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Show Jlcious Corn Feeding. Ui l ve tuition the LIvc-port LIvc-port cry - inlhly ellscuses tin of inn diet for hogs and Iruir inr tn feeders. Theru n irjm i (n fnnr of the -e-s f J f-uoh as tape, 1arca ti 1 lucerne, to In urn the r e thnt wc rIvo In full to idiovv llio Utah 'nth i irlrtlv In It" when Ma le-itu nnd intlon.il hog The 11 p njs "I rn ( k n from evil, In unc i ai it st seems to ho win hy icMtlli noticeable hum e it t , iiiiR during tho r Jroni iiluo we learn that leen wonderfully slight V vvhc that disease has 'lane or mine biecdtr. nn ran rr iy nine r pulls of tho ' com Inillu icpoitB, while era hia li n less llnulilehiime in lm ntlrlhuto thu MJHIi or wlno nnd jounir i In fi t tint the prolonged e -n i k ,r((, cornmoillty wont to ho plentiful and "tamlln th funnel in feed- null (1 that calf tholcin naliiKi'i inott pre,ilenl and 'mi of heef hreed W J I upon mrii ilurlnB rl ' UiodlciuKe tended "Mid .in ,, fri,iiiK wan 1 inr ui riound iwts sub-. sub-. HI) hay mil fodder un n' ennllon we theie-"Moth theie-"Moth uipnslllon Hint nn-,?".." nn-,?".." 5 of "is thlBspiins ttrlbjf i i.-ircely to th" fact rant ntru n(lt ns usual it k V an ' oth, rwlso pnni- Jul i .oiiith It, compnrn-rir compnrn-rir me of ii mixed ilinr-1 ilinr-1 iV K or't the were main- re r nitiiral manner than 'in fan iniiicr than fill con-iw con-iw I nn vitii,i he In nriiiilsh ' tu! liuI ),i1k It Into tho i7 ""' "union lather than oinV.1' ll""ier, tho milk u i i ' '' rltn "" '"'"" in j o lemnuo the tllires- iii . "r "'" ounKHters. inn. nr 'uise, assert that innum , nuy not hive had ,,f" lnne which has inmo ' i ii mi i mi fill as tho r m nnnel nre (.onternoil, SL " lir 1)ry weather may Wf rin nr destroyed tin m i 1 . 'n,t wero iinhenltliy vi , n,n ,,,lvo ln 'I" wen-' wen-' noii'nino and sife. It . ll i liiwcNcr, that natural f limn to do with tho j ' and calves thin all "'. ouieined, and theio mi ,,' I ion which stock Inr,. l" " rememher und mil,,. ur ' P'ratlons. iii.. " r"P promises to bo all nn'1 ,,uro ', "bund-1 "bund-1 win ? ": 'ddei ei ops, so inBl ' ' Inulithis bo plentiful thn r!',low "" t0" lnv" l or m ,,c H tendency nn " un ,,. I, ""'l h""'l jowncre war, r ,"f,r ,'nRt" the en-lUe en-lUe , "" "' mt winter. ",,'" '"'J ".B V',,y lmn 1 nron ' ln Itvlsh man- 1 nrl .? "H" ttl" ''0 ' lb" ,,,"' ot eo,n All of Jit in , '"" IdnilnesB, nnd wine '''Polntnu nt Ilreed-lr Ilreed-lr n "SUinlnir to leal ri "hl Ln""","1 f"n'1 when fel J'rmVn,4' ,' ,n "PPly all ot 'J!ten, ," frowlns animal form L . frT ' '"""Iub he it "ttir. "i "l" lrotollt (nltin un in i t K0" '" r",m U i,.,1"' '. nnl blond, ilUf ,h ,T yoiinK plK le ; fori U'" '"""oried tliltijca later , T','rp '" l)0 ',cllty' ' 'lor i , ,'.u11,1 "" "'ions. 'lo'" nil i,. '"" 'ruine, nn I 'lom f ,, c,'- hut by com 'Muii? i,1"1"15 "'I f the In-"Wlieu In-"Wlieu Jr, the wonJerful la. bontory of the stomach. Torn fed In excess from weaning time yes, from the lime the tow conceives- produces n line, fat-looking pig. but the animal lacks constitution, bone nnd stamina For a time It may go comparatively well,' but let disease strike and It sue-cumbs sue-cumbs nt ones. It Is sueh hugs tint cholera most levels In It Is sueh hogs that "go down from behind" and It Is not kidney worm that does that hut lack of earthy salts In Ihe rrninc und cxifsslve udltmst! tissue In the holy It Is the corn-fed sow that brings forth but few pigs nt a litter nnd furnishes fur-nishes them with but Utile milk on their arrival. It Is over-feeding on corn Hint Ins made the 1'oland-Chlni the best lnrd hog on enrth, but somewhat some-what dellclent In bone and stamina, prolificacy nnd milk. It Is Judicious eom feeding, and tnoro especially the furnishing' of mixed rntlons to swine thit ro given every opimrtunlty for exercise upon green clover, glass, rape, ryo and similar green crops, that will eounteract the condition which has been created In oui swine by tho nbundnncc of the coin crops with which we have been blessed More nitrogenous ni-trogenous food, more exercise-, more fresh nlr, more natural management, these nro the keynotes of success In the future management of our herds nnd Hocks It will bilng back propound of tho Individual nnlmnl of tho bleed. It will Impiovo piollllcacy nnd pro-vide pro-vide nmple milk for the Increased progeny. pro-geny. It will Impiove tho anility of our pork products. It canno iKisslbly ilii mil harm nnd costs no moie to follow, fol-low, and, best of nil. It lersins causes ot dlseuso materially. 