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HANDLING SOWS AFTER WEANING LITTER
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PROFITABLE METHOD FOR HARVESTING CORN.
(By C. W. HICKMAN, Animal Husban
dry Department, Idaho Experiment
Station.)
The management of the brood sow
after weaning her litter is a matter
of considerable importance. There
are a number of factors that will cause
the summer management to vary.
Among the more important factors
are: the age and condition of the sow
and the number of litters—one or two
raised per year.
If it is a mature sow and you plan
to raise a fall litter, you probably
have fed her well, and if so the sow
should begin to gain in flesh when the
litter is from eight to ten weeks old
and in most cases the sow will come
in heat then so you can breed her for
. early fall pigs. We find at the ex-
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periment station that if we don’t get
sows to farrow the last of August or
the first of September, we cannot get
an early litter the following spring,
and the pigs do not get a good start
for winter, especially in the higher,
wet sections of the state.
Pasture for Sows.
Brood sows should have a large,
roomy pasture which will afford plenty
of exercise and succulent feed, both
of which are indispensable for strong,
thrifty litters. In addition to their
pasture, their feed should consist of
oats, shorts, and barley or wheat and
usually some tankage. As to the
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DISTURBING FACTOR
Infectious Garget Is Usually Not
Easily Cured—Disease
Spread by Milkers.
(By F. B. HADLEY, Wisconsin Agricul
tural College.)
Garget makes an appearance every
once in a while in cows which appar
ently are in perfect health. The milk
in severe cases is either stringy or oth
erwise altered in character when
drawn and collects a yellowish col
ored sediment on standing. In less
pronounced cases there may be little
visible change in the milk, but an ex
amination would reveal a large num
ber of germs.
Noninfectious garget is caused by
bruises or other injuries, or by a sud
den congestion of blood in the udder
as frequently occurs in heavy milkers
and in heifers at first calving. Affect
ed animals usually make a complete
recovery if given 1% pounds of epsom
salts and their feed is restricted to
that of a succulent nature.
The cause of infectious garget is a
germ or germs. When many of them
are present in the udder not only is
the milk changed, as mentioned above,
but the udder itself becomes hot and
sensitive to the touch.
The importance of the infectious
form of garget rests in the fact that it
is usually not easily cured and has a
tendency to recur. Furthermore, the
disease is easily conveyed to healthy
cows through the medium of the milk
er’s hand or contaminated material of
any kind, unless precautions are taken
to avoid the transfer of the germs.
Temporary relief may be given by
bathing the udder with hot water for
one-half hour each morning and eve
ning. After thoroughly drying the sur
face of the udder, warm cottonseed oil
should be rubbed in with the palm.
A complete cure is possible in most
cases only by drying the cow off at
once so that her system may be free to
fight the disease-producing germs that
are present in the udder.
amount to feed, that will vary with
the individual sow, but one should try
to feed enough to get her up in good
thrifty condition for farrowing. The
barley and wheat could well be left
out of the ration after the sows get
up in flesh since they are mainly fat
formers.
On the other hand, if your mature
sow is not to raise a fall litter and
you intend to breed for spring pigs,
turn her out on good pasture and see
that she has plenty of fresh water
and shade with a small allowance of
barley or oats. Such treatment will
build up her constitution and general
condition as nothing else will. Con
tinue this method of handling until
time to bring her up in condition for
another season’s breeding. It is true
that some breeders carry mature sows
through the summer on pasture alone
(with water and shade) in very good
condition, but most breeders prefer to
use a small amount of grain in addi
tion to the pasture.
Feed Young Sows.
Young sows will need better feed.
Never turn a gilt out with a lot of
old sows after raising her first litter.
She will fare badly when she should
have the best of feed and care to
grow her out as she should be. If
you allow this gilt to run along thin
she will always be undersized and
common. Young sows should be lib
erally fed in addition to good pasture.
Use such a grain mixture as was sug
gested for the mature sow that raises
two litters per year and use plenty
of it, and remember that you are after
bone and muscle, not fat.
The essential thing in the minds of
most breeders is that brood sows after
weaning have exercise, plenty of pas
ture, shade, fresh water, and enough
concentrated feed, properly balanced.
This should mean a strong, healthy,
vigorous sow in good breeding con
dition and insures a healthy, vigorous
litter. Brood sows thus handled are
more likely to produce large litters of
strong, healthy pigs and are certainly
more likely to raise a good-sized litter.
