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Show RIVER SKILLFUL FEEDING OF SWINE KILLING OFF THE of the WHITE MOUNTAINS Item In Profitable Hog Only a Few of the Best Produced Cocke Should Bo Kept for Rearing Should Bo Fad All With Other Farmers. Animal Will Consume. Most Important i DdOdC Weather Is Decidedly Hot at Capital WASHINGTON. It ward noon it is hot. But again, we have the afternoon. Ah, then it is hot Tet our wonderful evenings and toward midnight! What a pleasant change the heat is!1 That's the sort of day It was. The visitor referred to was plodding along, attempting to be unconscious of his swinging doors on the other side of which, it is a matter of common reis decidedly hot most cooling beverages may b There la noth- port obtained. The visitor noticed a tiny wagon. It was much after the order of ths old fashioned hokey pokey" cart It drew up to the curbing. On the cart ing especially new or startling in this statement, may be, but It serves neatly as an introduction to the interesting narrative appended. During the summer months, it seems, when a Washington resident is not discussing the baseball team he occupies his time figuring reasons for the utter success of beat here. Numbers of perfectly reasonable Hureasons have been so figured. midity, for one; the discouraging, mushy asphalt; the white buildings; the wide streets oh, any number of reasons. However, this story is written to narrate the discovery of an entirely new theory accounting for the heat was the legend: "Fried Cakes!" One can scarcely imagine the effect of that sign unless it has confronted one through the quivering heat waves of Washington. Came The walker staggered on. then another cart fashioned in ths manner of the first A sign on its side proclaimed: RIVER, perhaps the least and moat infrequently of the natural wonders the White mountains, will soon become accessible to the multitude of tourists who visit year ly that picturesque playground of the east, the New England Alps. Already the river and wild and rugged tract of woodland about it have been acquired aa a public park by the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. Plans are on foot for clearing away the tangled trails and opening up good, practicable roads through the region. By this meant Lost River will be found again by hundreds at people to whom It has been only a name. The problems which have arisen through the acquisition of the new reserve will come under consideration at the 11th annual meeting of the society at the Mt. Pleasant house, Bretton Woods, July 18 and 19. There will be a preliminary day, the 17th, which will be apent in the Lost her without money, so I went to ths River territory, to enable members to best Jeweler in Washington and or familiarize themselvea with the lodered $1,000 worth of Jewelry. I told cality. with the society In them 1 was stopping at the Raleigh the state forestry commission will be and I would send for the Jewelry. "When I met Lee 1 told her I was represented. The meetings will have going to give them to her, and shi aa presiding officers, former Governthrew her arms about my neck and or Rollins, president of the society, kissed me. I guess I'll have to pay and W. R. Brown, chairman of the It is expected that well for those kisses. Then I took commission. of those interested in forestry many and her lavilear a gold .wedding ring and told her to wait while I went to in other states will be in attendance, the hotel and got the jewels. I only including the directors of the Ameritook them because I knew she would can Forestry association, state forwait for me if I had them. It was esters and teachera of forestry, and possibly the national forest reservaLee's beauty that turned my head. "I Intended to go to the hotel and tion commission. Among the topics which are to be then go back to Lee and tell her 1 couldn't get the JewelB until tornor discussed are fire protection, forest row. I thought she would be nice to taxation, the relation of forests to the me then, because she would believe flow of streams, the management of she would get the jewels if she treat forest reservations by the society and fored me well. But before I got to the by the state, state ownership of in national lands and the forest est hotel they arrested me. mountains. White the on held is a charge oi Champion Long Time Lost. larceny. The lavilear and ring wer found on the prisoner. Situated somewhat off the beaten ! track and in the heart of the forest the Lost River territory, in spite of its attractiveness, has drawn comparatively few of those to whom the Men of the Mountains, the Flume "I think I threw It In the waste Old the numberless other bits of and basket handiwork have long been natures "We must have that letter, senator, It is only within the last familiar. put In a young reporter earnestly. few years that Lost River, its mar Your with the press and velous series of