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IN
CATTLE-FEEDING
SURVEY RESULTS
Extensive Studies Have Been
Made in Connection With
Many Agricultural Colleges.
GOVERNMENT MAKES EXHIBIT
Amounts of Feed Necessary to Make
Same Amount of Total Gain on
Feeder Steer Shown Pictori.
allly--8Systems of Feeding.
{Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
In an exhibit at the International
Live-Stock exposition recently held at
Chicago, the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture showed some of
the results obtainetl from an exten-
sive survey of steer feeding in the
Middle West. These studies have
been made In co-operation with agri
cultural colleges In the states of Illi
nols, Indlana, Iowa, Mingesota and
Nebraska. The survey has been car
Prize-Winning Hereford Shown at
the International Live-Stock Show.
on for the last fi
involved approximately
each year. Another
is to be made, but
been obtained to date that
practical Interest to cattle
throughout the United States.
Resu..s of Survdy.
The results th's survey, tht
shown at the exposition
entitled, “Beef Producti
of the large government exhib!
as found that two f ratl
‘ing used by cattle feeders gen-
thre ghout is region. T!
used in a locality is determined
by the kind of hay that
there. About the same num!
steers are fed by each metho
out th studied.
ried
has
steers
study
year's
8 have
“0
feeders
result
are
of
were
booth
part
It »
are De
erally
type
types 0
fs grown
region
Feed Necessaty,
Agriculture,
frog the
Washington
STANDARD FOR BEEF BREEDS
To Assist Begitiner “Department of
Agriculture Issues Bulletin
Giving Information,
The question of the begir
“which is the best breed of beef
tie?” cannot be answered If he
vpon definite reasons, for no beef has
been found superior to others, A
man a personal
neighbors may be raising one particu
lar breed, or his eonditions may
more nearly ides! for one breed than
any of the others
In order to help those wh
certain as to which breed is
sdapted to their conditions, the United
States Department »f Agriculture has
prepared a bulistin in which
given the characteristics of the
and dual-purpese breeds In the United
States, together with a brief history
of their development. A comparative
standard of excellence for beef breeds
iz inciuded in the bulletin, a feature
which makes it possible for the
ginner to wompare tLe breeds
by point.
ner,
Chat
insists
all
may have cholce,
be
© Aare un
best
be
20int
free of charge by writing the Uni:
Biates Department of
Washington, D. C., and
Farmers’ Bulletin 012.
WHITEWASH THAT WILL HOLD
——— co —————
When Properly Prepared and Applied
Material Will Cleanse, Disinfect,
and Stay On,
Whitewash Is often made 1+ a slip
shod way and Is put on careiessly, It
does not do the job well and will not
Jast. When whitewash Is properly
made and carefully applied, It will
cleanse, disinfect and stay on.
Slack ten pounds of quicklime In
two gallons of water, Cover the con:
talner and allow the lime tn slack for
one hour. Add encugh warm water to
make the whitewash spread easily
with a brush, To cach five gulions
udd one pound of glue, (stick glue dis
solved In wot water), one-fourth
poufid of salt and one pint of crude
carbolie acid. Apply evenly, while
warm, with a good whitewnsh brush
Paul C., Jamieson, Poultry Extension
Specialist, Colorado Agricultural fol
bege. : ¢
ed
Agriculture,
asking for
DOCKING LAMB WILL
MAKE BETTER ANIMAL |
Tails Are of No Benefit and May
Do Some Harm.
Is About Two Weeks Old-—Opera-
ticn Requires Tw2s Men and
Knife or ®ncking iron.
tails are no benefit
do harm; therefore
Lambs’ and
may even
its second week of life, say the live
stock men at the New York state agri-
cultural college at Ithaca. The opera.
tion requires two men and a
knife or docking iron.
the lamb and the other locates a joint
in the tall by feeling on the Inside.
that a flap will grow over the
and the tall is cut off at i joint about
one and a half inches from the body.
knife, A plece of cord tied tightly
around the stump close to the body
will stop excessive bleeding, but {t
must be removed In elght or ten hours
so the stump will not slough off,
Even old sheep can be sucecessfully
docked with hot decking irons. the
college says, and there {8 no dange:
from loss of blood. Searing the
off with Irons heated to cherry red
sterilizes the wound “and prevents
18.
