Show ANCHORING FENCE POSTS how cement can be effectively used to make them solid my method of anchoring fence posts writes a correspondent of farm life Is as follows I 1 use three fourths inch gas pipe tor drill stem with detach able bit also auger for cleaning out hole drill hole where you want an chor not less than tour feekin COD mon clay ground discharge one fourth of a stick of 40 per cent dynamite in the bottom of fence poet anchor hole after first throwing in two or three double handfuls of dirt the dynamite will make a nice round basin la the bottom of the hole you are now ready for the anchor rod and portland cement made soft enough to run in the hole let it stand tor ten lays before using LIGHT OATS VS HEAVY OATS they practically have the same feed ing value pound for pound the weight of oats per bushel varies from 30 pounds to 50 and even 65 pounds in some of the western ed states the office of experiment stations notes an experiment on three pair of horses which were fed light and heavy oats the practical results of this expert ment seem to indicate that pound for pound the light oats have nearly the same feeding value as the heavy oats although the heavy oats contain a higher percentage of protein and car bo hydrates and a less percentage of fiber than the light oats it seems able that the relative proportions of these constituents are such that they are more easily and thoroughly dl grated it should be remembered that al though the two grades are practically equal pound for pound they are not equal quart for quart and that in feed ing by measure as Is usual allowance should be made for heavy oats and a less portion given i since oats are bought and sold by weight instead of measure there seems to be no gain made in buying the heavy oats at an advanced price over the light oats COVERED SALT BOX this one keeps salt dry and can be opened by stock animals will help themselves to salt U it Is kept in a box like this they soon find V out how to lift the cover hinge the 1 a auca a way r that it will drop of its own accord when the animal goes away the opening in front should be about six inches wide and about four inches deep and the lid should project over the front edge ot box about an inch mutton and wool according to a report of the depart anent of agriculture mutton conati autes only seven per cent of the meat filet ol 01 the american people while beef and veal constitute 47 per cent md pork ac per cent however there has been a wonderful increase in the of mutton in the past 25 years the demand for mutton is gen brally very good in the markets and it s undoubtedly true that there Is a great deal of room for expansion in producing mutton for the market the supply of wool nowadays is entirely inadequate for the demand and the price Is very high in comparison lice on cattle lice on cattle indicate lack of atten uon and poor feed grease of any kind will destroy on cattle but grease tegould not be used it it can be avoid ed first wash the animal with kerosene emulsion and follow with clear water when the skin Is dry dust every portion of the body with a mix ture of a peck of carbonate of lime and a bushel of clean dry dirt if a bin alq animal ts infested with lice the others will soon be in the same con dialon unless remedies are used as preventives dr smead treating hogs for worms james mundon a northern iowa hog ralser gives this as his treatment for worms in hogs when I 1 think my pigs have worms I 1 lake them off feed and even water at night the next morning I 1 mix up a good dose of feed and tur pentane in the evening you will see results if that does not do give an other dose when they get in that condition they will cough and their coats get rough and they do not cat well PARASITES VS WHITE GRUB what illinois expert has discoverer eo concerning work of former the illinois state entomologist dr S A forbes of urbana has done much in studying the parasites that destroy the white grub and the 01 ol lowing items from office indicate something 0 the beginning that haa been made in solving one of the vital and urgent problems of the farmer the common grub wasp la much the most important insect ene my of the white grub it Is a slender jet black insect usually two thirds 0 an inch long with wings either clear or tinged with dusky yellow it enters the groad in search 0 the grubs follows them up in their bur rows and lays on the back of each grub a single egg which hatches into a footless maggot like larva which ad heres to the surface of the grub punctures its skin and acks its blood for a time but finally eats it up these maggots have been known to destroy under favorable circum stances the entire grub population of a badly infested field the method ot this insect and the main facts of its life history have been worked out in dr corbes the past two years by J J davis and J A west from cocoons and infested grubs sent in by E 0 G kelly from fields at el alcott the wasp attacks the grub and a violent struggle ensues until the former stings her prey temporarily paralyzing it aad then smears a viscid fluid upon the back of the grub not tar behind the head and deposits her egg on this sticky surface the operation occupies 1 min utes and has been fully a number of times several white grubs found in the field had these parasites on the under side of the body between the thoracic legs the egg batches in seven to ten days and it takes the maggot about two weeks to get its full growth it doubles its size the last two days when it devours the body of its host the full grown maggot is two third to four fifths of an inch la length in several cases au abundance of its cocoons were found in the ground in an enormous destruction oi white grubs no doubt this wasp la an important agent in checking destructive tive uprisings of grubs A little fly Is another parasite of the grub the adult Is a large blackish gray fly with a general resemblance to the common large blow fly another parasite Is the young of a large slender bodied dark red ichneumon fly still another la a bee fly covered with erect yellow fur mr west discovered may beetles dropping to earth trying to rid themselves of adult files that were clinging to them and apparently thrusting eggs into their backs the effect was tested la breeding cages the beetles so treated lived tor some days and then began to die dipterous maggots being found in the body these flies were also seen among the may beetles on the trees at night nothing has been done to test the possibility of collecting and distributing parasites other than those of con diseases and the latter subject has not been worked out 0 o final con elisions elusions elu so it Is seen that the parasites alone offer a large field tor in with a view to the destruct aton of white grubs FOR LIFTING PUMP PIPE quickly constructed jack which will make the task an easy one the frame of the homemade home made jack shown in the illustration Is made of the lever Is a piece ot 26 10 apparatus for drawing pipe feet long to pull the pipe make a slip loop in the chain and let it run down the pipe below the joint the other end Is fastened to the lever FARM ITEMS have plenty ot fresh air froni eel lar to garret at all times do not keep any part of the house shut up so it becomes foul let the air and sunshine in imagine it you can your good house keeping grandmother buying canned hah or mincemeat we have no objection to the man with an ax to grind provided he shows the ax and pays for the service all skim milk hauled from cream cries to the arm should be pasteur iced mighty offensive A fight over a line fence banded down as a legacy from father to eon every hundred pounds additional weight in the case of a heavy draft horse Is worth from 25 to 50 cents more per hundredweight when making a sale A farmer Is in position tf feed as cheaply as any professional feeder to sell well on th market horses must be tat bleek and well groomed the buyers demand tat |