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Show 1 r.IAHY ADVAHTAGIiS! FEIpKG FLOOIl CONCRETE PrrrMiCf Feed From UUmUm Bering- - llu& an d Tr&mpl! t lie lth of io,Lf Chancw mi Kaos the- - advent of high-priced- 1 upermanent feeding nature floor ot m mm ufgn those made mt wood are receiving a flood deal ot attention; write L. Trocfler of Iowa la Oraafl Judd Farmer. The adraatase ot a floor of some kind of material' like brick or' cement over There are plank need not bo argued. food many feedlnc floors made of the flrst named material to be found throughout the corn belt, and without exception they are proving a good lave tment fm hogm. la abort, the mala points In favor a feeding floor of permanent na, ture la that it Is a as It prevents feed from belnc tramped Into the mud; It provides a solid founda-tlofor troughs, prevents mudholes around troughs, and undoubtedly contributes to the health of the pigs by feed-saver- n lessening the chances of Infection by Ca - the brick. Vjr considerable dirt to be removed to secure a solid surface It may be necessary to fill ashes before the sand Is spread. In this base the ashes should be rolled If possible, ot least, mads as solid as ta-trit- can b with ths means at hand, la the meantime the retaining wall should be put In. This should be mad of concreta six inches wlds and tea or twelve inches high, so that ths bass wQl rest on firm soil. Ths corners may be reinforced with old Iron rods or wire If such material Is at hand. The , bricks should now b laid, breaking Joints, and when all down a half Inch of fine sand should b spread over the surface of the same to fill the crevices. It a firm foundation la provided for the brick there will bo no danger of the brick heaving or working out The troughs Crib nod Granary With Feeding Floor. It la a practice with some men to clean off the floor with n shovel ever)' day. when, the floor is used for growing pigs, which removes thousands of worm eggs when, the herd to wormy, and there are few that are not to n certain exIntestinal parasites. tent The accompanying Illustration shows the main points to a feeding floor that combines all - the best features with cheapness This to constructed as follows: Select a welt drained spot In the hog lot remove all rubbish and litter till a solid sarth surface to secured. Level the lurfajrft, and If there are any soft ipofa fill with clay if obtainable, and tretop firm. On this surface spread aniinch of sand and smooth ths same t.r L t 1 f.cji r.rtriberg. Tls ardent feudal city, around which cluster traditions ot the inquisition and ths tlrlUlsg epic of the times of Charles V, has for f T hundred years or more been the center of tl 3 childrens fairyland. It has been and la the tzoleus of Christmas happiness for the youth cf every place to the Occident, and Its charm ta the perpetual one of Joyous creation which la planning the amusement of little people, - In the factories they will tell you that 73,000,Is Kirks- (118,600,000) worth of pleasure v I t out from Nuremberg every year, and that f.'1,CC9 of this export Is tor the benefit of America. Only a few years ago all of ths ' was rj labor for this immense production fine and tyV;snd, and much of ths finishing Lint toupee are performed by special artists. Ev;n nowln the factories the old spirit of an tloct conC rated enthusiasm lives and la evl-t to the Interest ot the village artisans for and thdr craft Notlmerely the reason of bread . cr goca towart, the making of those marvel-epeaklng those phenomenal t walhlng dolls, thousand and one garnet that j tclare books, those Live edled for all the Imaginative ae.well as prsxtlcri genius of these honest Qermau peasant their ttnlque Industry called for f;!i Either has In a romance, a sensitiveness them developed aai cf perception which Is remarkable. JV.low the lurching, worn curvet of the Dureretrass; and you come to one of the -fc: : of thle Nuremberg spirit In a mln-t- t i y house, wedged in among a hundred s;-i- .t trown huts, Uva two old men broth-sr- . and seventy whose whits cf slxty-llvLeads are constantly bent over small circles of rood ehapir;, paring, carving, painting. All day they sit tbere, sometimes all night, dolls "try over the delicately ornamented a amall .;kes w'hlch perhaps you have bought, at significant thing. Just this afternoon for your daughters tree. nail I Ton looked at them carelessly; they were not especially original or attractive, and you shoved acceptthem Into your bag with a ance. thinking that maybe they would please capricious Dorothy. How could you know that back fs the village of Always Christmas old hands had f. hloned thoee trivial platea and pitchers, old t l had strained with loving anxiety over those L t of columbine, and old heart had J ever those completed trifles with the tbrl.l cf the master painter over his best? T- -t tkU v as true. Indeed, nearly all of the simple wooden toys are constructed by band, to lores humble vc.ishauas which goes to make up the segregate creative force of Santa Claus the wertshop. Taka the tiny seta of soldiers, anlchairs and tab?