Reasons given by
clalists for docking
the first place the
if it is left on filth accun
nd and beneath it: and females
likely to fail to breed. An add
tional reason for disposing of the tall
is that lambs look neater and deeper
in the leg if the tall is
docked,
eT
tail
bleeds
the college spe
are that fr
of no bene
lambs
tail ic
fit: lates
aroun
are
and wist
NOSE PRINTS IDENTIFY COW
Method Is Being Employed to Deter
mine Animals Being Tested
for Milk Records.
There are
‘
criminals,
finger prints to
tify
{dentify
footprints to I
bables, and the Iz
inkpad is to identify cows.
ns of identifying
when she
new.
itest use of the
let
born
It is a sure
men “Tessie,” the fam.
comes home is
ily cow,
Demonstrating Simpl
identification,
night. Just take her nose print.
photo Pro f. W. E. Pets
Minnesota
feity of this means of ident
adobht
being for
etate of Minnesota
swraon of the Und
versity of Is der
This method has been
CONS ie sted
milk
POTATO GRADES GAIN FAVOR
Big Majority of Buyers Demand That |
Shippers Do Business on Basis of
Federal Rules,
records by the
The federal potato grades are grow.
ing in popularity. “More than
cent of the buyers of potatoes in car
lots are demanding that shippers do
business on the basis of the U, 8,
grades,” it was stated by the Depart
\ ment of Agriculture following a sur
{ vey of the trade,
Investigators found
of the country who were queried,
demanded the use of U,
1. The October forecast put the po
tato crop at 433,015,000 bushels, To
move so huge a crop at a profit de.
partment officials urge strict grading
of potatoes according to the No. 1
specifications.
—
MARKS ON LINCOLN HIGHWAY
Uniform System of Signs Now Ex.
tends From the Hudson River
to the Golden Gate.
The marking of the Lincoln highway
was finally completed in 1021 when,
with the co-operation of the New Jer
sey highway department, the last per
manent signs were placed along the
60-mile stretch between Jersey City
and Trenton. The remainder of the
marking In 1519 and 1920 has been
well maintained with the result that
a uniform system now extends from
the Hudson river to the Golden Gute,
The Lincoln bighway is undoubtedly
the hest murked highway In Ameries
and this system installed at great ex
pense is a wonderful sid w motorists
.
Tasty Dish for Lunch or
of Agriculture.)
For a tasty dish for lunch or supper
or unexpected guests, the
States Department of Agriculture rec-
ommends club sand-
cottage cheese
This sandwich is made of three good-
slices of toasted bread, one or
The rest of the
the
filling may be
taste or the larder.
often cut diag
ed on individual plates
with the halves arranged in
shape.
sandwiches are
Such
and sery
dinmond
the
(4
to toast
y cut
Immediately after toasting, otherwise
£ out the
" rance of
SHUES HAS
rain while the sand-
and the filling may
sliced through with a sharp knife
placed together ag
be
in
these
cheese
contaln
and to
addition to the cottage
club sandwiches
dressing
may
lettuce,
mato;
with mustard; or
nuts; or sliced orange,
sliced Spanish onion, i
tiny strips of bacon;
pepper,
salad dressing
or
sliced tart
watercress ;
mento’
or cucumber
Let
a pple,
or
green pirnento, tuce
are usually
these combinations,
Nwest
with
marmalade
made
layers rose
: of dried
A GOOD PLAIN CAKE
Tiny Squares.
