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Show Raising and egg production. tow many people ncir the .rket or any other latgo Th matter, have stopped 'th, -real opportunities for , from the poultry Indm.. ,', have considered tho '''I It thouM bo, or t Z, dBUB,,lr . present tlmo have nice SriTcn-lultt lnd.pend.iit ",tealn n"k ot .j!0", . to iW a nct ,,rollt . I This U no theory. It ,(,rt tndhi bion proven "', HmV Well, In the ,;'mu.t mike up our .,ote time and work tn the houses mu,t t Kept clear, ..tii.ted and th liens must roper w.15 miHnR food'' remcniterathit without ot food thi h can't 1 ly jie winter I never 1 t my ot the house ""I"'' thi i rm, br u If the hens the ess l 'l' the nwnttu, of July and one can rlir n1 c nlc0 April hatrhc I pullet3 at !j If tl-ese pullets an- prop-tr prop-tr illl lay fiimi two hun- hundred and fifty eggs a i In the Ve.it rn nnrketi out -j crnt u d"ii thi. . Thli would nuke over . from tain hn Noi, th Jlni a hen for n ycal Is She lll commence tu I ly 1st of Novemboi, and ion t until the 1st of Juiiuitj tltliufe to tay that she to tt. Give her thlrticn itout the .14 iliy of the income oft wllh thirteen H there g alnnjs moro jr 17 e re foi tun He i noitph w ot the thirteen '1 hla Is umbe'on" iv of ennui , tin t single Ic Will, liy mdlle 01 Arrll the Omits en tith to ir ilk t at 25 k'lnsuie a trail f J' .J ere an I t , dr chlckB lal it h.j In om from one chlks ate lirco enough re ot th ni'"Uc ' the hen e to lay until nlniul .Inly hn the moults 'Ihett to lell her for It docsn t ?old hens ov r 'Jluy will til spring utter the Hist cf feeding the hen una tnleki uoull -imume DO lottoor or If fi I nn griln Prlea ihhh aic unmiiilly for the nine chicks "1 t.i , j c nn, hul no Minute the re t of feeding 1 'kicks at l, -this from aiei a front of $lf0, or 'I ") the ImtMinent "theou ft nttle udvlro "'slock lie Mtie to got llwlj Then an vurl.d ! W the r t inilety nf ... ," ls l"Kr framed. ." 'l llen.11.1 lijer llltl. about fe- s, ,,,,,, M thin- In t, lorn it some vvat , sllUltly 'rtilikem must hue nut'. heft1!,' " I Ilium k :'Ahhti,,r,,!X1,e ?hi?i Ell" " "t n H.o.nfr?m ,h" Willi bnilj."-" I fell hekt t'orka,,dM,ntch J raw j,,,t ien lint k?.i a "'" ' 'I'"1 S ; meVrV,!" ""Hid for ',!Vlh1iTnl7,,,',nK reltha . " " ""'it Hot Th . I'"' tlilnir Bn. If li, ."s ""' 'lei '"t tli! 111'"" '""'"y f ?';'"" t,",';,i";11i! '.""thltlVn!1. """" .1 " M I V" ""I'leiilHi it ""'"""'eriom,, ,.l '"""1 inf .u'0 n t of ' I'Vdr'V'" '-'''' , on 1 n c-iws 4 '.ktrtfu,eS nit' "liny tL 'rr ' K'o fl ii'rV'" l" llf B,,l" ,,',rhfMc i"f " ,nd tiKo ii,""'f"rt i,n,?",k.orf ) 7 wail ,e '"' "'H the,,, ft i 3S; S5 it Sl Vr'-i aya ur Warm, tlio ix dny, when tho other heni am fed. When tho orbs hatch I put tho hens and ihlcks In coops, kIo them 11 llttlo aler, after hiulnff ued tho ponder hlower on each hen an 1 ihlck. Ho not feed till the chicks hesln to call for food, then Blvo stale bread or JohniDcake for four or flo days. After Hint fcecj whole wheat scAetal times a diy. (lle the hens nnd chicks free range when the wenther Is dry after the llrst ten ria8 J. It. 1'attcrson, In Orange. Judd Parmer. Questions About Leghorns. Gunnison, Utah. Feb !5, 1902. Plenfc answer the followInR question In the Inlermountnln Tanner untl Unmlimin 1. What Is the difference If nny, In the ckk laltiK qualities of S r. nnd n. C. White LcKhorm? : How do tho White Leghorns compare with the llrnnn Ieshorns In laying? 3 Where tan I get somo full.blooaed It C White J.enhorn crbs for hatching In this Mate' Subscriber. 1. No difference. 2. No difference 3. Not known If nny. A Poultry riant for 050 Hens. Jly poultry plant Is located pirlly on n Meant town lot, 150 feet long and ISO feet deep, nnd partly In tho back jard. Tho three, houses run east and west nnd fnco the south. Houses 1 nnd 2 nro each Hi feet long and 10 feet wide. Uioy nro built on tho open scratching shed plin, and each house contains eight pens. House 3 li 10S feet long, contains six pens nnd Is at-o at-o on tho open scratching shed plan. Tho lumber out of which they were built wns all rough hemlock. The sills were lild on chestnut posts. to 8 Inches In diameter. Tho posts wero sunk Into tho ground 2Vi feet, leaMng the top of tho sill 1 foot from the ground. 