11 Is too ninth corn nnd too little exercise that renders ren-ders coavs Kinen nnd bulls sterile. It Is similar trcntment and feeding that make, heavy drnft stallions sllnkf with nreuso and piove unprolllnblo as breed-crs. breed-crs. It Is a common cause of young helftrs not coming in heat Hut why-It why-It nglhen the category ? Enough slid If we but lead icadeis to give tho matter mat-ter the consideration It dtserves. Llvo Block Ileport. Producing Itlp;h Class Tork. Tho hog's superior capabilities of converting farm feeda Into meat products prod-ucts ichdor It the most piofltnblo nnl-nul nnl-nul domesticated on our farms, nnd pork production tho most profltnblo Industry In-dustry of American agriculture, In spite of tho lavages of hog tholeia, This dreaded stouige gives no evidence of yielding t any of tho loudly pro-cl pro-cl limed methods of treatment or Mnoti litlon: but to tho manvj ho Uvos his hogs tho range of all or the g ''fM a" of a fair-sized faun, and who applies vigorous measures of Isoallon, dlsin-fttllon dlsin-fttllon and eradication, the disease s hugely robbed of Its terrors. It Is ienernlly conceded that there Is no cer-?i"n cer-?i"n spcclelici ngalnst hog cholera Hut the fiee nn(l cxtt naive ww of good grass, roots nnd succulent feeds will do m uth to maintain n healthful cm;, dllm. that "I" alTord n leasonable srifcKuaid against many forms of disease. dis-ease. The grazing characteristics , o nltin should by no means b nllovved r'lTcunText.Xc. but .'? perpetuated us n most useful qual- "riio two conspicuous and most sue-cesif sue-cesif il fentiir.s of American nsr Icul-t"e Icul-t"e nit corn nnd pnrli production Our icsources in this He Id how eve hnvft miripv beat n to ileelnp, una U?e,nu.l"rMrrrod..c..has.K1tet npproathed tho landinl of perfection One has hut tosll ut nn :""'1l,1 '"'. fhst table and p.H ake of brnled Westphalia h mi or dtllclo Wlllshlie baton to realize that our American pnik rroducts have W ,,, reached the slanchrd of excellence le-insiided le-insiided hy the most exnctlng fotelgn markets We pioluce n Iniger surplus of port Product, than any oiher coui.. try hut It must b Jdmltll thit American pork Is tho chearest product In the le". Ing market, of the world Coin la pilmnrlly the hg 'e"1 ot,xu urMte.tr.os pioduclng States, nnd no Stnet lood will dUplac. It as an ccoru omlcal nnd prnttlral ration for poik produ.tlon The Inferior nunllty of American pork cannot be properly nt-tribute.! nt-tribute.! lo the corn ration, as Is frt-'lUintly frt-'lUintly tlalmed Ilecent Investigations by tht (iavcrnment llxperlment stations sta-tions and by practical feeders every. wheie have demonstrated thnt corn, Judiciously used in toinlilmtlon with otnei feeds to the extent of one-third or one-half the intlon Is not neces. snrlly Injurious to the qunlttv of tho bacon produced, piovlded other conditions condi-tions art right. The cntlic treid nnd effort of the A merit nn swine-grower for nbout half n centurv has been In the dlretllon of pioduclng the hrosdest-backed. thickest, thick-est, fattest bog that sclente, skill nnd human Ingenuity coul I evolve This process hi In and continued during tho greater part of Its progress under conditions con-ditions nt high-priced lard when fat barks were n prime quotation In nil of our hading maikets The tendency of late Has beii In a different direction direc-tion Cottonseed produets nnd other substitutes hnve largely dlplited lird. and the tendeni of the tontnncr both nt home and nbrond lo decidedly In fivor of leiner meat products of all kinds. I'lne grain firmness of textuie and compnallvely even distribution of fat and lean nre the prime essential In hlqh-tliss pork pioditcts Theso nre the lesult llrst of liendlty, and second of Judicious feeding of wholesome, llesh-formlng feed products succulent feeds grass nnd abundant exert Iv It Is not to be expected thit our country will In the near future. If ever, take unk with Deninirk unci Cmada In the competition for the higher grades of Incon on live rortlgn markets but the dennn.l for better pork products for our home nnd foreign markets has al-loo. al-loo. ly minirested Itself In such a way-is way-is to command the attention of the farmer and producer The chnnge will undoubtedly come ns n result of the inodintatlon of the type of our piesent popular breeds rnther thin through the bacon tvpe. nlthough there Is already a rapidly growing demnnd for hogs of greater activity, vitality and vigor and more proline breeding qualities The objection that the hogs of the bacon tvpe ore not as economical producers pro-ducers as the more compact corn belt type, represented by our popular bleeds In not well founded The evidence of recent Investlgitlon supported by practical prac-tical experience where accurate observations observ-ations have