One Has Been Tested by Department
of Agriculture and Found Suitable
for Purposes Named-—Use
Good, Clean Fat,
be
slowly
nilia
lace the first three ingredients
double boiler fire, and
until it stiffens enough to hold
ghape. Then pinch of salt and
| beat until thick enough to spread,
flavoring.
in
over a low
add a
vanilla or other
flavoring m
ay
half
of unsweetened
into the mixture
enough to hold
then thick, and
For caramel icing caramelize
tablespoonfuls of sugar
and add an equal |
water,
squares
I pouring
stiffened
cook until
it has
shape
spread,
two or three
of
amount boiling
recipe, and continue according to
fh AAAS
POTATO STUFFED WITH PORK:
Holes Made With Apple Corer and
Filled With Cooked Sausage
Is Most Excellent.
Pare large potatoes, suggests the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, and then make several holes
through each one with an apple corer.
Fill the holes with previously cooked
sausage meat and bake. Potatoes
that have been peeled take longer to
bake than those In thelr skins,
When Sink Stops Up.
When you find that the sink is
stopped up, turn on the tap untid the
sink is three-quarters full, then turn
it off. Put the palm of your hand flat
over the hole and lift your hand up
and down very quickly. This will soon
make the water run away.
Use for Old Stockings,
When packing furniture for moving,
old stockings will be found Invaluable
for wrapping legs of chairs and tables.
They will not tear or leave exposed
Places for scratching ns paper does.
G00D | PORK SAUSAGE RECIPE
Homemade Product Favored More
by Many People Than Any That
Is on the Market.
into
meat
piate,
rough
rie
Pa
MILLIONS oF ‘SHOES WASTED
Annual Loss to Country Placed at
$250,000,000 by Bureau of Chem.
istry-—Poorily Shaped.
SIMMERING BURNER | IS BEST
Helps Greatly to Cut Down Amount of
Gas Necessary in Boiling and
Stewing Meats,
of an simmering burner
down the amount of gas
the processes
suggests
of
provided with
but one “simmerer.,” but a second one
could easily be substituted for one of
the larger burners
OF INTEREST 10
THE HOUSEWIFE
New linoleum will
clean more easily if
of varnish.
The ‘use
he Ips fo cut
consumed in
and stewing,
States Department
Most gns
of
the
siovYeR are
last longer and
given a light cont
* » -
Add a tablespoonful of vinegar to
the last rinsing water, to bring up the
color--do not use biue,
- » -
When washing colored clothes add
a handful of ordinary salt—it pre
vents the color from running.
- * *
Brooms lay be made quite new
and clean if dipped into a pall of boll
ing soda water, then dried in the sun,
* - *
Apple sauce that has its sugar add.
ed after it is removed from the fire
will not turn an unappetizing brown
color,
- . *
To stew steak allow about one and
three-quarter hours to two and three.
quarter hours, according to amount
and thickness,
La *
Juice may be extracted from an
onion by cutting a slice from the root
end, drawing back the skin and grat-
ing on a toarse grater,
Old furniture can be stained mission
color with a package of green dye,
Simply add one quart of water to the
dye and boll it and then put it on with
any common paint brush. The result
A
SI bed Rich sl lon colar,
§
Greeks and Romar Conseivad Idea of
Communication by Method of
Understood Signs,
In
mnns
help
tw fas
placed
ters
they Hghted,
A German general named Aeneas
who lived in Aristotle's time, invent
a novel system of telegraphy.
Two earthen vessels were filled
water. Each was provided with a top
that would discharge an equal
of water in n given thoe,
whole or any part of the
would take exactly the
escape from either vessel,
On the surface of ea
plece of cork support
marked off into
Rto-
the
and
with
giraw
olden days the Greeks
practiced telegraphs
of pots filled with
sgturiated in
in rows, expre
to the
oil, which,
according order in which
were
al
4]
that
RO
game time
ch
an
divisions, each
This system of communication
army. Une
placed at each station,
anyone wanted to
: he Hghted a torch.
wmrge at the her s
to show that he
when send a mes
Soon the
he c ion did the
same,
tion.