1h sills, 2x4, wero spiked to the. posts Tho studs. 2xt, wero 6 feet 8 Inches high In front nnd 1 feet 8 Inches In tho rear. These studs were tne-nalled to tho sills and tho plates spiked to tho studs 'I ho rafters, 10'J Tcet long, weio 2xls and rut an I splkel to tho plates, ends of 1 afters being be-ing Hush with tho outside of the plitea The infters were placed 2' feet npirt. The roof nnd tho rear were closely boarded with hemlock boirds, all running lengthwise of the building It was then coered llrst with common sheathing paler and second Ntponset red lopo rooting ocr It This double lont of paper waB nlw put on lenRth-wlso lenRth-wlso of tho buildings, each strip lapping lap-ping tho other about 3 Inches and fastened with tin head nails, which CTine with the nnner. From the sills down, nnd sunk Into the ground. Is n bonrd nhout 1 foot wide (.criircly nailed around the entire building lo keep out tho wind In front, tho rooMlng pen only U boarded up and shenlhed with paper nnd covered cov-ered with Nrponset. In the middle of tho front of each roosting pen was set a. half window (six lights ot 8x12 Rlass) In n frame, which allows tho window to slide hirk. In the rear part of oich scratching she1 thero la a. door 2'sx3 feet. As wo enter tho first houao through the Krnlnrnnm, the llrst pirt In which we llnd nmsoles In tho scratching shed, slmllai tn He 1 It Is 10x10 fut, with ft boird floor, covered with 2 Inches of sindy loom, inerwhlch Is scattered 11 lot of corn husks for si ralrhlng matcrl il This shed Is open tn the rnulli, but screened with 2-Inch mesh wire netting r. feet high lhero Is one slud In tho middle, fiont, with n f-lnrh lintiul nillnl onto tho outsldo to finish, imidlng the opening Into two parts. 'Iheso openings nre closed In 1 old or stormy weather by screens Tho frames of the screens nre nnde of stlfT Inch furring, fiet 10 Inches by 6 feet 10 Ineliew, and cnend with common com-mon cotton cloth inlleil securely by paper heided tacks The screens nro not hinged, hut are held In plnco by two 4-lnih wlro nails at tho top and a strip of furring nt tho bottom Thoie screens nro mndo t Inches shorter thnn tho height of the opening, which allows them tn bo pushed np nt tho top nnd drop In plnre. The Imard which flnlhei tho fiont or tho rnflers extends down 3 Inches below tho plate Tho sawn s mndo lo lit In llsht. thus excluding . tin. snow nnd drafts of air. In w Inter, whrn not too storm v. ono screen la taken nut nnd set behind the other. Ihi! bens nrn alnnys fed In this slie.1 Adjoining this shed, as wo pas through a door. Is tho roosting pen. 8x10 fctt. two roosting pens In fnct, with 11 seimid trratihlng pen beond. 1h pirtlllon between the scritihlng sheil nnd the loostlng pen Is ncmloiK boards inwted with sheathing paper. Tho iloois mo hung with doublo act nff hinges, which nllow them to swing both wnn. which Is n ,-icnt cpmen. lenco when pissing through with both hands full There nro openings In tho partitions fiom the shmls to the pens, protecteil b a hood which P'cnts illicit drafts This bond Is tho half of n box nailed In front of the rjpeiiln- to make tho fowls turn mi in'-l0.,,n .P""? In 01 out Tho open pntt nt tho hood fill CM U 9111. Tho .erlor of a ft loostlng pen Is shown nt Tig. 2. It shows the ; iool drop tiontim nnc their supports. -Uso tho posts, inftei . two net bnxis nnd wni oM. Tho -ousts at In tho rear all ,1 and insist . two fcant-lliiRu. fcant-lliiRu. ix. 15 Imnes npnit, the tear 11110 bell !0 Inches f m the, hick wan They 11.. 