-- the painted wooden to all children, Is a realism whoso delight - j or grown up. These are fashioned to j, sometimes by the efforts of whole fam , let most often by children themeelvee. limit for child labor In the :2n ie the hut no young person is prohibited from at home, provided he spends 1 cf Ume at school. So that ) i ' rth'.: ;s which glv most hap c " a cf America have keen And If cf Tfjremberg. (' one find for , v": t v:rk cc-- .l sursble thtn V c'.-- a de-C- Tcj (:i d -- j .i rei-roofe- d e - es t ret ce -- j -- ae f zi !a tfrr -- FARMERS CURE THEIR MEATS this) business of toyThey grow making. up to ths midst of It. cf all the toys manufactured tun-tr- r all tbelr- - hereditary ideas ars colored by It, the history of ths city speaks of It. Inslds of half a dozen blocks you hsvs hotrains, tels, electricity, motor . cars,. Parisian frocks,-- This Mar Be Dom Bsthw Easily Mods sad Flavor of ProdzsctCeFloor Delicious ot rtain Time. at (By 8. C. MllAR.) benzoate la these days of salt-pete- primitive starts drawn by hugs mastiffs, tunny tucked-awa- zzv inns near u&ezvw- ths market - place full awPASspBce of peasant women to ' wide black allk aprons " and snowy whit cape crumbly fountains and a various small kltcbei gi 'ens, carved and painted - castle with a secret passage. All the element of the by a poor man and ki jtor after tbelr regular . fascinating past and the strangely progressiva working hours, and teu, ) by Mr. Muller at high rate as hi pet pMlsrr py. In this shop, now present within a stones throw of each other. , The realization of all that Nuremberg has been and 100 years old, are sn l of the most novel of e has undergone comes to ons most vividly as one the playthligs, Ths store was crowded 7 stands looking down' into ths Schloas well 850 with nvre children ser hlrty than under thirfeet deep, where prisoners used to come to letch teen, and absorbed to hi rs over the clever and ' ' -- water. Underground their passage led from the ? quaint attractions. Ths dolls house otN. vmberg' leaves nothing dungeons to this unlit circular pool, for state pristo be desired. Not cty oners were never permitted to see the light, and usual rooms of a con the hollow splash of the water which the attendventional menage areLt d to it. but, conservaant drops into ths well seems to after an tories with miniature eci ;js, fountains and wainterminable the hopeless pilgrimtering cans; school noun with tiny desks, schoolmaster, very ste yith goggles and ruler, age of those countless victims of medieval fanaticism. Such Is the potency of the ended. While and children to apron at j carrying elates, the latter a sixteenth of arpc big; fields of flowers the vitality of the occurring emphasizes Itself, not for the back yard and sring for the sm&leat far off, ta one of the dozens of toy factories, doll. whose very machinery ' whirs modernity, men, i In all German art. gwW . women and children that is. children over toy making to by no means an lnslgnl(!cw department, perfection massed Into this building, all Intent on of detail has alwayzVHv-- client feature. Ev-erthe one idea, ths creation ot better and newer and more wonderful toys for everyones children, to phase of home Hi, t reproduced to micro scoplc form to Gcfmss everyones country. j, even down to th wee pairs of hand-kni- t g takings and sweaters It ta seldom the Industrial planet can boast of the hob galled shoes an) uc blouses which maks a broader ambition than this of the craftsmen of up the wardrobe ot th!ki boy and girL . Nuremberg. To bring the greatest possible amount The tourist season fc , ond Christmas fot of pleasure, legitimate and often educative pleas- - . people, sad Nuremberg aim sell as many playan Is minds to active ure, .surely growing, things to the one period the other. An Inter worthy of the finest art to the world. It even eeting point brought to ght by this fact la the seems as though the thought back or the toys early differentiation ot American and Euro should surround them with a deeper meaning as pean Individuality, which oW1 itself to choice ol gilts this Cbrirtmastlde, since the added gift the games and pastimes Th the shops that biggest gift Ilea ta the patient Interested Invenan American child Is , fascinated ovei are which the of tion and accomplishment they l5ably the mechanical and comP,ej ttat he flDd8 in exponent. tense Interest to masterly technlcallUes ever As for the Inventors, strictly speaking, their of playing, while the Eur,, pbnd likes a elm reward seems Infinitesimal according to our standpier but brilliantly colored often ards. The boss- - controls Ideas as well as