide boards were nalled on the inside to the fitting Thus low These smaller stones thick layer of gravel to urface coat board the three game down to the floor and the cobs and other waste need not With bi wre aldes all cobs and m easily be the leaned off so often. one or me can and te i¥ be ¢ ns on anure BOOK ped into #AmMH The floor should ght be gl! saved. lower corner for one drainage ‘ting our floor the middle, 80 we could di. and hogs, which at is constru npnosts » get In r pigs akes nvenient, always z ¥ handy place to havi ng slop n § ana also a plac kly for and e to pen any kin Rising Really Meritorious Horses Need Have no Fear of Overstocking the Market, les "1 : onsid number urebred zires now in 1 conting be long too inferior to that draft in service, it safe to = to exceed seems Ay one-third of the ‘Admirable Farm Type. conforma warrant stud. who as to the in The m ance an 18 horses fear « is pro howeve if the supply res exceeding the demand, t within the next 40 or 50 3 [IVE STOCK NOFES=%5 field Pigs and an alfalfa company Every breeder holding an annual gale should bulld a sale pavilion. There's nothing like alfalfa hay to the brood sows in good condi are good keep tion. Blanket warmly, thoroughly skin, Look out for drafts under and through the floors. They are about the worst kind Horses that have heavy coats of hair should be clipped now Just before nd brush well to clean and stimulate the It is seldom necessary to grind corn for work horses unless they are old and have poor teeth. Quick, intelligent attention often save a lamb or a palr of them, and often the ewe as well. Too much corn has caused the loss of many a fine litter of pigs, and often the loss of the sow as well In a case of twins one is often weak- er than the other, and would die If not assisted to nourishment. A tablespoonful of oilmeal a day for each ewe, given reguarly. sensible addition to the ration. but do not lose sight of quality Silage 1s not as well adapted to horses as it is to cattle, but, never- theless, it is an excellent roughage. A scrub with a pedigree Is a worse scrub than a scrub without a pedi @ree. But there are not so many of them. If a sow lg restless or jumps up when the pigs are nursing, examine the pigs for sharp teeth, It any are found file them off. It Is a common prophecy that cattle will never be cheap again and It sure ly seems that such a prophecy Ia Pased on good grounds. I ——— By HOMER CROY. Chance | Frank ler” Amer When it get Ch $114 Lincoln the Ness, the to vehros was er on and in {Californi; and derricked where he the thrott ever his and the salet between teeth one of the most superstitious 1 bas but hb cky number. When would take a ey in baseball, 3 on a Pull straight jacket make hi man it new cable gleep Ae and a anywhe lub gets a berths eT) re except in lower 13 the only he writes 13 o he door “0 He re ove eraser by Cesare. a nohle and me yon in the the gr women be has for the ash Mana Bagsem Wis A. D. Dodson, dent of the club. Frank Rock has of the St. Joseph Western league field. Ohio, has 1a Frank Reynolds traded f to Racine, Ir rear is the new presi ganized Galveston been made pecre- tary club Managers McGraw and have five-year contracts clubs, Spike Shannon, released by Kansas City, would like to land a job as an umpire. All the recruits look good at pres ent, but wait a month and many of them will vanish into the past John Dovey, formerly of the Boston National league club, will, according to report from Louisville, act as scout for Billy Grayson this season, luffalo will give Charles Pugh, a shortstop, another trial this year. He is a seml-pro who warmed the Bison bench for a while last summer. | Joe Cohn of the Spokane club wants the Northwestern league to take up the plan of numbering players recent. ly adopted by the Pacific Coast league. Hugh Duffy has signed a pitcher named Mathias Zieser. The former Box leader ir a diplomat and is mak. ing himself solid with all nationalities of people, The Newark fans are all certain, and they are backed up by Joe Me. Ginnity, that Bill Louden will be the find of the season. He is to be play- ed at third by Hughle Jennings. | Johnny Evers, the brainy member of | the Cubs, is angling for the purchase of the Jlbany (New York State legge) club. Johnny Is not figuring on quitting the big league, but he wants to be a magnate on the side. Del Howard says that he has no plans for the summer, but If any club wants the services of a good slugger as well as a political speaker he says that he will consider the proposition. The temperance clause that was In. serted in the contracts of the Pirates last year was of great benefit to the team in the estimation of DParney | re aan, acd be has himself signed PBregnahan with their in Kan. The sutl to add ‘larke’s the fall, and gcout who dis Arthur Wilsoa is not connected with pastime in any form 21 ns was manager of the Mattoon ii} team time to» found the Giants’ stars Manager Jack Tighe ville Colonels is kidding Eddie to pl: ing the Reports about fiox are tr on kidd Cov fi at the of the Loals himself that he will tha CC onels the got Lennox third for the Col- season If half of the ability of Len- Tighe will have to keep | ng himself, STAR ouT OF OLYMPIC FIELD Ralph Craig, Wolverine Sprinter De