1' Rtlnvl-M. at the bull. line nnd are rot Into n pleco of furr big, bch Is nallid betwien two studs 'Ihey nre placed 2'4 feet from M10JI001 Hlx Inches below the roosts Is the Plnlfnrm for tho dropping" 3 feet wide nnd ns long as will R cnmenlrntly between be-tween the partitions Ket Into the partlllons. between tho sleep ug pens Ih a small pall of water, holding nbout llo Mini m. The two puis inc. wnti led fiimi ono pa thus salng time and Tho' next boxi s uto tneKi il UP nl nut 2 feet from tho floor, mostly In the sleep lug pens, perhaps three lo 11 pen nun nro builnp curtains In., front of tha UHists tilot down on crtld nlgnts 13ch pen of fowls, therefore has rofistljlB PiD 8xl ftet PB cratcljlns Jhed 10x10 feet This spice Is Intended rortwent lUe lajlng hens House 4 !" '- feet long, and his four pens llieie Is nni other house In tho bails jard, 8x21 feet which I usi fur any nnd ecr thing In the four luger houses I cun keep COO head of lijlng hens. The aids differ In sire some being 41) rect deep nnd IS feet wide, and others i2 feet di op and 18 wide The fences nic made of G foot wlro netting The po3ts nro chestnut sip-lings, sip-lings, 8 feet long and nre set In tho ground 2 feet ileep There Is a hoard nt tho bottom, sunk 1 01 2 Inches into the ground nnd nailed llrmly to tho poits The posts me 15 feet apart, with a ktij between to support the wire The who Is trou bed as taut as possible and nailed both to tho imsts an I bottom boards with staple" Thero nio 47 running feet of houe room, 10 feet wide These houses should, when full, contain about 6 0 lajlng hens. At the time the recoul begins, Apill 1, r00, there were CSS hens and 28 cocks, pn the aeriigc there were nbout 25 hens In a pen Theso houses ind yards cost about J1O00 complete with fixtures ltc. n B. Kcllcrinan, In Orange Judd Parmer. , Why I Dip My Hogs. Ten cnrs ago I consulted a gentleman In reference to the mode nnd plan of dlpilng hogs, or rather he consulted mo by nd dealing the plan which I afterward adopted, and ono that I pondered pon-dered In my mind for ears. belleclng It to bo tho tommon sense, practical and only certilu way of prcentlng what ls genenlly known ns hog cholera. Hy obsenation, Investigation, research ami expel lencc, I learned how to develop de-velop a ceitnln type of hog, nnd while I believe nfter long jenrs of breeding, the rnluud-Chlna hog superior In soma respects to any of his rivals, jet I um frank tn ndmlt tint all the strains ot thoroughbreds havo their good points The hog being constituted moro llko tho mm than any other nnlmil that ban brought wealth, satisfaction nnd pleisuio to the American fanner and the American home, particularly In the greit Mates of Missouri, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Indiana, Michigan nnd Ohio, It behooves us to work on Intelligent In-telligent lines, protecting our herds from the ravages of dUense as well ns tho bringing of the hog tn the highest state of perfection by crossing and tho Interchange Inter-change of blood, both In male and fe-mnle. fe-mnle. These being factH beyond question, ques-tion, how shall wo prolcct tho Ideal hog, by dipping nnd feeding a remedy that will rid the h"g of nil lce mnnfe parasites, para-sites, fever germs, Mllh, and nt the same lime keep the pores open, thereby assisting as-sisting nature In throwing off the dead matter which accumulates during the natural llfo of the hog, feeding the same remedy tn rid tho hogs ot worms ono of his worst enemies nn I kiep his digestive di-gestive organs In perfect order. 