The
torch,
otd
then exti:
party
sender
and
opened th
sen a r relighted hi
each
cock of his
WAS closed,
+» POCeive
ii
» (iis
said, but Not Meant.
Twas
} i in Vir
res
far
pat
ties from St Johns ater covered the
area inl
of
over solid
the river,
ger
n such
e ex-
Their produced merely mea
but no
justify extensiy
quest
quantities to
| ploratic
as
Kreigler's Kindness.
Fritz Kreigler gave two recitals In
Hes offered entire In
of the
SOO.000
his
to
Hungarian
Hungarian crowns.
poor amounting
He did
where the
30000000 Austrian
the poor through his art. “I
Ing.” he said, “like a
knight,
the pocket of the wealthy people and
giving it to the unfortunate ones.
But, of course, in a different way
from the regular robber knights”
am act
A Link With the Past,
A singer recently died in Turin
who boasted that for a short tinle
she was a pupil of Donizettl. Now
Donigetti died in 1848, 74 years
ago. This longdived artist was Vir
ginia Boceabadat!-Carignaml. She was
a great star in her day, and some
said that In some thinge she was the
equal of Patti, At the time of her
death she was ninety-nine years old,
After she retired. from the stage she
taught singing in. the Lyceum of
Pesaro. Latterly she had lived In
an old ladies’ home In Turin.
+ Light on the Subject,
I married a man some years younger
than myself and did not want his peo-
ple to know how old I was,
While visiting them last summer we
passed a large dairy farm, with the
year it was bullt printed upon it, _
“Why, that. barn was built the year
I was born!" I exclaimed.
The look on Fred's sister's fuce was
epough. My husband laughed and
added some more embarrassing mo.
ments. I'll never imagine myself
clever at concealing things again Chi
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Norman
{
of fix
fies i
yd dizzi-
Pres.
troubled + sirtburn ar
ness, and nt there
most cut off
Since tuk
My
ny digestion
is a wonder and
want. In fact,
just like a
and my nerves are as steady
To put it all In a few
the same Y
pleasure for me
about Tanlae
Tanlae is sold by all good druggists,
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appetite
anything 1
one
a8 a die,
I am
It's a
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words
WOTas,
Just ns a
of 701 to
lation
important to Mothers
Examine carefull very bottle
CASTORIA, tha JOUS
for infants and child and see
Pears the ZT iz
In Use for Over 30 Years
Children Cry for Fl
Signature of
not to
Garfield Tea
Was Your
Grandmother's Remedy
tem so prevalent these dt
greate favo; r hs
the in you grar
[URES COLDS ~ - 1A GRIPPE
in 24 Hours Gilly in J Days
CASCARA UININE—
Standard cold remedy wor
box be:
raring Mr. Hill's portrait and
At All Druggists— 30 Cents
id over, T
bere raed
4 3
COUGH?
Try Piso's~aston.
ishancly quick re
Lief. Asyrup unlike
all othery— pleas.
ant—does not up
set stomach — mo
opiates. 35c and
60¢ everywhere,
Girls! Girls!!
Clear Your Skin
With Cuticura
Seap 25¢, Ointment 25 and 50¢, Talcum 25¢.
SENDS 2000 MILES FOR
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Rl Tul ids
Bear, Clearbrook, Va.
Dear Sir:—
Enclosed find Post Office
i
i
one bottle of Bear's Emulsion. ve
used one bottle and I think it we
fine. What will half a dozen bottles
cost me delivered to my post office? 1
don’t like to have them sent by Express,
I hax
rks
Your truly,
J. 8, Stauffer, Kendrick, Colo.
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Bear's Emulsion is for sale at leading
druggists, price £1.25 a bottle,
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experience in i atment
throat and lun
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