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Show FOR THE BEST BACON TYPE ENDEAVORING zV , ' 'V.' v f&SPA'? fat - j Vs " ' , . Jt ' v' . : ' v'V X & Excellent Bacon Type. Tbe style of animal which best meets the bacon curer'a Ideal has often been spoken about, but the desired standard la not always reached, and thia in many cases Is due to faulty breeding To consider briefly one or two of hould not be too long, otherwise It Indicates weakness and a short neck generally goes with a short side, from the bacon point of view It la lm- of course Is not --desirable. to note the character of the middle piece The ribs should spring from the back, but they should not be entirely round They should rather spring well and allow the animal to be turned out slightly flat from the sldea. There will then be less wasteful fat on the top without decreasing the depth of the pig. What is wanted Is a pig that contains a maximum of lean meat and an undercut with as much streaky as possible Tbe loin should of course be because so covered and muscular, much depends on good development there? The rump should not h too straight, otherwise the hams will invariably be bhort There should be no flabbiness about the hams and a well carried tail puts finish to a pig, which helps it greatly at the time of sale to the butt her The quantity of bone should also bo accompanied by strength of bone, because it Is not possible to carry a heavy weight of meat of very fine Round quality wiihout substance bone should be avoided as it indicates lack of breeding and is Invariably associated with a fat carcass Vbe pasterns should not be weak and the pig should be straight on its legs. This Is likewise of great importance for exercise is necessary In the production of the 'best class of carcass. These may seem small points yet they all indicate particular functions which the bacon pig is supposed to fulfill PROPER FEED PRACTICAL HINTS the Indications as to what Is really a good bacon pig, we might start first from the bead. Here.length of snout, which partly Includes length of jowl and the e of loose flabbiness so frequently seen there. Indicates as a rule a lengthy animal The Idea has been to reduce the cheap parts of the animal and to increase thobe which are dearer. On that account a light forehead is necessary, but It must not be at the expense of width of back or depth in the pig As a rule a pig narrow at the poll (between the ears) Is not the widest on his top, nor is he the thriftiest of feeders. There may be exceptions to this rule, but it can be applied genTbe advantages of a promierally nent eye and a smooth unwrinkled Jaw or cheek, as weU as width between the eyes, are that they Invariably indicate a smooth, ab-sec- lean-fleshe- d inlmal. A short heavy head is Invariably associated with a very round body and wide and very fat back, altogether The neck very wasteful carcass vrasti) xa?o-A:topL- ctfx&Lror Atf CARRY? CGir AJJJTVCffrl HE aeroplane's career as a savior of lives In large number began as early as 1911. In the very war In which It first demonstrated Us potentiality as an lustre meal gf war, and the result shows that Its potentiality was greater as an Instrument of peaoe a life saver. Those who followed the develop- war will remember nient of the Itallan-Turklshow at tbs very start of the campaign, before the first engagement took place, the newly landed Italians were saved from an unpleasant surprise sdvanc-Inby the aertal scouts, who observed three columns of Turks and Arabs of about 6.000 men. The Italians, after receiving this Informa-- , tlon, could successfully calculate distances and for their defense. On the following day. October 14. the battle of Sclara-Scla- t took place, resulting in the loss to the Turkish army of 1.000 men. During the battle two aeroplanes were circling the air The flights took place above the line of Ore, so as to be able to direct the firing of the big guns from the battleship Carlo Alberto and also of the mountain artillery. The, aeroplanes were often shot of the enemy, but with no results. the at by guns The finding of the enemy was an Influential event. The situation at the time was such that without that discovery the Italians would have met with a defeat which might have affected the whole campaign. Thus two men and two old. half worn Inaeroplanes saved a defetft which might have volved the loss of thousands of lives as was the case In ths Erithrea campaign at a coat of possibly only a few dollars, the price of gasolene and -- k. ' h g oil Later In the campaign the aeroplane became a veritable advance agent of peaee,J$elng used by the Italian offlcers to