1 do not believe It necessary to lnvo bog cholera, nor do 1 believe In administering admin-istering these nostrums, ttowilers, foods, sure cures or cerlnln decoctions tn a hog, nnd forcing the hog to pirtako of poisons more destructive and deadly than the dlsearo that Is piopagated nnd developed In our own feed lots, breed-Ing breed-Ing pens and ninong our droves. Tor jenis 1 have been dipping and feeding a rememdy that has kept my herd In almost perfect condition, nnd I ndvlso nil my fellow -breeders lo ndnpt this slmpli , common. sense mode nnd plan at a cost of a few cents per hog per ear. My tank for dipping Is nbout 10 rcet long, nnd I believe I feet deep: and It Is larger nt the top than nt the bottom, I hive It set Into the ground In a box. My chute ls nbout 20 feet long, the lift 4 or 11 feet slopes to the end of tank, where hog enters at nn ngle of about 25 iligrees, so w meter the front hogs piss nn Incline, the rear hogs crowd thcni fnrwiird, nnd they slldo Into tho tunic, going entlrelj under tho solution, passing out 011 n dented board at tho other end of the lank With this plnn nnd apparatus I can dip 200 to 300 hogs In nn hour. After tho drove Is dipped I mvei up (he solution to prevent dirt, inlu or snow fiom getting Into It, and this solution lists Indefinitely, or ns long ns an ounce leinalus 1 add the necesMiry niuount ot liquid nnd wnler whenever 1 want to dtp. keeping the lank a llttlo over half full of tho dip, anil I dip as often ns I think It necessary neces-sary to keep my held In perfect condition con-dition Whenever I bring my hogs on my farm, I uluais dip them twice mil feed the remedy biforo I turn them In lots with my other hogs I ndvlso you to bewaic of many things or solutions that nre advocated for this purpose, as there Is never a genuine without a counterfeit, nnd both will llnd favor I ndvbo every man en-(.aged en-(.aged In tho hog business to ndopt this simple, ' oninion-seime plan of dipping nnd fete ng, nnd I believe It Is only a short time when the fenrs nnd uncertainties uncer-tainties of this destroyet call It what vnu maj will not be feared, and this method will be Healed with confidence. Il i; Axllno In Address to Missouri Swlnc Ilrceijcrs. Hog- Teed. Corn nnd clover nro the Ideal fools for hois 1 hn hi coder and fattencr can-not can-not get along ery will without them 1 uch has a function tn pet form In tho economy of tho hog that cunnot bo over-looked over-looked Corn Is teqiilred for fattening and llnlshliiB tho hogs, nnd tho clover Ih Jus ns niedful for spring nnd tum-mer tum-mer feeding More Ihnn this, the clover Is a winter food and the more we ree iinUe this the belter It will be for our mickctbooks Clover has Is nlmost ns good a Inlet fool f"i the swine ns wt. In winter thcio Is little chnnco at sickness, writes William Conwnv In tho Mlihlgan rainier. The man who raises com. clover and hogs need ndopt no other line of farming. Ho has his hinds full nnd tho Ihree go together so well lint hu need not add a third crop to cm Kven the fertlllt of the soil can be kept up with these three products, so theio will be llttlo 01 no degeneration In It. Hy Hiring plenty of clover hay for winter use wo secure at tho dame time 1 cheap fnnrtiniiil ono that keeps 11. tho health of the hogs better than r they had com alone A liberal sup-Iv sup-Iv of M clovei hay stacked away for winter ufo vvl' -nnblo a fanner to win-tei win-tei his bi'R" at a cost much lower than tn o her who dipends chiefly upon coin I ici ips 'I hero nro methods of feed-"-u'eo lover hay th.it will tend to Im-UlnvH Im-UlnvH Its value by nuking the swlno Tel h it innie. nnd r'orn Mudy nnd ex ilment along HiU Hn will eventually '' Tbe'fcav"" and chaff of the clover hay formerly midq u WMaerabJe Him Rf. waste These today are fed to the hops bj mixing them up with a small amount of bran middlings and then sonkltig them overnight In water I.ct the water wa-ter be hot when poured In, and then feed when cold Tho hogs relish this mixture, and eat It Rrcedlly the next morning W hen all the looke leaves nnd chyfl. have been used up In this wa, the clover hay can be cut up and soikcd nnd mixed with bran. Slops from the kitchen Intended for tho hops can be mixed with the clover hay or leaves Instead In-stead of bian All that is required Is some kind of concentrated food to give the clover hay a moro palatable nnd moist taste. This can be obtained In a vailety of was, and one may prove nlmost nl-most as beneficial as another. The hogs should not be allowed to fill up on this, but a crtaln proportion should be given every day In connection with the other feed. The TImo to Milk. ' Whenever It gcts-below ro I think of my cows, nnd whenever I think of my cows I havo to laugh," a happs-go lucky citizen remarked to another man on the street car. 