caves and caverns, the officers of the law will mean much its shady pools and silvery waterfalls ' in have become at nil well known even "Say, young man," broke in the sen- to the more ambitious travelers. It ator, "is this a joke?" He was culti- Is expected th-- .t increasing numbers devotees vating the language necessary for uss cf ralncnatid, rubber-boote- d (with mules) in intensified farming, will soon make ihe fascinating under and Indulged in a few epithets before ground Journey along this strange be stated: stream as It dips ar.d winds its way "That Black Hand la nothing- - far beneath the surface. Seven miles west of the village of nothing at all I tried to fill my fountain pen this morning with indelible North Woodstock, the wildest portion ink, and I still hnve the black hand of Kinsmans Notch, lie the deep with me." For proof he held up an gorge, the virgin forest and the overinky palm which liberal applications shadowing mountains which give the of pumice-ston- e had failed to whiten. river its setting. The little stream This was the newspaper rumor takes its rise on the steep slopes of quieted. The disgusted golfers saun- Mount Moosllauke. Darting downward tered away to conceal their feelings, in its rush to the waters of the in the valley below. It and the senator went back to hla game, wondering why it was that a plunges into great vaulted caverns of man could not even talk about his limestone, now and then losing Itself In subterranean passages so far in fountain pen without awakening the heart of the earth that. even the attenand national energy murmur of ita waters fades from the tion. Chappie's News Letter. "Roasted Peanuts!" The visitor's grew dry. The heal seemed to increase. But that was the error of a heat persecuted mind. As he swayed there, around the corner came a third wagon. On it was s third sign: 'Hot Sausage!" With a wild and despairing yell the Washington visitor turned and fled through a convenient swinging door. It is hot In Washington then soma peculiar to Washington. It was disclosed to a Washington visitor during a dragging, sun stifled walk along Pennsylvania .avenue the other afternoon. It was a typical Washington summer day, the kind referred to by an old resident who said: Well, I admit that the mornings In Washington are pretty hot And to Love, Not Larceny Champion, reared on JAMES Harris in Alabama, the only other product of which was one bale of cot- ton a year, came to "Washington the other day to earn a livelihood. Only one day of Joyous freedom was enjoyed by Champion, and then his dream of world conquest was nipped In the bud by the police, and then James, looking from between the Jiars at the First precinct station, muttered: "Itwas love, not larceny, that got me here. And then Champion told the police a story of a starved soul, a crippled body; and the first sight of a'beaullful woman the most beautiful woman he had ever seen and how infatuation for Lee Chapman, whom the police well know, compelled him to live a lie and the consequences of it. "Wednesday evening I met Lee Chapman on the street She was the said prettiest woman I ever saw, Champion, and I guess I loved her as soon as I looked at her. Anyway, I loved her soon afterward, for she was the only pretty woman that ever paid any attention to me. And then Champion sobbed a little when he said: You know a cripple doesn't gel many smiles. "I didn't have any money and I saw I couldn't make much headway with LOST Leads to Arrest Black Hand Rumor Disturbs Capitol m taIk about j Black hakb WIs 2 aofo, excitement disturbed UNWONTED morning calm of the cap-Itowhen it was whispered that a senator had received a message from the "Black Hand. Immediately there were visions of detectives trac-T- g up every evanescent clue, for it had been stated positively over the phone by the senator that he was the ricllm of a Black Hand disaster. There was consternation when the senator wag encountered at the golf links, and an excited group of players surrounded him to quiz about the alarming missive. "What about that 'Black Hand tetter?" they cried. "What Black Hand' letter? asked l, the senator absently. Why. the one you were talking about this morning. Peml-gewnss- Coreless Apple Alarms nt restaurant men and If their customers were much disturbed the other day over the news from Georgetown, Del., that a man in deof that place, had veloping an apple that ha no core. "It's an outrage, said the proprietor of one restaurant, alien be saw the dispatch. "Something ought to .he done. Oh. Mr. Rigger!" A wiry looking man of about fifty, who was lighting a cigarette at the cigar lighter, came over to where the proprietor stood. Mr. Rigger" explained the proprietor, "is one of the oldest customers f have. He has been taking hlR meals in this restaurant for 20 years. It ought to be of interest to get his iews on the subject" Whereupon !he contents of the dispatch were