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Show PQRTABLE HOG PEN 4S HANDY LIVE - -- Excellent for Use Where it Is Deilred To Mate Animals of Different Sizes. " In response to a query for Information regarding a breeding crate for bogs the Wallaces' Farmer makes tbe two-by-four- sir feet in length, two feet four Inches wide, ana inree leei uigu. iue.craui biiouiu be closed In front but open behind. A -- bar "may be pushed through the boles behind and adjusted according - pertaWe-he- g will pen-th- hard-timbe- following reply : The accompanying cut gives a general idea of tbe construction of a breeding crate. IV In simply a crate, strongly but lightly made of about A accom- modate several medium sised bogs or four stoats la in common use by the small farmers and truckers"Tftf--t- h New England statesr These pens are Mound convenient, sanitary and far superior to the stationary pen, which U more or less a nuslance in thickly settled sections. The portable pens are gradually coming into use in the trucking sections of New Jersey, as their many excellent points become .better known. They are just the thing for the one-acr- e man. The ioilo wing method of building a cheap, convenient hog pen that Is portable is given by a New England farm paper: Take two pJeceB of white oak is best,-- by 9 inches each,' 15 feet in length, rounded off at the ' end in the form of a sled runner, then lay them parallel eight feet apart, with the rounded edge on the ground. Take four f by 4 scantlings and halve or tenon in,cro8swise, one piece at each end and eight inches from the .SMl , .PjLihfi.. JJJa.flrsanjL pJaceiha. others so ae to support a floor in one-haof the pen. Adjust these strips so they will set about two inches below- the level of the upper edge of the runners, then lay a floor of one-incoak planks)ver one-hal- f of toe pen, leaving the other half" a" dirt floor. Some -h- ave-the o .er yard slotted, which will allow the hogs to graze off the grass, bat will prevent the sod from being rooted up. The sides of ise pen should be slatted. in 2 by 4 scantling at each corner and midway " for' "posts on which to BREEDING CRATE FOR SWINE or r, lf h Now-mort- nail boards for the enclosof the pen should be covered; and for this reason make the posts for the siding about one foot longer on one side than on the other, bo as to give sufficient slope to the roof. - The roof should be high enough to allow a man to walk into of the pen the pen. If only Is flopred there must be a partition across, and in this arrange a slide door so as to shut the shoats in or out oLeither section. The roof of cover ed peh may be made of stuff and covered with tar paper, then give two coats of hot lime wash as a preservative. A pair of horses can a pen of. this size from place to place. ing. " . 'vU- 7 - .. Breeding Crate. half-inc- h One-hal- f to the size of the sows. The object of a breeding crate is to mate animals oi ainerem sizes, f or small, saori-- . legged boars it is best to arrange a platform to stand on behind. The time to begin breeding for ' spring pigs varies according, to the ciimate, tne sneuer lacuiues, . tne thepig8are generally marketed, and the number of litters which It desired to raise a year. Unless tbe fanner can furnish good shelter for his farrowing sows, and Is prepared to give the youngplgs caret not breed HORSESHOE FOR USE ON ICE ful attentionZliefor the pigs to come earlier than the first .OfApril. South' of the latitude Emergency Device Is Provided With of southern' Kansas, of course pigs e Calks, Fastened ' : " - night come with perfect safety a Solidly to Hoof. week or soarller than this. A man, however, xwho is In the business to The illustration shows, a horseshoe ' make a success of ft and is willing to - one-hal- f . half-inc- h Ume-tjFhic- h. read-Uyjno- - had-bes- Extra-Larg- oereir-'J'Bmotrarramce- s Ingthe first two weeks of .their lives. will generally find It most satisfactory - even in the northern states, to breed they are given good pasture pigs, and pushed right along, will be ready for market by early winter; when the prices are generally good. If a sow is to 'produce Jwo litters a year the first litter must necessarily come, early in order to give the sow time to flesh up previous to producing ter second litter in the fall. The fall pigs should come as early in the sea son as possible to give them a chance to make a good growth before-wint- er Bunch of Animals May . v .w wit. Be Sorted ibiivwi of Worrying. Every barn yard Emergency USEFUL ' Horseshoe. bearing surface is provided with -large calkBr and the .whole Is tened solidly to the hoof of hinges and straps- - into i.iivi extra- fas- by-'me- orhog lot should oat aa shown in the illustration, says ' Carrots tor Stock Fbod No rooThv more relished by domestic-animals than carrots. Weight for weight, they are somewhat less nutritious than, potatoes but the greater yield more than' makes up the difference in quality Horses are especially fond of carrots, and when not work-Jn, hard should have carrots as a' keep up part of their condition :'and ' give .them a fine V glossy coat When fed to cows they somewhat Increase the richness of milk, and are thought by some .to give a richei color to butter. They are alsoavay uable food for sheep and lambs. g - - - r';1 Cut-O- -- for" Stock. y the Homestead.' A bunch of ant mals may be driven through the "alley A and easily sorted Into two different lots "by swinging the gate D between the posts C and D with no danger of worrying or frightening them. - . . Why Sell ThemT 7 A good many sheep and lambs are coming to market which, are not fat and have-tIt go at low prices. looks like good business to hold these until in better flesh whenever possible to do so. At the prices these sheep and lambs fetch, now Jthey look like ' good thing to bay or to keep and get ready for market Thin natiye stock, la selling. qulteHotf because, feeders as a rule, do not take it out of market to finish as they do Western stock. If farmers will either keep It or find a market for it in the some- country, it will make money for " ' body. their-ratlonr-Th- ey I .' Livestock czj o - Notes Wheat middlings mixedwlth sklm med milk is the most nourishing- and economical food .for .young, pigs.., . .... Fattening animals return 95 per cent of the, fertilizing constlUientsjof r " feeds to There Is an unquestionable shortage of beef and the consumer Will realize increased prices in the next ; few years. . , mnst on have animal the farm Any something besides a long string ol ancestors to recommend it Individ ' ' 7?J.'' 8heep for Mutton. . -- ual merit helps.'; h 7 , from or 'ashes never charcoal should be of Mutton sheep Corncob ths mixed breeds on .one farm.. Get one hard wood should be- - placeo-i- n good mutton breed, stick to it and d feeding pena, so the sows cai get velop it to the highest notch possible. what they Beett-"If a smali-gras-s A lot of mixed lambs never bring the pasture sua. be4at tached on the." to Is "hog pea .it will go a marketU .lie highest price thoeo of one breed, uniform in site, long way towards reducing the cost ZL-.shape and condition, that 'get the big of the grains bill. Brood sows should, have a .. large, ., tnoney. roomyt clean, dry' yard, separate from the- - stable ward, as they need anl . Silage Not Good 'for Hons. ; must haTe daily exercise.'. .. . reccan not be is a feed that Silage of wastei " The ommended for hogs, although a little "Sheepi are utilizers ' fields of utilize to great clean' Weeds, f It may ,.bt fed to them. ; 7 ? advantage almost any kind of pastort and fit in well v with f arm.. practlo ; Shelter for Colts. Colts require more warmth or tttV-ta- f either in. the" Irrigated or dry farmlni than work horses or brood mares. belt , a -- . the-manu- re. v--- "'7. : r. -- . .- . - ; t , . - , " Are you going to enduret U yoiir.irtl-il- y going to live after youf Tbeif hae some family jewelry and silver. Nothing ig valued more than tliese tilings, and . we sell the kind of Jewelry and Bilver that will lsst for eeo'erationa. It ii - reaan onabte and couta fla more than4fle- obu dan kind a. 12. ' MAIH Go English speaking worra, you cannot get away from the puncher and his exploits If you don't patronize the picture shows themselves, you cannot fall to notice the man in the "chaps" printed in the gayest of colors on the po's tens outside In, fact, no picture show seems complete unless it includes in its program at least one cowboy picture. The pictures usually represent the ' puncher as a happy, well meaning individual, with a miniature arsenal to sustain the effect, who has little to occupy his time' except meddling with other people's business, administering justice with the aid of a tree and a length of " top 'and "betflg'lff af the flhTsT of "any love affairs which may culminate in his neighborhood According to the moving pictyre authorities these latter episodes seem to: crop, up like mushrooms on a moor in the cow country. All this is very nice and romantic, but unfortunately, it the" truth is to be told, it can not be rtamped with the hallmark of veracity. After viewing these pictures months sifter month the public must have a very exalted thoilgh none the less erroneous idea of The averaee cowhov unit- - his Ifia-nnt-tha-mswToKii?work. girl' some, of these pictured exploits might well have been duplicated In real life in the "early" days, but any "long haired" plainsmen who took, part in tkem have now in