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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER Bernard H. Ewer, Editor and Prop. SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 Per Year in Advance matter Feb, Entered as second-clas- s 8, 1929, at the post office Randolph, Utah, under the Acc of Mar. 3, 1879. Combination of Face Brick and Siding Makes Attractive Home CLEAN GROUND IS BEST FOR RANGES i 4 One of Most Important Points in Growing Pullets. CLEAN QUARTERS l. ARE MOST VITAL Clean ground for ranging is one of the most - important points in the growing of healthy pullets which will become vigorous and profitable layers, it is pointed out by the poultry husbandry department of the Ohio ' State university. mortalA large percentage of the ity in the growing flock, as well as in the matured laying flock, is caused either directly or indirectly by intestinal parasites, P. B. Zumbro, poultry specialist, says in a rpcent extenThese parsion service publication. disease germs, as well many asites, as are carried over from year to year in Pigs Cannot Escape Parasites in Foul Pens. Probably there is no more common or more serious parasite of domestic animals than the common roundworm of swine. These worms, says R. F. Bourne of the veterinary division, Colorado Agricultural college, ordinarily occur in the small Intestines but are frequently found Invading the adjacent organs, particularly the bile ducts of the liver. It is practically impossible to raise pigs free from worms in quarters which have been used for hog raising for years because the soil is polluted with millions of eggs passed by animals of previous years, each egg containing a live embryo ready to launch its attack when ingested by the young pig. Because of this fact it is important that all farrowing pens be either located on clean ground or that they be thoroughly scrubbed with boiling water and lye. Ordinary antiseptics do no good in so far as destroying worm larvae is concerned. Pigs born into a clean environment and kept free from contact with old infected pens escape the various hazards accompanying worm infestation. It is desirable to move them from these clean pens into open fields or pastures wherever this Is possible and to keep them away from infected quarters until they are at least four or five months of age. A good deal can be accomplished by ordinary sanitary measures in removing the filth which accumulates in hog pens and in the use of sanitary wallows. Removal of worms from adult pigs is best done by a qualified veterinarian since no simple treatment seems to be very effective.' , A beauty in a combination of face brick and siding. Notice the simplicity and harmony of each part with every other and study the unusual floor plans. By W. A. RADFORD Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and give advice FREE OF COST on all subjects pertaining to practical home building, for the readers of this paper. On account of his wide experience as editor, author and manufacturer, he is, without doubt, the highest authority on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago, 111., and only Inclose two-cestamp for reply. lf I Shrinkage in Weight of Shipping Steers . When steers are shipped to market there is always some shrinkage or loss in weight By proper handling it is possible to reduce this loss. Steers which have been getting a full feed of corn and alfalfa hay should have their grain somewhat reduced a day or two before shipping and given mostly prairie hay or fodder in place of alfalfa. Steers which have been getting a good deal of silage should be fed dry fodder before ment to market Arrange to ship so that the cattle will arrive at the stock yards during the night or early in the morning so they can take on a fill before the buyers bid on them. e Live Stock Hints i Most njpn will do fairly well to keep an ordinary supply of live stock in good condition and, paying its way. This year. there Is a nation-widmovement among sheep raisers to put on a docking and castrating campaign. e As in the case of all other live stock, care and attention are the main essentials in producing good hogs for early market good hog oiler kept filled with old e oil, diluted with coal oil, and a little coal tar dip added, will hold the Jlce In check and keep down mange or scurf. ' . A crank-cas- Since prevention is always the cheapest remedy, all sheep should be carefully dipped twice each spring, soon after shearing. The cost is small, the benefit considerable; on land on which There are a great many different building materials which used alone make an attractive home. However, some people desire a combination of two materials, thereby securing an In the home. home building design shown in the accompanying Illustration a combination of face brick and wood is used to good advantage. While the house opening is the through a double-casedining room which is a front corner room with five windows, making it a light and airy place for the family meals. Back of the dining room is the kitchen, 9 feet by 11 feet. An open stairway leads out of one side of the living room to a central hall on the second floor. Off this hall opens three bedrooms, two at the