Newspaper Page Text
EXPERIMENTS WITH ENSILAGE AS SHEEP
FEED FOUND ENTIRELY SATISFACTORY
Good, Clean, Bright Article May Be Used With Excellent Results,
Either as Succulent Food for Breeding Ewes in Winter or as
Efficient Roughage for Fattening.
A. A
SSm
z x ms wisW -W-aIL' '• .
'■’^ v- wPW
A Profitable Mutton and Wool Flock.
With the tremendous increase in the
use of silos for utilizing a larger
amount of the corn plant and the
greater use of silage generaly during
the last two or three years, there has
arisen a great deal of inquiry, espe
cially during the present winter, as
to the value of silage for sheep. Re
cently silage has come into general
use on cattle farms. Now that its
value as a cattle food, from the stand
point of cheapness, is becoming more
and more apparent, the man who
owns sheep is beginning to ask why
he cannot share In a good thing, too,
writes Ellis Rail of the University of
Nebraska in Wallace’s Farmer.
Unfortunately, the use of silage for
sheep feeding purposes has been tried
out to but a limited extent. Few
farmers have used it and the experi
ment stations have done little. From
all sources of investigation it seems
now that there is no reason why sil
age shall not find a permanent place
in the list of desirable and economical
foodstuffs for sheep. The writer has
met several men this winter who have
used it with satisfactory results, and
one man especially, who had fed out
quite a string of sheep with silage al
most the sole feed, was very enthus
iastic in his appreciation % of it. We
have not found any men who have
had trouble from feeding it.
There has been a popular concep
tion that silage is more or less dan
gerous to feed sheep, especially breed
ing ewes. It was thought that it had
a weakening effect on the lambs, also
that there is likely to be some mor
tality among the ewes. Such ideas do
not seem to be well founded. It is
true that such results have been not
ed in flocks which had silage, but
careful observations show that other
factors may have had more to do with
wO*
’£l M W
Prize-Winning Southdown.
the results than the silage. At the
station three years ago the ewe flock
had considerable silage, in fact, all
they cared for. Also, the iambs were
not as strong at birth as they ought to
have been, and some loss was expe
rienced at lambing time. But an ex
cessive amount was allowed and ewes
were entirely too closely confined
without adequate exercise. Exercise
is an absolute necessity for prgnant
ewes if satisfactory results are to be
had at lambing time. Lack of an ex
perienced shepherd to handle these
ewes at lambing time doubtless con
tributed to the loss. Since that year
we have had no bad results.
Back in the fall of 1907 the Indiana
station began to experiment with
silage for feeding pregnant ewes.
One lot of ewes was fed silage along
with clover hay and grain, while an
other lot was fed more hay, slightly
more grain, but no silage. These two
lots of ewes were as nearly alike as
could be had. The next year prac
tically the same experiment was re
peated, and again in 1909. During the
first year a limited amount of silage
was fed. The second year, four
pounds per head, per day, was allow
ed and as no bad results accompanied
this liberal feeding, the last year the
ewes were given all they would clean
up, which was practically 4.6 pounds.
With all they wished of the silage, no
deleterious results were observed eith
er in the ewes or in the lambs.
As to results from these three
years’ experiments, the authors of
the bulletin concerning this ‘experi
ment say that the general thrift and
appetite of the silage ewes was supe
rior to that of the lots fed hay and
grain alone. The ewes, having a quan
tity of silage, made each year a larg
er gain over winter than did those on
dry feed. The latter averaged for
the three years a gain of six pounds
while the silage ewes gained 13.75
pounds, or more than twice as much.
Yet the writers state definitely that
thin gain was not mere fat like corn
feeding would produce, but that the
ewes were in good condition to pro
duce strong, vigorous lambs. It was a
noticeable fact that right straight
through the z whole three years, the
lambs from the ewes having the succu
lent feed, i. e., silage, averaged nearly
10 per cent larger at birth. As to the
cost of feed, the # ration Including
silage proved the more economical,
while more satisfactory results were
obtained. The lambs from these two
lots of ewes were all fed out for an
early market and those from each lot
did equally well, gaining nearly a half
pound per day until they were sold
The general results of this test run
ning for three years show definitely
that the use of silage for ewes, even
in large amounts, will not interfere
with the health and. thrift of the preg
nant ewe nor of her prospective
lamb. Also, the succulence which the
silage affords seemed to promote the
thrift and general health of the ewe,
and because of the added health and
vigor, the foetl were better nourished,
with the consequent result that larg
er lambs were produced. Furthermore
the producing of all these satisfactory
results did not affect the lambs un
favorably, and the silage ration was
more economical.