ha rnntont In ttio ro. counting "of them (with suitable em- bellishments, prfibably) to their grand- - as much diff erencebetween the modchildren if they are lucky enough to ern stockhand and the old timer as have any. there is between a deckhand on a , There - are no two callings In the river boat and a deepsea sailor. The old time cowpuncher considered world today surrounded by so touch romance, and about which so much teaming in any form beneath hiff has been written as those of plains- dignity, and would hate viewed any men and sailors,. and yet, withal.' the request to handle the lines much as a general public has very . hazy and present day plumber would reg"ard the sometimes absurd conception regard- suggestion of having a shovel added ing the life and members of both pro- to his tool bag. For trls reason in fessions. Perhaps that, the fact that bygone dtfys the roundup cook had to the real work of both callings is done be an expert teamster; but as is to far away front the public, ken, thus be expected, where such an unusual allowing plenty ef latitude lot a vivid combination of. talents la required, that Imagination,1 at responsible for many member of outfit's long suit was of the fsdsr Impressions concerning seldom within the culinary department While the old, cowboy's lot was (item. ; in more strenuous days than now, cast In tk first place, the average still he was more Independent and on work' the might ranges punch? three or four years and at the end enjoyed better opportunities bT acquirof be able to count all ing his own herd, whereas the present the ..iWa'Lhe ..had eyet. jeen ay. Jhe day puncher can hardly expect to fingers bT one hand; and' a visit to the "home" ranches would probably re- foreman. Practically all the cattle ranches of veal as many Chinese as ladies. , and consequence are now owned or any It is hard to imagine anything romantic connected . with a Chinese. controlled by 'companies, or perhaps ' The "bosses" see to It that while the trusts would be a better name. ten last the years wa.IS? During on the payroll he has puncher is for range work, and mighty little time for anything outs?de have decreased with .the. decline in. wages the work of hard work. has become, more general. Nowadays Some people never learn anything because they begin by thinking they '"""know it all. V- Look for the Silverware Coupons ' I " punchers the cattle owners hire their regular pack a gun.. Years ago, when cattle help by the season or the year, and rustling was rampant, it was advisable outside their, work during the' roundup that th stockmen sh6uld be provided their "Job" and surroundings are with guns, as the rustlers themselves much same as those' of the farmthe went armed; but the real use of the er's hired man. The states of Montana gun dates' back, to the time when and Wyoming pay the highest wages fences and linerlders were, practically for range work, riders receiving $75 a unknown. Thus, during some big month and board. On the other side stampede; when thousands of dollars' of the line wages are about 20 per worth of beef was running headlong cent, lower for the same work. These to destruction and all ordinary means obtain during the roundup, had failed to check it, as a last re- wages only which time corresponds In thecon-duc- t source the foremost rider .would shoot to ,the harvest of a cattle-rancdown some of the leaders, tMUs check season of the, grain farmer, and many Ing the. rush and enabling the riders of for $40 a month punchers-wor- k to "circle? the bunch: that process by I the less for thereBToftbevypgT; afd which alone .big herds can be kept There are two big roundups during under control, when they show a ten- the yearTlhTpring' roundupand fall, dency to be restless. It consists In of beef, roundup. The spring roundup, making the fringe of the herd move In which takes place in May or June, is a circle around the rest of the bunch; the busiest time of the year. thus the cattle themselves are made perhaps A foreman; Is cbosen from each disto head off their fellows, until finally trict Usually he Is the son or relathe" entire herd is cne huge revolving tive of the manager or owner of the mass of flesh. Is attached to. Each foreranch he ' But at the present, time fences and man or captain brings a number of restricted ranges have almost rendered cowboys with him, the number varythese big stampedes things of the past ing according to the cattle his' emand the type ofjnen who coped with ployer Is estimated to have running them and with hostile Indians has dis- range. The work Is apportioned vand the helpers are, under appeared. i While the modern cowboy Is called organization. - Each , puncher is proupon in a roundup., to do much stren- vided