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Show THE PAYSONIAN, PAYSON, UTAH, SEPTEMBER 8, 1922 SPLENDID WINTER F FEEDING YOUNG PIGEONS IN LOFTS CURRANT CANES BEST Popular Method la to Have Stated Hours for Placing Grain 8upply In Troughs. Most Pruning Ik Knife, Systematically Ud, Favored for Bushes That Have "Run Out." are .seldom hoppers found nowadays in the lofts of veteran pigeon breeders. Their. Argument is that they have not found it profitable to have several days supply of grain within reach so the birds may help There are two themselves at wilL reasons for this: FirsL inferior squabs are raised in lofts where feed is constantly before the birds, as there is no regularity among the breeding pigeons in feeding their young; second, this continual picking at the grain eventually leads to poor appetites, resulting in the squabs suffer Self-feedin- g There la one point to be kept in mind In pruning currants, and that Is that the best fruit la borne on the two wood rather than and three-- j ear-olon younger canes, as is the case with most bush fruits. After the canes are four or five years old they become stunted In growth and the fruit materially dwarfed In size. The pruning knife is the only remedy. It should toe systematically used to cut away the old growth and encourage new. Many people who do not take this fact Into consideration, or who have d lng. y,, H',-"- Every lt House Earns Profits for Swine Raisers. Sunlight Ventilation and Protection From Cold, Essentials In Successful Raising of Pigs, Are Well Provided For. By WILLIAM A. RADFORD Mr. William A. Radford will anawer questions and tlva advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to the subject of building work on the farm, for tha readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience ae Editor, Author and Manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries to William A. Radford. No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago, 111., and only Inclose two-cestamp for reply. tn having Another disadvantage feed lying around, is that It attracts mice and even rats, and when once Breeding sowa maintained by sucthese enemies get In a loft there is cessful swine raisers will be having their fall litter! of pigs within a short great loss of young blrda The most popular method for feed- time. Seven or eight months from ing Is to have stated hours for plac- the time they are farrowed these pigs ing the grain in the troughs. These ' , Indigestion and Dyspepsia ; saw-toot- SAVES LIVES OF LITTLE PIGS nt r Overcome SHEEP RID LAWN OF WEEDS Dandelions and Other Plants on Courthouse Square Eagerly Devoured by Animate. h tF repared th Unites State Department of Agriculture.) The courthouse lawn in Elbert county, Colo., Ilka many other lawns, was bjr badly Infested with dandelions. Xbs county agent suggested killing them by pasturing rather than plowing under the sod. According to reports received by the United States Department of Agriculture, the test was approved by the commissioners. Sufficient hog wire to fence the lawn was purchased and two pastures 100 feet long and 80 feet wide were made. A Jarraer living near town furnished six aid ewes, which were placed in one pasture May 14, when the dandelions were at their best A week later four more were added to the flock. The ewes were changed from one pasture to the other at They soon had the dandelions and grass eaten down and kept It down. They ate blossoms end buds ft. one-wee- k Victims of stomach trouble, lndlgeM tlon, dyspepsia and their alUed complaints find Tanlac an ever-read- y source of relief and comfort Thousands of people have refound the Joys of health by Its use after everything else they tried had failed. Tanlac helped me wonderfully," suid Mrs. W. II. Hocker, 84 Rose Avs Clifton Forge, Va. "For over a year I suffered tortures from Indigestion, and had to live on the simplest foods. I became almost a nervous wreck. Tanlac restored me to the best of health. Tanlac helps the stomach digest the food properly and eliminate waste. Soon the whole system Is built np, the blood Is purified and the entire body takes on new tone, vitality and energy. Get a bottle today and start on the road to health. For sale by all Advertisement good dragglsts. She Changed Her Mind. Cleveland woman, arriving In New York one day, gave the porter at the station a dime. The porter to a fury threw It on the ground. The Cleveland woman picked It up. At the same time she explained gently that this was the only coin she happened to have In her puree, and to parting with It for a tip she had condemned herself to walk two miles to her hotel Instead of taking the bus. ' This explanation mollified the porter. In that case, lady," he said, "Ill take the tip." No, never mind, said the Cleveland woman In her gentle way. "I think Ill Cleveland Plato take the bus. Dealer. A Garden Should Have a Few Currants. not taken the time to study the nature of the currant complain that their bushes have run out and no longer give the results they formerly did. The fault lies not so often with the currants as with the person himself. He has not used the pruning knife properly. Currants can be trained to grow In almost any way desirable, even on trellis work and stakes, but the best plan Is to grow them as a bush. Half a dozen good, sturdy currant bushed properly handled should supply a family all the currants needed. They can be set to the best advantage In the spring and when you order from the nursery be sure to specify bushes. Set them foul feet apart. If you plant more than ona row. The first two years It Is necessary to practice clean culture in