FOi SWINE RAISING Success Is Determined by Intelligent and Constant Care to Details and Judgment. RAISING CALF ON SKIN MILK Much of Success Depend Upon Care of Little Animal Proper Shelter Is Essential. (fly F. A. nOAHMAN.) In case of the etere calf which will become a feeder, while he should be growthy, he should be kept reasonably fat. Ho la the calf which ahoul'l have the corn and nhould have the foods. He tthould he reared in Jimt the opposite direction, as compared with the heifer calf. It will not hurt the steer chlf'-eveto have his drink or skim milk when he la six or seven month old, If there Is a surplus hut skim milk cannot he utilized to as Rood advantage as In the case, of the heifer. The best skim milk calves are those which are born In the fall of the year. Their young life Is spent In a more favorable season. The milk they got a a rule will he In better condition than the milk which the spring calf will get, If you select dairy blood for your herd, one of the things which should attract your attention when you make your final decision Is the vttallty of the breed you select. ThU.Bhowa up particularly strong In tiifl calf' during the first few months of his life. Hairy breeds, as you know, are not all equal in vitality. My experience In rai.slriii c:ilves on fckliu milk has teen com lined prllncipally to the rearing of llolsteln calves I want to tay In this connection In our own herd a calf never uueked Its mother and In this way, after ten or twelve years of breeding, the sucking Instinct was largely bred out of the calves. These calves were easily taught to drink. Not nil of the success of. rearing skim milk valves depend upon the feed or upon ihj hreeil. Very much Indeed depends upon the care of the calf, and feed without proper shelter will avail but little. The calf must he made comfortable In warm as well as cold weather. It he is not failure will result. lel your feedlrg arrangenienl be such that ach a If gel tils share. IK) not, as I have seen on many farint, pour the milk Into a tub or it trough and let the calf fight Tor hi share. There Is no chance for disagreement on thU point. TliU In . not tedlng. It will 'be found advisable, summer or winter, lo nrrang" that each calf can get bis Individual thare of the food. In a yard In the summer time, ot In a pen In the winter. If you have plenty of time It will "be found advihable to tie each calf At each feeding. Tie around each calf's neck a rfng two Inches In (II meter with a light rope. Give each calf a place at a Hst and staple to the cat two feet above the ground a rope not more than tight or ten Inch-- s long wlih a swivel snap In the end. Have these 'ropes far enough apart to prevent tha calves from reaching m h other and you wl'.! have no trouble from the calves sticking one another's noses or ears. Keep the calves tied until the milk I ticked from their chops and rot-If the calves be of about equal size they may be turned loose tn a trough In which Is the grain food. Success In hog raising Is determined by Intelligent dally, sometimes hourlj care and attention to small details, and good Judgment. When a farmer decides to become a hog raiser, he should plan to stay permanently In the business. For the capital, labor anil time required there la no business thnt will pay larger profits. In many sections of the country, than hog raising. With an expert stock raiser as hogh as 300 per cent, net profit has been made In six months under ordinary farm conditions. The breed to raise Is the kind the grower likes best. There nri more differences In the Individuals of any breed than there are between choice animals of the dlnVr.Mit l.r'eiis. A good hog, well bred from a prolific strain of any of the popular breeds of hogs, will make money for the farmer when handled right. Woll finished hogs of the propei weight are alwavs In great demand Hogs weighing alive 220 to 250 pounds INTERESTING SERIES 0? EXPERIMENTS WITH ALFALFA Diary j I Dairy Department of University- of Illinois. After Thorough i Test, Shows Value of Feed for Cows. - (By titOK. 