Accurate data regarding the value
of silage in a ration for fattening
sheep and lambs is scarce, but what
there is indicates that it is useful. As
far back as the early nineties the
Michigan experiment station fed some
lambs on silage and other foodstuffs.
The gist of their findings is to the
effect that a mixture of fodders com
posed largely of a good quality of
silage proved a cheap and successful
ration for fattening lambs.
The lowa station at Ames made
some comparative tests of dry hays,
roots, and silage as roughness in 1906
and 1907. In lots fed the first winter,
the silage cheapened the ration con
siderably. During the second winter
the various lots were fed for a long
period/ 168 days, and the silage lot
refused to eat much silage. They ate
almost as much grain and hay as the
other lots did and the gain on these
silage lambs was more expensive than
■was that w^ some of the other food
combinations. But the average of the
two years was favoijable to the use of
silage as a means of cheapening the
ration. The lambs from all lots fin
ished into market toppers, but the
dressed carcasses showed the silage
lambs a little superior on the hook
Taking these few experiments then
into consideration, and also the gen
eral results which various feeders
have obtained in practical -work, It
seems that silage has an important
place among desirable and economical
feeds for fattening sheep.
It is my opinion that silage can be
fed to sheep with satisfactory results.
The use of moldy or frozen silage may
cause trouble, but good, clean, bright
silage can be used with excellent re
sults, either as a succulent food for
breeding ewes in winter or as a cheap
but satisfactory and efficient roughage
for fattening lambs and sheep. This
opinion is based partially on observa
tions of flocks which have been fed.
and partially on the experiments
quoted above. The results to date
point toward silage as a cheap and
valuable feed for sheep.
GOOD PROFITS IN
RAISING POPCORN
Crop Should Be Cultivated and
Cared for in Same Manner
as Other Corn.
With popcorn so popular an article
of consumption as it is, there is no
farm in any portion of the corn belt
that should not grow a patch to sup
ply the family needs. Popcorn will
do well on any land that will produce
a good crop of corn.
It should be cultivated and cared
for in the same general manner as
corn, though it may be planted more
closely. It ripens in about 100 days,
and it should be shocked at soon as it
is ripe, so that it will dry out well be
fore husking. It will produce from 50
to 60 bushels of ears with a good
stand, and this will fetch from $1 to
$2 per bushel.
Obliging Landlord.
It was getting very late and Dub
bleigh s gasoline has given out.
“Anybody around here got any gas
oline?" he asked, drawing up at a
small hotel by the roadside.
“Nobody but me,” said the landlord.
“Good!” said Dubbleigh. “How
much do you want for it?”
“Couldn’t sell it to ye today,” said
the landlord. “It’s Sunday.”
“But, see here, my friend,” pretest
ed Dubbleigh. “What can I do? I —”
"Ye might put up here for the
night,” said the landlord indifferent
ly. “I got a nice room I can let ye
have for $7.” —Harper's Weekly.
AS A REMEDY FOR MALARIA
in any form Elixir Babek has no equal.
It cures the most obstinate and long
standing cases.
“It gives pleasure to certify that the
'Elixir Babek’ cured me of chills and
malarial fever, with which I have suf
fered for a long time."—August Epps,
Nance's Shops. Va.
It contains no quinine and is equally
beneficial to young and old.
Elixir Babek, 50 cents, all druggists, or
Kloczewski & Co., Washington, D.C. Adv.
In the Midst of Luxury.
“You have everything that wealth
can buy, haven’t you?”
“Yes,” replied Mr. Dustin Stax. “But
it don’t seem fair that I should have
worked so hard to get all these things
while the butler and footman and
maids enjoy them free.”
FACE DISFIGURED WITH
SKIN TROUBLE
3107 Foster Ave., Baltimore, Md. —
“About five months ago little blisters
appeared on my face. They looked
like blisters from fire burns. They
itched and burned something terrible,
which caused me to rub them and they
burst, then sores appeared which dis
figured my face. My face was all full
of sores. The disease spread from my
face to my neck and back. When any
thing touched them they would burn
and stick to my clothes, which kept
me from sleeping and made me suf
fer terribly.
“I used home remedies and I used
a salve but it did no good. I suffered
about three months then I saw’ the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment adver
tised and I thought I would send and
get a sample and try them. I used the
sample of Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment and they helped me a great deal,
so I bought some and used them about
two months and they completely cured
me.” (Signed) Edward V. Thomas.
Mar. 26, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
post-card “Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.”
Adv.
