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Show 'lilnganrlFg-s Production. h "ny in-have rhlrl ens, urn nij km I n? chickens el br. J The most proilt-''I proilt-''I n In km, la to hue "! that 'i las well nil ! In ' ire hlKh. nnd ""ttlnir i I in t,o uprlnir ISh rn a 1 II imhuiRi are th'lr ex i nl irb prodtic-ni" prodtic-ni" of th in hiivc heen lay iw k er e.ir. I'ly- Wlanl tte, nnd Hr Ui- l" n kno to leirh 160 '"' Hint the number of J'lih Inn It Is" the pi co Wfoi II m In tin. winter " wc,rlh ul nut 25 loill pel I"' In tin uinmei they nte HI c , ,r linzp M Mil. 1 n t k would hrltiK "the hi , would hrlns MWrth I It rhuedmi.ure '"'try i in the winter. .,, " h r ll well have n it hot. II ml Kni diy "' hfi the m nut of the I iroi u, k,pp ,,Pmy nf J'thep n , t,nt they eun i, " I" 'i in 'IhlH helpn Jk "t mi i tint llie on ,"?r ' It the iooat one .?'' ' in th 1 wider form, an " r na lilRh nn pos-n pos-n . Mien tho Btionir .7 ih ' "' tlo- puhIi '.,.0T " e the i nosts all i ii i up t M , wr imnrtf,,,! J" ''I cutter tlucn th.. " 'h ' ttl" ""'"'l P- . ',' I for chicken. in. ',"' " oil nml phoa. , 1 ni a rnnHlilernlile h" - Hilerendent nf llio rrd t nr ' n"(1 lartllnire. '' i uei much other ffbl"? ' ' lu " oxerclto mini , 1"'"' freely. To ih ,fr .. , R'le them BOlno ""' ' I" i the feed In n a ,, 'I etinu and nro '''I hi I ., '" ,mvo ,",,",' t th. ' " "n Iniiiliitnr. 1""l-h.r"'e ".",'"" ll" nilt lit 'nnythliiir hard, nn ill,) ," dlKCHic.1. llran t ," J "lid hird holled til rl ,""niT clllckd ncropontherarm. nt .' J ' vo huiB hem con-I con-I nt . "" lnr 'ropi on tho In ,f' '" rent imkcoks him ' ti i " 1 tntl'J effort il , tpt "' inoit out of J no 1m" ""fi'lon to I'll ii i '',"' "I'lii eioiiu we ," 1 r ' ' I f ii minor eluii in , V'W ,,0"'l "II m " ' li'illtle 1h , PIh this iinclrln h ,i!" Il Intn elTwt in , ,0,'"r 'nun priHl II ', " a70tno1n.il to 1 ill knm mi a J " 1 iIiiiiJh lu a fair 1 n .1 l"r'",'.' Mut Hint 1 , "'"',"' iy 1 i . t ," ' ei thai iMeken V ' rn. f , !,' lf I from I , ," 7 ."' I'lekeiui "in am J !.'.', r tl" W ' Ihcsnthorouglill Iiofllnhlo we neednnum I er of cows for skim milk nnd warm milk are nn essentia! pirt of Ihc food of chickens 'iho Ideal poultry farm Is one where llie chief commerrlil crop Is chickens nnl Hie Ir ergs but whern grass griilu fruit nnd a fen cows nro raised The owner of a poultri farm should ralto all the summer sum-mer fruits needed for tho tnble. all the vegetnbles that can be eaten at home with enough for tho poullr. all tho grass lie will need tor tho chickens, and tin for wintrrlng a fen cows nnl all the milk and butter for homo use Hero we hae one crop helping another a plum a fen acres of clmer, which glies tho chickens fresh green fool In the seisin nnd good ha for whiter The Irults sup-plv sup-plv the table nltlt what ne need nnd then adds to llie diet of the chickens likewise like-wise tho icgt tables lessen the tost of our llllng and (.lie to thecggliiers Iheieiy food they rerpihe lu such a sjstem of tannine, eggs and chickens nre the com-merrlal com-merrlal imp, and eier thing should con-tribute con-tribute direr tl toward this, but tho other crops shoull he rals.4 lu silfllc eat num. tltj to supily l''V'!,d.M.,0ul,i.' me l A tnrm coniluclnl In this wai Is buun I to pn Atinlo f Webster In .N-Uraska'l .N-Uraska'l nrmer Green Bono for roultry. My nttentlon bclnc called to the I nine of fresh cut j;rcen hone as a food for poultr, I determined to e-c-pcilinenl. I crushed some Iior bones II h best I could and fed' It to lajers The tesult w aa so satisfactory I bought 11 small bono cutter and began tu teed Bicen cut bono to my poultry legularly twite. 11 week I tried all horta of hones nml luio found I10R and beet hones the best, hcliiB more easily obtulm.il nnd iinitulnliur mote of thu nutiltlio alue. I fcet n soup bono from tho butcher, slinii" off tho meat (a llttlo meal won t hint If sou Intend fccdliiR us Benin as tut)itnd I feed Iho bii mo cla It Is cut homo icoi!e miikn tho mlstuko of iislnB liom that halo been holled 01 ham lain out and sun-bleached Hon-j of tlio moit tsKCiitlal ftedlns Miluo of the bono hus thus been lost, especially" uh feed fin KiuniiiK clikks. 