front being large, one 11 feet by 14 feet, and the other 10 feet by 16 feet 6 inches. There is a small back bedroom which is 9 feet 6 inches square. The bathroom opens off tire upstairs hall at the head of the stairs. One attractive feature of this home is the roof projection at the front over both windows the living and dining-rooand tha colonial type open porch with boxed pillars and a gable roof. The house is of frame construction and set on a concrete foundation with a single brick veneer wall below. d one-thir- one-ha- Zumbro urges that chick ranges be no other chicks have been raised or old hens ranged, for at least two years. Alfalfa, he says, makes one of the best chick ranges. Clover Is almost as good, and blue grass comes next. Many poultry men think an alfalfa or clover field Is too valuable for rearing chicks. This Is a mistake. Poultry grown on good range will give a return equal to that from any live stock, or better. Good results can be obtained by having two or more ranges, and a crop can be grown in the meantime. This method will provide clean range and will enable the owner to have the brooder house near the farmhouse, saving time in going to and from the house. When this method Is used, one acre of land should be provided for each 500 chicks. As will be seen by the floor plans which accompanies the exterior view, all of these rooms are of unusual good size. The entrance door leads directly info the living room, which is 16 feet 6 and 22 feet long. At the right nt Money in Raising Pigs by Saving Little Ones The sure way to make money raising pigs is to save them. Every little pig that is lost increases the cost d of those saved. Very commonly to the pigs farrowed die before weaning time. A pig at jfarrowing time Is worth or has cost approximately $3, and it pays well to keep as many of them alive as possible. Aim to be on hand when the sow farrows to see that everything goes well and that the little pigs get Itheir first meal as soon as possible. Then, be sure they have a place to ikeep warm. Have a guard rail around the pen or a protected corner with most of the bedding in this protected place. the soil. three bedrooms and a bath upstairs. is not large the brick walls up to the second floor still give it an air of solidity, likewise the contrast of the wood above helps to take this house out of the commonplace. The home is 30 feet long and 24 feet deep and contains six rooms, living room, dining room, kitchen downstairs and House Wiring Needs Services of Expert When you push a button or turn a switch in your home and your lamps light, your flatiron or curling Iron gets hot, your washing or sewing machine begins to move or your refrigerator begins to chill, you know what happens, but do you know why it happens? Do you know how the electric current, one of the most frequently used agencies brings heat and cold, light and motion all at the same time? Maybe if you understood it better you could use it better. In this day when practically everything is being done electrically the tendency is to put heavier fuses in the circuit and attach, on every kind of an appliance possible. This is in line with modern progress and very commendable, but a few precautions should be given before loading up a circuit too heavily. When electric current? passes through a conductor of any sort it heats it up. This is commonly no- ticed in the various heating appliances and the lights that are used in' a home. A flatiron will become very hot while Ihe cord to It will become but moderately warm, due to the difference in resistance used. The more current that is passed through a wire the hotter it becomes. Large wires will carry more current than small wires without heating up as much. The ordinary home, if wired a number of years ago, has rather small wiring, designed only to carry a light load of lights. If this system is taxed with a number of devices such as flatirons, heaters and motors, the amount of current that these wires must carry is increased. A few extra floor lamps or a small motor .for a - washing machine, etc.,, will not appreciably increase the lighting load, but the addition of a number of heating appliances, stoves and other things consuming large amounts of current should have the approval of home-makin- g current-consumin- g Wonderful Feats With Turkeys Are Reported Chuca for Inventors Efficiency engineers view with alarm the great amount of valuable material which Is wasted In the tin cans which primarily contain food products of one kind or another and which find their way to the dump. The amount of tin represented is very considerable and should be put to better use. Consequently there Is a call for something which will be a substitute for the tin can. The requirements are that the understudy should be light and of cheap production. mosquito Bites Really wonderful results with turkHANFORD'S eys are reported from the Ontario government turkey farm in Norfolk county. Years ago this province used Ilona? back for Bnt bottla If nt ralted. Alldaobn. to raise turkeys by the thousands but disease got In and flocks have Proper Response been diminishing to such an extent Little John, not yet two years old, that each year