Rose to the Occasion.
“Where did you get those lovely
roses, dear?”
“Aren’t they beautiful!”
“Yes —where did you get them?”
“Robert Bosqueau gave them to
me.”
“Bobbie Bosqueau? Why ”
“Yes, I know what you are going
to say. His wife has been dead only
six w’eeks, and isn’t it pathetic that
he is bringing me roses?”
“Yes—haven’t they kept well!"
And the breeze blew, and the rain
drops fell, and it wasn’t for quite a
w'hile that the fierce enmity started.—
Exchange.
Wanted Slaves for Missouri.
On January 27, 1778, Don Bernardo
de Galvez, governor of the Spanish
province of Louisiana, which included
Missouri, petitioned the king of Spain
for aid for the settlers along the Mis
souri river and Mississippi river in
Missouri. “The said inhabitants,” he
wrote, “in order to promote the cul
ture of these plants (flax and hemp),
would desire that the compassion of
the king should deign to provide them
with negro slaves on credit, for whom
they may pay with the crops afore
said."
Adopted Standard Carat.
The international carat which has
been adopted in this counrty, to be
effective July 1 next, is 200 milligram
mes, or one-fifth of a gramme (3.086
grains), and is now in use in France.
Germany and practically all countries
except the United States, Great Bri
tain, Belgium and Holland.
Important to Ntothere
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the S'/x 7/^/7 s>
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
Name the Line.
Hubbubs—Have you any late trains
to Lonelyville ?”
Subbubs —Yes! All our trains are
late.—Stray Stories.
Inherited.
“What there ever an informer in
your family?”
"What do you mean by such a ques
tion as that, sir?"
“I noticed that your baby is in
clined to be a squealer.”
The sting of defeat outlasts the
sweets of victory.
A married man has reached the bot
tom of the ladder when he begins to
brag about his wife’s relations.
The microbe of love Is sometimes
devoured by the germ of suspicion.
Jeath Lurks In A Weak Heart
Backache Makes Anyone Feel Old
Nothing ages anyone more quickly than
weak kidneys.
It is not alone the aching back, the stiff,
painful joints, but the evil effect of bad,
poisoned blood on the nerves, the vital
organs and the digestion.
The condition of the kidneys makes good
health or ill-health.
The kidneys are the filters of the blood.
Active kidneys filter from the blood ev
ery day over one ounce of poisonous waste
and pass it off dissolved in the urine.
If the kidneys are weak or diseased, only
part of this filtering is done and the blood
is heavy with uric acid and other poison
ous or waste matter.
Instead of being nourished by the
blood, the nerves and vital organs are ir
ritated, and the circulation, digestion, etc.,
are disturbed.
If your back aches constantly, if your
joints are stiff, lame and painful, suspect
the kidneys.
Kidney sufferers are likely to feel dull,
heavy, restless at night, rheumatic, dizzy
at times, subject to headaches and an
noyed with sharp, piercing pains that
make work an agony and rest impossible.
Doan’s Kidney Pills are the best-recom
mended and most widely used remedy for
weak or diseased kidneys. They act quick
ly; contain no poisonous nor habit-form
ing drugs and leave no bad after-affects
of any kind—just make you feel better all
over.
“When Your Back is Lame—Remember the Name”
DOAN’S KIDNEY PILLS
Sold by all Dealers. . Price 50 cents. Foster-Milbum Co, Buffalo, N. Y„ Proprietors
Beans in His Head.
Two beans, one of which had
sprouted into an embryo plant, were
removed from the head of a Me^tean
laborer at San Bernardino, Cal., by a
physician. For months the man had
complained of severe pains. The
beans had entered his head through
his left ear. The growing plant was
nearly an inch long and apparently
had flourished in the ear tube.
Tettdrine for Ring Worm and Skin
Disease.
Varnville, S. C„ July 17, 1908.
My wife uses your Tetterlne for Ring
worm, also uses It in her family for all
kind of skin diseases, and she thinks it
a good medicine. There is no substitute.
L. R. Dowling.
Tetterlne cures Eczema, Tetter. Ring
Worm. Old Itching Sores, Dandruff, Itch
ing Piles. Corns, Chilblains and every
form of Scalp and Skin Disease. Tetter
ine 50c; Tetterlne Soap 25c. At drug
gists or by mail direct from The ShUp
trine Co., Savannah. Ga,
With every mail order for Tetterlne we
give a box of Shuptrlne’s 10c Liver Pills
free. Adv.
College Secrets.
Bacon —What did your boy learn at
college?
Egbert—Says he can’t tell me.