'llie mil-nnl, mil-nnl, as iiell its tho inlntr.il iiunlltlet' of tho bone nro what make It Miluablc.' I rxptilmentid with cut chltken bono a Utile, nnd fancied I saw an Improve inent mer the other bono, hut I nm not sure, and ecn IIiourIi there be, It Is not totivtiilcnt to Bit sreen chlLken bono. Ho suto that tlio bonca used are not llioso of iinlmals Hint huo died nf cllsei.se. old ago ai statintlon. iho forinci tuo uro ilanBeniua to tho he-ilth of tho fowls, the latter worthless. Hones of young nnlinuls are host Tor Blowing chickens, after two weeks old, I mix tho bono n.c .1 with com ihors. dampened with iur.lv milk (water v. Ill do), to tint cni h bird geta from a half to one tenspounful of the bono mcnl, according to age It is nil excellent bono loon for the fowl nnd B'ncral lnilBoiitnr nnd Biowth foicei, Hxtin lame tinil quick sronth In fowls tnejiis more meat nnd more meat means 1 In 10 tents per poun I Tor lajlng hens I feed mixed ni nlimn. only Hint eac.h hen Bets one lahlespnonf.il twice 01 thifo tltnca n week accoi.lli.B ns I llilnk they liny need nn cxtrn nllownnce Ihej ncd ninin nlien Ihey aio I0I11R legularl nr inniilllnK . , 'I he r. suits, of tho bone rh a feed are seen In n or few d us In tho renewed vigor, health and appetite and last, hut nol least enB product 'lnklns every adiantags gained by feeding h, ne-l e gen nl health of I I k qui k gr nth of hrollcis ineicisc In am unt of ngs eu oier the two J( ira hone was not red 1 ilgurc it- mi... . " .0ah" " mints that the luol t dernel 1 13 ,,cr lcnl 0,er Ulc luolltsnf the two reenllng t irs This Ii Pel cent Is attributed to the bone u. am ,."','' oll,er Increase 1n piollts "as credlttd lo the touico fioin which the rune Not dont feed an oierdosc at first ?egul.rTy fr lh4t matler- f""1 e-l'.0"'.' ,rx,'"li lh '""' to I iv two snHL11.1"'. a"d IW OUf chUK to whn-B . J" '" 0,,e ",Kht IlkB muliiii. V?," .!n'y ."" M br"ie Ml well ee.I 1. ,he foocl so that each bltd gets Its ptoportlonale share h,ln'l exct l" fee1 '"'no nls The .r. ,'". "I11 an ttJll"onal feed, a sort of totiii , 'inv' .' "'" "ot sol"ff Into detnli to explain how the hone nsslsts-couldirt if I wanted to only to say that the component Parts of meat bones arc he same, and the mineral part of the bono may ho found lu egK shells Done and shelli must be supplied from whit 1 no iowi tats, hence we feed It to them dlrectlj In the shape nf cut hone .stead of Indlreetl, m'tbe ,hpe nt rl ink r-'?' ,',C-W. K. Adims in In-dlina In-dlina I armer Why nnd How Efrgs Should Be Testd. If not absolute certain of the fresh tless of the eggs being tet thej shoull le ested before tehig placed under a hen or Intn nn Incubator so as In nioll lots Of course. It is nol at all possible to ns certain whether an ci.r Is fertile until It has been subjected to the process of hi cilballon for some time, but It inaj be seen whether It Is stale or not. and It is not 1. hl.nl le In set stale eggs when It Is not erj totiienlent to replace them bj fresh ones A fresh cre should ho cle ir. excert Icing natiirn!l semlopiquo both ns legarda the shell and Its contents The shell of a rather stale egg will halo a mottle I anearince or be speckled and S..llyM,"r ""ker In color than Ihe shell or an cbt, that his been rctcnilj Method of Testing The simplest w .y to test an egg is by noldlng It In front of a strong igi,t and between the eie and It the lerroi examining It looking through It toward tho light, which shoull ho the only light In the room Iho egg should be held crosswaja to the light, and rnij he held leiween the tlnrer nnd thumb of lhe left hand, while the rlpht emptocert In rhadlnu the eye from the light Or an egg shaped hole ma be cut In the II I of a rlgar box or In a piece of cardboard, an I the gs,to he teste I hell lltfnin.l lha l.nl. nn Inn .1.4 ... ... .... hgnt. llie bole shoull not be large enough for th egg to be pastel through It. but neatlj so "rn that a clear Mew of the egg mas h seen through the hole The light from an ordlrarc piraffln lamp would he suitable but that from a hulls eje lintern would be much better, le-cnuse le-cnuse it Is much more .oneentrated and less diffused through the space around tho person testing the egn Amone cin soon become quite expert In testing eggs b palng strict attention to the nppear-nnco nppear-nnco ot ihem under arlng conditions It Is absolutely necssirs to le thorough-1 thorough-1 acquainted with the appearance of eggs of different colors recently lild. In order to detect stateness In all cases It Is a.lilsable to lest eggs that are being Incubated about tho secenth da of In cutnttoii. when In a fertile egg a single dark spot shoul 1 lie seen about the center nf II. and If a er- powerful light Is used' ii regular dark streaks mas be seen radiating radi-ating from tho dark patih In tho center nf tho egg An unfertile egg lemihis clear throughout tho whole period of Incubation In-cubation If quite fresh when set Of course nn egg may become ndilel nnd eonseqiientlj hac a mottled apienrance If more than