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Show (By JAMBS W. LINN, Extension Dairy-maKansas State Agricultural College.) n, Alfalfa plays an Important part In the rytioD for the dairy cow. When fed with silage it should he about of the entire ration; that Is, one pound ot alfalfa hay for each three pounds of silage fed. If alfalfa is fed in a combination with other roughages which are dry, then it should be about one half of the ration consumed. It is a good practice to feed alfalfa with silage, for silage has other beneficial effects, such as adding sucru lence to the ration. To a ceitain ex tent the' silage takes the place of gteen pasture grasses. A very well balanced dairy ration where alfalfa and silage are fed is one pound of alfalfa to three pounds of silage.- This combination leaves but one reason why something else should be added to the ration, and that is the fact that not enough pounds of food nutrients can be con sumedin these roughages to supply the needs ot a heavy producing dairy cow. To meet this need it is oeces sary for the dairyman to feed grain When alfalfa and silage are the roughages used by a dairy cow the recommended grain ration Includes: Four part? corn chop; two parts ot oats chop, and one part cottonseed meal. The dairyman may substitute for his corn chop barley, kaffir, or milo seed. In the place of oats he may substitute bran, and in place of cotronseed meal, linseed meal when ever any of these products are cheap er than those named in the ration. s one-fourt- h DONT let o Cold Settle in your Bowels! Keep your bowels open during a cold. Only a doctor knows the importance of this. Trust a doctor to know best how it can be done. Thats why Syrup Pepsin is such a marvelous help during colds. It is the prescription of a family doctor who specialized in bowel troubles. The discomfort of colds is always lessened when, it is used; your system is kept free from phlegm, mucus and acid wastes. The cold is broken-umore easily. Whenever the bowels need help. Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin is sure to do the work. It does not gripe or sicken; but Its action is thorough. It carries off all the souring waste and poison ; helps your bowels to help themselves. Take a spoonful of this family doctors laxative as soon as a cold starts, or the next time coated tongue, bad breath, or a bilious, headachy, gassy condition warns of constipation. Give it to the children during colds or whenever theyre feverish, cross or upset. Nothing in it to hurt anyone; it . contains only laxative herbs, pure pepsin and other mild ingredients. The way It tastes, and the way it acts have made it the fastest selling laxative the drugstore carries! - II to give a hooked It by three multiply lug.&)j,ig'4iristmas fQf9ntf floor, the chair,, and the footstool, if you please. Youi can make thejft gfff you can readily, purchase ,enj jljt way in sets of three. ,, And 'i whygriguing patternings and are showing ; JfcffftWFe planning color-ingJ- ! , t Wsought Iron Gifts Popular ,! . i' Trulli Farmhouses Near Alberobello, Italy. U searches the landscape In vain .for Prepared by the National Geographlo Society. Washington, D. C.) hoyses which are not trulli. There among mans dwelling are no others. In every direction of tfie UNIQUE are the trulli bbot one sees on! 'their quaint conical of Italys roofs. And, by one of the curiosities strange appearing, of structural custom here! 'one may, each topping a separate even at a distance, tell at a glance ii room. of how many rooms each house conThey are hidden away between' the sists; for, f if it hyve more than one obscure towns, of Francavilla and room, then eaeh additional room has on the edge of the billowing own conical roof. its hills of a limestone ridge, Le Murge, The trullo with one .cone may repwhich parallels the Adriatic, between resent a storehouse, or an animal two flat plain?, the Tavoliere di Lecce or the dwelling of one of the shelter, Tavoliere di to the south and the coutadini (country folk). Acpoorest tavo-iierto the north. Puglia Literally, to the means of the builder or cording means checkerboard, and the size of hid' family, as the increasing ' In . these Small rectafigular' farms - rooms be- adds' a cone above he adds plains, 'contrasting with each other in each so- - that larger trulli them of ; the varying colors 'of the' raw earth a present family group of two or three or the grain,1 or grass, or trees, susor ' (our, or even of seven or eight, tain the' figure! cones ineachj domestic unit. Francavilla is 21 miles east of TaThese houses make an instant apBrindisi! ranto, on the railway line to and here a leisurely second rate peal to, the imagination. In the little branch line meanders northwestward commune of Martina Franca alone ' there are nearly 2,000 trullL There 35 miles through roiling country to 25 miles from Alberobello, and thence In the same are more trulli iu the to the extent Francavilla Alberobello, direction to Bari. of the del of the Trulli (Region Ilaga Leaving Taranto, the train trails in the eastward t across reen fields dripping TrulJi), than there are nuraghi r of Sardinia. island with', the blood red