“Why not?”
“Says it's a secret.”
“Nonsense!”
“No; you know, he learned the foot
ball signals.”
For SUMMER HEADACHES
Hicks’ CAPUDINE is the best remedy
no matter what causes them—whether
from the heat, sitting in draughts, fever
ish condition, etc. 10c., 25c and 50c per
bottle at medicine stores. Adv.
Perennial.
“No corn today?” growled the star
boarder.
“Out of season,” said the landllady.
“Every thing is out of season at some
time.” .
"Except the prune.”
WHEN RUBBERS BECOME; NECESSARY
And your shoes pinch, Allen s Foot-Ease, the
Antiseptic powder to be shaken into the
shoes, is just the thing to use. Try It for
Breaking in New Shoes. Sold Everywhere,
25c. Sample FREE. Address, A. S. Olmsted,
Leßoy, N.Y. Don’t accept any substitute. Adv.
This Is Unkind.
Tommy—Pop, what is a free
thinker?
Pop—A freethinker, my son, is any
man who isn’t married. —Philadelphia
Record. '
A grent majority of summer ills are
due to Malaria in suppressed form. Las
situde and headaches are but two symp
toms. OXIDINE eradicates the Malaria
germ and tones up the entire system. Adv.
Conditional.
“Will your wife finish her Christmas
shopping soon?”
, “Yes; unless it finishes her sooner.”
No Prudent Loan.
“Don’t you want Miss Freezem to
lend eclat to your function?”
“No; we’re not borrowing trouble.”
Many a girl who wouldn't make a
good wife for a poor man would make
a poor wife for a rich man.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Childrci
teething, softens the guos, reduces Inflamma
tion, allays pain,cures wind colic, 25c a bottle.Aiv,
The man who refuses to see the
error of his way has just that much
further to travel back.
ITCH Relieved in 30 Minutes.
Wool ford’s Sanitary Lotion for all kinds of
contagious itch. At Druggists. Adv.
Much of that which is called “pure
cussedness” is nothing but human
nature.
Their Location.
“There are many breakers in the
sea of domestic life.”
"Yes, particularly in the kitchen.”
If your appetite is not what it should be
perhaps Malaria is developing. It affects
the whole system. OXIDINE will clear
away the germs, rid you of Malaria and
generally improve your condition. Adv.
Engaged people are seldom as in
sane as the neighbors think they are.
lb j hJms
i ' . f U Am
"Every Picture Tells a Story"
100 pounds of an Fertilizer
Both of these are »
/ f™ A called “complete
SB LBS I 11 'ia LBS !
fertilizers, but they
are very different.
ACID
I /'U.ospnA’Tß . . ■
If yon prefer ready-mixed fer
tiiizers, insist on having enough 1 v-<rr^n
Potash in them to raise the crop .. —
as well as to raise the price. Crops
contain more than three times as much Potash as phosphoric acid.
It was found years ago that the com position
cf the crop is not a sure guide to the most
profitable fertilizer, but itdoesnot take a very
smart man to figure out that a well-balanced
fertilizer siosld co ata in at least as muck Potub
as Phosphoric Add. Insiston having it so.
If you donotfindthe brand you want, make
Talk to your dealer and ask him to carry Potash in
stock or order it for you. It will pay you both, for £ Utaju A ays
For particulars and prices write to
GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc., 42 Broadway, New York
Htraadncck BkL Chicago, lIL Bank A Trost Bldg., Saraaaah, Sa, Wattuy Back F!dg, des Ms’lS.la.
Baste We., stiaaia, 6a
Looking After His Bait.
Daniel and Harvey, two old. expert
fishermen, were "still” fishing for
trout in deep water, sitting with their
backs together, when Daniel acci
dentally fell out of the boat and went
down. Harvey looked back and miss
ed his companion, who at that mo
ment appeared on the surface, pipe
still in his mouth, shaking his whis
kers profusely.
Harvey—Gosh, Dan! I jest missed
ye! Where ye been?
Dan —Oh, I jes’ went down sorter
see if me bait wus all right.—Judge.
A NEW WAY TO MAKE MONEY.
I am making a fortune selling Pure
Fruit Candy. Any brainy person can
do likewise; so if you want more
money than you ever possessed, write
me and I will start you in business.
I am glad to help others, who, like
myself, need money. People say “the
candy is the best they ever tasted” —
therein lies the beauty of the busi
ness —the candy is eaten immediately
and more ordered. You don’t have to
canvass; you sell right from your own
home. I made sl2 the first day. So
can you. Isabelle Inez. Block 10, East
Liberty, Pittsburgh, Pa. —Adv.
