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BLII7E STOCK H STOMACH WORMS IN SHEEP ARE MENACE Os the internal parasites common to sheep the stomach worm Is a real menace to the farm sheep Industry. While the parasite is found in sheep of all ages, lambs are principally af fected. The older sheep, although showing no symptoms of the parasite, are usually responsible for the spread of the disease. The worm Is thread-like, usually somewhat coiled, about an Inch in length and from a reddish tb dirty white in color. The parasite may be found in the fourth stomach of in fected animals at any time of year. The pest is transferred to healthy ani mals through pastures. The eggs, which are excreted from infected ani mals in the feces, hatch In from twelve to twenty-four hours. In ten to fourteen days the parasites reach the embryo stage, crawl to a blade of grass where they are eaten by the sheep. There are no visible diagnostic symptoms by which one can dis tinguish the disease from other in ternal parasitic diseases. A post mortem examination of a sick or re cently dead animal will show the presence or absence of the parasites. If present, the worms will be found near or imbedded In the walls of the fourth stomach. In general, the symptoms of Internal parasites of any kind are a dullness or lack of thrift in the animal followed by diarrhea. Eradication requires a combination of rotation of pastures and medical treatment. Infected pastures may be made safe by keeping sheep and cat tle off from them for a year. Burn ing over the pasture or cropping It one season Is also satisfactory. Often times, infected flocks that can be moved every two or three weeks to non-tnfected pastures show marked improvement. There are three different medical treatments that may be used satis factorily, namely: the coal-tar creo sote, the nicotine sulphate, and the blue vitriol or copper sulphate treat ment. In case any of the treatments are to be used, the flock should be fasted from twelve to twenty-four hours before treating and for four hours afterwards. Clean House Essential for Success With Pigs A clean hog house is the first requi site in connection with raising a healthy crop of pigs, says the Nebras ka Agricultural college. Merely scrap ing, shoveling and sweeping the dirt out of a shed does not make that shed safe for new-born pigs. Round-worm eggs and tilth-born disease germs which are the sources of our most destructive pig troubles are micro scopic in size and thousands of them may be contained in the dirt and filth which can only be removed by washing. The only way to destroy worm eggs is to boil them. A good disinfectant will destroy the germs which cause bull-nose, mange, pig typhoid, etc. To make the hog house safe, scrub it with boiling lye water. The lye will cut the dirt. Then spray all posts and walls with a solution of liquid cresolis (30 to 1) and put in fresh clean bedding. Dehorning Makes Stock Farming More Pleasant Feeders shipped to markqt often sustain losses from fighting in crowd ed cars when not dehorned. In short, dehorning is one of the little jobs that makes farming more pleasant and profitable and one that should be done when there is least danger of the wounds becoming Infected Flies tend to Irritate the exposed cuts and some times cause trouble. Extremely cold weather is also unfavorable. Conse quently, the humane and economical method is to treat the buttons when they are first found on the head of the young calf. H-l 11 11 11 I1 : 'I"1"H"I 1 I Live Stock Notes ,|"1..1„H..H"i 11 11 11 1 M To make the hog house safe, scrub it with boiling lye water. The lye will cut the dirt. • • • Horses like alfalfa stems. Refuse from the cattle racks is very accept able to horses. # * * Hogs can be fed economically and do well even without pasture, but they need a great variety of food. • * * Sheep follow their leader and dis eases follow sheep, if the master does not follow proper prevention prac tices. • • • Hog raisers find the market hard to please; a fact which makes hog rais ing an unsafe business for indifferent men. • * » Good management of the sheep flock requires careful advance planning. Prepare now for the lambing season. Look to your sheds and equipment. * * * In most cases the cause of under sized and stunted colts is the lack of proper rations, which Is a condition that should not exist where feed ■tuffs can be grown abundantly ARTFUL SELF-TRIM POPULAR) FEATURE WIDE-BRIM HATS WHEN It comes to one’s “company frock” or one’s “Sunday