order to give them the proper start. Plant, however, when they are dormant and if you can't do this, early fall planting Is advisable. . The currant does best In a cool corner and In retentive solL A good clay subsoil or even clay loam seems to give excellent results. There should be a few currants in every garden. With careful pruning they will continue to produce good fruit year after year. d gentle-minde- d An Interested Onlooker. Have you seen Zeke Dawdle Well-Balance- d ld ! Well-Bui- have in common seeral teemies that sows and pigs need. Weather light liulklln x to keep out the cold and dampness; good floors that are raised from I he ground so that the pigs will not become chilled by contact with the earth; plenty of sunlight to prevent disease and help warm the buildings in winter ; a supply of fresh air brought In by ventilation, which also carries away the foul air. Hog houses are constructed from two general designs. One Is known as the roof, which has a roof line, with windows set In the side of the wall. These windows, supplemented by windows In the aide wall of the building proper, to ntrlke the pens on permit both sldA of the Interior. The other as the type of log house gable lioase, a good example of which is shows In the accompanytag illustration. This house is of standard frame construction, a good grade of tamber being used to make It weather-tigh- t The building is set on a concrete foundation, and has a concrete floor. The building is 41 feet long and 34 fed wide, which provides room for twelve pens, six on each aide. Through the center of the bnlldlng runs a feeding alleys wide enough to run a feed track, thus distributing the feed to the troughs with the least amount of labor. The long side of the building shown ly? "No, late- said Squire Wltherbee, "but Zekes making his headquarters down where theyre puttin up a new store." Is Zeke working at last? "No, It aint that serious. Zckel kinder superintended tli' Job, along Loose Grain in Pigeon Lofts Mice and Rats. Attracts 8hep troughs are placed In the center of the floor, so that there will be plenty of room for all the birds to gather around It Galvanized iron drinking vessels are preferred to stone fountains. There are three open boxes In each loft, measuring 12 Inches In length, three Inches In width, and three Inches in depth, and these boxes contain oyster-shelgrit and charcoal. A bathtub is placed In the aviary of each pen. These are made of galvanized iron and of convenient size for handling. During the winter the birds are given a bath about once a week, but only on bright clear days. In summer It may be given twice a week. These pans are filled about eleven o'clock In the morning and allowed to remain for about two hours, when they are emptied and turned upside down. If the water Is not emptied shortly after the birds are through bathing, they may drink of It and become sick. Keep Lawn Clear of Dandelione and Weeds. readily, and the hearts out of the dandelion plants close to the ground. Better results would have been obtained had the sheep been put In earlier, but tha experiment proved quite effective in ridding the lawn of dandelions. PREVENTION IS BEST REMEDY l, Whits Scours In Calves and Pigs Is Caused by ; Infection Treatment Not Promising. with several other gents whose wives run boardin houses. If th workmen were to lay a brick or raise a girder without Zeke seein It done It would spoil Ills day. Birmingham Age-Heral- d. Freshen a Heavy 6kln With the antiseptic, fascinating Cotl-cuTalcum Powder, an exquisitely scented, economical face, skin, baby and dusting powder and perfuma. Renders other perfumes superfluous. One of the Cutlcura Toilet Trlo (Soaft Ointment, Talcum). Advertisement ra r Wanted the Cheapest "IIow much vas dose collars?" White scours In calves and pigs U IMHS BEST WAY TO CONTROL LICE LIME OF GREAT 8pray Trees With Black Leaf a Standard Commercial bacco Extract. The most satisfactory Mineral Element Is Essential for Egg Production and Development of Young Chlcke. To- way to con- trol lice on fruit trees Is by spraying them with Black Leaf 40, which Is a standard commercial tobacco extract This tobacco solution can be purchased at most any store handling spray materials, and you will find directions on the can for Its use. It is a little difficult to satisfactorily control lice after they have become serious. In regular spraying this tobacco extract Is added to the regular spray solution, as it Is Just as effective when used in combination with other materials as when used alone. 0 BEST TREE SHAPE AND FORM While Foliage Is at Its Best Is Time to Determine Limb or Branch to IMPORTANCE No. 40, Remove. At this time of the year the foliage Is at its best. This makes It easy to get the best shape and form of the tree. It is best to examine the tree carefully to determine Just the branch or limb to be removed. The larger limbs should be kept and the cross limbs and those that seem in the way should be removed. When limbs of trees are removed. It Is necessary to make the cut next to the body of the tree. This will give easy access for the return flow of sap to cover the wound. Never leave a stump of a limb. Prune When Necessary. Trees are valuable, and If any pruning is necessary do It now. One of the safe rules is to remove dead branches and leave the tree natural. Cut Out Old Wood. Prune currant and gooseberry bushes as soon as they are. through fruiting. Cut out the old wood and Remember some of the new growth. that the fruit Is borne on two and three year old wood. Fruit Trees Decrease. Statistics show that there are only 78 fruit trees on the farms of the country