His Status.
“That man is something more than
a mere marine.”
"Do you mean he is an ultrama
rine?”
TO DRIVE OUT MA LARI \
AND BUILD I I’ THU SYSTEM
Tak« the Old Standard GROVES TASTELESS
CHILL TONIC You know what you are taking.
The formula is plainly printed on every boule,
showing it is simply Quinine and Iron in a tasteless
form, and the most efieciual form. For grown
people and children. 50 cents. Adv.
Business Acumen.
“What! Fifty cents fcr putting in
the load of coal? You charged only a
quarter the last time."
"Yes, mum, but coal has riz.”
To prevent Malaria is far better than
to cure it. In malarial countries take a
dose of OXIDINE regularly ene each week
and save yourself from Chills and Fever
and other malarial troubles. Adv.
Doubtful.
"Have you a good cook now?”
"I don't know. 1 haven't been home
since breakfast!” —London Opinion.
Pessimism.
Willie—Paw, what is a pessimist?
Paw—A man who takes an umbrel
la along when he goes to a ball game. ,
—Cincinnati Enquirer.
“Health's best way—Eat Apples ev-।
ery day."—Coyne.
Mamma Says
"Its Safe for CTsk
Children/^.
CONTAINS) W I
no » I
OPIATES |
The following case is typical of the cures
effected by Doan’s Kidney Pills. Grateful,
testimony is the best evidence.
WISHED FOR DEATH.
Cured After Doctors Gave Up Hope-
G. W. L. Nesbitt, Marion, Ky., saysr
“Kidney disease had made me a chronic
invalid. I, couldn’t get oat of bed for two
weeks at a time and no tongue could de
scribe my suffering. I often wished that
death might come and end my agony. The
kidney secretions were thick and heavy
and the color of blood. My sight had al
most failed. My limbs were badly swollen
and the doctors said I had dropsy. They
held out little hope for my recovery. 1
couldn’t raise my arms above my head, in
fact, my side was almost paralyzed. I
had lost all hope, when a relative told me
to try Doan’s Kidney Pills. I began to
improve from the very first dose. Before
I had finished one box of Doan’s Kidney
Pills, I was greatly relieved of the pain
and as I continued using them, I was over
joyed to see the dreadful symptoms from
which I had suffered so many years, leave
me, one by one. In three months I was
a well man, attending to my work. I am
firmly convinced that Doan’s Kidney
Pills are the greatest remedy in the world
for diseased kidneys.”
oae by adding eaonzh Patash to make it right.
To increase the Potash 4 5s per cent, (for
cotton and grain), add one bag Muriate of
Potash per ton of fertilizer; to increase it
9 per cent, (truck, potatoes, tobacco, com.
etc.), add two bags Sulphate or Muriate
per ton.
You Can Cure
Your Rheumatism
by expelling the Uric Acid
that has accumulated and de
posited in your joints and tis
sues.
Jacobs’
Liver Salt
breaks up these crystalline
urates into solution and passes
them out of the system. It
quickly cleanses alimentary
tract, supplies the deficient sul
phates to stimulate digestion,
and prevents further deposit of
i uric acid.
And with he CAUSE of the
disease completely routed, you
will have no more rheumatism.
Try it immediately. But
don't take a substitute, if of
fered. lor nothing else has the
same true solvent action.
At all Druggists, ’ 2 lb. jar 25c
(by mail 16c extra!. Large
sample and booklet sent for 2c
• stamp.
Jacobs 9 Pharmacy?
Atlanta, Ga,
HAS* BALSAM
the
k bnuhsui growth.
Sails to Seß&ore G-sy
£ Hair to its YouLhini Coles*.
Prevents hair fsiliaa
»n-isv? a -
TREATED. Giro quick ra
lief, usually remove swel
y I’^B and short breath in a^w days and
Ay "U entire relief in 15-45 days, trial treatment
FREE. DE.GBEKSSSOX3. "ox A, A’JaaU,Ga^
Make the Liver
Do its Duty
Nine times in ten when the liver 29
right the stomach and bowels are right.
CARTER’S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS
ge ntiy but firmly com-^QW-^ .—
pel a' lazy liver to i ®K^^nnOTFD' l s
do its duty'.
Cures TTLE
Btipation, I ®
digestion,
Sick \ j.! tfSESMa
Headache,'' '
and Distress After Eating.
SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must tear Signature
~w. n. uTatlanta. Nai-wT"
FOLEY'S
HONEWTAR
For Coughs and Cold s
