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PROPER ATTENTION TO BREEDING EWE ;
DURING AUTUMN SEASON IS DESIRABLE
Extra Labor and Care at This Time Will be Repaid Many Times
Over at Lambing Time—Rape Makes One of Most
Excellent Feeds for Flock.
(By ELMER HENDERSON.)
A flock of ewes just weaning lambs
and In thin flesh at the time of con
ception are apt to be very poor sub
jects. for riiaternlty In the spring. No
matter how well the ewe may be fed
just previous to the time of lambing,
she will not be in her best condition
to nourish her offspring unless she is
In fair condition at the time of mat
ing.
The reason is at once apparent. If
a ewe is thin when she Is bred the
burden of growing the young is too
much of a strain upon her to allow of
her gaining much flesh. This brings
us to what Is known as •‘flushing”
among old shepherds.
Flushing may be defined as putting
the ewe upon highly succulent and
nutritious feeds just previous to mat
ing.
I have said before that it was neces
sary to have the ewe in good flesh at
the mating season. This is just the
object of flushing.
It has been found by all practical
shepherds that a pint of grain in
September is worth a quart at lamb
ing time. The reason is that the ewe
fed grain in the fall has very little
burden to bear tn the shape of the
growing young, while in the case of
the ewe heavy with lamb all the food
eaten goes mostly to nourish the
foetus. It will be inferred that if
grain will make the difference in the
Flock of Hampshire Downs on an English Farm.
condition of the ewe. grass will do
the same thing—and this is just what
happens. The ewe that has plenty of
good nutritious grasses in the fall is
almost sure to come to lambing time
in good heart and raise a good, lusty
lamb, while the reverse is true of the
ewe that is not given a good chance.
Flushing is especially desirable Ln
large flocks where it is desirable to
have the ewes all lamb at nearly the
same time.
With many flockmasters it is con
sidered desirable to have the ewes
bred as early as possible so as to
have the lambs ready for the early
and therefore best market.
It has been found that by flushing
the ewes they may be made, to breed
earlier than they would otherwise, and
most of them will lamb in a compar
atively short period.
It is well known that ewes come in
heat with the coming of cool weather,
and it is probably true that the fresh,
palatable grass, by cooling the sys
tem and Invigorating the ewe by a
fresh flow of blood. Infuses into her
PREVENTING DISEASE
IS MOST DESIRED
Many Farmers Realize That
When Hogs Are Taken Sick
the Case Demands Quick
Action.
ft Is of the greatest importance in
the care of the swine that the owner
should always have in view the pre
vention of disease rather than the
cure. Hogs are subject to but few
diseases, and these are malignant,
epidemic or contagious of the most
serious type. It is very difficult to
give medicine to a Fick hog, and this,
combined with the rapid course of the
disease which affects them, makes the
treatment of disease very unsatisfac
tory in severe cases of hog cholera,
pneumonia, etc.
The average stockman calls every
disease hog cholera which affects his
bogs. A well-known professor of Cor
nell gives fifteen different diseases
that, are generally called hog cholera.
Many of these diseases are very seri
ous. and run their course so rapidly
that sometimes a few days’ neglect
causes the loss of nearly an entire
herd of hogs. This explains why one
farmer will take a remedy and cure
his hogs, when perhaps his nearby
neighbor will take it and not obtain
such good results. In nine cases out ।
of ten it will depend on whether the
farmer is careful and systematic in |
following the directions not alone in [
giving the treatment, but also in
new vigor which puts her in much the
same condition that she is in the ad
vent of cool weather.
Whether this is the reason or not
does not matter to the farmer If he
knows whether this or some other
reason applies, he gets the results
looked for, which is of vastly more
importance.
OftentlmA the means nearest at
hand are the best and this is true in
our particular case. The meadow is
always at hand and could easily be
used for fall feed for the ewes. The
aftermath that springs up tn the fall
makes good growth and furnishes a
very nutritious and highly palatable
food. If there is some clover In It so
much the better, as there is no food
better for sheep.
Rape makes a very excellent footj
and I am very partial to It. A small
patch of rape sown in the summer,
by this time is large enough to make
a lot of good feed. Another way is to
sow rape in the corn at the last culti
vation and turn the sheep in the corn.
If a few sheep are turned into a lot
of rape and corn they may be allow
ed to run there for some time before
they will in any" way damage the
corn.
Then, too, this furnishes fine feed
for the lambs after the ewes are tak
en out. They may be allowed to run
here all fall and will live on the rape
and lower blades of corn, and if the
corn is not down too much they will
not bother the ear.
Where it is intended to make rape
and corn serve this double purpose of
pasturing the ewes and the weaned
lambs it is well to plant a lot of
pumpkins for feed for the lambs later
in the fall. They will do their own
gathering and they are the best pos
sible vermifuges.
However well your fail pasture is it
is always well to remember that a lit
tle grain will not come amiss, and I
believe it would pay every sheep own
er to feed a half pound of oats to his
sheep every day during the fall and
winter, even though they are on lux
uriant pasture.
There are many other ways of car
ing for the ewes than the ones men
tioned. The only point of great im
portance is to give good, green food
and lots of It. What the kind of food
will be, every farmer can best decide
for himself, but this much is certain:
All extra labor with the ewe flock at
mating season will be repaid many
times over at the lambing period.
using disinfectants and the general
care. (
Many farmers realize that when
hogs are taken sick the case demands
immediate attention if they expect to
save any of their hogs. Some farm
ers are very careless and wait till
the disease is well started, and even
then do not pretend to follow direc
tions. It is surprising that these
careless farmers save any of their
hogs after disease starts.