best,” any little girl wants it just as dainty In coloring as the flowers of spring. Herein lies the secret of the popularity of crepe de chine for children’s dresses. No matter how delicate its tint. It is thoroughly practical. An other point In favor of crepe de chine for junior frocks is. It lends itself so charmingly to “self-trim" decorative schemes. Even the roses at the girdle on the pretty little dress In the picture are conjured of the selfsame material as the gown itself. So are the fiutlngs set In rows about the sleeves and the ■ i n t JBr & fell 111,, ssas *"***" Junior Crepe de Chine Frock skirt, stopping short Just in time to better display a perfectly plain front panel. Mothers make wise selection In a gown like this, for little daughter will be tastefully frocked therein at any and every dress-up occasion and as an informal party dress this model Is Ideal. Self-trim with crepe de chine as the medium is effectively achieved through pin-tucks In many of the junior frocks In the summer collection. A very lovely dress in powder blue Is allover pin-tucked from lace yoke to hem, with a row of crystal buttons up and down the front supplemented with a side frill of lace the entire length. Rows of plcoted ruffles are charm ingly disposed on some of the prettiest models and the tiered skirt is again featured. Smocking of accordion plait- Collection of Summer Hats (ng is artfully introduced, this handi work applied to the yoke and on the skirt Just below the waistline. Voile Is competing with crepe de chine this season. Ruffles of self ma terial and hemstitching are largely em ployed in the fashioning of these col orful voile frocks. Coral and yellow predominate among the high voile shades, while for crepe de chine peach, orchid and turquoise are favored. Among the newest variations in voile dresses are the Roman stripes. After all the “to be or not to be” discussion in regard to wide THE LYONS PROGRESS, LYONS, GEORGIA, brims. the question Is at last settled, and to the Joy of the “summer girl,’ In the affirmative. Not only Is there a plentiful showing of large drooping shapes throughout the summer collec tion of French models, but picturesque leghorns and transparent hair bodies are especially featured by American designers of the hat beautiful. Black Chantilly lace as fine as fra gile cobweb forms the unique scarf which so gracefully drapes the wide brimmed hat shown at the top of the accompanying millinery group. This model of both picturesque and style appeal Is of the new canvas straw, bleached very white to accord with the glistening snow-white lace-covered : satin which scarfs It so charmingly. The applique flowers covering the crown of the huge chlffon-brlmmed hat to the right present a color study* which can be credited to the creative j genius of not other than an artist born. Artcraft as applied to hand made flowers and fantasies Is an out standing note of millinery designing. The vogue for ostrich is in the as cendency. Pastel ostrich in rainbow effects iq one of the delights of this summer’s millinery. It Is the place ment of lovely ostrich plumage all over the crown and part of the brim, which gives so entrancing an aspect to the mauve transparent hair hat portrayed to the small circle in tuts group. Even the fascination of such lovely large picture hats as are here shown fall to dislodge the little cloche from its pedestal of fame. There Is Irre sistible coquetry In the demure brim of a bonnet such as Is shown to the right herewith. Powder blue pyroxi llne braid and gay printed silk com bine In the making of this naive model with a cluster of mother of pearl disks to complete its ensemble. The other bonnet owes its effective ness to Its unique trim of narrow motrs ribbon. JULIA BOTTOMLEY (©. 1914, Western Newspajxr Union.) EIGHT-YEAR-OLD YOUTH PREVENTS WRECK OF TRAIN Discovers Earth-Slide in Canyon in Time to Stop Destruction of Freight. Portland, Ore. —Oregon’s youngest hero Is Warren Loffer, age eight. He prevented a train wreck, per haps saved some lives at West Fork. Ore., and the Southern Pacific rail road was not slow in acknowledging what this little sou of a section hand had done. Warren was walking along the rail road track near Ills home, in a big can yon, walled by high mountains. There was a rumbling, and a great mass of ea-rtli, stones, trees and other debris came down in an avalanche over the track. The rails were cov-« ered for a depth of six feet. The slide j was near a big curve. Warren’s observation