where 100 stood ten years ago. And still the decrease goes on until is a few years we will have almost fruitless country- - Provision for an adequate supply of lime In the ration should be made by poultry raisers, for if this Impor- tant mineral element is lacking in the fopd a drain Is made on the reserve supply in the bones and soft tissues of the. animals which Interferes materially with egg production in mature hens and in the proper development of the growing chicks. BIG VALUE OF ANIMAL FEED Experiments Made at Purdue Unlvtre Ity Shewed Groat Increase In Egg Production. Animal feeds have a decided value In the ration of laying hens and pullets. Experiments made by the Pud due University showed an average egg record of 140.2 eggs in a year from a pen of pullets fed skim milk; 135.9 eggs from those fed meat scrap; and 81.2 eggs from those that received no animal feed of any ktod. If your chicks are not doing well Look out for something is wrong. lice and for worms In the Intestines. All cockerels that are not to be nsed as breeders should be marketed as 6oon as they weigh about two pounds. A two-poun- d much now as a months later. bird will sell for as four-poun- d bird two The sex of geese Is best distinguished by size and voice. Ganders are somewhat heavier and have harsher voices. It is the ganders that hiss when they are attacked or annoyed. Sweet milk In abundance Is highly Milk-fefowls usually desirable. and bring a premium on the markets on fed those than flavor better a have fattening ratlonr moistened with war Ur. d will weigh around 200 pounds and will get to market at the time when prices are at the top for the year and their size will make them market toppers." Id the meantime the sows will be bred again and will farrow in the late Winter or early spring, thus keeping np their production to the top notch and earning big profits for their owners. There in a paragraph is the Becret of success with hogs two litters of pigs a year that coupled with having only purebred animals and housing and feeding them so that they will make the greater growth for the least amount of feed and care. ' In the corn belt states, where hog raising has been brought up to Its present state of efficiency, the winters are long and the weather Is cold in some of the states extremely so. Before It was learned that hogs need more than a loosely constructed shack, having a dirty and filthy floor, two litters of pigs were unknown. Sows were bred so that they would farrow in the late spring and early summer, because little pigs cannot stand cold, If the cold Is accompanied especial by dampness. One chill and that was the end of the pigs. When the sows farrowed late In the spring, a second litter was out of the question, as the pigs came along so late In the full that they bad no chance to become strong enough to withstand the winter. Thus production was only half what nature intended It should be, with a resultant halving ot Income. Study of Ihe needs of the sows and their pigs in the first few weeks of their lives has developed a standard design for hog houses. These houses may bo built of any of the standard building materials, but all of them In the picture fa this arrangement t! side wall provide pens on the near windows admitting pens on the far e! ouiuThaiTuoris oilTstnee a place to which The other side wall, which faces the the sheep come day after day soon north Is solid, thus keeping out the becomes a hotbed of parasites, they wind from that direction. add. The construction of small shades The pens may be of steel, which, which can be moved from place to because of paint and the shape of the place Is solving the difficulty for many round bars, make them more sanitary, farmers. or they may be of planks. The former are set Into the concrete foundation, ARTIFICIAL SHADE FOR HOGS while the latter are attached to the studding of the walls. Many owners Protection of 8ome Kind Should Bs prefer the pens so constructed that Provided In Paeture Where they may bq removed In summer, thus Trees Are Lacking. providing a good shelter for the animals during the hot weather a covWhere there are no trees to the hog ered feeding floor. pasture to provide the Each pen is floored with planks shade during the summer months, an raised slightly from the concrete. artificial shade Is a most Important These floors cover half the pens, part of the summer equipment A which gives the sows a raised section good shelter may be constructed by on which the bedding is placed. With setting short posts to the ground and plenty of bedding and a space bebuilding a roof of light boards over tween the planks and concrete, the these. Windstorms should be guarded small pigs will he warm and free from against by nailing the boards securely. danger from chills. Such a building as this Is not exabilpensive when Its ity Is considered. ; It permits the LIVE STOCK NOTES owner to produce double the number of pigs possible without such a building and enables him to have the pigs e Do not lose sight of the good come so that they may he fitted for coal-ta- r certainare which dips, market when prices are best. It also saves a greater percentage of the Ut- ly valuable when applied according ts ters, and gives the pigs a good start directions. toward a profitable market. Shade and a wallow for hot weather, ind wood ashes, charcoal and other Defined. The boss Is that, man who comes stomach rectifiers, are necessary If ths too early when we are late and toe Nogs are expected to do thahr best late when we are early. Life. much-neede- profit-producin- g d I high-grad- numTai1'! 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