with from five .to eight ponlem uous work, during which the. safety and the. whole district sometimes covfrom accidentls'measured almost en- ering hundreds of square rallesrls Jald tirely by the sure Tootedness of his out in daily rides. As a rOle four to five weeks are" required to cover the pony and his skill as a rider, Is the sum total of risk to life country. he has The riders travel-pairsr-a- s rule, Some persons having in mind the and much patience, coupled with keen frontier' celebration"1 held at Cheryl observation; Is" necessary If thelf work nne,.Wyo.wlll be inclined to doubt Is to be. thorough; watercourses must be followed,: and tbe country rarefully this statement, but it must be which searched for stragglers.- - somef which turn up only after a year ire held annually in all big cow cen: occasionally ' '"' 5er, are simply entertainments for the or two......to demonstrate and benefit camp juhlio's Daybreak .finds. a roundup' 'Jie skill attained by certain individuastir, and the saddle horses having Their been corralled by the night wrangler, als picked outof thousands reckless disregard for ilmb ontfe is whose duty lit is io herd Ahe work tot general among thepunchers - What ponies during the night hy so'clock I man may do in the ordinary course tbe riders have caught and saddled jtTbis work and what he Is willing to their respective mounts and are away lo for . the love of applause or tor "chasing bee" Is the first, stages of two widely different the roundup they will probably not be noney. may-b-e 6 hours. back for 15 1&ings,;7ZZ In" .The . puncher must stand alike severe "..Some, of the most skillful and In to be seen and drenching rains when after busters heat trepld broncho, ixhibltions never go near a cow camp cattle, and this with no prospect of l relief until the work of the roundup Is Vom one year's end to another. of these "high priced attractions", completed. When all the cattle appar- ire engaged in the sheep shearing ently have been rounded up to a com-- J iusiness'. another drives his own team mon center an enumeration Is made, rod. "rig in connection with thetrans-ie- r beet stock selected and calves brand .business. S ;; these: exhibitions ed- It might be mentioned here that of a if as .criterion must hot be, taken during these expeditions the riders come acrossiany unbranded.yearllngs, the character jind. work of the 75 month puncher ,or the all the year and there Is nothing to suggest what tound stock hand. The fact (a there Is outfit they originally belonged to. they Hewlett's Products It takes a young mother to tell time in branding- - them with what color her baby's hair is when their own outfit's brand, using a 'run- it hasn't any at all. ning Iron" which they carry for the lose-n- ' xsemt-militar- , mis-shan- -: 1 . - -- "7-"- : . " -- or-1- .- - Sev-ra- . . purpose. The herd being now. bunched tip, fires are lighted' and the "hempen rifles" are uncoiled. Calves are. roped and dragged to the Branding fires, where a couple of men o"p foot grab and hold the calf, clearing the lariat so that the rider may be free to fetch another one. They then apply the heated irons for two or three seconds. The branding completed, they administer a gentle.ilck to the bewildered calf to remind him he is free, and This for the next. they e-ready goes on until all the calves and yearl,.. ings have been branded. The climatic and physical conditions of the country seem to have quite an effect on the cattle running wild. Their breeding propensities vary to the country. " Each , member of a herd seems to know its place, and prefers its own to any other herd, but rtke all other rules this one is proved by exceptions, and sometimes inar lare JexdaJeji,wlll. get TOxett up and separated iromtneu mothers, and in such cases disputes will, arise as to the ownership' of the calves. If not satisfactorily settled otherwise, the calf in dispute is taken to the fire and the branding irons applied, with not sufficient pressure, bow-eveto make a permanent mark, but hurn the calf and make sufficiently-tILcry out7 Titla moment there ia.an answering,. bellow from one of the herds, followed by a .stir among the cattle who seem almost to make a gangway for the concerned mother as she rushes to answer the call of her calf. A rope is shot around her hind legs as she leaves the fringe of thef herd, allowing her no chance to make any serious objections, her brand is observed and the calf branded accordingly. Justice is served. The cowhand calf are turned loose again, and it is a fine, sight to watch them "beat ify together .for the herd. Tbe branding done and stock taking finished, the beef ready fox shipping Is driven F6tbe home range to awalf actual shipment