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Show BEAR RIVER VALLEY LEADER 200000 ACRE UMM U BEST AGE FOR WEANING HATS THAT AWAIT AUTUMN PIGS Good Pian to Let Porkers Nurss Until Twelve or Fourteen Week of Age Keep Them Growing. t 'Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) Too many farmers follow the practice of weaning pigs when too young, many being weaned at six and seven weeks of age. A good brood sow prop erly fed has a good flow of milk wheu the pigs are of this age. There is no better feed for growing pigs than their mother's milk, consequently It should be used to the greatest extent possible. When the pigs are of suckling age the sow should be on full. feed. Unless there is some extraordinary reason for earlier weaning the pigs should not be weaned under the age of ten weeks, and it is better to let them nurs until they are twelve or fourteen weeks old. Often serious results follow weaning at too early an age. An entire change of feed following weaning may create 6erious trouble. If. however, nies have access to corn, shorts, middlings or tankage,' or fish meal in a placed in the open where they can eat at pleasure without being disturbed by other hogs, thy can be weaned at the age of twelve or fourteen weeks, with very little change In their feed, by allowing them to continue on the rfcx -- mmmt ' 1 self-feed- sel'-feede- r. To obtain the best results pigs should gain continuously until they are ready for market The best results will not be obtained unless pigs have access all the time possible to good forage crops, alfalfa and red clover preferred. If these feeds cannot be procured rye, oats, barley, cowpeas, rape or any other grain or grasses that will produce good forage in the locality should be sown. The pigs should be watched closely to see that they are on their feed. If they are not the feed should TF"" ARMING 200 000 acres is certainly a man's-siz- e Jjob. But doing It with- out the use of a single H horse is something else JL Yet, preposter again. ous as it may sound, this feat is actually being performed by a Montana man, Thomas D. Campbell. This huge farm, probably the largest in the world, is a direct result of the government's efforts to stimulate the growing of wheat during the last two years. The farm is devoted entirely to wheat, and If it produces somewhere around the country's average of 28 bushels per acre, which is practically certain, it will arid approximately 5,656,000 bushels to the 1919 wheat crop. At the government's guaranteed price of $2.26 cents a bushel, this represents the tidy sum of $12,656,000. Of course all this will not be net profit. But there should be enough left, after all expenses are paid, to make the venture worth while. Thomas D. Campbell is the man who conceived the idea of the world's largest wheat farm, or any other sort of farm, for that matter. Originally of Grand Forks, more recently of Los Angeles, Cal., and now a resident of the Crow Indian reservation in Montana, where he stands an excellent chance of being elected chief of the Mr. Campbell has astonished Crows, the wheat growers of the country, as well as a lot of other people, by the vastness of the enterjfrise under his management. It was during the summer of 1917 that Campbell first thought of raising wheat on a large scale on unused Indian lands, nd wrote to the Indian bureau at Washington, outlining his plans and asking how to proceed to He was lease some of the tracts. courteously informed by sundry obscure clerks in the department that it couldn't be done. They cited certain rules and regulations and laws to prove their assertions. This had the same effect on Mr. Campbell that a red rag does on a bull. The word "impossible" only makes him the more determined to do what be sets out to do. So he decided to try the men higher up and the resti't whs a long telegram to President Wilson. Almost Immediate- ty came back a reply saying that the president was much interested In the project and had referred It tn Secre tary Lane of the Interior department, who would give the matter Ills per--j tonal attention. - for Little Pigs Creep and Youngsters Can Get In Pen Under the Fence, but Large Hogs Are Kept Self-Feede- Out be changed, replacing corn with barley and using skim milk or buttermilk If possible. The pigs should be kept free from lice by the use of crude or good ' jlack oil. They must have access at a il times to good, pure water. Shade must be provided during the hot summer months. Natural shade is always best, but where this is not obtainable temporary shade may be provided by setting posts and nailing boards on f or four poles about three and feet from the ground and covering with straw or grass. one-hal- SELECT PIGS FOR BREEDING Animals Should Not Be Pushed, but Kept Growing Nicely to Develop Bone and Muscle. Pigs selected for breeding purposes should be kept growing nicely, but they must not be pushed, for the whole object of their feeding is to make them stretch out and develop bone and muscle in place of fat. They should be continued on a growing ration. A little skim milk and shorts make a good ration. A small amount of ground oats and cracked corn will help develop and Insure normal growth. But corn should be used sparingly as It Is too fattening for pigs. Remember that hese pigs should also have an abun-dunc-e of green feeds. ALFALFA BEST FORAGE CROP Single Crop That Can Be Grown and Pays Handsomely Unexcelled for Hogs. Greatest Prepared by the United States Depart-.men- t of Agriculture.) Every farmer, whether or not he raises hogs, should have