drop manifestoes over the Inencampment telling the natives of the Italians' beThis Is a very Important matter, tentions cause. as shown by France's long campaign In In colonAlgeria apd Morocco, most of the trouble ics Is due to the natives misunderstanding the purposes of the Invaders, .who never have a chance to explain their Intentions a Again In the Balkan war the aeroplane was of peace. messenger Perhaps the greatest surprise of the Balkan war was that Adrianople. the Gibraltar of the Balkans. which the Turks were supposed to defend to the last breath of life, was captured with little loss of life by a comparatively small force. The aeroplane even the old type clumsy machines, manned by untrained pilots, used by the Bulgarians deserves the greatest credit for the saving of life and money The Bulgarian air scouts, though untrained In mllltan matters and poorly equipped mechanically. went out over the besieged city and brought to their commanders Information which enabled them to attack the weakest spots Then others -messengers of peace, whom humanity should of recognize now that they have saved thousands ared lives in both the Trtpolitanlan and Balkan ware-soover the city and dropped messages to the besieged w hich If not of peace, made for peace An admirable feat In saving the lives of 500 French soldiers is credited to a single aeroplane In December. of the french Morocco squadron. of 5QQFxnch troop? had been sur- rounded by rebels to the south ot Mogador and for five day a some anxiety was felt for their safety JTben. UcuVPT'Sht. DtvHu, in h4a Bleriot monofhecom-mender plane. was able to convey Information to were-close hand, at reinforcements that and, encouraged, they renewed their defence, while the rebels, seeing ominous signs In the arrival ef the aeroplane, retreated. Lite saving In time of peace, while It has not attaine more than A fraction of the number of saved In war. la, perhaps, more Interesting . 1W vo meet people than the Utter, being closer to wnd experiences of tbe general public. -- dtt It la. therefore, gratifying to And that the water and the flying boat aeroplane, the seem deBtlned to save life e The began Its career as a In 1911, while still In the experimental meet period. It was during the famous-Cblca- go an aviator lost control while flying over Lake Michigan and fell into the water Three-quarter-s the of a mile away there was a early Curtis model the prototype of the flying boat circling around and occasionally settling on the surface of the water like a big seagull. The pilot of this craft, seeing the aviator's fall, went to the rescue. Fylng at a mile a minute speed, he reached the spot, landed on the water by the ibmerged aeroplane and offered to take the ! (viator to land all In leas than one Some months later, on March 6, 1912, two avla-(torfell In San lego bay while flying and their chine capsized An aviator on the shore saw the accident, Jumped on hts hydro with hla mechanic and flew t6 the rescue, landing a minute later by the "shipwrecked" two. The first demonstration of actually rescuing a person not connected with aviation was given on October 10, 1912. by Charles Wald, Instructor In the Wright school ofwater flying, at the Glen wood Country club A man named Walter Strohbach fell Into the harbor from a rowboat In which he was seeking diversion with a friend. The rowboat was half a mile off the shore at Sea Cliff and fully a mile from the Glenwood Country club, when, miscalculating hla position. Mr. Strohbach attempted to alt further on the stern of the boat, with the result that he fell overboard. Although his friend tried to reach his companion, a strong current carried them apart. Shouts along the shore told of the plight of the young man, who was exhausted in the chilly water. Mr Charles Wald, learning of the occurrence while at the hangar preparing to make a flight, jumped into his machine and flewAo the man in the water, who could be seen from the club station. on the water Alighting In the near Strohbach, the aviator first threw a life preserver to the young man. who was scarcely able to keep afloat, then, bringing the machine alongside, managed to get him aboard one of the floats of the biplane and brought him safely to the Wright station, Boats leaving the shore did uot reach the segne of the accident until the w as well on Its way to shore with the rescued. Mr. Glenn H. Curtiss, the dean of water flyers and creator of both the hydroaeroplane and flying act last June, boat, was the hero of a rescuing two occupants of a broken down motor boat with the big founpassenger flying boat of Mr Harold F. McCormick Mr Curtiss and Mr