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Show ti ..Trr-jv'fy BUSCJELtANY Value of Pasture for Pgs. A recent bulletin of the Missouri Htsto Mosul of Agriculture quotes II. W. Waters as follows: "We will now state two propositions bearing on economy of production. First, while the pig Is not considered primarily a grazing animal, from the fact that he cannot bo espected to make gains and grow fat If turned onto common pasture grass like rattle, rat-tle, sheep or mules, yet, aa a matter of fut the pig will make better re turna for the amount of grass eateg than any other farm animal. Moreover, More-over, the pasture will Increase the efflcVciicy and value of the grain fed In connection with It. The second proposition Is this: The pig la a grass feeder and will eat too much of rich feeda, aa grain, more tnan he ran use eronomlcslly, more than he ran digest welt, rotis-iiiently greater galea from a given amount of corn are obtained if the pig Is fed less than be can or will eat. This statement applies with enpeclsl force In casea of a long fceuirig period. The two protio-sltlons protio-sltlons Just announced, are brought out In thi following report of tests made st the Wisconsin atntlon, all lots of i: being used: "Lot 1, full fed, In dry lot, gulned l.ir pounds per day and used 637 pounds of com In inuklng lot) pounds of gain. "Lot 2. full fed, on clover pnsture. gained I .to hiiiiiiIs per duy, and used 417 pounds of corn In malting 1"" isiiinds of f-uln. "Uit 3. three fourths full, on clover pastine, gained 1 2u per day and used 377 pounds of com lu making loo ixiunds of gnln. "1'it 4. one half full, clover pasture, gained .H7 pounds per day and required requir-ed 3r.2 pounds of corn tit make loo pounds of gain. "Lot &, one fourth full, clover pasture, pas-ture, gained .til pounds per day. aud required 13 pounds of corn to make loo pounds of gain. "l.oi fi, no Kiiln, clover pasture, gained .3ti pouiiiis per day. "In lot t there Is a sudden drop over lot 1 lu the amount of corn required Hut In lot 3 there Is a still larger drop. Nearly three bushels less of corn Is required to produce InO pounds of gain over dry lot leedlng. For growing hogs a still larger reduction of corn la advisable. The rate of gain la slower, but It Is vastly rhrapor. It Is however wise practlco to full feed for the lust 3U daya before marketing market-ing " A Requisite In Poultry Raising... I ' All rlnnitcs of people may go lute the raising of poultry and do It successfully. suc-cessfully. 8e la no bar to success. In fart very many of our most successful suc-cessful poultry raisers aro women. Home are semi Invalids who havs given up the great llnrs of business and have been luld by their family pliyslrlun tu gel Into something where they can be out of doors a great deal, but whero the amount nf manual labor will not be Inrge. These and others may succeed, but there la one rcquullo for all and that la Interest In the buslttesa. The writer has known of people Intending to go Into the poultry business, when they bated the sight of a live hen. Asked as to their reason for making the venture they replied that they had bean told there waa money In It. The Invariable Invaria-ble advice given by the writer Id such rases Is fur tho would be Investor In-vestor to keep out of the business. Uingrellow ys "the heart flvetb grace unto every art." Tho person that has a deep Interest lu poultry ran make a success of raising any kind of fowls, for bo will not be stopped by the obstacles that are cer-lulu cer-lulu to be discovered in the way. The niitulier of people tout dislike to have poultry aioiiud la very large. Hut there are those that find gnat pleasure In cuileg for fowls. Home-times Home-times It Is one bleed tliut strikes their fum-y and suuicttmea another, hut whatever It be, they ran see heuuty lu It. The man thut una u re.il Interest lu fowls will irate a success of raising rais-ing tin in, If coiiilillons be at all fnvor-aide, fnvor-aide, hut the lu'.vl baler Is about sure to full. Warm felloes. From the Funnel .' Itevlcw: Women suffering from told feet could muke for themselves v.:i.m and comtortahio fisilwcur by g'-tUng boys felt boots aud then pni I aitlng btoad soled slippers slip-pers to lit over iliein. Usually It is uiccssury to tj.Ht tho slipper down to tho toe, then i.iulio holes with an awl und lure with a s'iou sliinp. The slipper slip-per Bhoiild bo 1 Vi sl-o turner than the shoo. For wear an ay Irjiu borne, got an arctic one lull' iilw larger than the shoe. Wurm fort ure essential to health and ti-ipplncf aud would lengthen the lives of many women who suffer from cold, especially those a'lllicted with lung troubles. Mrs. Al tell. |