nbo it the third of the space In an egg that his nnl heen Inctlbited for nhout seien das nppears to be rather dirk In color the egg shout 1 be marked for careful examination again on the fourteenth day of Incubation when If it has a ier unusual appearance It'ls ad. llsable to reinoie It, more especlnltl If It la In nn Incubator as It ma ba decomposing, decom-posing, and gli lug off cases that maj he Injurious to the other eggs In rhe machine ma-chine If the egg Is under a hen, of course, tho gases cannot do much harm as thee are not contlned In tho samo waj In tho nelghborhool of the llilng germs In the eggs be'ng Incubate I Atl nd.lled eggs should be at once rcnoced from all Ircubitor These tan bo detected hi he. lag dark In patches or gener.lli dark lint Is nppearlng dirk in or under nil units of the shell An ad lied egg has been a fertile one in which the germ his perished nt an enrli stago of Incubation and of coutse the heat In a machine or from a hen soon causes decomposition to set lu nml noxious gases to bo glien off which would ha likely to pass 111 through tho pores of the shell ef am egfcs In a machine nr Into those lii contact with them under a hen Blmul I an egB being Inclihale.l lecome soiled In mil naj thev should be placed for a short time to sunk In wnter nt a temperature of nhout 1.0 degrees and then washed wiped and re. placid under a hen or Intn the Incubator. It Is icry wronB to replace them In an In. cuhator net or eien under u hen during tho early stages of Incuhsilon It Is icry ncc.ssary for eggs being Incubated to bo perfectly clean, an serious Injurs mav result in a chicken deiclop.-d In a shell with Hie pores thokeil The Water Ti't-1-BM from which tho chickens bale not escaped on the tnents-tlrst tnents-tlrst day of In libation itiij lie subjected to tho wnter test-that Is thes mni ho nlnee.l In water of n temperatliie nf about IK degrees and the a cssel holding the, water should ho largo enough to limit all the eggs f.om under n hen or out of nun .Iran c r of an In. abator 'I he eggs should lie nillckli pi iced In the water and then steadied nlf soon as possible, because Iho irsi el. ih mis upon the moicmcnls of the clil'k. ni In the eggs s soon ns the eggs cenerilly haio censed ranting about In fh? water, those, with llie thickens In them mas ho noticed rocking or hot blng in It iHiiillar was. nnd suih should Iw deftly remoced from the water with the niiRir and thumb so as not to sit the others In motion morn than can be fi lied Those which are ll"t delected m whig should bo marked so as to be listed on the next ras Willi a"T.nt tempera nte of tt degrees, when if no krcsfietiai'lv'fioTi'id'ttv si.i .!i..rrn the inter or sink qul.kli to tho bottom -ranch rs' Heilew, bcutlan" Onpea. Is there any cure for gapes In chickens? Iho cause of tho trouble is a species of worm thnt fastens Itself to tho Inner walls of tho windpipe The worm Is of a reddish red-dish color, tarjlng In length from Ihree-elghtha Ihree-elghtha lo three-fourths cf an Inch The Votms obtain their nourishment bj sucking suck-ing Iho blond of tho thicken, which Is very weakening to Iho hitler The ea.lh-worm ea.lh-worm Is said to be the host of this chicken lest and chickens will thus get Iho gapes h rniliur earthworms riia best remedj as In all such trou-His trou-His Is prevention Keep Iho soung chickens drs and nwas from i ground that Is known to be Infested and anas from all plices where eirthwnrms .ongrega e auili as old manure heaps woo l. les itc Keen .lose watch of the Utile chicks and is soon ns one Is discos ered Raping op f Is on. nf the remedies One of Ihe commonest com-monest remedies Is the openillon wllh a serv lino looped wire or horse lulr This operation ronshls III Inserting Iho wire or hilr In'" ih' nlnlplpe nnl slowli draw Ing It out with a twist Do not I wist or ii r n H ns It Is lielt.g Introduced Into Ihe windpipe lis In so doing the whims will le .llsloVge.1 and rushed down furthet toward the liner psmages thus stopping resplra Ion and killing ths chick Some use a fc l Ii r t Introduce a sni.ll qtiai I o toil i Into tin wlndrl e 1 1 is mil . uoims to In ii Hi Ir Ii id i i I th ill km will oi gh them up u thir ri iiu inui-4ie if puttlur numbct of thi atToitei! chliks Intn a b x ocer will li a muslin coirr has bun llnhlls slictili il I'la.c ui on this coin ". nlrsluko.1 Unit nml slniki tho box Ihe i HI ks will this 1 1 fireid to hreilbi thi line lime di t that mrcens through the ilith and will cough up Ihe Wilms ihls la a . tile trc itinint but when the birds ato not too wi ik It Is quite ettliatlous -Ohio Tarmer The