After all the profitable sow is the one
that raises seven to ten good strong
pigs rather than the one that farrows
12 to 18 and only raises three to five
fair pigs.
BLACKBERRY CANES
NEED SOME PRUNING
If Pinching-Out System Is Not
Followed, Cut Back One-
Fourth or One-Half.
The canes of blackberries are bien
nials —that is, they live but two years.
On this account it Is necessary to cut
out the old canes as soon as their
function has been completed, leaving
room for the young canes. The first
year after planting, two or three canes
will appear, which should have the
growing tip pinched out when about
18 inches or 2 feet high. This will
cause the canes to send out several
lateral branches and make stocky
plants, thereby increasing the fruit
producing area of each plant. If the
pinching-out system Is not followed,
cut back one-fourth or one-half of the
cane in late winter, depending on the
vigor of the plant, and at this time re
move old canes.
EVERY POULTRYMAN
MUST FIGHT MITES
When Allowed to Multiply They
Spread to All Parts of House-
Use Whitewash.
(By M. E. DICKSON, Nebraska College
of Agriculture.)
Every poultry keeper must fight
mites. They are carried by sparrows
and in various other ways.
Mites are first noticed in early sum
mer hiding under and about the
perches. When allowed to multiply
they spread to all parts of the house.
They may kill little chicks and ef
fectively reduce egg production.
Be on your guard, and when you
first notice the mites clean the house
thoroughly and spray the nests, drop
ping boards, walls and perches with
kerosene. As a precaution white
wash the entire house.
THE BULLETIN, IRWINTON, GEORGIA.
CALLED AN IDEAL KITCHEf
Snowy White, and Not a Single Dark
Cupboard in Apartment Marks Up-
To-Date Household “Workshop."
The following description of the
kitchen In the home of a woman famed
for her interest in household efficiency
Is/ given to show what intelligence,
combined with a reasonable amount
of money and a determination to have
one’s workshop as up-to-date a place
as possible, can do.
The kitchen is white from celling
to tiles and contains no dark cup
boards, but in their place shelves and
cabinets. On the shelves at one side
are 50 glass jars of graduated sizes,
each one labeled with the name of a
comestible or condiment. Opposite
these are rows of fireproof glass bak
ing dishes for baking bread, cakes,
pies, custards; the old-fashioned tin
affairs have been discarded as un
sightly and insanitary. Instead of
granite ware there are files of bright
aluminum sauce pans, reflecting points
of sunlight which streams in through
four large windows curtained with
dimity. Under these shelves is a por
celain sink 40 inches high. No tired,
round shoulders in this kitchen, you
see.
Near this stands a gas range with
an automatic electric pilot—light and
glass doored ovens with thermometers.
Four feet above the floor and near the
range rests a modern steamer, which
will cook an entire dinner over one
gas jet. In the middle of the room
is a glass-topped table, and. sitting
there, the person who is doing the
ordering can see at a glance what is
lacking in the glass jars. The maid
supplies the list of groceries which
need replenishing at the beginning of
each month and these are purchased
in quantities at the most economi
cal prices.
RECIPE FOR EXCELLENT HASH
Mixture of Ingredients Has Been
Called by Its Admirers the
“Best Ever Made."
First of all, fry an onion, finely
chopped, in one ounce of margarine or
dripping, till it is a golden brown, then
add one ounce of flour, and after stir
ring well together for five minutes add
half a pint of stock, well flavored with
vegetables, two or three cloves, salt if
necessary, and four tablespoonfuls of
catchup. Stir for a few minutes over
the fire, then flavor further with a tea
spoonful or more of brown sauce or
meat extract. Let the sauce boil fast
over the fire, so as to reduce it a little,
then add some browning. Strain the
sauce Into a small shallow stewpan
and put it on one side to get cold. In
the meantime cut some meat, and not
too small slices from your meat, let
ting them be all as much as possible
of the same size, and remove every
particle of skin, fat, gristle or ournt
portion, as it is the latter which gives
the “warmed-up” taste that is so un
pleasant. When the sauce is cold lay
in it the pieces of meat, cover up the
saucepan and in about an hour’s time
put it at the corner of the stove, warm
ing by very gradual degrees. If al
lowed to boil, the meat is sure to be
tough. As soon as it is thoroughly hot
it is ready to be dished up, with the
sauce poured over it, and it should be
surrounded with fingers of bread, fried
a golden color. The addition of a little
finely chopped parsley greatly im
proves the look of the dish.