'hat about your cows?' 'Oh, teveinl eirs ago, In a tenlbli bitter spell of weather which wo had, my boy came rushing In from the barn early one morning und said In great excitement that the cows wero all frozen to tho ground. Wo nil ran out, of course, to discover that tho hydrant In tho barn had burst In tho night, and that my klx lino Jersey cows und a calf were standing In solid Ice. Well, jou can Imagine that we had some Instantaneous commotion mi our hands, buch a scurrying uround jou never did see. My boj hunted up some men from tho neighboring stables and wo nil cirrled warm water and choppeil ico with a good will. Ono of the men suggested that the calf looked ubout leacly to die, so wo got It oa llrst. I hunted up nn old led woolen Jersey J icket of my own and wo put the calfs forelegs In tho sleeves and buttened It up on the back. Ho was a funny-looking object, I assure you. "Then another man said If those were his cows hod Rive them all a big doso of whisky before he chopped them out of the Ice. So we got whlskj and hegan pouring It down their throats. At a Juncture In walked oui llplBcopal clergyman. Ho lived near, and bad beard of the trouble on hand and had stepped Inlo ee If lie could help us In uny waj. I ran reo him now A very slender, solemn, rather mclan-1 mclan-1 holj, serious, dark-eyed joung man-always man-always Impressed me as being tempera, mentally iclated lo I dwln Itooth. He loaned on one of the stalls and watched ua administer the doses of liquor to those unlnppy cows, then with tho greatest gravity, and with not even a twluklo In his eye, ho said: "'Dick, when nre jou going to milk"" Detroit Kreo Press Illnts on, Churning;. A few days Blncn a woman told mo that sho bad churned not less thnn two houis every churning this winter nnd that on ono sho spent a good half dny. This complaint Is nothing new. Hvery winter It Is heard nnd will continue con-tinue to bo heard as long as there la winter buttermnklng on tho warm Tho causes may bo various, but thero Is a remedy thnt can bo applied, a remedy that his been tested hy thousands. It Is simply heating tho milk. As soon as tho milk Is strained place It over a ketllo of boiling water and let It remain re-main from twenty to thirty minutes, or until the cream Is well crinkled, but on no account let It come to tho boiling boil-ing point without boiling tho less It will havo tho tusto of scalded milk As soon us It hns recelveil the steim hath place It whero It will have Immediate and rapid reduction In temperature. tem-perature. This ls imperative, for as much of success depends on this as on the heating process. Hy this method there Is no waiting for tho cream to ripen, ns It Is tit for tho churn ns soon ns skimmed. What the secret of tho operation Is I cannot understand, but I do know that tho result Is vciy satis-fnetorj. satis-fnetorj. The butter from cieam trented In this manner Is of much better bet-ter quality than from sour cream churned from two to four and even six hours, and I havo known churning to bo Mvon up In despair nnd never miko buttei. It was by accident I learned that tho butter would come so readily when tho milk received tho steam bath 1 knew the butter nlivajn come quickly, but supposed the cream must stand nnd ripen hefoio being churned I had been rending a icclpo fot crcum plo thit happened to tako my fancy. It rnlled for a cup of cteam. I resolved re-solved to uy a 1 nrger quantity, nnd with tho stirring icqulred nfter heat-Ing heat-Ing tho crenm slightly butter foimed very quickly. This sitlslied me and I lnvo ever slnco heated my milk, quickly quick-ly