Calves In Spilnfr. Don t be lu u hurj ubout turning the oung called to istute unless lliej me iniefulls lioueecl when cold tains come and Uut Ing cold nights l'xosute Is not it me ins of ptoduclug hai.luess 'lhe sjetlnl animal that has been bred for Up duiis has not been treutcd tu ulth-stand ulth-stand hitdshlps, hut tutlici to be under the tnrerul guiinllanshlp of Its owner lhe icrs fact that such nn animal mas turcumh to lll-licilnient mas he Us best Buutauteo of superiority ns,a dalrs utilmal Tho combination that mas meet all hud usngc and neBleet and como thtougli it nil u tohust nnl lital, may he no d dry animal ut all but one nf the so-called genet nl purpose pur-pose animals Our fine dalrs atilmnls ate tioatlircR of art and we mubt bIvo Hiem suih ireiitnient as thes ilserie ani not such ns they might hate Used under ns prlmlllic creutuies, utiles P Mcbparran, In the Ohio Farmer The calf mis not live bs glass alone Its rraztng nhtliti Ih not equal to the needs of Its Rrowh nor Is Its dlRestlic abilities sutlleient In handle the hulk' necessary to supply hodlls demands lhe pislure (.hould therefotc ho sup plemented with skim milk and corn meal Where the caltrs are hiouglit to the stables for their milk good corn ensllaBe tins he substituted for the com rnenl I do not udslse qonllnlng rilies lu dnrk stables In summer nB the tun shine Is csrentlal to them for the making mak-ing of rich, red blood He liberal in the use of some nf tho good fls discouragers dis-couragers and let the sun shine on the calies Let their food he abundant, palatable and nutrition ind easy for them to get so they may cultlinte Ihe habit of deliberation nnd repose lather thin ncllilty and Industrs Their drinking water should he contenlent, clean nnd plentiful Hj- heredils, good cowa are born, but tlio heredils la onls' kept operatise bs Ihe wisdom, rare and gene'orlis nf Ihe owners of Ihe cons. If cows shall rrose not good nt maturity ma-turity their ralslnr will bo unprofitable. Wo must do our part. night MUltlne. A matter of farm economy often overlooked over-looked la thst ot right milking Anj'-bnd Anj'-bnd on the farm who can squeezo n rtream of mltk out of a cow's teat Is set at the task. And those who do not know how, presided they nre a part of the farms working force, nre made to learn. Milking Is a chore not requiring requir-ing much strength, and nn the nrdinars farm considered ns not requlrlnR great 6kill. If the cows hate any mltk Ihe ordinary milker inn get It. What mom Is asked' W hen butter Is sold for 12 Cents per pound theie In nn Incentive to painstaking pains-taking milking. Hut where milk or butter li in becomo one of the faima staple products caro lu milking Is worth while. The large number of cows on some farms, to be pure, require re-quire all the help mailable. Hut the Soungsterfl nnd Inexperienced men should bo well taught before thes be-come be-come regular he I pels, easa the Home, steid The first principle taught should bo cleanliness A mllket with clothes io grimy that particles of dirt and dust fall Intn the milk, nnd whose hands could be benefited by snip Bud"., needs a lesson, ditto the person who sticks his ling rs Into the milk pall or milks on his hnnds so im to wet tho cois a eats. In addition to cleanliness on Ihc pint of the milker, caro in thoioughly brushing off the .oils udders should b insisted upon and pat titular tare that neither through kicking, snitching or othernlso through khklug, switching or Into tho milk The best nay to gum d ngulnst such accidents la tu have the stuhle clean. After cleanliness comes efllclencs. It Includes Rood wass of holding tho trit, inpldlty and IhoioughneMs of milking Tho tent, If not too short, should he grasped with tho whole hand, the liidex linger and thumb pressing as tho hand closes, n little more firmly than the lower lingers, thus forcing the milk downwurd Instead of upnurd Milking wllh the thumb and one or two lingers, slipping them clown the tent, la to bo condemned, since It is neither quicker nor easier than the wliolc-haud way and tails for tho lllthy practito of wet-ting wet-ting the teats '1 horoughncss means Retting tho last and licheut chop It li ncccssuis to milk ills, nil dnliymen know, If tho con la to ho kept up sslth her milk. Itapldlts of milking unless it bo violent, stimulates the milk How. rimlly tomes tho tl cutlncnt nf the cow; It la of Bleat importance, wllh tho nirvous tow, peilups of first importance. im-portance. Hinging of n boisterous kind, whlslllnr, chattering, loud talking, to say nothing of tough handling, teitnliils does nol make the tow