and. the. remainder of the cattle are once more free to wan der the hills and plains until the fall, when the big drive will take place. . The' rounding up of cattle is sometimes difficult as they, unlike horses, frequently take a notion to split up In bunches and head off in all directions, making much work for the riders.' Cattle are not roped as are horses. The latter are thrown by their forelegs, the cattle roped by their hind-leg. The reason for these, different methods wlll be readily understood when one remembers that, while a horse rises from the ground with his forelegs, the cattle are able to rise only with their hind legs. In the case of the horses also, they are less, liable to be Injured or to injure themselves when thrown in this way. ' The cow pony enjoys the chase, the Do your banking business by mail with the solid, old Walker Brothers Bankers Salt I -- hln what the hunter's horn is to the houndC He understands" every movement of . his rider, who. wether at puncher's--"Haloo-o- Lk Ctty Many a woman has an old hat on her head and a new one on her mind. NEW vUABU AND WESTERN kHfORHATlOM TftAPfEftt m m ntwext cvm m. nasi UIT in MM MW rUIV. s ". 1 t MNvcR.ettgaAib. tuM sr. uant tow mun k nit am Li EXCURSION r, h - e- -- w. - In every package of Hewlett's itver r fre be will ware coupon, which -Rogers silver. No money needed only the coupons. Be sure y ou ask your grocer for . tiat--perio- these-days-te- St SALT LAKE CITX UTAH, street. where yoTrw41Lkiihe every Again, in. set-i- n. FOR STOCK . l E ,o o w . puncher,. like the poor, is always, with us, if not in .the flesh; then at -- . least in some of the moving ' picture Bhows . for early March pigs. Early March CUT-OU- T The Mark-o- f Park A GUARANTEE Those ThatYYItt Accommodata.fiev 4 eral Medium Sized Hogs in Com- - mon Use by Small Farmers. FEBRUARY 3, 1912 TO LOS ANGELES Elks' Seventh Annusl Excursion Winter snow,' to sunshine xand ,flo wersathing,- boating-- , shing1 eoc From Salt Lake CO C City for round trip 222 25 Information, reservation and tickefs, see any Salt Lake Boute aeent, or address J. H. Manderfleld, A. C P. A. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH APOSITIVEWPER-MANEN- T CURE FOR Drunkenness and Opium .Diseases. Tan It rinlT Uditt frwttl u a aaUidlir, a bcIlmw. THE KEELCt Ui.Stmt. Salt Ulu Otu V4 W. SMth Tta L iWr m mw KODAK FINISHING iff I. 4 riven prompt attention. ' stock ot Photo Supplies. Complew " mn Lake rnoto Supply Write for cataloguea. lSSMalaSt Mall order . c. V3 Big Difference. - -But . people used to say 7" A ':.rr She he was and ""Vulgar. 7" He But he's inherited a "million' and they only call him eccentric now. d . TRY TON-SO-L- FOR ETC A THROAT, CANKER, ' DRUGGISTS. , , r f- IV SORE ALU - eelng-- te o! , work - or play...., seldom - touch'- bridlr rein- ;- Should he wish to" galTop he lifts his, elbows nd be is borne away; If he wishes to go to the right or - to the 1rt he leans slightly in either direction, and a gentle.toucb on the pony's neck is sufficient to pull him up. When the rider is about to make a throw the. pbny slows up. and when he sees the rope uncoil ahead of him be advance again "and finally stops dead aa the loop settles about steer, jerks back his .head., stiffens his neck Ind prepares for. the shock, aiding therider In throwing, hls. ,; and . all this of his own accord and , without .having received any spoken command, from his rider. The kind of cow puncher we read about who was as indelibly marked with the physical characteristics of his calling as were the cattle he herded with the brand; of their owners, has given way to the lets hardy and picturesque ..cowboy or- - stockhand' of today, who may be beating a train-- tomorrow or driving team In the city: . tic-Una- Too Much Iron. " Doctor Did you get that mixture of wine and iron that 1 ordered? 7.7 7ZPeac0nralers--Ye- 8 Never enjoyed a bottle of med- - , better in my lire. But; doctor, " ' there was too much iron In It 5 Doctor H'mr So; I should imagine,:;' 4 Deacon Waters-Y- es, tte iron all t went .to my feet api made -'- em so "heavy I could - hardly - walk. New " v -- .. :' pit wM'-flrst---r- ate. -- X?I .Weekly. y 7 I 7 for orethroaV!canii-keetc, "All druggists.- Try Ton-sol- - ' . ... r a 77 '"v;-Suit the Place. "Sir,. L.bavsv coma. to ask. yov'.for s ;.7:7' daughter's hand." r ' "Ail right, my boy! ' I "think you'll find It in the - dishwater.": Vv" 1 1 t Then the young man left, smiling, 7 knowing that if such, was .the case ,. he had won ;C prize.- . 7 .7 ; ' ' .' "" ' "An , . , -- l. - " - Eye-opene- r. CrinonbeakThIs paper saysXl that"hlind men "outnumber blind 7 " Mrs. women two to one. Mr.,' Crlmsonbeak ' they are married,' I appose, k . That's li'T before' '7- -; t :.'.. |