explained to the customer. "I, for one. won't aland for it," de-- ear. Just a little mountain brook at the outset, it courses along until it reaches Point Lookoff. Before it begins its descent Into the underworld It glimpses s view which Is second to none In the whole region. To the south Mount Waterhouse and Moosi-lajut abruptly skyward. To the north Mount Kinsman and the Gordon range tower In the distance. Stretched out below lies the green length of the Pie-Eate- rs AS1I1NGTON k dared Mr. Rigger, firmly. "I have been eating In this place so long that it would seem like breaking home tlea to slop it, but if this restaurant ever serves pies made of these eoreless apples I'll have to go somewhere else." Quiet yourself, Mr. Rigger," the proprietor. "I Intend to see that your rights are protected. I s simply won't buy pies made of apples." "Thank you!" exclaimed Mr. Rigger, and be grasped the proprietor's inter-pose- oore-les- hand. d Pemigewasset valley. Leaving Point Lookoff the brook tumbles down between two gigantic bowlders into the first of the caverns, Ihe Ilall of Ships. The walla about sqem to be made of a number of petrified keels as if the distant sea had hidden there the relics of some forgotten fleet. Great Masses of Rock. For a mile or more the bed twists between and beneath great masses of rock through strange passages and widening chambers, one succeeding the other In a bewildering series. Borne are as big aa good-alzerooms, d ROSTERS capable of holding aa many as 50 peo pie. Others are just big enough to crawl through. Hero and there ths light sifts from crevices above. Else where the the road la black as night At times the stream Is more than 12 feet below the top of the gorge. Dipping downward atlll through ths ravine, the river enterq the Cave oi Shadows, a place of weird beauty The light Altera in from a fissure la the rocks, casting soft reflections la a little pool below. Past the Guillorock poised threat tine, a keen-edge- d the ening above a flat bowlder, Block, it flows on through massive hails of an architecture the like oi which man has never devised. Emerging into the bright sunlight for a few miles, it soon disappears over some high precipice and then drives so deep down into the bowels oi mother earth that not even the distant aound of ita waters can be heard. This place is appropriately called the Cave of Silence. Blrchbark torches are carried to light up the dark caverns. In one oi these the water falls over the Jagged edge of a huge, flat rock. In auch a way that torches may be carried bach of the cascade, giving a weird effect as the light passes through the falling water. On It goes, through Pluto'a Judgment Hall, where the light streams dimly through, making a perpetual ewillght within. The huge masses oi rock which form the roof are jumbled together in every conceivable ahapei Many more caves follow, the Queen's Power, the Dungeon, the Center oi the Earth, Titan's Workshop, Cave oi Lost Souls, Elyslan Lands, the Giant's Pot Hole and others. Some of ths caves contain beautiful falls and cascades. Fat Man's Misery is passed with great difficulty by the stout vis1 itors, on account of its narrow en A basic principle in hog raising, which bas been proven by long experiments, is that every pound of grain in live weight requires more feed to produce it thin the preceding pound. This, says Swins Breeders' Journal, means that there la a gradual increase In the quality of feed consumed for every consecutive pound of gain in live weight. A certain amount of feed la required to maintain a bog. Any gain which the animal may make requires food in excess of the food of maintenance or that food required to keep the hog without gain or loss in weight Bo it is plain that the leas the number of pays in the fattening period the less will be the coat of maintenance during fchat period. The coat of maintenance d la a dead loss and so should be to a minimum. For thla reason be hog should he fed all that he will consume during that period. The food should be varied and salt and ashes places before them often to keep their digestive tract in order and prevent digestive trouble!. Charcoal is very valuable for the hog and should be given to Mm at least once a week. Mixed g ratal have been found to he more economical than pure single grain feeds. Skillful feeding is the most important item in successful hog raising. If properly fed the hog will prove the old saying, "Pretty Is as pretty does.1 This has surely been true of the American hog, which has made good. PROTECT STOCK FROM . Minnesota has a surplus from her farms snuually over 1,500,000 of cases of eggs, says a state bulletin. Three-fifth- s of these are produced before Seirt ember 1 of each year. The Government experts consider that there is a losa of live per cent in slue because of "chick development,' or because roosters run with the layThis common practice ing flock. suses a loss