more comfortable comforta-ble and theiefore cannot bo conducive, lu it full, steady flow ot milk And do not tt cut tho con to an Indifferent milker cvety day nnl to Itrcgu ai hours of milking Hoc i use of mere ihinglng nhout of mllket s we have frequent!) no-(Iced no-(Iced in hetds uf ilflcen or twenty tuna a decrease of 10 pet cent In n day's milk Lit ei h cow become utqualnted with her milkei, and let the milker stick by her. All of thco things cleanliness em-i em-i lenty nnd lateful treitment of the cow nro mnttcrs of economy, for If all the tow has Ih lo be gotten fronl her, nnd the proluct Is to be maikcted In IliHt-tlass stsle, Ihey must receive attention. at-tention. Thty must be taught tho new milkers. Dippliifr Cattle. The dipping nf i little Is comparatively a new feature hi tho management of live stock mntteis on the farm and ranch, set II promises to lecome as common and essential almost, as liny ot tho detail work of hai dlliii. Ihe herd lu tin grazing graz-ing districts there has developed an aliment ali-ment unions the herds known iistilllo Itch or tnani.e a pirnslllo dlieuso that la convesed by the alfitled tattle coming In contact with those fico from tho ills-ease ills-ease It mas also he taken up by cattle being turned hit corrals feed surda or pastures where illcaeil tattle hive been kept 'lhe parasite la said to live for a long time In Utile lulls nf hair nhout feed racks, ou birh wire on all places la fact, where the dlt asd animals ruh loose ani drop Ihe hair an I scabs The lots of cuttle, where not treated bus h ii inn led virv coi I hi line in turn tints in iiiniig ti c iii.lli i ai u I Mm i il lu Itli l utTI I nt, In ill b nl t III I lilt mat d 1 I in illi Hi l ill! bustmi'S t o hiimle is ii id in c it nil In t itluiie In tt Th (HIM lug of (atth for tills illsiase Ului nn II i I fu eis.nl scars hi Messrs llu.hur.! ui.l lomstmk of nut im Nctuiskii iiobililv tu u more e linelic si ilo than his tu en practiced by all tin other lattlt gtnwirs In the l't its i-nmhlupil riut hive artauaed il I irgo .III ping tank on Hull imih where bun-drill, bun-drill, nr e itll,. mav la dipped hi a das The ctTeetu of this dipping has enllrels iil.llinu.l the Hill atiil lhe ftom their large herds of brec.ltng eiltle It Is (laltiKd tint la tin matter of feed alone thes his. suieil thousands of .1 illars sin. o this quit wintering 11. e uii.l Itih purnsltis lu the But lag nf nosh n their little that fiirimilv Mas suelllkel ti tin raisers of hiMct issts thev assert Hi it there enn le mi a proximate estimate esti-mate in ide Hocks Mountain llusbmd-in llusbmd-in in. Drenching Sheep. A render nhn sas he Is a beginner In the hualnesi' writes for a method of administering medicine to sheep that will be safe Ho linn Iprt one sheep from strnngulallou, and mine nun losing iiiinthcr fimn the same cause Ho was hit Ins giirollne for stomach worpjs, using .1 bottle, and had the Hhce vWld In n sitting ponillon bs nn asslslTnt, suss the Michigan rainier While a. bottle Is the common memo of ndmlnlHterlns a dieneh to sheep, And can le used without danger by experienced ex-perienced personix u drenehlng tube can he made with nn ordinary tin. funnel fun-nel and it rubber tube half an Intli In illiuieter, which la much sifer The nnrtow end of tho funti. Ib Inserlt 1 Into tho rubber tube nnd Bccurcil so that it will not blip out. into the other end of Ihe lubber tube Is Insetted a pli of brnsn or iron tubing thiie-clghths thiie-clghths of an Inch In diameter and four oi Die Inchon In It ngth Tho melnl lube Is plaiel in Iho sheep a mouth nnd between Its back teeth, and the animal Is nlhnv.d to bile on It The drenrh Is then poured Into the funnel, which may he held by nn assist ml or fastened to a po"it at a convenient hilUit The man who holda the metal lube between the animal a tooth i in control the nnlinalffa head with the left hand, an! by holding the tube in Ihe right hand, nenr the point of union of the ruhhei and metal tubes, he (an easily control the flow of the fluid by pinching Ihe rubber hose Care must le taken not to hold Ihe patients no3-trlla no3-trlla closed oiherwlre llie do3o will enter en-ter the lungs The animal may be left standing on all four feet, or II may he placed on It" hnunrhea ono man holding hold-ing Its 1nck up against his own body or It mas h I lateel dlrei lis on Its hack on n sloping piece of ground, !ta head being In a direct line with Its back, and hlRher than Iti tump, or It may he placed upon Its side. Wllh sheep the position on the back Is Ihe cash st ns there Is much (losad in. ger of an accident bs gelling