some alfalfa If he can possibly get It. It la the greatest single crop that can be grown and pays handsomely where It Is grown. As a forage crop for hog- it Is unexcelled. v-- '' The upshot of the matter was that a week or two later Mr. Campbell was in the presence of the secretary of the interior. The first thing the secretary asked him was what kind of a contract he wanted. ,L. "Any kind," was the reply, "just so I get a chance to raise a lot of ' wheat. "What do you want for yourself?" asked the secretary. "Nothing," Campbell replied. "I am willing to enroll with fhe dollar-a-yea- r men if the government finances the project, and if I finance it myself all I want is a chance to break even." That certainly made a hit with the secretary. He saw that he was dealing with a real man, so he asked him why he didn't make It 200,000 acres instead of the 20,000 he had asked for and added: "Could that many you handle acres?" "Certainly," replied Mr. Campbell, "only it will require more capital than I had figured on." Secretary Lane said he thought that could be arranged and told Mr. Campbell to go ahead and draw a contract. The contract was drawn and in due time bore the signature of Secretary Lane, all the bureau chiefs and Mr. The Indians, of course, Campbell. were weil taken care of under the terms of the contract. .They will reh of the crop during the ceive first five years and of the crop during the second five-yeperiod at the end of which time the lease expires. The next step was to finance the project, so Mr. Campbell hurried to New York, presented himself at the offices of J. P. Morgan & Co. and sent in word that Secretary Lane had asked Mm to call on a matter of business. Whether Mr. Morgan had received advance Information of Mr. Campbell's coming or not Is unimportant. The fact remains that he was Immediately invited in. Mr. Morgan listened while Mr. Campbell told his story. At the end of the story Mr. Morgan asked how much money would be required. "Five million dollars." replied Mr. Campbell without batting an eye. "Very well," said Mr. Morgan, "you may have it. And If that Isn't enough, as mnclj more will b available." And so the 200,000-- a ?re wheat farm came into existence, with Mr. Camp- i hell as president of xhe Montana v?iont Farming corporation and gen mil manager of the whole project. But about the absence of horses from the farm. All of the work Is l.elng done with one-tent- one-fift- UGHT HOGS ARE PREFERRED Relative Marketability of Various Cut la Deciding Factor In 8elling Animals. A heavy hog will bring the producer d hog, but ,nore money than a fcound for pound the latter Is worth more. The relative marketability of the various cuts Is the deciding fact" 200-poun- ON at the American Embassy in French Capital Are Working Overtime, Officers Paris. Passport officers at the American embassy are working night and day providing papers for the French brides of American soldiers who are about to leave for the United States. Many of the brides are accompanied husbands, some their khaki-clabring their mothers with them, and many are alone. In the dally queue at i he embassy are French girls from nearly all the provinces. There are large girls and small girls, beautiful girls and plain girls, simple country girls unassumingly gowned and girls In the rakish hats and short skirts of the Paris boulevards. Nearly all the brides s;.eak some English, far more English usually than the French their husbands have by d of black savin and the Narrow, top of the crown is soft. looped silk fringe, very brilliantly black, makes a wide irregular hand about the crown and there is a narrow brim with lines that flow in easy curves about the head. The bat at the left, for a girl of ten or more, makes a picture on Hip head that boasts soft curls, its crown is of felt in sections joined in seams that are outlined with stitches of wool yarn and the rolling brim is also of yarn. apparently crocheted into shape. At the base of each seam in the crowo a pair of pert little leaves support a diminutive apple. Almost any little girl will look well in this picturesque hat. ' The bat at the bottom of the picture, made for a young woman, is a dressy affair of silver tissue with an odd trimThe ming twining about the crown. trimming is likely to be made of twisted ribbon with n fancy edge, but might bo of silver tissue or georgette. The maker of trimmings is no respecter of fabrics, taking anything that is within reach and fashioning it into something new and strange and nearly al- ways beautiful. Ir is made AMERICAN MADE UNDERMUSLINS jF'se . ' take. It. WaY DESTROY YOUR " FRIENDS? h - BRIDES' PASSPORT RUSH The time will soon be hore for those exciting and fascinating excursions to the millinery shop in search of new millinery, of which much is expected. The old millinery axiom that a hat is becoming when one looks better with It on than without It, is a good thing to bear in mind. At the very least we expect hats, like mirrors, to "lie to our faults a little blind, and to our virtues not unkind." Just how much the right shape and the right colors can do to transform a face, is measured often by the long price which a small bit of millinery commands. It is the Intangible in millinery that is worth more than anything else the color the beautifully balanced harmony, lines, the poise of the hat on the head and Its appropriateness, that are worth more than mere material. No one understands this quite so well as the woman who has readied middle life, or passed it. She expects her hats to do much for her in the way of enhancing