of about $1,000,000 an dually to tlie farmers of Minnesota. What should be doue. A few breeding cocks, the best produced, should be kept for exchange with other farmers or for sale. These should be confined by themselves, like all the other breeding stock of the farm; aud all the rest should be killed or sold at once. They should never be allowed to run with the flock. You will get just as many eggs; they will cost you less; they are more easily preserved; will withstand heat longer are better for shipping; are better for storage; will save the hens from injury during the molt; and they will go to laying sooner. Mate up your breeding pens; keep two or three extra birds for emergencies; then sell or kill all the rest of tlte roosters on the farm. Help save that $1,000,000, and perchance save yourself from paying a fine of $50 for marketing eggs unlit for human food. Let there be a mighty slaughter of these unproductive, greedy, useless roosters on the farm. FLIES Mixture Recommended That Will Not Injure Skin of Animal to Which It la Applied. protect milch cows and young stock and horsei from the common house fly and the more troublesome wood fly the following mixture may be uxed without injury to the akin of the animal to which It la applied. It is an excellent and economical remedy. It la as followa: One gallon of fish oil, four ounces of turpentine, To o one pint of coal oil, one ounce of acid. Mix thoroughly. Stir the contents before using. Spray a mall quantity of this or apply with a paint brush to each animal once a week. A small quantity will answer. The following furmula la recommenced by Professor Wheeler of the Kansas Agricultural college: Resin, one and one-hal- f pounds; laundry pint, oap, two cakea; flab oil, one-haand water to make three gallons. Dissolve the resin in solution of soap and Add flah water by boiling together. oil and the balance of water. Apply with a bruah. Matteaon'a formula la: Flah oil, three parts; crude petroleum, one quart and carboln acid, one ounce. One-hal- f Mix well pint will cover twelre cows; put on with apray pump. Thejj formulaa are all good. Their nae will prevent the cowa from being annoyed by the flies when at pasture or in the stable. Cowa so treated will keep in better flesh, and they will give more milk. car-boll- lf Care of Sheep Well Repaid. When farmers give their sheep the same dally care and attention they give their dairy herds, aheep keeping will be n aafe and profitable industry, Instead of leaving their sheep out in unprotected fields to become the victims of prowling dogs, they will prof vide quarters for them nt night and at all times when they are in danger. Belief In "Lucky Stones." Sheep keeping is profitAmulets and charms are still widely able only to the extent that you give believed In, Judging from the letter It your time and attention. of recommendation In circulars sent Fat Hoga In Hot 8eaaon. through the malls by a Boston Jewel Fat hoga are extremely susceptible "The er who sells lucky stones. very day I received the !ucky stone,' to sunstroke, aa they cannot perspire says one of the gullible ones, I uiel freely, and have their body tempera a man who had owed me several dnl ture reduced by the evaporation of lira for years, and he paid me all that perspiration aa can the horse. An excellent plan is to frequently Rheumatism was coming to me. and other bodily ills as well as bad swab the hogs bodies with water to debts are, so the letters say, cured by keep them cool. A hog prostrated by the lucky stone. There are unlucky the heat should be conveyed to The famout shady place, where cool water should tones, too, it seems. Hope diamond, which was bought by be poured on the head and neck, but g a American, has a reputa- not over the real of the body. tion for bringing misfortune to its ownThe Lice In Hot Weather. er. As its most recent buyer, howHena sitting should be dusted with ever, gave $180,0(10 for it (a record price for a diamond In America), while powder every five days during the a few yeara ago it sold for only $80, hatch to hold the lice in check. The OOOj' the Hope diamond appears to bs eggs and nesting material should be living down its bad repute and living dusted. Place an inverted tod In the bottom of the cest to give needed up to the significance of its name. moisture to the eggs. Little chicks with drooping wings are invariably Chance to Win Wife and Fortune. lousy, and can bs brought back to a The lottery for a wife, which take healthy condition by dusting them place annually at Smolensk, has been with the powder. successful this year, all the ticket Land for Alfalfa. having been bought The promoter of the lottery select the young womDo not try to grow alfalfa on land sub-soian, who has to be drawn for. She 1 with a hard-paor where the then ordered to remain constantly at water table is within six or eight feel home for ten days to receive the of the surface, it