11. POWELL. of Illiniila.) K. University Mr. Tanner, why are you raising and feeding so much timothy hay? Ten to one because your dad did. Timothy hay Is a concession to custom, not to the cow. It fills the cows' stomIt makes cud achs, not her udder. for her, not coin for you. Why? It does not contain protein. Protein muHt be supplied In concentrates nnd fed rlKht Now, Mr, aloj'S with the timothy. Kartr.er, what's the matter with you ralslrg hay, that In Itself supplies this protein? Allalfu does It. True. It will put you to the expense of Imying more milk cans, but then you wUl soon pet over that. The dairy department of the University of Illinois has recently completed an Interesting scries of experl- o high-price- Building and Yards. will each, supply cured hams welshing 10 to 18 pounds, and sides of weighing 10 to 12 pounds euc!i. These weights command a premium of 75 cents per hundred pounds above lighter hams and side. Well finished hogs, only, tire vant ed. The hug should he well fattened and rounded oet. tin fi'sli coding well down on the hocks, nnd the fat on the sides KlK.u'd be from 1 to 1 i Inches In a finished hog the llesjj thick. will bi firm and hard to the touch and the hair will be smooth and lustrous. The flesh should he firm, tha fat pure white and the st e'n?iimers r.n WMit a good proportion of Many farmers neglect their hogs through the summer, stunting them, and stunted Logs do not finish well. jCi -- .. . '.':;; .H duccd on alfalfa than upon timothy hay. Moreover, the cowa were In better condition. Now, Mr Dairy Farmer, more tona of alfalfa can be raised upon an acra of ground than of timothy. Alfalfa will perform an Important service to Over each acre of your toll also jour farm Is about ten million dollars' worth of nitrogen, valuing It at ordinary commercial rates. By moans of the bacteria upon Its roots, alfalfa will coax n lar-jquantity of this nitrogen Into your soil. Don't you think it lime to forget tha practise of your father and remember the old gentleman's precepts, which cerlalrlj were to get all you could while were g.'ttlng? In the bran experiments, the sam3 basal ration was fed to each cow, but one lot received eight pounds of brun, e i y-- t T.v h-- A MinjHC t: r JL .i. .M. rrap - 7l4 I 'I 5 I 1 I. 1 hmz iLjZjLi ?"! I . Alfalfa J Plant Grown I meiiis. Alfalfa hny was compared Ith timothy hay and with bran. Sixteen cowa were used In the exGround Plan of Piggery. periments. They were divided Into were fed, after a An unfinished. Mini ted hog welei.lne two e'4tial lois and weeks three trial upon timperiod, 150 pound will dress about C pel and then weeks for nine othy hay cent llacon from such hogs sells at upon tlfalfa hay for the same time. wholesale for one-halthat from fin- The object was not to compare the ished hogs. The bacon from the unbut to compare the d lwciit two lets, finished, llcht hogs, when p'toked. con feedln? In the anme lot. The periods slhlh ot sktu and flabby, ofl meat, and same basal ration was fed to all the the consumer Is die satisfied. cows, the hay was the only difference The flesh on the live, iinfliii-theIn th ir diet. hog Is soft and flabby to the touch, The result was overwhelmingly in and the hair has a dead appearance. favor of alfalfa hay. An uverage of Is an meat from The unthrifty hog 17.7 fer cent, more milk was pro always soft and that froia thin hogs Is usually soft. Special attention hould be paid tn SPLIT-LO- G housing the swine. Hogs are more HMurlxd by wind than any other farm animal and their shelter should thoroughly protect them from wind and from draughts. The piggery shown here Is a satisjcr- factory building where a ermanent one la wanted. The partitions between the pens are movable In cane It Is desired to use the building for fattening hogs. The doors leading to HORSE-BONNE- T IS IMPROVED the yards are raided from the central alley by means of ropes and pulleys. A shute across the ends of one set Does Not Limit Movement of Animal's f yards makes It an easy matter to Ears and Causes Air to Cird'p hogs regularly. It la 6 feet to the culate. ! eaves and 16 to the ridge above Additions tn this housa of Plaiisburg. the Mr John M. l'avh-fta V lnvnlsul at Ki-a- a hnnnnl tt . can be made whn desired and the ...... t Imil.ling remain Ju t as convenient , which will not limit th movement of;i the tars of the horse, says Scientific On behalf of a number of farmers aJneitraa. WltMn the bonnet a drum who wish to construct spilth?