tohl him that if a train came around that curve, nothing could stop it from plowing Into the slide. He knew the train would be hurled down the bank if it hit the obstruction. So, as fast as his legs could carry hinl he ran down the track toward the railroad station. It was more than half a mile away. Warns Station Agent. There was a freight train due at any moment. As he paused to pant for breath a warning whistle echoed from down the canyon. The train was ap proaching. The boy hurried on. Finally he got near enough to the station agent to As Fast as His Legs Could Carry Him. shout his warning. The station agent couldn’t hear what the boy cried at first, but a second shout told him and he moved the big levers that set the block arms. In a moment the heavy freight came rolling in. and stopped. The little boy sat down on a pile of rails, panted for breath, and forgot all about it. Butrin the busy offices of the South ern Pacific in Portland an official read a report. E. L. King, superintendent of the Portland division, wrote out a check. Now Warren Loffer has a nice start toward a savings bank account. Canine Hero Saves Fox Terrier From Drowning Salem, Ore, —Salem claims the hon or of having a dog whose nerve is not exceeded by any in the country. While wandering along Mill creek Shep, owned by P. M. Hill of this city, discovered a small fox terrier puppy flouting helplessly down the stream. The animal apparently was exhausted and was unable to reach the bank. Shep plunged into the stream and brought the puppy to shore. Not con tent with this feat, Shep then picked up the terrier with his teeth and car ried him to the home of his master. Word of the rescue was sent to local veterinarians, who applied restora tives and saved the puppy front death. He and Wife Meet in Jail Long Beach. Cal.—While Frank D. Jackson, fifty-five, of Pittsfield. Mass., a prfcmer, was asleep in the city Jail recently his wife and ten-year-old son applied for a bed In the same place. Husband and wife had not seen each other for ten years. Jackson was ar rested here on advices from Pittsfield, pending investigation of bigamy and desertion charges against him. Police here report he deserted his wife and four children ten years ago. Cat Had Ten Lives Pittsburgh.—Artisans were placing the last of the marble slabs around the walls of a bank In Pittsburgh when a cat was discovered behind the slabs. All efforts with cream and other dain ties failed to coax her out; neither could she be caught with wire hooks or other devices. The whole day was wasted while the marble setters waited. Finally a small boy—a very small hoy—crawled into the crevice »nd bnraght cut Tabble—and nine kit tens. Spanish Type of House Is Distinctive and Comfortable | 3 ±_o i T.. • -TV ; . IMBMI— japM—— —— _ ■ HIM r 'Sul JSL / Uj. ffV -fr c “' - ■ ' pj STOwynJi •.'Vv; t ti i '-l w i • ii ijlMTcniN* Jj TC I, .. / *[ ■ SjSj <1 . 'UL LIJ t±Jl J wtr ? s'y 7 ,i ;- S fvS . I7JNING Q S* *"L ’ ' < \r * \wnß>i-jOR jJI r&OOft 'a * “a. 9* " \ n, S <s * - p rook\ * V | - \» £— * J i uwins soon cjuuns jS. j byiNSL"I ] e —ml tV. EBR, vrv,§.^“T.- t§j& ROOM\ 'MS**- l t7 ft I'se 1 A n £ | -1 11 '■ -I'"inltß? -ROOK I -» a TRLNCtI POOTtS I TIRRACL ■ ""■L4 ■ ■ IfM 1 . j i S •• > *./ •vU - . PLAN WAL ". acAun^.i-tf- By WILLIAM A. RADFORD Mr. William A. Radford will answer questions and srlve aJvice FREE; OF COST on all subjects pertaining; to the subject of 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 sub jects. Address all inquiries to William A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue. Chicago, 111., and only inclose two-cent stamp for reply. “My home must be of an unusual type” is one of the conditions often made by those who are preparing to build a new home. A home of the modern renaissance of the Spanish type, such as Is shown here, meets the desire for a residence of a distinctive and comfortable type. Houses of this type owe their Amer ican origin to the Spanish pioneers who reproduced on the new coutiuent the typical architecture of old Spain. Like Spain, America has extremes of climate which range from the heat of the southland to the rigors of the northern winters. This is a type of Hallway Is Barometer of Personality of Homemaker The hallway offers the visitor a first Impression of your home. It Is a sort of barometer by which the newcomer will unconsciously Judge the personal ity of the homemaker. Whether large or small the hallway should be inviting. It should be fur nished In good