AH these facts simply go to prove
that the sensible way is to handle
your hogs in such away as to pre
vent disease. Build up and Improve
the constitutional strength. This is
what will save you great loss from
hog cholera. When your hogs are
sick with the worst kind of hog chol
era we do not believe anything will
help them, and the safer way In such ;
cases is to take an ax and kill them
at once, and then burn the remains.
This is for the malignant form of hog
cholera. In a majority of cases they
do not have this very fatal form, and
they can be cured with the proper
treatment.
Sets Strawberries Late.
I have had good success setting
strawberry plants In the fall if they
are set late enough and some miser
able failures from setting them in
August or the early part of Septem
ber. I think if the plants are left
growing until their crowns are well
formed and then set out as late as
। November 1, I have gained something
I says a writer in an exchange. Unlest
| I had time to set them very early ir
; the spring I would trust to late fa.”
Retting.
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NOT AJISEASE
But a Symptom, a Danger Sig*
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Righteous Indignation.
Little Ruth was the youngest daugh
ter in a very strict Presbyterian fam
ily that especially abhorred profanity.
One day little Ruth became exceed
ingly exasperated with one of her dol
lies. In her baby vocabulary she could
find no words to express adequately
her disapproval of dolly’s conduct.
Finally, throwing the offending dol
ly across the room, she cried, feel
ingly:
"My gracious! I wish I belonged
to a family that sweared!”
His Point of Vantage.
The mayor of a small town was try
ing a negro for abusing his wife. She
claimed he got drunk and tried to
beat her, and she hit him.
The mayor turned to their little girl
and asked:
“Girl, was your father under the
influence of whisky when your mother
hit him?"
“No, sah. He was under the kitchen
table," she very quickly replied.—
Mack’s National Monthly.
HEAD FULL OF DANDRUFF
1802*ReynoIds & 34th St., Savannah,
Ga. —“My head began to get sore and
all around the edges got white with
the disease until I was quite scared.
I thought all my hair would drop out. .
It came out by handfuls, and my head '
itched so I nearly scratched the skin :
off. It was full of dandruff which ;
showed plainly in my hair. I also
had trouble with my hand. It peeled
every time I put it in water, and it
was so badly disfigured that every
body noticed it and asked me what it
was. It was red, and burned awfully.
“My mother tried several things but
they were unsuccessful, and it seemed
as if nothing did it any good until I
started to use Cuticura Soap and Oint- :
ment. It had lasted about four weeks. I
but then it started getting well and ;
my hair stopped falling completely.
Now it 1b cured. My hair Is now nice
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Timely Reminder.
“We are still mining ore, growing
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“Why do you tell me that?” in
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i country is producing something be
sides politics.”
DOES Yorn HEAD ACHE 7
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Serious One.
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"He cut his wife out of his will.’’
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MORAL FOR THE MONEY-MAD
Hope of Becoming Millionaires About
on a Par With the Washer
woman’s Delusion.
Pro/ Warren M. Beidler of Bethel,
Pa., in a recent address made the
striking assertion that the American
people, money-mad, taught their chil
dren how to earn a living, but not
how to live.
“There is no viler, and there is no
vainer ambition,” said Professor Beid
ler to a reporter, “than that of the
American boy to become a millionaire.
What percentage of our boys do be
come millionaires? It would take a
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believe me!
“The boy who sets his heart on a
million fares like the washerwoman
who set her heart on a cross-eyed
aeronaut.
“ T hear you married that cross-eyed
aeronaut last week?” said a friend.
“‘Yes, I did,’ replied the washer
woman, as she rocked back and forth
over her tub. "Yes, I married him,
and I gave him SSOO out of my buildin’
association to start an airship fac
tory.’
“ ‘That so?’ said the friend. ‘Where
is he now?’
“‘I don’t know,’ said the washer
woman. ‘l’m waitin’ for him to come
back from his honeymoon.’ ”
Explains the Undertaker’s Grouch.
“Who Is that fellow sitting humped
up and muttering to himself out there
on the horse block?”
“Aw, that’s Ezra Toombs, the under
taker,” replied the landlord of the
Skeedee tavern. “He’s feeling sore
over the way his business has been
going of late. You see, the doctor
gave Judge Feebles two weeks to live;
that was six weeks ago, and the judge
is up and around now and figgerin’ on
marryin’ again. Every time Ezra
meets the doctor he asks him, ‘How
about it, hey?’ and they have a row.
And now he’s sittin’ out there watch
ing a tramp painter gilding the weath
er vane of the church, across the
street. Ezra says, by Heck, he’s about
ready to move away, things is so dead
here.” —Kansas City Star.
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Mr. Monkey—Yes, my dear; I or
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That was a very wise Cambridge
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' tellers were talking some time ago.
One of his college friends finding him
self without funds, went to this Sol
omon of students to borrow. He found
him in bed. Seizing him by the shoul
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“I say,” he said, "are you asleep?” J
“Why’ do you ask?" queried the '
other, sleepily.
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Neglect and Cruelty.
“So you want a divorce?" said the
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"Yes,” replied the woman with 1
I tear-stained cheeks. "He has been
> guilty of neglect and cruelty.”
“In what respects?"
। "He neglected to feed the bird while
I I was away and says the cruelest ,
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