of poppies : past entirp Beehives. Look Like Giant orchards pf peaches!' plums,1' cherries, As one looks out upon the bewilderjjlmonds, and young olives, 'or comparatively young olives for the youth ing multitude of' the strange cottages, of 'most any olive tree dates back by a cone or a group of cones every few centuries past grazing stretches mothundred, teet, in. all directions, for tled with yellow cows and black sheep, miles and miles, the effect is without a level terrain, and rich, If the numerparallel. It suggests not only a world of queer prehistoric tombs, or giant ous well built! farm establishments ' " " beehives, or Titanic candle snuffers, signify. At Francavilla it is necessary to but a world of petrified haystacks, or i a vast military camp of ancient Rochange to another train, which take man tents, abandoned and turned to one peeper into the heart of fhe counstone. It is difficult to tell whether try. The yardages ,on this branch Is elfin or Gargantuan, but the effect foothills of railway, reaching (nto the, It id. wholly unreal and indescribably Le Murjje, pre, merq toys, for size. 1' 1)1 ' There are , ncj second class' compartfascinating. One Is at first astonished by the apments so tliat the traveler is tempted to cast his lot with, thp third class. parently needless waste of material The carriages' are not sealed' off info and effort that goes into1 the building side walls, though selof a Jrullo.-I- ts compartments. dom so high as eight feet, vary In In the Murqian Hills thickness from five to amuch as sevThe train' sP6n' Ifeaivek' the checkeren and into board1 of Litres Rebind, (fpL This might, be interpreted as plimbs the rolling'1 country of the Murgian a survival of an age of deqded, habitations, but in reality the explanation hillsJ1' Vithld a fett miles th& Whole 1,1 lies life' ilndnatu'e of ip the. tillers necessity to rd his 'bhaDged. aspect One's ti'rt ' Sense ol this ci'iattti Is land,.Qf rock, so that he may cultivate its yftii,, wherftfiC 6r6wn"soii bfecolhes delicate, soil., (il " Ncyvhere in trulliland is to be seen 'Cvhite, the with itleMe(i ly Wthfese limestone , ridges. morq,thn a single, entrance door jin the! iflJjitiret walled . circumference of Gradually the Wines' iAcVease in size ,, and number, and with this increase even the largest trullo. Of windows, even under a group of the efroHs of' th4' peasants 'to disftoe of ithem Wme 'ibto 'evidence with the cones indicating several- - rooms, there ' low, lo'osely piled walls which begin 'are fftY I worthy of the name. Occa-- , sio la Mtr an opening appears iy, ttye. to ine the landscape.' And 'then, 'suddenly,1 one has' his wal,,iput it is rarely., more than la tneaes- - square, and (he wall about it firs! glimpse of the trulli1 strange high' bonical roofs rising,, is soj.jthick that, only a minimum of light ayd, not any sunshine can enter. tik4 pointed domes above low perpendicular' siAe" Walls. '' jrtLa.id. Without Mortar. . ,, The door is generally not more than .From the car'winttow It is! peen that( they are" buitt'Vf, kmall dat slabs or the height of a south Italians head, slates of11 held limestonel'j One latir, and the lintel Is horizontal. The on thife; in the mote pretenti-oii- s learns' that the 'construction is invafl-- , is uniform. It opens for a trrulli, Without mortar pr, tbatis, ably irjj d'jep round arch. The inner end ,of cement to told the stones together. 'this arch is walled and a thin secondThis fs the wonders ot oi ary wall is pierced by a small rectanconical rpof , ope - "i .i stone mapnry.and Its like fs probably gular 'door.' are laid flat, without stones The not to' be founq' any Where else. . lrobatily nowhere else" int the entire mortar 'or' cement, and there1 is ,no civilized world will one And more 4cosuggestion of a keystone. How.i then, I ; uoihica) houses.,. The material costs is this conical Examine a trullo iu courses of con- the builder dothing'.- - lie Is not even at the 'expense of carting, since he strction and the explanation, like the finds the stones on the spot where he explanation of, so many other mabuilds! The stbnhs are1 used in the rvel,' becomes simple. The 'builders e flat; irregular fdrm in which they crop chisel each 'and "every stone In circle-ttis(- e fashion them id so no there of the cost lay soil, They for out, ' 7 in afl ascending' and diminishing working' (ip the' material! farther mathis by1 Every1' stone In the dome of The gathering up terial for1 his house' helps to clear tils Is a keystone, for each one lauds, ahd do places bote soli at his wedges the others.1 This geometrical construction makes It more Solid than disposition for cultivation. Moreover, construction costs nothing but time, cement. " ' Another astonishing thing Is that for each farmer builds .his own trullo without the expense of architect or the ;rough, heavy slates are usually mason. Finally, It Is a building which laid two and often three stones to the seems to stand Indefinitely, with a width of a course, the courses circling and narrowing In diameter as they minimum of renewal or repair. In the region of the trulli one approach the top. ) I II I , I -- i I e - f ' , i , ( , ( t , In matter c of what to give for Christmas, fancy this years 'turns decidedly in the direction of. things made of wrought 'iron. The picture shows a mokt ornamental ' iron " flower-po- t rack' designed to hang in the window.1 Growing Vines and plants thus silhouetted against the window pane cast an indescribable beauty over the entire room Charming for a family gift for every member of the household ' will enjoy it.1 1 Yuletide Gift of Scissors ' i , t ' , 1 ' -- I lime-lade- n l&t'out-crtipiifng- s , )! Good-- - l IW scissors, with emphasis .placed on good, is a gift to be coveted, A present which combines utilitarian' worl,h, V'ith outer attractiveness such' scissors as the .set' of American-mad- e pictured is sure to prove a source of lasting Joy. Santa is delivering ihis very, choicest scissors in beautifully satin-linefancy leather cases. t i i d A Chic Gift Suggestion i -- i , , i . , i , , - dome-sustaine- key-stop- Mother, . wife, sister, sweetheart cousins, aunts and friends, there is not one of the fair sex who is style-wisbut will enthusiastically welcome a Yuletide gift of one of the new sets. , The neckbeaded wear departments are showing them in fascinating array. e, i collar-and-cu- ff - : p , To Produce Clean Cream Obey Few Precautions i Dairymen can Increase the demand for their dairy products and thereby benefit their industry by being careful to always produce clean cream, r says State Dairy Commissioner R. Freeman at the Colorado AgrI cultural college. Dr. , Caldwell's SYRUP PEPSIN A Doctor's Family Laxative Wnl-le- , W. B. IFOHECIKILIES , 'B.v following a few simple precautions, he says, dairymen can produce clean, well flavored cream that will raise the score of butter. These pre cautions, listed in a new circular just issued by the college extension service, are as follows: Tl. Daily grooming ot milk cows. Go Quichly ... From the time you make the first application they begin to fade like MAGIC. At all drug and dept, stores or by mail postpaid $1.25 and 65c. A copy of Beauty Secrets hREE. DR. C. H. BERRY CO, 89 7 5 Michigan Ave. Chicago ' 3-- 2. 3. Washed and sterilized equipment Proper cooling of cream. 4. Frequent deliveries. i Elaborate barns and expensive equipment are not necessary to produce clean milk, the commissioner says in this circular, copies of which As the may be obtained on request. milk eonies from the cow it is clean provided the 'animal is healthy. Outside contamination then Is the chief cjiuse of had flavors, rancid or yeasty conditions. Ammonia in Drinking Water use for ammonia is in treating water in combination with chlorine. To insure proper bactericidal action an excess of chlorine is usually 'added and the water thus treated lias a noticehaie and rather unpleasant taste. If ammonia is added to the chlorine, forming chloramine, the aniount of chldrine necessary is reduced to less than half the usual standard and the bactericidal action Is increased and made more thorough. Use Production Records , to Locate Best Animals Reason for Stubbornness Columbia university psychologist declares that children are most stubborn at two years, due to their first unconscious struggles to become personalities. Exchange. i A new ! A ,More and more we are understand ing the mode of inheritance by which the chief economic function of dairy cattle' is transmilted from parent to progeny. For a long time it has been known that breeding the best to' the b,fst Would lend to heget that which Is (jesired in animal breeding.' Onr chief problems now seem to be (1) improving our nienqs of flndingHieirest and (2) getting dairy farmers to use the best means we have.1 Testing for production records is the best means we have of measuring the chief economic funefipn ot dairy cattle. It works for good In two directions. , It finds i he best and the poorest animals, (t enables the breeder who, uses it to purify the transmitting powers of his best animals, by removing the influ ence of animals with undeslrabh-characters- . anl-fqnl- , IA'ftedNeigous GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO i i Dairy Hints 00000000000000000000000-0-0'Torn silage, does not keep well. See that the knives are sharp. . t 0 There are 42 tons of settled silage in a silo 12 feet' in diameter filled 20 feet high. 1,1 Cows that freshen in the fall produce more milk than those that ' freshen at any other time. . ;It is well to bear' ,n mind that milk from a given cow In normal condition always has the same composition. This year, with lower prices. Is an ideal time to select a good sire and should be used to an advantage. x . " Dont try to. see how little feed a dairy cow can get along with and still produce some milk. Do the opposite feed her all she can pdl I had a nervous breakdown and could not do the work I have to do around the house. Through one of your booklets I found how Lydia E. Pink-ham-s Vegetable Compound had helped other women and I went to the drug store and got me six bottles. It has done me good in more ways than one and now I work every day without having to lie down. I will answer all letters with Hannah M. Evers pleasure. Street, East St. meyer, 707 6 -- N-1- Louis, Illinois. |