EXCELLENT FOR SHEEP ALFALFA ALMOST INDISFENSA. BLE TO LIVE STOCK GROWER. From Comparative Obscurity It Has Come Into Prominence During Last Ten or Fifteen Years for Breeding Animals, (By R. J. KINZER.) The use of alfalfa cannot be too strongly urged with sheep, either the breeding or fattening stock. As the method of farming has become more intensified and the open range grows less each year, an acre of alfalfa must be made to take the place of many acres of range pasture, Sheep, being ruminants, are able to handle a much more bulky feed than horses. A breeding flock of sheep can be carried through the winter season very successfully with but little grain in addition to alfalfa hay. Ordina- rily the first cutting of alfalfa is not as good for sheep as the second and third cuttings, and stemmy, and sheep do these stems readily. not First Step Wee! is to Prevent All Plants From Going tc Seed. The Canada thistle {8 a perennial ! in height. purple in color. which alds in {ts distribution. plant flowers from June to September, step kn the eradication of this weed is sheep on alfalfa as it is cattle. but sheep bloat easily and there is likely to be a little loss from source, alfalfa with but little danger of bloat, and the way they grow on alfalfa is ncver be put on the pasture, when they are empty and hungry, and it is | always well to allow them access to | gome dry feed and keep them the alfalfa until the dew is off; also on damp days. A mixture of alfalfa and brome-grass or alfalfa and or chard grass is a safer pasture alfalfa alone. A flock of ewes and lambs can be grazed for a short time each day on alfalfa with but little danger of any y vay aM Ir } &%-/) Is - 1) W 2 =) 77 / Ye A A el 7 Pure-Bred Ewes Wintered on Alfalfa Without Grain, If a the pasture, lamb-creep can be arranged ral to an al the lambs will soon learn what it is intended for and will do far better on it than if confined to a dry yard. Newly seeded alfalfa can be pastured with less danger of bloat than an old field, and the packing of the ground by the sheep passing over it is frequently a great benefit to the alfalfa. As a roughage for fattening sheep alfalfa hay has no equal, and cases of bloat from the hay are exc ngly rare. It can be cut, and fed with grain this method of feeding, ming that there is less waste vy it. In feeding experiments nothing has been found for roughage that equals alfalfa for fattening sheep. In an experi at the etation, alfalf; prairie hay ages. In the test the grain ration corn and cotton meal for bes lots. Those receiving alfalfa hay made an average daily gain of 336 pounds per head, while the lot on prairie hay made only 188 uds per head daily loss. from falfa sheep cot ee di M an y i re clain Kansas ney was seed th * pou great gains, The alfalfa seemed give the lambs a better appetite and and as soon as their grain was cleaned up they were ready for the alfalfa. MANAGEMENT OF RUNT PIGS Excellent Practise to Place Them Pasture by Themselves to Avoid Jostling and Crowding. in (By W. F. PURDUE. while others are the result of We always place ours in a lot or field by themselves, where they will have good pasture, and a chance to eat their meals without being knocked and jostled around by thelr larger mates, The poor things never Rave half a chance when allowed to run! with the herd, and in consequence | they will never pay for the feed they | consume, By separating them, however, and | giving these runts some special care | they ought to return some profit, slop with milk, is what the runts need, instead of an exclusive diet of ear corn. Then keep them free from lice, and provide them with warm shelter, 80 that all the profit will not be chilled out In damp or cold weather. Working for Independence. Give more attention to the orchard, animals, and it will not be necessary to worry so much over the general ciops. With fruits, vegetables, pouls try, eggs, milk, butter, pork and other articles of food raised on the farm for the family table it will not require very large crops to make you inde pendent on the farm. Protect the Birds. Proteet and shelter the birds as much as possible. A few wind breaks or thickets of brush on the farm give the birds a nesting place and they my for it by catching many injurious sects. Canada Thistle—Flowering Top of the Plant and the Underground System. | seed. It is often necessary to go into | grain fields with a scythe and cut this weed out to prevent it from seeding before the main crop is cut. Plow the land as soon as the crop of grain is removed. Then replow late in the fall, leaving all roots possible exposed. A three-year rotation of barley, clover, corn or other cultivated should be practised HEARD OVER THE FARM PHONE Profitable Practise to Sell or Ship Eggs Every Day—Pure Food Gives the Best Flavor. crop Fresh eggs are all the down town ight, too We stale eggs ourselves, other reasons it is a fine thing to ship or sell day if possible Down cellar is a good place to keep the eggs if you are compelled to hold them a few days. Fix up a little rack with slats to lay them on so the air may circulate about them all the time. his will help to keep the flavor good There are who claim that they can tell what kind of food been given a hen to eat, just by tasto of the egg. This is getting wn to a pretty fine Ie int, but it no doubt a fact that good, clean, pure feed does Eive an egg a be tter flavor than that ich is half spolled, or entirely so. fou cannot Slane your neighbor for ug up his