needs well drained visits of candidates for her hand. The land, free from hollows that will persale of 5,000 tickets at a rouble each mit of standing water. is controlled by the municipal council. As soon as they are sold the lottery Breaking Up the Sitters. takes place, and the winner haa the Bitting hena not wanted for hatchright to marry the young woman and ing should be Immediately broken her fortune of 5,000 roubles. She can, up by placing them in a slatted coop however, refuse the man who ha for three or four days. The bottom of drawn the lucky number. In thi the coop should be constructed of case she has to dlrlde her fortune slats as well as the sides and top. with him. Since the lotteries were refusals have been rare. 8quaah Bugs. Bqnash bugs may be trapped by Suffered From Exposure. laying shingles near the plants. The "Papa," queried little Lola, who was bugs will be found under them early la the morning. looking through a catalogue-o- f agricultural implements, what is a chilled Thumpe Among Plga. plow?" "I know, exclaimed her rigs got the thumps? Shut off the brother. "It's a plow that haa stood corn ami got them on the grass as I soon ns ('slbie. out In the culd all winter. trance. Part way through the gorge is Paradise Falls, one of the most beautiful of ita size in the entire White mountain region. At this point the stream emerges into the open for a plunge of 30 feet and then enters another series of glacial caverns below. dog-proo- gem-lovin- ! n l, VALUE OF THE CABBAGE CROP Early Varietiea Practically Consumed ae Green Vegetable and Later for Making Sauor Kraut Although one of the coarssr vegetables, cabbage finds a place in the home garden aa well aa in the market garden and the truck farm, and la some sections of the United States it' Is extensively grown aa a term crop. No adequate estimate, however, can be plared on the value of this crop, as it fluctuates very decidedly from year to year both in acreage and price; but the output la large the three states of New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, which outrank nil the others grow commercially about 60,000 scree of thia vegetable, either aa a spring or. autumn crop, in addition to the home garden supply which waa consumed at ; home. Early cabbage la practically all consumed as a green vegetable; the late crop on the other hand, la handled aa a fresh vegetable, as a storage crop, and for the manufacture of aauer kraut Cabbage la always in demand,1 and under present conditions. Is always on the market either in tne spring as the product of the southern farms, in the fall and early wlntei) from the northern farm and market garden, or in the winter from the Lorage house where the surplus has been preserved for thla demand. Good Wire Fencing. There are just three things to keep in mind when selecting a good wire fence. The quality of the steel, the size of the wires and the grade, as well aa the thickness of the galvanizing. If farmers would look into these very important features when buying their material, leu complaint would be heard about rusty, fences. No doubt there are just as good wire fences made today as ever before; In fact, belter, but care should be exercised in buying. 'TZHauling Milk in Heat Any man hauling hla milk a long distance to the creamery during hot weather should have a canvu to protect the milk cana from the heat of the aun. Those hauling milk hi routea can own this canvas together. A good one may be bought for $4 or $5, and will last a great many years. It will pay for Itself in a short time by cutting down the amount of sour milk thHt would otherwise be returned from the creamery. Railing Cucumbers on a Trellis. A novelty in cucumber culture, tried recently with great success. Is as follows: As soon as the vines are about 18 inches long, stretch wire mesh 24 inches wide on poles alongside the row of plants and train the vlnea on the wire. The cucumbers will grow larger and the plants will require leas care than when they are on the ground. Milk Flow of Sow. See to it that each sow la giving enough milk for her litter. Feed her no that ahe will produce a maximum milk-floand if she then cannot ad-- , quately nourish her litter, remove some of the pigs. It is robbing an entire litter of its heritage to allow a greater number to suck than can he sufficiently nourished. Cleanliness in the House. Just because it is a fowlhouse Is no reason why It should be permitted to be a foul place. If you want to raise poultry you certainly should not raise lice and germs in the filth. Just because the occupants of the house are chickens is no reason for permitting filth to accumulate. Clean up the place and keep it clean. Function of Barnyard Manure. Barnyard manure la very essential In garden making because it furnishes both plant food and humua. It also warms the soil, and makes it easier and cheaper cultivated. It cannot easily be dispensed with. |