C. C Wltmer were flying over Lake Keuka In the boat to test It and were running for home ahead of a coming thunder shower when, a mile from shore. they noticed a motor boar --in which two men were waving wildly. Curtiss brought the flying boat to the water and stopped near the motor boat. The men said their motor was broken and they wanted some one sent out to row them ashore. Mr. Wltmer crawled out on the tall of the flying boat and took a rope from the motor boat, which he held while Curtiss drove the flying boat a mile to the shore. The motor boat was left there and, taking the men aboard, Mr. Curtiss flew back to Haramonda-port- . portant FOR hydro-aeroplan- e LAMBS PAYS WELL life-sav- hydro-aeroplan- hydro-aeroplan- mij-ute- a hydro-aeroplan- e hydro-aeroplau- e life-savin- g The airboat and hydroaeroplane may be aaid stations lo be the loglcal adjunct of and, therefore, Absolutely necessary. As an esg station lato resential purpose of a lieve wrecks and save people from drowning, speed in doing it Is the essence of efficiency. The aeroplane the water- kind la revolutionary In this respect It can fly to tha spot where relief la needed at tha rate of a mile a minute, and the aJmaa who sees every detail of what goes on low can either land by the object or rescue or Just life-wrin- g life-savin- 'SAycorfion drown? &y a ryoro AtPOPtLAfS - drop life belts, ropes, foot medicine or stimulant! to the urgenqr of the needs. ' according With all the navies writing to develop meant for launching aeroplane from battleships and receiving them back. It la safe to say that th problems connected therarith will be solved very soon Then liners will erry aeroplanes to use foi carrying dispatches and tr general pilot duties Just as the water aerqlane la a wonderful aux iliary of the najry, It Is i wonderful auxiliary lot ocean liners, promising to afford to passenger carrying ships services g the highest kind. The" water aeroplane Uwonderfully adapted for preventing disasters ot te kind which overcame the steamship Titanic, ad, in case such disasters take place, minimize Us loss of life. A flying boat on a steamer can ike to investigate unseen dangers ahead. It can dcso at night as well aa by using the ship's aearchlghts at the aeroplane's In case oftbs vessel becoming dissearchlights abled the aeroplane can (y to notify other vessels, utilizing the wireless ippratus, with which every flying boat Is being eqdpped in the foreign nar vies, to notify the other teamships ot the need or f of Its aproach The most appalling thhg In the Titanic disaster was that there were somber of steamships within call distance sons tot aa much aa 40 miles away which the wlrsfc telegraph did not reach In some cases because became disabled as tbe I ship sank. A flying beg could have covered the 40 miles In less than hour, while its wlreleaa plant would hare notl&d the other vessels as It proceeded onward A flying boat on ths vessels that came to the rescue after the Tltagc had sunk could have searched the surface ef tha eea for survivors, Its altitude giving it a taiga of vlaion of miles, and could have found ths arvlvors where the vessels did not see them ft goal, thus practically have superintended the wort of Ufa saving. Each year there Is 1 long Hat of people who are drowned from falling starboard from large vessels and who cannot be rescued In time Jto save their lives, the boat sent (t uve them reaching them ' too late to betof sail. A flying boat can be launched and can Much for the person that has fallen overboard tn4ttn drop a safety belt or land by and pick him np nurh-fast- er than the fastest ' life saving boat The sea N snjifciowB quantity In many respects. and the bfgp.t of ateatnshlps Is very much at Its mercy, md assistance of the kind which the flying host ff0rda la a necessity. A vessel at sea often wrecks or it la of gigna Signalled by craft ft stress. At the present time there Is no way to bTe,tigate such thlpgs without Involving a great fcfcy Dr putting the craft Itself In danger through It out of its marked (,kng roots which la th A flying boat cifi zone. nfety do all these thlnga tor lliw vessel. It can be launched with two men, sur-fac-e ib, 0f whom' searches the of thet sea tt$ The vesglasses. powerful sel can proceed 01 fa course: the flying boat will overtake it after biting discharged Its jnisslon As even a speem hine and the equipment cannot cost mors than It is evident that $10,000, U la an absurdly factor of efficiency which very ciaft can iifag should have. AROUND THE FARM Sudden Change in Ration Creates Dietetic Disorders and Consequent Loss of Life. Ration for Idle Horses Should