share of the line if you do not keep up ye The woman who fir too exhaustive may transform it into uthful exercise by giving it her time in the early morning or twilight hours. It is worth while to know hired talks alone wi the can them the these days All 't Mke to eat old, For this and cry from folks right don every those has the de tot is ¥ 1 vif ot keepi ence Urs ids garden work man al i boys A good man a deal of good; and a bad one—well, you had better let him just as quickly as you can, | fore you lose your boy body and soul The average farmer makes a mis out th do go be or other breeds not his business, adapted to GOOD FITTING HORSE COLLAR Excellent Remedy Is Given to Prevent Sore Shoulders, Especially of Young Animals. (By R. A. GALLIHER) There are many ways of abusing the but one of the most cruel is that of working a horse when its shoulders are sore, Sore shoulders are generally due to the improperly fitting collars. is a remedy, or rather a preventive, that is especially recommended for Have you ever scious, yet ins Invar bleachers in & pinch? game, the pathway, turn ¢ bat pitching such 80 close the nn out and send performances prove the noticed the uppressible, groan that arises grand stand and when a pitcher goes to bat it is a run the uncon- fably in close in itcher's ibly he has been ball and the game is anager fears to take him in a pinch hitter . odds to Probably one or and it is Pos fine with more NEers « Past be greatly ing thr against a pinch ough with the needed Mathewson of Giants, Christy and the titute pitcher taken out tha sub It the pitcher pinch hitt may prove to posite batters lost by what étrategic move erfails a Mars mel #} 4 ’ ang le games tended to be be be 8 wae no KNEW HOW HONUS COULD HIT Kid Cole, Busher Outfieider, Away by Theory Pitcher, Chases | Imaginary Ball, ——— 3 A group of the White S8ox were standing in front of their hote! at Hos ton listening to Harry Sutor, the left hander who pitched by theory. Sutor, never having seen Hans Wagner, was | explaining how he would pitch to the | Flying Dutchman “Td drop two glow curves on the | he remarked. “He'd | Then I'd shoot two not been toughened by work; will also apply to any case where a | new collar is to be “broke in." I urge every man, in buying a horse | size, of cheap, flimsy leather is bad. i ing it to soak for several minutes. tightened. As soon as the horse is unhitched take off the collar and hang it up to dry, bottom eide up. In taking the col lar off be very careful not to twist it out of “set.” I would not advise working a horse more than an hour or two when a new collar is being fitted. Successful as Breeders. To be successful as breeders it is necessary that we be good judges of { dairy animals, have an. ideal type in | mind and always in our selectipns ard | mating keep working toward our i ideal. Control of Onion Maggot. No entirely effective method of con trolling the onion maggot has as yet been discovered, according to the Massachusetts expedient station expect me to come back with a slow twister on the out corner and I'd cross him with a fast one” Cole, a busher outfielder, who had been listening, turned suddenly, sprint. ing across the street and stood looking upward an instant. With hanging head | and dejected alr he strolled back. “What's the matter? asked Sutor. “What were you doing?” “I was chasing that fast one you Daiton’s Clever Stick Work. When Jack Dalton first broke into | the Majors three years ago he faced | Christy Mathewson and out of four Then for good measure he touched dall having relieved Mathewson in Dalton’s inaugural game. Dalton soon league. He returned to Brooklyn this year and on April 18 he met Mathew. he left off three years before. He got three solid smashes off Christy and was robbed of a fourth by a speetacu- lar stop by Stock. Evidently if they all pitched fadeaways Jack Dalton would bat .700. New York Has Advantage. Visiting teams are complaining of the ‘unusual height of the pitcher's mound at the Polo grounds, in New York—which, it is claimed, gives the New York pitchers an unfair advan. tage, Barger’s Double. Pitcher Douglas, the Reds’ big right. handed recruit from Spokane, is an image of Cy Barger of the Pittsburgh Feds. He wogks about the same as the ex-Dodger. Why should it be necessary to sub stitute a batter for a pitcher? Why shouldn't a pitcher be able to bat at least as well as the average pinch hitter? These questions been propounded ever since the pinch hit ting fashion came into vogue They are as unsolvable now &s were The hat he | nave when first asked does not At that does not logical reason average pinch hitter } Or 22 than 22 ry well better 8 doing ve seem to be any pitcher to well as of then And yet few mparatively can pitel 8 wh can bat for I AVE her working in a close rly reliable bat is 2 A i teh elp to a nn like to change unless anager €rs inl a game is getting ninth inning he likes to keeg has been getting innings the heen able do much with his curves bre; yractically a i of the umoer sure ma bntiers the cluster of are who can hit Mathewson is anot In curve dispensers Otis ‘aldwell is a third Frank Chance has sev he plichers of the ited largely to the by thelr ves around theater: have come throt have been Si 8s BOLILY but the; ing bats admirably whenever they NOTES orthe DIAMOND pitcher in the big leagues. - * - is Maybe that's just what a change in scenery. * * » “Red” for the Reds mes James A, Gilmore says the | Baseball league { million dollars