reduced temperature and churned as soon as I had sulllclent cream, regardless regard-less of nny ripening process Cor. Twentieth Century Parmer. Ilussln nnd Butter-Making;. Russia Is making her entry ns a competition In the Huropean butter trade, and Is cnrrylng eveiy thine, be-foio be-foio her. In 1893 the Uusslan product In tho London markets was too small for scpirato classification! In two jeirs It had Jumped to tho second plnce, Denmark holding tho llrst, as she his long done. Tho ttans.Hlbcrlun butter trains, once a week, leavo Obi, lop nt six other centers of tho ltdus-Uy, ltdus-Uy, and arrive at the Ualtlo port of Ulga after a Journey of seventeen days A steamship line with cold slotoge service convejn tho product to London, Lon-don, whcio It competes successfully with the best Huropenn brnnds, thosii of Denmaik, Irelnnd and Normandy The trado Is only begun, hut Its promise prom-ise for tho future Is enormous Indiana t'urmer. Making Trlzo Creamery Butter, Ihe creimery buttei vvhldi tonic tho second prize at tho iccent Illinois daily association meeting was made by (1. Human. Ml, Herman Is a Swiss by birth and has been In the creamer business rnlj a few years During thit time he lias won a medal and throe diplomas besides cash prizes. He says bfl hla creamery la ppeyted. tour t times a week Tho milk from which the prize butter was nude was taken Into the creamery en Siturdnj Most of It was only one dnj old, but about 10O0 pounds were three dijs old The milk was heated to about F0 degrees de-grees find run through the separator A B per lent skim milk starter was added to the u cum, which contained 35 per lent of fut mil 0 of 1 per cent of acid when readj for tho ilium It wns placed In the ilium at a temperature tempera-ture of r5 degrees and (tunned one hour. When the granules of buttei weie nbout the size of wheat gialns, they weie wished with water direct from the well, the temperature being about SI degrees 'lho butter wns salted salt-ed one ounie lo the pound nnd wns then worked and picked In 60 pound tubs. There wero 340 pounds ot butter In the churning, from which tho prize packngo was taken. The butter was ten dajs old when It was scored. Pour ounces of butler color and tho best dnlry rait wero Used Orange Judd I armer. reeding Small Flocks of Sheep. Moro than onco wo havo urged the farmers living In our thickly settle 1 vallcjs to tuke Hocks of sheep to winter win-ter or buy smill Hocks ot wethers or lambs to feed foi market We hive also Invariably urged small ' fnrmeis who raise a few head of slock to fatten fat-ten the steers for the spring market Our object In making these leiommen-datlons leiommen-datlons was to enrich tho farm as well as tho ownci. We ulso believe that the tlmo Is near at baud vvh m sheep will be kept In sinnll llncks on our Montana firms Just us thej uie now In the older States The older Montana becomes tho moro her farmers farm-ers uie Inclined tn leave oft the plo necr Industries ot growing ginln. wheit nnd oats, and nro dlverblfjlng their products more. Ihcy are grow-Ing grow-Ing legumes nnd roots and other stoi k feedr, nnd uro feeding moro of their crops at homo nnd In the very nntuio of thlnKS good ls sure to lesult. 'lho rejult of fattening stnik for markets on the ranch means the marketing of the Mulshed product, the live bullock ur mutton, and the keeping of the lest of tho product In the shape of manure to return them ugaln to their fields nnd meidows. This means that Melds nnd meadows are to bo Improved It means alro that our Montana people are beginning be-ginning to Ihlnk moro about Improvement Improve-ment nnd employ every method of progress. Anil In tho era ot smiller farms soon to dnvvn wo will see farmers farm-ers growing roots for 6tnek feed because be-cause Ihey hdd a Ki'itlri tonnage tu tho acre lhan nny other feed. We will see smnll Mocks of sheep of from 100 to too head kept on our farms and wintered largely on riitnbagas, turnips