Be (By GEORGE H GROVER. Colorado Agricultural College.) A small percentage of loss In lambs In the feed lot Is to be expected, but this loss in some Instances Is far greater than It should be. When range A Pennsylvania man had a fine young horse die from nothing In the world but overfeeding when not In work. If he had cut the ration down f to while the animal was standing In the atable Idle, It would not have had azoturia, a disease that la almost always fatal. Whep your horses take cold, a few drops of oil of tar dropped Into the feed will do a lot of good. When you put the horse in the stable, wet from hard work or driving on the road, rub dowa first with dry straw, then put on a light, blanket, later following with a heavier one. A horse cared for that way will rarely lambs are placed on a fattening ration the change of feed la so sudden that dietic disturbances cause a general disorder and several dead sheep are found In the pens each morning. This Invariably leads to the suspicion that they are dying of some Infectious disease. In some cases the ration la not well balanced to secure the best gains and the conditions of care and handling might be better, but these things will account for only a nominal loss. The change from grass to alfalfa, corn, barley, molasses and straw, ensilage, etc, must be made gradually and herein lies the secret of the heavy losses of lamba In the feed lota in the early fall. Tbe desire to get the lambs on a fattening ration as early aa possible and falling to appreciate the danger of too heavy feeding and change of raUon has helped to make lamb feeding an unprofitable buslnesa In some Instances. A sudden change of feed or overfeeding must be guarded against in the domestic animals, especially Is this true with the horse and sheep. FATTENING PIGS ON SHELLED CORN Experiment Conducted at South Dakota Station Shows Advan- tages in Using Milk. Ordinarily, with nil ages of swine, n bushel of shelled corn will produce an sverage of ten pounds of pork. In an experiment at the South Dakota eta-tloon an average for the two years of feeding period of slxty-tw- o days each, a bushel of shelled corn yielded ll.t pounds of pork. But when an av' erage of 163 pounds of milk was fed with a bushel of shelled corn, an aver-igyield of 17.7 pounds of pork was produced. This was a difference of 6 S pounds In favor of tbe milk lota; or. In other words, the milk was equal to 5. pounds of pork. However, It must not be understood that thia quantity of without the corn milk fed to a-would yield 'this amount of galuTbUl when fed In combination, as above stated, similar results are to be expected. pig Healthy Poultry. Clean quarters and wholesome food are worth more to keep poultry healthy than all the fancy condition powders you can give them. Reduced Get Cows Into Good Condition. one-hal- take cold. Scrape tile snow and Utter off your shoea before bolng into the house. Your wife Is an awfully good woman, of course, but she often feels tired when you come In bringing a load of . perfumery on your shoes and sit down at the kitchen fire and perhaps in the nice clean sitting room. Be thoughtful of these things. If your sows come through skin-pooIt will take you several weeks after they go to grass to get them up in condition to do good work. That will cost you a good deal more than it win now to give them plenty ot good feed to bring them up into good condition. A good sled is a nice thing to draw manure out on If you do not own a maHave It about ten nure spreader. feet long, made of good strong stuff and furnished with a good bottom and sideboards By putting the manure on day by dayaa made, you can keep your yard cleia all winter through, and In the bargain have your manure all drawn out when spring comes. Water runs down hllL Think ot this If you draw manure In winter If you spread It on the side of a hill when the snow comes. It will carry off a good share of the goodness of your fertiliser In the spring You cant afford that If you can, few of ua can. r, Hardy Alfalfa. think that the value ot the acclimated Montana or Dakota seed Is as well known as It should be Scientists In the past have not always agreed as to the Influence of environment upon plants says a writer In an Some have thought (hat exchangs both plants and their offspring were affected by toll and climatic conditions other that they were not so affected and thattsrdy ktralnf would no retain their hardiness, matter where planted, north or south. Of lata they seem to be reaching neutral ground on this question. We do not Lazy Hens lory hens cannot now offer the moulting period aa aa excuse for not , lari |