taste, blending the in formal with the formal. If the re mainder of the house Is decorated in the informal atmosphere of a cozy apartment or small home, the hall should offer this atmosphere with a touch of the formal about It. That note will make the intimate rooms more attractive by contrast. There are so many different types of hallways, from the extremely small one to the “living hall,", that It is-not practical to offer spqglflc methods pf decorating. Yet ever* hallway, re gardless of size, sfimijd be equipped with the essential Accessories. A chair or bench for guests who may have to wait. A console table which provides a mirror by which lucOmlpg or depart ing guests can give a •■final survey of if their appearance. A tray for letters should be provided and a plate for calling cards. An umbrella stand of fers a splendid service. When these details have been pro vided. the hallway can be “dressed" to suit the remainder of the home. Simplicity should be the keynote of the foyer as gaudy decorations are out of the pale of. good taste. Make Contract Include Every Item Agreed Upon The purchaser of property who takes for granted that certain Im provements will be made Is more than likely to be disappointed unless he holds a written agreement. It seems to be an almost universal habit for the seller to lose Interest in the buyer Im mediately the transaction has been consummated and the money turned over, and through this condition It Is very unwise to trust to oral agree ments. Investigation and survey of the ab stract county records, etc., are abso lutely necessary, and the purchaser who buys without following out this fine of procedure has himself to blame construction which can be made cool In summer and warm In winter. The exterior is of a vari-colored stucco, against which the brightly col ored awnings stand out in bright con trast. The warm red of the tiled roof and the grass-defined flags of the walk and driveway are two other effective color touches. The most striking feature of the in terior is the living room, which has a chapel celling, Iff feet high, which makes the room most impressive. The French windows open on the semi patio, which seems to be preferred in America to the inclosed patio typical of the real Spanish home. The terrace off the dining room Is an attractlce feature, Iwhlle the kitch en and pantry are atVauged for con- * venience. The three bedrooms are well arranged and of adequate size. The outside dimensions of the house are 36 by 49 feet. Notice that the complete electrical wiring system is ludicated in the floor plan. when It Is discovered the property has been sold for taxes and tlie title # clouded through this condition. Title guarantee or title Insurance Is the only safe means of protection. This guarantees against fraud in the trans fer of the property, but does not guar antee verbal agreements as to repairs and changes. In this matter one must protect himself by writing in the con tract the items agreed upon. Steel Basement Windows Practical and Artistic The great superiority of high-grade steel windows for basement use is well recognized by all who have used them. This refers to the solid steel window, windows built of solid steel bars, not to hollow metal windows. Solid'steel windows are artistic and serviceable, permit of more light and air, and are unaffected by climate. They cannot swell or warp and re quire no refitting. The steel wirfdow Is' now placed on the market In standard sizes, which permits of Its use for residential pur pose. and through this condition is generally being used in the better built homes for basement use, almost to the exclusion'of all other types. Locate With Care Location of the tree may determine ■ its selection as well as soil and cli mate. If there is smalt space which may be devoted to the future develop ment of the tree, says the American Tree association of Washington. It would not be satisfactory to plant one which will attain huge proportions. More than any other determining fea ture In tree selection Is the purpose which the tree Is to serve. For a 2-cent stamp for postage the associ ation will send tree-planting sugges tions. The planter should study trees growing In his Immediate neighbor hood and pick out the variety which will best serve his needs. Drawers in Kitchen Under the dish closet In the kitchen Is an excellent place to hare drawers Installed. If at least three of these drawers are no deeper than four or five inches, towels and dishcloths may i be kept and found.