and bcels In the valley of the Hlttei Uoot many fnrmers keep a few sheep and thej are well pleased with them The herd thnt grows from a few dairy cows Is becoming popular In these dajs of advancing husbindrj. The tide ls setting In to grow stock rather than so much grain nn the farm and theso older Stales' Ideas grow ns our country coun-try gets older Hnd tho eountiy Mils up with Hastern people Tho time Is not distant when our rural residents will proceed much ci the same line as the people do who ml the Mississippi valley region. It Is a plan Instituted tn utilize waste. Sheep nre capital things to eat up the weed seed and ex'termlnato obnoxious ob-noxious vegetation nnd wo look to see them become 1111 Important fat tor In the new eia, nnd wo believe that It will prove a stroke of economic and progressive pro-gressive m Hiigement Itocky Muun-tiln Muun-tiln Husbandman. Immunity of Goats From Dlscnst. Animals may bo subject to diseases of as various and m iny kinds as otheia may be, but It does not follow that they must necessully suffer as much, nil alike Somo races possess a nattnal ability tn strive successfully with misfortune, mis-fortune, with far moro success than others, nnd thus while they nro known to be subject to so ninny diseases jet they suffei fur less from them than tha others do. This Is especially applicable ap-plicable to goats and sheep Students of natural hlstorj may estimate this Immunity from diseases far too lightly, cnnsldeilng thnt If ono rare Is known to be subject to tertaln diseases that tho Inevitable result must be tint both suffer equally from them. This, however, how-ever, will not bo In niiorilanco with facts. Por Instance, sheep nre naturally natu-rally closely related to gonts, and thus nro disposed to much the samo liability to diseases which affect tho whole rnco specltlcnlly. Nevertheless It nuiy bo thnt the natural ability to resist misfortunes may bo so much superior su-perior In one hranch of n family, that while tho subjection to diseases mnj' bn equal In the whole family, jet ono may bo far more able to iCHlst thnn the olhcr. And this Is pretlselj the tase with goits ns lompired with Fheep Pot Instance. Uho following plants nio virulently deadly to sheep, und every shepherd should know them so that they miy be eradicate 1 and avoided Hut thej ore comparatively hnrmlcss to goals, nnd, this Is all tho moro convenient ns tho goat will ul-wuys ul-wuys bo more frequently fed on rough, brush j land on which theso common weeds nro mostly found, Theso plants nro lho common cow bono, tho water hemlock, the wild parsnip, the poison hemlock, fool's parBley, tho hemlock parsley, the berries of tho mountain ash, oak twigs (which, fatal tn deer, theep and inws, are harmless to goats), .and gouts lnvo even been known to eit tho leaves of the meadow saffron (the poisonous colchlcum) with Impunity! Im-punity! at the samo tlmo tho mtlk of the goats, which has not hurt lho kids, has nevertheless been seriously poisonous to pi rsons who havo used the milk. Ibis Immunity seems to havo become by use, If It la not an original poiisesslon of tho anlmil, a sieclal privilege of this specially browsing animal. The cases of dystnlcla (diflleult birth) In the goat are less fiequent than In nnv other domestlo animal, wbllo the twin births aio moro common It may o that the births nny be moro prolonged pro-longed than In the sheep or tho cow, but In the end tho operation la not so distressing to the dam. On the whole the goit Is fin bitter able to take caio of Itself than nny olhcr of tho domestlo anlmrla under Blmllnr condl lions Hut, neveithcless goats may some, times gl Into trouble In this wa), ts petlally th" males, nnd the females In whom the milk la not dormant but In such cases It la an easy matter tn lelleve them bj a dosn ot castor oil, one tablespoonful Is giitllrlent, nnd exemption ex-emption from food until tho oil has operfttedAnierjcajj Bh&areeui |