- drags, a flan, together with an Illustration, 3 TV T Is given herewith. The dimensions of the several parts are Indirated In the Illustration. Mr. O. W. King of who has been the trot promHhear the sheep lfore their wool inent advocate of this road Implement, a burden be tq It as a leveller for snnrth-IrIlrt tiescriaes Keep (he sheep pens clean. down the rough t'ces and pack and toul odor aff'ct sheep quickly. surface soil. Itcst results arc the Ing on the obtained on Never fred the young pigs cly roads. It will Im- ground. esiM'ilally If It U dusty or 1 v. . f on University file Farm. other eight pounds of alfalfa h.iy the case of the timothy, the ob- As in ject was to compare the cowa In the same lot. Alfalfa hay la very much cheaper feed than bran, but the results were slightly In favor of tbe alfalfa bay. The ir.llk production was higher, although the percentage of butter fat wa a trifle more when bran was f:d; not enough, however, to bring the entire yield up to the alfalfa hay mark. This differs slightly from the finding of the Tennessee and Penn sylvanla stations, but may be accounted for by the fact that at Illinois very choice alfalfa hay was fed. FOR ROAD DRAG 6' e 7 3 i x-- a k,,r,.,.. Livestock . if NO ICS a :i;d! No vlich i Bonnet With Omm, sheep ha xcels In yet been deve'opea mutton and wool toh rodi.ct ;on. Wheep must be grown rapidly while BREAK ROCKS BY BLASTING " prove even sandy stalls, though It can not make a hard roadbed of such tna trlal. Picking Emerald Cem. Uemcniler that the Kmerald 0m melon should le picked as soon as It wilt separate easily from the stent and kept In the hause a couple of days before using If allowed to ripen on the vines It will acquire a iraklh fla or. tniny tlnej throws the rock out of the ground unbroken The surest method, and the one requiring th least eiploslve, is tt drill a hole In the rock and tamp In the charge with damp clay. The proper plan where a large num ber of rm ks are to be broken up, lr to do a little eperlment!rg. Try eact of thes methods, keeping an acro'inl of the time required to prepare th ed harge, the cost of eiploslve and the results, and from these deter mine the metld to use with tbi rra ks In question. With high price explosive and chesp labor it will ot dinarily be more economical to dril the rock. If labor Is scarce and bie. priced It may be more desirable tt use a large quantify of explosive on der the fock as suggested above. Rod h.--s teon satisfactorily disposed of bj all three methods. It to attain ' Is suspended provided with a oerfo : rated bottom, .while, a diaphragm : I' In Surest Method nnd On Hcqalrin A borre that Is afraid of the ele ed Lasat Kaplonlve la to Bora acros the ipo t fve of bat Hole la Hnnliltr aod ft'.r a elgM ! I Me cars can n ver be U;iht 1rum. The diaphreem Tamp Mrh, oalnjt irt It in, rtia, causes the hy are bv whippln a rising ma kef. on wool ar Kil in fie to to the; rhj'hm iljaphragm movement of the horde's head while .Vin limes out of ten ou will ir,i's If Prof. Stewart, chief of the division TMs causes the . try to keep it for so'uethlna; of engineering at the Minnesota agritrotflng or walkinx. cultural college, says that ordinarily air In the drum lo be alternately ev ' Mer. if a Rood lamb come from a ood It Is not economical to break rocks jetted anrt drawn In. thus iroiurtng efrcMlatkm althin the bonnet. save It. tor your own flock. by I'laclng etp'osives on lop of them let any butcher talk yon Info a mK'd requiring a very high VTV It. s,eiin grade and large quantity of dynamite. Rerag the Lamb. If the roiiMer Is hard, The boar plg should Ih castrated In such If necessary to rear a Iamb by to eight weeks old. o they the attempt will often result In failMiwo' New York state farmer says j i, of this method t finds the Ismh the fcest J'idg of j lil recover from the effecta befor ure. The efSciciency may be somewhat Increased by laying am'jfilrl of fn!!k required and feed waning time. There Is little rmmey In poor sheep. the etploslve In a depression tn the t f.rst nearly all It will drink, wblrh will Ju about eat a man out rock and covering It with wet tlav a ; of They 'almost every It t'nt Another method Is to make a hole home ones or and hoise of feed hours, the last coming at j When Hens Are Nuisance. wPh a long aiigr or spade through ' hre Arter the grass starts the rone thafa the motto for us all. trf. i The farmer who says hens ar Huffiricnt care Is not ercrsed by the earth to a point cndr the center ,', f.wH, rrsd islly reduced to one fe!f (Tint three times a day. Tbe , many In wesnip; oU the ewes that of the rock, and place the explosive nuisance generally speaks the trott a far as bia Indltldial experience e.llfc fed In this way will yield laraer tifeed Irregularly, and because of this tbere. tamping th hole full of dirt ia This method marb goes. Ilia method, or lack of rneffc ufrward f roflt khaa If sold to the rbeese fac- - the uniformity In th site of th lamb veritable nuisance mora satisfactory than lh first, though od, makes them j r rop Is reduced tofy ! te efr-tch- j OfES HER ........ ..............,..........................t Carl Hates hns been so very nice to me ever since I met him at Lakeside a few weeks ago that 1 was anxious to give some sort of party to which I could Invite him. So 1 suggested to Louise Irwin that we have a quartet btach supper at Jackson park. "If youil take wuno of your deliccl-ou- s sandwiches and cake," 1 said to her, "I'll provide fruit and the wiener-wurst- s and inarBlituallows to roast in the beach fire." did not look transported at what I considered a rather magnanimous arrangement, so 1 continued: "I blw-ayenvy your ability, dear. If I could make as dainty things to eat as you tlo I should be very proud, indeed." "Well, I can bake some of my new Knglish cheese cakes," she said, quite amiably. "Oh, that will be splendid." I "I'll ask Mr. l'.utes to bring Ms English friend, Lionel llawley. Tbe cakes will be In his honory," I added, merrily. "Hut intended to Invite Canby Fuller," she objected. "Oh, you can entertain him some other time," I explained. "You see. 1 getting up thia little party especially for Mr, Hates and. of course, the proper thing Is to invite also his most friend. I should think you'd be glad tn meet a new man once in a while." I)iilse must have taken this remark of mine to heart, for on 'the way out in Aunt Khi IhTb motor car which 1 borrowed of her chauffeur, telling bim thnt Aunt Itarlui would like to have luc use It occasionally while she was out of town Louise wns exceedingly attentive to Mr. Hawky. I was quite mortified, for I naturally wished hint to have a true Idea of the dignity and icserve of American girls. When we got to the beach, I suggested to Ixuise that she unpack her basket while the men built a fire. "Where are your things?" she asked. "Why. 1 explained. "I thought the winerwursts wouldn't be appropriate on such a hot night." "Itut where are your other things?" persisted Ixulse. If site had had any t.n t she would have grasped the la. t that I had forgotten the fruit and marshmallowa. Her inquirlcft were most Inconsiderate. "If there's anything needed I can get It over at the German building," suggested Mr. Hates. "That'a awfully good of you," I said. "I'll have the chauffeur make the fire while you're gone." Then I gayly warned Mr. Haw ley w hen he started Ixi'ilse: "Von mustn't go near lo as-lMiss Krw la's basket." I said, "for there's a sin prise In It for you. Come and sit down by me." When he did as I directed I said: "I'm getting ho engross d In palmistry that I should like to read the lines In Jour hand. May I ace them?" "Awfully kind of you." replied Mr. llawley, extending his palm. I read it quite .uccessfully. I told him that be was ambitious and energetic and that his fate line had brought him across many waters to a pleasant drstliiy. He seemed much Impressed, So did Mr. I'.ates when he returned. He wanted his hand read also, and it took me nearly the whole evening to Interpret tally the lines In bla and his friend's palms. The glow of the firelight made my little attempt at fortune filing and character study eein quite romantic and oriental. . "Isn't your know-bdgof palmistry extremely recent?" asked IouUe in the midst of my Interpretations. "I never knew you were such an expert, l.uclle." "You don't know all my accomplishments," I laughingly replied. "Now, dear, we must have those delirious tc cakes of yours " I am sure that Unth Carl and Mr. llawley admired by retort courteous. Hut, notwithstanding tny prrfeet good humor, Ixwlse appeared glum. She aid so little while we ate that I had to exert myself to be entertaining. The more t laughed and talked the Pmr deeper net glooin became. !ott!e la so crude. Although she add'-- so little to the evening. I enjoyed It very much myself Irder-d- . If Aunt tlarhel had not tflepboned the next day and upbraided me for borrowing her car I should look hack on the beach party as an extremely pleasant memory. I think Aunt Kachcl is ungenerous and unreasonable to be annoyed because I happened to have her automobile the tiight she came home from the country. 