matecurious sentiment for trw;, such si objects rials of output, and It Is chiefly to his profit that old wcrld conservau,, new Inventions tn tojfand redound. The man or r typify are blessed with They these vil or some woman who flrst thinks of Improves upon and they tr people, lage of show pf plaything gets s very small per cent, of the Inlng their simplicity of PlrttrTher ,on come front U- - To oar tte world standards of bound up to the heritage j c?ntarjeJ( The trag com!"",i it seems Itrangs'thst the originator of their cltys hiw? ln(J ab0ut edles the.toyi shoe. a receive such scant recognition and that they make, breathing Into ft, mooA ft chartctert. without grumbling. tic v um- y- he irtum, tt, of c,nturlel tew Nufep r have maker very Very, toy centuries of striving of ot N!ent achleTemonL ,i ever j It Is grown rich over tv : As you sit to a swirl of and foam) N toys to Germany sell true that ideas as wej UP rs ms. presents, tor doubts what till for eight years ago. raPeL many of the w WIM tMl J and the has of other living price sven! On ths quaint Uttl Village of I Christmas. gone up appreciably fnd what would have seemed now. la moderate then only a large purchase pi .' employed by the NuremThe staff of art-'- ta i&4 Inat no rood will of tocf , j berg factory t;;a lalta Itself a not Inconsiderable a outdo the qult , , sincerity of purpose with w .. t -- d me y- Quiet charity is undertaken , expenrv, v ' t home would be absorbed ky f. universal rift. season of r 'h. shop of Frits Muller are ia I y roy " t , half-minut- six-tra- re ? r, soda, formats and other dope used by tbs big manufacturers to the curing of nearly everything we at, 1 wonder why mors of our farmer do not preserve their own foods, particularly meats. It seems .to tp there to mors danger In U use ot preservatives In the uSe ot meats than anything else, and pickling ot meats on the farm is such a simple matter that every man who kllla his own pigs Should to addition to hams and bacon put down a barret ot meat pickled. Properly cared for, it la delicious at certain seasons of ths year. On the old farm to Virginia the following method was always used. No better meats wers ever put on the farmers table: , For each 100 pounds of meat take two pounds mt sugar and four pounds of ' of Is on salt' Mix well and when the meat first cut rub ft well with pure salt the flesh side. Let It lie a day or two and then drain out any blood that may be eft Divide the sugar and salt mixture In three eaual parts. Use one part on tbs meat and pack to 7 . NOTED VHITE-FACE- should not be set to the floor, as to' slop will sour under them warm weather and rata may hurrovr beneath. If It la desired to feed pigs away from the sow the floor can be fenced to and doors made to the fence that will keep all but the pigs out A floor that is 18 feet wide and SO feet long will furnish space for about 100 pigs or a car load of fattening, hogs, and will cost for materials only around $3S to 40. Feeding can be made very convenient by building a combination corn crib and granary adjoining the floor. In the granary part a variety ot feeds can be kept, also a teed cooker and other adjuncts. This Is a very good arrangement for a , small . farm. - t. a barrel. It should then be allowed three or four' days when It should bs rubbed with another portion of the mixture nnd three or four days later repeat the operation with the remainder. It should then be packed tightly to a barrel. After lying three or four days It la ready to hang up. It must bs kept to a cellar or some place where It will not frees while ths curing process is going on. When applying the salt and sugar mixture it is mors convenient if one has two barrels to use at the aame time. 'A great many people do not seem to understand that amoklng meat does not cure It except as the warmth from the fire causes the moisture to evaporate. There la ho Articular virtue in the smoke Itself andVneat could bo as well cured by any kind of slow gentle heat even If no smoke came from it However, the heat from clean, fresh hickory chips can never to 11 . . be Improved upon and If people believe that the quality of the meat to improved by ' the sweet odor from this form certainly no harm will be done. The main thing la to keep the heat regular and at a low point to order that, the moisture may be drawn out from the meat evenly. I ' 1 Plant of Wheat A single plant of wheat grown on the ranch of J. C. Yeager, near the Della, Ore, contained over 100 heads all of which were fairly well filled. The plant had 135 branches. HEREFORD i D 7T tbe-- y jViou. -- t u ? i -- y 1 I 7 r Columbus Busybody, a white-faceHereford, was Imported from England By Mr. Rockefeller. Its mother. Busy-Bbdwas purchased from Queen Vie d torias ;yal herd. Columbus weighs 2.300 I .nda and la valued at $7,500. He tr year: fed no grain for three 1 L 4 7 I |