the dose In the lunga If nnlmiln ure dnseil standing oi on their haunches, the noac shoull never be nlloned to go above the osea, otherwise tho drench mas pass down the windpipe Into the lungs Tho bureau nf nnlinil hupbandry, it! i bulletin, relates the following teal of the vmiIouh methods suggested Hs doalng sheep with water colored red and blue with dsclng material, and killing the animals Immediately niter Iho liquid was swallowed, tho following results were oht lined 'If tho rioiu wua given with tho sheep standing almost the entire quan-llts quan-llts nrnt directly into Iho fourth stomach, stom-ach, 1 Ihe ehecp was placed on Its haunches tho fluid passed In p irt Into Ihe fourth tomnch and In pirt Into the first (the paunch). If the sheep was placcJ dlieetiy nn Its bai le, or If a steer was pi iced on Its side with head down, almo'it tho entire ilov passed Into tho flrrt stom.cli (the rnunth) if ino nnl-mal, nnl-mal, even when rtnndlng, struggled to a tonsldetnhle degice, a poillou of tho lluld pisied Into the paunch ' It villi 1 e lmmodlntels apparent th it these facts mo of pinetlcal linpottanco in dosing. If for Institute, Basollue, turpentine nr creosote Is used, better resulis mas be expected If tho s'acep is dosed standing" The Brood Sow and Her Pigs. Mans losses of our brood sons nnd their plga ran bo credited to lack of ture, and this Is mostly clue to not his. Ing iioper lens, sards or pisturca for them, suss Abe I. Koote, In the 1'ialrle l'turner. A nn Illustration of this I will tile an Instance that. came under my onn observation. Six sears ago I old two line Poland-China sows duo to fanon, I told the purchaser to plate Ihem In n good pen, glvo them Rood care nnd make some money off of them One he put In a fairly Rood stable, hut neglected to fasten tho floir properly, and when tho pIrh tame his nelghhot h lioRt got tho dooi o en In some way mid Rot In and killed the pigs. The other ono had her pigs In tho said limong the othei hogs In a very rainy time, and as a tnnsequente lost her litter. Mans think n wire fence protection pro-tection enouRh, and somo torn thrown In tho same old mud where tho hog hus been fed for tho last ten sears, with somo wnttr at noon good enough for him, for he la only a hog, anyway Now lot me tell you how to make lhe hog irolltable The principal thing Is to have son and hoar of llrst-tl.iss stock They should ho long and Muilght deep heiiy quurtered und heavy honed, not less thin eight months old and weigh not lerH than .00 pounds at time uf m it-Ing ii you siurt in me inn put ine sowh Into a large hamsutd piuteelcd by u good hog fence, vvhcie thes can exercise exer-cise by following tho cattle. In Ihls way sou can feed tho cattle belter and savo one-half of the hog feed In summer sum-mer a good laigc, clean pastille Is an excellent thing and It will save about one-hulf of tho summer feed Hut by all means sco that the tons hate good sleeping pens, nnd free from dust, and Just us knod ns sour hciroca and tous have If the pens are warm mid com. fortable they will need hut llttlo bed-ding bed-ding A (loot Is not mi absolute necessity neces-sity If the door is kept clean (lis and hard but It Is a good thing for u farrowing far-rowing son, for she Is apt to pin a hole In the ground and oieilay the little ilgs which get Into II A 2x! Iiniidi "ne foot fioin the lloor nulled oi lo Ihe eldo of the pen while the con Iish hoi nest will nllow the pigs to iiavvl under and nut of tho way of the tnnthr nnd ptevent her fiom l)ing nr stepi Ing on them Wheie n rumher of hogs are kept It Is a Rood plan to have a well at the hog house or u tank nl the windmill and Hie waler piped to the hog home for washing the flooia In summei The hogs will nppic lat this on a hot summer sum-mer b day mid will go Into the pen and He down and grnn fat It la a very foolish thing to nllow (he hogs in wallow wal-low In a mudhole In rummer. It Is nil right It the wnter In tie in It sou hive no available eteek or river with a sail Is bottom to fence In for their use, I would advise building a tank six Inches deep and 1 irt,e enough to hold scleral hogs. This should he washed out every few days. After Ihe plgB come the sow will need nothing but a llttlo wnter nr milk for Iho flrU twenty-four hours, after which feed a slop of milk, wheat, uholts or nuts, feeding this for about ft neck, when she will be on full feed again. When th" pigs aro ten dnn old pin in a separate sep-arate pen and feed them milk coin, ground wheat or Rhnrls, nnd by the lime they nre tun weeks old Ihey will he able to run In Hie pasture with their mother, If