tained at Mome by Pressure of Private Business, ubs 3 com ue, Ralph Craig, the famous sprinter of the University of Michigan, has an. nounced that he will not compete with the American team at the Oiympic ¥ Ralph Craig. games at Stockholm next sainmer Cralg was expected to score heavily in the 100 and 200 meter dashes. He de clared that he cannot leave his posi tion for the length of time that train. ing and the trip requires. Problem as to Why They Make Best Leaders Unsolved. | | | “Red” Doolin and Roger Bresnahan De Not Find Duties Too Arduous to Prevent Them From Playing in Game. Every year somebody rises to re { mark that the bench manager Ig su | perlior to the directs his | club's aflairs f You can | prove this by You can | prove it Isn't so many {| Therefore, like ry as {to the Age of Aun, not man who rom the field. several cases by the ancle jue +» answer | yet jut is one line here Boe Catchers er they bat. them | catchers have foundation make good 1 lead from ben Of the are piloted by Why tl forth UnNiess, i6 | blossom parent, so busy habit DOBSINE ETOWS ciub Two of tl | tively engaged not find their i prevent the “Red” Doolin, lecting the box artist When one a pitcher day in and day know the oct | when he has “stuff.” The jer realizes if his pitcher's ball | breaking right or if the fast ball hasn't ithe hop Of course, a lot of flingers are slaughtered on their best days, but that is part of the game. In the long run it works out that the pticher who is right on a certain day does better than a fellow who hasn't his best as sortment of foolers. No ball club ever went very far without a star catcher, with the pos- gible exception of the Detroit Tigers, and they possessed such an unusual array of hitting talent that they were exceptions to the rule. Lucky indeed is the club that has the manager in the strategic position behind the bat ter and able to do sterling yeoman duty day in and day out, As a demonstration of what intelli gent entching means, look what hap pened to the Cardinals when Roger Bresnahan quit working last autumn Johnny Kling, who was taken over from the Cubs by Boston and handed the managerial reins after Fred Tenny has failed, will get a chance to show his worth this season. Kling is cer tainly one of the best catchers in the game, but just how he will work with the manager's troubles will be seen thy coming campaign. Fred Tenney himself broke into baseball as & catcher, works with tout he to gions catch n't comes 3 tae Hard Hitters in American, Bvery team in the American league last year had at least two outflelde who hit for 300 or over, with the ex ception of the Bt. Louis frowns. Half Millon in Athletic Field. Los Angeles Y. M. C. A. hae ex pended over $450,000 on Na new athe letic fleld and grounds. A WARNING TO MANY. Some Interesting Fats Regarding Health Statistics. extent condi Few people realize to what thelr health depends upon the tion of the kidueys, The ph inn serious iliness, makes a yels of the patient's urine. He knows that unless the Kidneys are doing their work properly, the other organs cannot be brought to health and slrenglh When the kidneys are neglected or abused In any way, serious resuits are gure to foliow A ing to health gta Brigh Disease which is really an advanced form of kidney trouble, caused nearly ten thousand deaths in 1910, in the state of New York behooves us to pay eaith of these An des had remedy early all cases of chemical anal yeiclan back coord Shati istics ht's alone, Thereforg more att most that has dney ginp rr O ot, Bladder remarkable #ue 5 48 a Is the grea Remedy sence of this preparation is soon realized it arkable © iire 1 wittie, Bingham- and you ab ries Toa vape: y drug- 0c, and PILES CURED IN 6 ik Te Tr 14 DAYS ev if PAZ INT Pen when | tomb and ‘Lazarus, that Boy Mag No ticed Things. little boy had been was not one of cations of the moreover, to he had original The ted in a lie. [It the ordinary prevari world, and, make the crime more grievous persisted in adliering to his mendacious statement ‘Do you know, my grizzied clerk, In a Kindly ‘what becomes of young trifle with the truth? “Aye,” was the assured reply. “the often sends them out as travel ers when they grow wl’ dear office dete everyday asked & fashion, lade who iad.” boss NO WORDS WASTED A Swift Transformation Briefly De scribed. About food, the following brie! but emphatic letter from a Georgia wom an goes straight to the point and is convincing. “My frequent attacks of indigestion and palpitation of the heart cuk minated in a sudden and desperate {li ness, from which I arose enfeebled in mind and body. he doctor advised me to live on cereals, but none of them agreed with me until i tried Grape-Nuts food and Postum, “The more | used of them the more I felt convinced that they were just what 1 needed, and in a short ‘ime they made a different woman of me. My stomach and heart troubles disap peared as if by magic, and my mind was restored and is as cloar as it ever “1 gained flesh and strength so rap idly that my friends were astonished. this testimony.” Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek. Mich, “There's a reason,” and it is explained in the little book, “The Road (0 Well ville,” In Pgs,
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