To Clean Couch Cover.
Put the couch cover into a sheet and
sop it up and down in a generous
quantity of naphtha and gasoline. Do
not rub or wring. When ready, take
from the cleansing agent, press gently
against the side of the tub, remove the
sheet which had been wrapped around
the cover and dry the cover out of
doors. A knitted or crocheted wool
baby afghan can be treated m the
same way, using a pillowcase as a
holder. —New York Evening Journal.
Sanitary Kitchen Shelf.
Rip the oilcloth and the perforated
paper off the kitchen shelves and paint
them if you value cleanliness and
health. Water bugs and roaches and
ants make the coziest of homes in
the warm corners ot covered shelves,
while they find odorous, freshly paint
ed shelves far too cheerless for domes
tic purposes. By the time the paint
is dry the prospective tenants will have
settled elsewhere. And recollect the
saving in paper, bug powder and time
in the cleaning.
Deviled Filets of Chicken.
Cut the raw meat into long, thin
strips, or use the legs of cooked tur
key. Dip in melted butter and boil un
til cooked or heated through. Place
on a hot serving dish and spread with
hot mixture. Stir in two tablespoon
fuls of Worcestershire sauce or mush
room catchup, and a dash of salt. These
hot seasonings are a matter of taste
largely, and may be added separately
if preferred. The meat may be gashed
and laid in the deviled mixture before
broiling.
French Dressing.
Put one snltspoonful of salt and one
half saltspoonful of white pepper in
a bowl and stir in three tablespoonfuls
of olive oil, then add one-fourth tea
spoonful of onion juice and one table
spoonful of vinegar. Mix well.
Fly-Paper.
To make fly-papers boll linseed oil
With n little resin till it forms a stringy
paste when cold. Spread this on pa
per, using a large brush. This is in
expensive, and makes one of the best
traps for flies.
A Soother. *
“Bllgglns is an optimist.”
“No, he isn’t. He talks that way
because things just now are going
pretty much the way he likes and he
doesn’t want anybody to make a fuss
and disturb them.”
IMITATION IS SINCEREST FLATTERY
but like counterfeit money the imita
tion has not the worth of the original.
Insist on “La Creole” Hair Dressing—
it’s the original. Darkens your hair in
the natural way, but contains no dye.
Price SI.OO. — Adv.
Industrious Collector.
Mistress—You say you are well rec
ommended?
Maid —Indeed, ma’am; I have 39 ex
cellent references.
Mistress—And you have been in do
mestic service?
Maid—Two years, ma’am. —Stray
Stories.
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Wysaekir.g, N. C„ June 2, 1908.
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Tetterine cures Eczema, Tetter. Ring
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Chilblains and every form of Scalp and
Skin Disease. Tetterine 50c; Tetterine
Soap 25c. Your druggist, or by mall from
The Shuptrine Co., Savannah, Ga.
With every mail order for Tetterine we
give a box of Shuptrine’s 10c Liver Pills
free. Adv.
Fragile Distinction.
“How does Bllgglns get the reputa
tion of being such a clever man? He’s
always getting into some new kind of
trouble.”
“Yes, where he shows his clever
ness is by getting out again.”
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Grove’s
The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless
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known tonic properties of QUININE and
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Not Worthy.
“I wish I could afford to own an au
tomobile.”
“It doesn’t take much money to buy
one these days.”
“I know, but I don’t want that kind.
I'd hate to buy an expensive fluid like
gasoline and then pour it into one of
those cheap cars.”
FOR HAIR AND SKIN HEALTH
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
Are Supreme. Trial Free.
These fragrant, super-creamy emol
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the scalp free from dandruff, crusts
and scales and the hands soft and
white. They are splendid for nursery
and toilet purposes and are most eco
nomical because most effective.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
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Approval.
“Do you approve of the study of the
classics in these practical times?”
“Yes. Those old stories of the Tro
jan battles are good things to have
around. Then enable you to talk
about war without danger of starting i
a serious argument.”
COVETED BY ALL
but possessed byfsea beautiful
head of hair. If yours is streaked with
gray, or is harsh and stiff, you can re
store it to its former beauty and lus
ter by using “La Creole" Hair Dress
ing. Price SI.OO. —Adv.
Bravery is reckoned by what we do, 1
not by what we threaten.
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or do you get a living you don’t earn? •
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