It be pasture time. He sine lo glvo tho early pigs all Ihe sunshine and fresh nlr possible, Tnenty-llvo yearB ago a friend rnlsel but one litter u sear, the pigs coming In August. He kept birrowH enough In make a (itr-loud (itr-loud for tlio next Juno muikct. saved his brood sows fm the next seir nnd sold the balance. Tlio brood sows wete then In excellent condition to do their best for their lltleis and wete In good chape for fattening lu the full, I haio ruiscd mostly two lillcm a. year. Broken-Down Figs. Thrco or four correspondents nsk what to do for plga that are weak In the hind purls; somo of them cannot stand on their hind feet, and olheru wohle on their plus ns if drunk, n Iiiun, Stock and Home. Tho pigs In theso e i.ea teem lo ho well, with good nppetlto nnd other Indications of health, so tho conclusion Is forced that diet und confinement have much to do wllh their condition. Corn fed too liberally, lib-erally, Willi absence of exercise, will often ptodtno this condition In shoals Change of diet, nnd giving it thmicc to run uut will pi event the trouble, and neirly tilivasa cute It, though it in ly tike somo llttlo time to do It. Hoots, boiled l otatocs. It little ones mo on hand, that tho family won't eat and the market wont buy ato Rood thltiRS to feed In suih cases, so la clover h is tea, ued tn make u Mop nf shorts, ground, scieenlngs ot ans grain that they have nut been eating Then do not ovei-feed, ovei-feed, bee thnt cvciy mess Is cleaned up 'nnd the Hough Hiked tie in Hut avoid tho starvation point, Just enough Is the quantity tn aim at, but they brtter bo n little hungry after u heal thun overfed. The Blue-Gtay Steer. Ono of Scotland a famous products, the blue-gray steer. Is to be experimented on hi this country This ihuracterlxtlc typo of beef-maker In the countts which produces the prime Scots ' results from Iho ciom of Shoi thorn and Oallowns Idond ami as a feeding and killing propo. lllun, to convert ivenU und straw Into beef nnd lo dress out a lino carcass of tl at beef r hlch has in ide llrllaln famous, li knows no nuperlor, nccordlng to lhe great burden of disinterested evidence Tills cluss of crossbred, somellm s Iho product also of the Angus Slnrthorn irnts, has been long known of on this I Ide, hut vers little hied or fed It la produced In Its beBt estate bs u lug prni -licnllv pine bred iinlmals on bill, sides, uml tlici. has I ceil small liiiluceiii. nt to devote pure lueds In this purpose No sis Irmutli attempt h is he en ni i h to pro Ide a ilerronntratlon of the value of thu union of tho btood of these hrteda In this coun Irv until the r resent line when tho Iowa experiment stuttun aided by the I nlin Sto kvards compaus Chicago his taken up the matter lu earne t and on o large a scale that definite conclusions may le dediicril from Hie results Mr A O ilW ' u JBBB I ronurd, general mmarer of the Union lllfiL V ! stoekvarda has throvvii tho hearty sup. St?!;-' i rliHHB port of that gigantic corporation on the &rK; lillBHH rdo of the iiplucer of prfmo meat-mak- Itlilvu t l llbHHi big unlmuls and Is writing a record nf l!f ir- t IHHH rninurugemelit uml no.t.tance lo thli in- iit,i 'isHI cliiatrs suih as has never before been ('. , . "rlHHH credited tn n like Institution At his stlg. SUU aBBBI gcitlou tho stocksiirds rotnpany engnged StlliiiKi fllBHH1 to furnish Hie Iowa expi rlnient station Sf SBfl', : i ! with llftcen hlgh-ilu.stedlgreed Clalloway 8l IHS. t " IBBBi helfrrH and u rcw nhlto Shnrlhorn helf. Mhitla I v iHsHsV crs Hie (lallowass, which were pur II 1 VVf l, i HHHH chased from herds In loin Illinois and at! M(U. , c-llBHHB Ontario, will he bred lo tbe great roan S I'M f '' HBBBfl hliorthoru bull, Scotland s Crown. Im wlTcui' 1 lfIPsW ported bv lT-of Curtlss for the lowa co. '.'FlBi i clffi sHHfl lege herd or tn tho puro white hull Dr flL'iai i !msBHB Willie, which was bought for the expreja 4 IflVl' i'BIBBfl purpose of milking this experimental JtUtfflrl ' 6llNBHi cross Tlio Shnrthiirn heifers will he bre I Sttlfff i f In a representative (lallnwny hull This EvAX , x'ImHBB Is a recognition of the Inherent beefing r f 3Nl I' 1 SsBsBi dualllles of the shoggs -coaled Galloway i Until ii lA' nBHHm that thould uttract deserved attention tn $tC3K? '! N) IlHHHi the breed. ffltKhi i ,t (SlBHHa It Is the intention lo prepare the pro- iRl' is ,v u iJnlBHHl duels of these cros.es for exhibition ln. ft)n?r 4 BBflB gly and In carload lots at tho Internatlon- S V f" if UilWHHI nl exposition s0 Hint the whole cattle. IMm A, & feeding world may see the re.ultJ C-IJffiJil.KjJllfBBBB achleicd Tho