8he should have tel graphed ber chauffeur early In the day Instead of wsiting till nearly the time she wanted him to meet h r. It Is surprising bow thoughtless mme people are even stwrnt their owo affairs 1 ' Hr From Lucile's thartt. ! Jl tet ", tn't tS'f, to one-quart- er (irj , - st d unex-pectfd'- Mufvan-Heade- d Raotter. y man In I tost on who handles "freaks" for sideshows and whose duty It Is to weed out the false freaks, more frestates that he Is annoy-quently hr mn who offer to sell him human headed rooster than by any other c'ass of venders. It seema that human headed roosters have been on the market ever since the Civil war They are not difficult to tnak. a mask which does not Interfere with the roostlvity of the hen's protector being firmly cemented to the upper bill of the bird All that Is fhn needed Is a purchaser and an It may be put audience. opn-faredown that the hurran hf:.led rooster A Is a fraud LIFE TO Lydln E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Cfllcnr-Til "T 1irla frnnl,lnJ nWtW falling and and the Inflammation, ' i tors jawL coma doc DOO saia pet well unless f uaa an operation. 1 knew I could not stand tha strain of one, so I wrote to H.'TII BomeHmA tint e n a. ff .2. ' - and you told mo what to do. After taking: Lydla E. rtnKnanvs vegetable Compound and T am ....II, i HIt if Itlnnil u.tov " wv PnHflor. wen WILLI f a, Ail UMiaya KS woman." Airs. AuiwiNS. W. Slst RL. Chlcfttrn 111 Lydia E. I'inkham's Vegetable Compound, made from native roots and herbs, contains no narcotics or harmful drugs, and y holds the record for the largest number of actual cures to-da- of female diseases cf any similar medi- cine in the country, and thousands of voluntary testimonials are ou tile ia the llnkham laboratory at Lvnn. Mass., from womeu who Lave been enred from almost every form of female complaints, inflammation, nU peration,displacements,tibroid tumors. Irregularities, periodic pains, backache. Indigestion and nervous prostration. Every such suffering woman owes it to herself to give Lydia E. IMnkham's egetable Compound a trial. If you wouM like special advice about your case, write a confidential letter to Mrs. Plnkham, at Lynn, Mass. Her advice Is free, and always licIpfuL TUBERCULOSIS IN THE PRISON Par Cent, of Sufferer Is Enormous and There Seems but One Remedy. Krom several Investigations that have been made by the National for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. It la estimated that on an average about fifteen per cent, of the prison population of the country la afflicted with tuberculosis. On .this basis, out of the S0.000 prison-er- a boused in the penal Institutions of the Vnlted Statea at any given time, not leas than 12.000 are Infected f the Philippine with this disease. islands and other Insular possessions were taken Into consideration the number would be much larger. Some of the prisons of Pennsylvania. Kansas and Ohio ahow such shocking conditions with reference to tuberculoma that many wardens admit that these places of detention are death trapa. Similar conditions could be found In almost every state, and In the majority of cases the ouly sure remedy la the destruction of the old building and the erection of new one. One Side Enough. Senator William Alden Smith tells of tin Irish Justice of the peace out In Michigan. In a trial the evidence was all In and the pi an tiff 'a attorney had made a long and very eloquent argument, when the lawyer acting for tbe defenae arose. "What are you doing?" aaked the Justice, as the lawyer began. "Going to present our aide of the case." "I don't want to hear both sides argued. " It has tlnflency to confuse tbe roort Washlngtonlan. Included Her. "Why did ahc get angry at tbe stranger In town?" "She asked him If he had seen her daughter and he answered that be bad seen all the sights of the place. There can be no greater mistake than to suppose that the man with 11.000.000 Is a million times happier than the man with one dollar. Convenient For Any Meal Post Toasties Are always ready to serve right from the box with the addition of cream or milk. Especially with berries fruit. pleasing fresh or Delicious, wholesome, economical food which saves a lot of cooking in hot weather. The Memory Lingers rowTrj ckkkal co Battle Cw. Btiefc. , .. J