Show IUr > liiic OR urn 11 W Nathan of Nebrnilta City give the following In the Ncbrailn Farmer aa his method of keeping Ills poultry homo freo from lice My chlclcn houses nil contain earth floors I drive stake In the ground for room to rest on bore balM through roost polo which la n 2x1 I ripped In two sacking n pole 2x2 nnd Into top of stake allowing n wire iplko to go through roost and Into the stake This will hold the roost In place Dont allow the roosts to touch your building anywhere 1 leave theo slake about two feet high Now ou know full well that theo mites nlwnjn cave thus chicken toward the dawn of morning and remain on lulu roost and In the building until evening when they again attack tho fowls us they tot tie down to rest Hesiilts you know and I need not repeat them but will I ray tint these blood suckers lire tho direct cause ot bringing I Into the flocks on I I of our land what li commonly called cholera Out of hundred of cases of suppose cholera examined by myself I hero yet to find my first of this dreaded disease lilt to turn to our subject Now all you baa to do la pick up your roost tako It outilde for convenience have a common machine oil can filled with gasoline and saturate polo completely also go Inildo nnd run lome on top and down the lakes Itcpeat this a few times and you will completely destroy those mischief makers Your house U I no doubt overrun with thee mites but only doctor your root and you will Imvu them exterminated Shorthorns M ScrubsA nharthorii steer properly cared for can bo made to weigh 1500 poiinda In threo years while n scrub will require nvo yearn to leruro 1200 pound nnd ni a result the khorthoru galui 500 pounds nnnu ally and tho scrub 210 pounds annually annual-ly KatlmatltiK 1 abort horn nt 514 cent n pound tho gain li annually 2G25 nnd estimating the acruli at 4 Scents S-cents n pound the gain la I annually S10CO or 115 C5 gain In favor of the Bhorthorn Hut let us note how the rose tlunda with both at lie end of the peon I have slated that the short horn gains 500 pound n year henro In the threo years It weighs 1500 pounds neil Is worth 17875 the acruh loin 210 pound u year and In three Kara nclgltH 70 hounds and la I worth > 30 CO nonce the dlffcicnce In thin valuo of tho MeerK nt the expiration of three yean la 1815 In favor of the shorthorn In other words tho nhortborn nt the txpl rnllon of threo years li I worth twice ni much ns tho scrub and 91755 over Hobcrt Mitchell Llfo of the Horte Speaking on the subject ot the longevity of the hone a wrlttr In one of our Iloiton cxrhangei says The natural life of a horsemint horse-mint depend partly on Its breeding but qulto na much on Iho kind of work It U I let to do An nnlmiil never driven fait and thus strained or Injured by hard roads will last to 2S years and do good service Hut If driven hard on alone or asphalt roadbcda Its feet will Kite out nnd the animal will tam bosoms bo-soms worthless Ell Wakelee of An lonla Conn has n leans of lions 14 and U year old whlcb are jet In good condition and do cool work He had their photograph taken recently and will hang It In lib parlor Mr Wake lea baa worked Ibis teams la double harnoM all iprlni and mimmer plow Inu dragging and mow Ing with them ont tho urn yet in pimi londltleii sheik oud glouy UN mom horses that ore poling lie hoc ivcrkul them more than twcntynvo year and U Is I ers dent tl it tic team has nn v hea t sule usrtl I |