experiment Is In (ompctent ft: !fflf ICiillllHHHB hands uml I rnf ( urilss may be cx ected yiklliJ'lW3ljHHHl to show somo highly j Interesting cross. iVR W WaaT'IHHHai hreds from the union ni the blood of the.n B j JI6r4, jKlaHHHI breeds Meantime this whole extensive ft V-lf lilt (lirJHHH nn I expensive iinderlnklng Is further evl. E if. '1, ! iMaBM deuce of the delennhiallon of Manager ri'L'i i ItBBBI Leonard and tho lnierests which lie repre- & I iTi ifi tJjjW sents to lend every liosrlblv practical aid I 'Ik 1 ', i toward the upbuilding and maintenance 4iJK kV , i i of the beef-making Industry on this con fi f h ! t'l IsHHB tlnenl Ilreedcrs Unzette M.i'ni'i'i, ti laHiHB c W ' ' "ifBBBI Should Improve Stock. f H A 'IflflflH Tho best thing nn owner v livestock can a 'K.r J t ' BBBJ do la to set to work tn Improve hla stock. i;V t, BBflsl It mutters not what Iho condition of the li Wft r L 'BflU live-stock murkct Is, ill will alwass be a A i"! ((Jl Jflflfll puylug proposition to Improve tho breed. V iW VJ' SflflB A great many tlguro different Our ex- l;j ,jj, BBBI ncrleneo has 1 ecu that fully two-thirds nf ft i! '- ril BflBl tho ncoolo neglect to try to Improie their t e'H Wi BflflH slock whin prhes are up and tho Industry tl iU . ' I J BflflB Is ilourlfhlnc. That la the lime, of course. JI fJ li V4t flflflH nhen all can best afford to lineal In Im. t S ' f,' 1 SBBBJI proicd strains, hut, Btranga as It may 5 'fi iV HflBI seem. It la nhnost Impossible lo wake the S . Hi HHI peoplo up to the Impcrlunto of breeding fi ;'f,l' V'l iBBfll tho best when Ihey aro best able tu do It. 5 .fill -, ' 'HSBjV1 Hut after a period of high prhes have ft 'JrVlrl- 1 !!. SflB swent hv and the operutor Is feeling ex- 9 St'li! I1' ', eee dhii.lv poor, then wo Ilt.il them strug. it Km' li1- BBm kllng to buy Impruicd stock and b virtue (f Hffl,.! 'A BBfl' of u more Improwil mi, in saleable nnl- jr rMhiri I ( null moru tounds ell . they wisely en- aSi,aJrt' BflB' dtavor to nrovent the shrlnkiige of prices S AWfi i i.BI of course Is a clever pi in, hut It ft (VC y, , '.U ''LBBi on s to us that tho best lime in Intro. JffSjr fUVlBBfli dueo lhe higher chins of blood lulu stock ft tfi'l ' V,SB' uf uitv kind Is when prices arc up nnd the ll iw Vi !' '! ' farmer or riinihmau feels that he Is worth B ciffcrl I IliftHBi1! bumilhlng has an Income, ani Unit Block: ft i.U; ..! '-il iJiBH are worth lothiring with I'rlcca come ft Sm fftLUfHBfl- uud lo na tlmo nursues her rudlesa cscle. F Fffl .WUfj jBBfl'' havo n .canon of Inuctlv Its , when the pre. $ I fftTEka . ft 'LLMf tlueer of heef mutton nn I wool feels that It, i Ll!jl; !( WBB his ocLupuilou is almost gone, and then ii :iiePlJJii aiHHiW thai comnienco to hustle to lni rove row lit . JKMSjnfihf nHHflt we nsiulit urge all of our readers fur and It rrilli)!i iHbHHI i near not tu dclav lu this mutter of Im- n .Kitl.TS'ttK iHB; piovemeut Let hem set to work now. (S liiXrni Hl'nVHHu vheu prices aro good, to cull their tenia K 'MMil ,e(IlBBB! and Hocks thoroughly, and to Introduce ft iiwfcti Tl"1aVHB' the best males thu touutry affords Hy H Pffftfjfi . BBl bcalm-ng without delus and working In U )J f i ' duslrlously it will bo able to change any Jt iKj? 'till 'AMBB Uriel In tho tounlrv or any flock Into lhe 11 'xMllJ I r ; typo desired, wo believe, before the prices M W , j )) bicxk one nf the most Important rea. 1 TJra L'jiHHB' tosH foi Improving stock Is that we are p xWLil i tfibBBH uw nbreast ot the winter feeding era. h iyfjElft I IHsiH and It behooves us to put our feed lo the S .SKOf I'UHHH ' best noi..lble use To do till, we must SSM 'l TJkHHH hale Iho stock as cluae up to purohred a Oglm ! ijMHHW as H la Dosslhlo to get It In the old range , vl.ilieiS JtaSnHHV11 clavs wo did nit take so much account or M li,l.,IlflBBBtt au.illu. but now everything haphuisrd V mrffst IvSBBB liiusl ko und vo must do even tiling cure. fl imt I H&1HBB fulll Hiul Hlat in itleulls Wewniltheeyra S ik!luV HBBI lint mittiro early hi order to base quick ! liaklliffll i leturus nml that can only be uihleved by MlSBie JLii M I re. ding We alan want good form and a Klfsatt'rl bHHb class of smooth slock since If na essay HnSiSlliui HHHi to, uut nn the fat ne can get the very XBflBiiflijII ibBHh bc. tieisalblo prices The clasa nf stock sSLSkf,R n LtVHI has a great deal to do with the success of WWBiTi If H feedln and now that ne are feeders aa aEMIJi JJ M well tva producers we must produce to a, SMbbBcIiII VI bHHH purpose. Let every on who can bckln JwHfu H H mm i i. ..jl aBi BflflB B f'f P r.T 111 r :. bsbbbbbbH ii' fflfjjtf li itaMmn |