in establishing the or- Honus Lobert misses M¥%e Doolan at his side this year. The lengthy Mike used to nail a lot of balls that were out of Lobert's reach. * - - Hughey Jenifings says that he has a firstclass catcher this season, thing he didn’t have when he won the flags in 1907, 1908 and 1809, - - » The title Pittsfeds has been short be just plain Pie. * * » Terry Turner of the Naps §s one of the best sacrifice kids in the league land's sacrifice hits. - - * a part of organized ball before another of the exchanges very faithfully. Ld . * Goodwin, the Kansas City shortstop, should have no trouble in signing with McGraw's crew. He tried to steal third recently with the bases full, » * * If the attendance figures given out at Buffalo and Baltimore are correct, the Feds are drawing much better than the Internationals in those two cities. . - . Manager Birmingham of the Naps has purchased a new pitcher. Jerry Hoffer, a right-hander from Ports mouth will be given a tryout with Cleveland, . * » One reason why the Yankees have been going good this season is that Chance has developed a few good base runners, Maisel, Peckinbaugh and Sweeney are among the ten leading base thieves. Connie Mack Perouaded Veteran Mil waukee Pitcher to Stick to Game ~~Now a Flevelang Scout, Bill Reidy, Nap scout, would have quit baseball years and years ago had it not been for Connie Mack, manager of the world's ehampion Athletics. A hit by Connie cost Bill his job with one club, so Connie immediately hired him. Bill and Connie got together for a fanning bee, and the boss of the Ath. letics told how he kept Reidy in base. ball. “Bill was pitching for the Grand Rapids team in the old Western league,” sald Connie. “I had been meat for Bill all along with nis change of pace, which consisted of a slow ball, a slower ball and a slowest ball. I was managing the Milwaukee club in those days and doing much of | the catching. One day | happened to | guess that Bill's slowest ball was com- {ing up. The score was 2 to 1 against | us, eighth inning, and men on third and second. I had a hunch his very | slowest was going to be the next shot, | 80 1 delayed my swinging as long as | possible I was lucky enough to time | it right and singled to right field, win. ning the game Bill bad copped five in a row before that.” “Yes, and your smash cost job,” said Reidy “My told me that when Connie Mack could find me { for a hit in a pinch I was through.” | “But you were not,” shot back the Athletics’ boss. ‘Remember when You passed through Detroit the way to Cleveland? You said had quit the game and were going back | there to work But | persnaded you to come to the Milwaukee and the league in pitching for in a row CORSAIRS ARE BIG FACTORS Ed Konetchy Has Geen Big Factor in Making Pittsburgh~rs Contend- ers for the Pennant. me my boss on you club you led three or four seasons The Pittsburgh ff, : orm ning the ason. Anger other clubs When National RNY of the chances wit} the sured Ed Konetchy, the big Ed Konetchy. first sacker of | it was the the Cardinals, in a deal, making of the team First been a weak spot in Pitts. burgh's lineup for several years. Ko to fill the gap better player since Kitty Brans- If the Pirates do not win flag it is certain that will inish up somewhere near top. They certainly have thrown a scare into the other clubs of the National base has { netchy seems i 3 than any field's day the they the Wilbert Robinson, Manager of Brooks lyn Team, Does Not Concede Pennant to Fred Clarke. They are not conceding any pens nants in the National league. Wilbert the new manager of the club, comes to bat with a little boost for his club, and, without a certainty, “Many teams that look like world beaters in April and May tire of the | pace,” says Robinson. season isn’t over till October. “The Dodgers can't ders in the National league. In Pfef- for Tom Seaton.” Bender Offers Trophy. delphia as a side line, has offered a trophy for the pennant winner in the Tri-County league, a Pennsylvania ine dependent orgardzation that plays fast the professional ranks. Best Pitching Staff. Clark Griffith thinks that he has one of the best pitching staffs in the coun try and that fen’t including Walter Johnson, either. Griff his several heavers on his list who, he believes, will make good in the big tent this season. To Restrain Land, The Sioux City Western league club will take court action to restrain Gro ver Land from playing with the Brook. Iyn Federals Too Late. Atlantic City over On sadly out eran of the Civil the late General “A good man,” he said, “a br man, but a most theatrical one the black tragedy of his youth, kind to his wife, but marred, something vitiated his kind. ness—1 think it wae theatricalism— and the poor young woman died two years after he took her back. “Once, at an army reunion, Bickles rebuke a man who ning down wives and Bickles said with queer significant smile, ‘Ah, Jim, the trouble with the average married man is that he doesn’t know what a jewel his wife is till he comes to put her in a casket.” "” HOW TO CURE ECZEMA. ITCH AND ALL SKIN DISEASES Don't suffer any longer with eczema or any other skin trouble. Just apply Hancock's Sulphur Com pound to the parts affected and it will stop the itch- ing at once and cure the trouble per manently Many sufferers from skin troubles have written us that the Bul phur Compound cured ther everything else falled Garst, of Salem, Va, years ago 1 had cheek. 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