been made Indleites quite conclusively that the modlflcatlons of the hog under domestlcntlnn have been In the line of lucre tslng his stomach contents nnd digestive cnpiclty without materially Increasing his digestive ef-llcleney ef-llcleney Domestication has Increased the length of the Intestinal cinnl of tho Improved hog, this enables him to consume, digest nnd assimilate n larger quantity of feed, but It has not bfen demonstrated thnt his modified digestive diges-tive organs do the work nny more thoroughly than those of his wild ancestors. an-cestors. The result of three years' Investlga-Hon Investlga-Hon in determining the cost of pork production nnd tho relative value of the Hnlslied products with various breeds of hogs nt the Iowa Experiment Experi-ment station have been published ln bulletin 4S, and may he summarized In tho (tntemont that there Is no mate-llil mate-llil .inference In Ihe cost of n pound of pork In the feed yard by different breeds. Of course the corn belt type fattens much more rendllj than tho other, but they nre not tnpnble of making mak-ing much If nny, greater gains In a given period or from a given amount of food The difference Is clue chiefly to the kind of product mode from tho feed rather than any vni Intlon ns to the nmnunt The market demands havo also changed In referents' to the valunllon put upon the tlllTerent cuts, while the Amerlcnn breeds of swine were In process of ftirmntlon nnd development de-velopment hams were the high-priced products Todny they take second rank, and the higher-priced cuts are the sides which produte the b iron The width of bnck and development of the ham nre therefore subordinate to tho length, depth, fineness nnd smoothness of side, nnd I believe that our American Amer-ican breeds nre certain to undergo a modlHcntlon governed by theso conditions condi-tions In the neni future. Preservation of Eggs. In n commercial wny, cold storage Is tho cheapest method of preserving eggs, but for the housekeeper and small rou. try man a slorajo houo Is linprnttitiible Bomo other method of preserving a few dozen eggs Is needed, so thit when eggs nro cheap anl plenty In summer they can be I lid duwn, nnd tnken up and used during the winter, when fresh egg. nre u luxury This subject has received considerable con-siderable nttention from experiment stn-lions stn-lions and others Intel ested, and the latest Information Is glvtn hy the Ithodo Island report rettntl Issued Among the methods emplojed were tho Uie or witcersr.M u ..,.- -. --" - - silt, diked lime ana salt brine, vusellne, dried worn! ashes, llnely ground gypsum, nvwdertil sulphur, brlmstono fumes and sulphur permanganate of potash, . ill-cylli ill-cylli atld and salt brine. Jn ta.h tase fresh eggs were taicfully gathered and nlat.d In stone Jus which wire kept In i closet vvh.re the lenipraiiir. ringed S?S tSvewMfill- llnuMpr'e's'e'.vatl. mSliTaVtiul VM'S?' "tti?. Hue was rubbtU over lb. -hell vvllh a cloth while In tho brimstone fumes nnd sulphur experiment th. eggs wen sub-i.eiell sub-i.eiell to the fumes of burnt brimstone In hour and then paikc.l In lloners of Theieg. were packed for a period of ten nnd .inc-bnlf months, when thej weic ex"mn .1 Those prescrvd with vwitr-ilas. vwitr-ilas. or with th lime, water and salt brine vteie all good for culinary jmr-i jmr-i rises' but the rest wero ull spoiled Tur. ,'h.r h "rlriient. with tht waienU.s we e tri.l mid ll was found that is little us ,13 per cent solution was eflecllve Uth. r uoo.len enrten or glufs leteptiecles will tleTlo liold the eirgs which should lie vvu.he.1 clean, HU.lri r ireful , and then iovero.1 with the solution pf walerg ns find miter Afltr a time the waterslass rorins ii white precipitation upon the shell which Is i ren.il) washed off wh. n the egg' are token out for use After Ixlng preserved In this for ten mil me half months the whiles of tht ugs w.l.i tlo.il but not so limpid ns those of fresh eggs The oiks anpeareel normal In color nnd condition he sir c II was not enlarged The tncle wns diElitlv Hit r it lesst not p rftitl) (r li but lhe were pulisbl lor culinary use and prohibit as i.ki.1 as most crale gas coinm.iiilj found In mirkei In pr ptrlng the lime water nnd tjalt brine solution, one pound of quicklime and one half pound table silt wero thorough ill mixed with billing water Afler silk liig aid settling, the clear solution wns Irnvcil off and pomed over the egk. hi "ggs kept ns well In this as In ihe Alter lis. Ihe whites beat up nlielv but Had a sllkhtlv all male This mi thml of or sen Ins ergs l smiiwlmi eh nper limn Ihc waterglms which hciwev r Is not veiy.exptn.lve If a. t Uic cent eolullon ;a tixsl. |