thousands of birds are having been brought in from the West The dis- was sitting in his ease puzzled people and except where taken by his mother to the grocery, there was unlimited range the rais- when a friendly shopper presented ing of turkeys languished. Even in him with a cookie. His vocabulary the places where there was plenty of consists only of detached words, bnt range, such as in the rocky districts as Thank you Is among them, his hopeful mother prompted him: What on the edge of forest lands, difficulties in the shape of foxes and wolves do you say to the nice lady, John? Clutching the cookie in his plump were encountered. It looked for a fist he gurgled More! while as if there would be practically no turkeys raised in Ontario. But Juvenile Sherlocking Prof. W. R. Graham took hold of the , Visitor And where Is your mother soon and out he found that the thing disease came from the ground and the today, Freddy? Boy I think she's gone to see germs were so hardy that they could live over in the coldest weather. He grandma. She put on her longest adopted the plan of feeding every- skirt thing in troughs and moving these We expect frivolity In youth; alarm troughs each day and his results have been unusually successful. Losses is to be felt only when It Is not outhave been light on the experimental grown at thirty. turkey farm and some excellent birds raised. Balsam of go-car- an experienced electrician before installation. Electric ranges installed in such old homes should have separate wiring installed. This can be done at a small expense. The dealer who sells a 'new appliance can give the wiring of your home an Inspection and advise you if additional wiring is necessary. Tells of Methods to Prevent Leaky Roofs tYJyrrh t, Poultry Notes Drippy leaks that come with every It pays to worm the poultry. rain or snow storm irritate the nerves, as well as cause damage to furniture, It requires 21 days to hatch hen walls and floors. J. Paul Atwood eggs. writes of ways to prevent leaks of the , i roof in the Peoples Home Journal. - Care must be taken that chicks do He advises the placing of a new not crowd in corners and smother. flashing around the chimney or stand pipe on the roof to close a had leak.' Shut the sheep In at night, allow Buy some flashing, he says, copper ing them to bed in the corral or shed. is best, hut you may use lead, zinc or galvanized Iron. Mark out a Coccldlosls usually occurs In young area around the pipe and carechicks from two to six weeks of age. fully remove the shingles. Then fit i f a piece of metal around the vent pipe, When the poults are about, eight as well as over the area that yon have weeks old, they can be removed to uncovered, and nail it down with good the rearing ground. f nails To prevent rain or snow from working Its way down beTapeworms' have been named as tween the pipe and the flashing, get a the cause of death of 50 per cent of threaded iron cap and screw this the chickens in some flocks. down. Next you must relay the shingles. Drive the nails in a few inches Changing breeds every year has from where the old ones were. never yet been found a safe foundaThe most vulnerable portions of a tion for a profitable poultry business. roof, continues this writer, are the valleys, the ridge, the gutters, and the A month lost in growing out pullets slopes where chimney, dormer or other means the loss of a months producstructure penetrate. A roof with a few tion next fall when eggs are a good angles, few penetrations and a good price. slope is the best. The slope should never be less than thirty degrees with Any variety of wheat is good for the horizontal and all " projections poultry, , In, fact, small undeveloped: should be kept away from the valleys shriveled wheat if dry is even better If they arent, there Is bound to b& than the fully developed kernel. ' trouble, for the snow and water will The farmer who produces eggs of not be able to flow off freely, and after a while ft will back up, work it? way uniform color, weighing an average under the shingles, forcing them fur- of 23 ounces per dozen, and which ar ther open until you have a leak. .held In a cool cellar, can ship to eastern markets bv express to advantage. . .... good-size- d SAME PRESCRIPTION - rust-proo- , HE WROTE IN 1892 When Dr. Caldwell started to practice medicine, back in 1875, the needs for a laxative were not as great as today. People lived normal lives, ate plain, wholesome food, and got plenty of fresh air. But even that early there were drastic physics and purges for the relief of constipation which Dr. Caldwell did not believe were good for human beings. The prescription for constipation that he used early in his practice, and which he put in drug stores in 1892 under the name of Dr. Caldwells Syrup Pepsin, is a liquid vegetable remedy, intended for women, children and elderly people, and they need just such a mild, safe stimulant. This prescription has proven its worth and is now the largest selling liquid laxative. It has won the confidence' of bowel ration, loss of appetite and sleep, bad Breath, dyspepsia, colds, fevers. At your druggist, or writs Syrup Pepsin," Dept. BB, Moaticello, Illinois, for free trial bottle. |