her good points, and designers who specialize successfully In headwear for matrons turn fabrics Into gold. One of their promising new models is shown at the right of tractors. Last fall, when the first the group of three hats pictured above. ground was broken, there were fifty monster machines at work tearing up the prairie sod. This spring others were at work. They plowed on the pne acre a minute for the woftnng time. A record was made on one' day of 1,880 acres turned and broken. All the seeding, harvesting, etc., was also done by tractors, and then, of course, there are the thrashing .machines. Hence the absolute uselessness of horses about this place. One of the first problems Mr. Campbell had to solve was the number of various kinds of machines that would be required to do the work on the entire farm. He solved this by dividing the farm into units of 5,000 acres and then allowing a certain period for each operation such as plowing, harrowing, seeding, cutting, thrashing on each unit. unit also has another The 5.000-acr- e use. Mr. Campbell, as active as he is, couldn't reasonably be expected to personally oversee work on 200,000 acres of land throughout the season. So each unit is put in charge of a competent farm manager, with a general foreman and a crew of men. Each unit also has its group of permanent and modernly-equippe- d buildings. It is a gfgantic ..proposition any way you Agriculturists Make Tremendous Mistake When They Wage War on Certain Types of Birds. In the suburbs of one of our cities Recently American manufacturers ing the neck, arraholes and bottom (A recently a man was arrested for shootf the knickers edged with narrow ing 83 robins and two cedar wax of underwear have thought so well of lace. Small sprays of prim daisies, each we consider that have that When proachievements their they wings. tied with bow knots adorn the fronl year the people of the United States claimed themselves as the designers of the body and appear on the panto. inpay a toll of one billion dollars to of the styles now favored in lingerie. of tills garment, i sects, the reason for protecting our They certainly are justified in taking The special glory a ribbon that slip snsli of satin native birds is apparent. pride in the daintiness and attractive- through slits about the waistline and Some birds feed almost entirely on ness of the in garments they make the seeds of weeds, others on field such quantities and they find it easy ties at one side. Very narrow ribbon gathers in the fullness at the lop and on small rodents. mice and others to cultivate a taste for fine undernms-lins- . it is run through heading. Hawks and owls are considered outAmerican women are appreciA nightdress of nainsook is shown, laws, and the average citizen wants ative, but they are also practical and kimono and with sleeves short cut can. been has It to shoot them If he they demand pretty but not too fragile neck. Its edges are scalloped estimated that each hawk or owl hills garments. Few of them run to the round and buttonhole stitched and there i on an average a thousand mice a year. extreme of wearing chiffon or georg- a pretty hand of needlework around stomthe of A recent examination ette in undies, or care for bizarre deneck and shoulders. fMuchahle ach of a cedar wax wing (cherry bird) signing. In the main they like fine the bows and rosettes of ribbon, that fastIn worms. the 100 canker revealed weaves in cotton or crepe de chine for en with little safety pins, are among stomach of a scarlet tanager were found materials, not too much trimmed with the treasures that some women own. 630 gypsy moth caterpillars. With the fine and durable laces, band embroidthey add these pretty frivolities continued wanton destruction of na- ery and other needlework. Hand and to their undergarments, pinning tbent. tive birds, successful 'agriculture crochet In laces holds Its own with on. would become impossible and the derecomthem, and has evorythig to The pajamas 'n the' picture are struction of the greater part of food mend It. of crepe de chine and embroiil-cremade Mac vegetation would follow. Thrif Of course not much handwork is to with colored silks. One finds all nzlne be found on manufactured midermus-lins- , these garments in crepe de ch'ne fln4 but machinery has been made to also In flesh-ton- e cotton mull, in the do wonderful work and sometimes so long run fine white cotton goods, handChase After Stray Deer. effectively that comparisons with prove their worth by standing wen Georgetown, Del. Somewhere In work are not by any means odious to and washing perfectly the woods close to Georgetown there the mnchlne-mnd- e garment. Some-ime- s is a live deer at large, while all tin' the plain sewing on undermus- sporting blood of the town Is out with lins Is done by machinery and the But however dogs trying to capture the animal decoration by hand. Where the deer came front or how they may be put together and finished, got here Is a mystery, but It was son V'elour for Skirts. the styles are about the snme In underIn eddition to trlcotlnes i.nd plaWis, early In the evening by several pm garments. sins as It hounded across the I hi I'm Three popular pieces are shown In the fatoritus in the d.'ess good trade boulevard. Jumped a wire fence a: r the group above, a combination, a at the present time, velour chei-kart farm of Edgar- r.lmrt s.nd plun nightdress and a polr of pajamas. showing stch strength Mint (hey ds Into the dense ImniM.'s. There u The combination Is of batiste, hav serve mention. been no dorr in this s cflmi )'.r v. j d I s |