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ANIMALS IN PALESTINE
The people of thle -country, who
sometimes complain of the quality of
our meat, would be badly oft Indeed
If they had to live In Paleatlne and eat
the Inferior meat served there. The
following regarding domestic animals
of the various kinds, by Consul Thos.
R. Wallace of Jerusalem, will be read
with Interest, especially by raisers of
line market live stock.
The average number of cattle kept
In the Jerusalem district Is 38,000;
sheep. 13 8,279; goats. 228.900. Cattle,
excepting those used as work animals,
and all aheep and goata are taxed by
the government and officials are Bent
out yearly to number them.
The local supply of mutton and goat
flesh la not more than half sufficient
for the present markets, and yearly,
during the fall and winter months,
thousands of these animals are
brought to the Jerusalem district from
the surrounding country, snd some
times by steam from quite a distance.
Mutton and goat llesh are more gen
erally eaten than beef. The supply of
beef Is sadly deficient. In summer and
fall pasturage 1s very scant and the
local cattlo become very thin. As near
aa can he aacertalned tho supply Is
about half the amount necessary. Tho
demand for beef has been steadily In
creasing In Jerusalem since the num
ber of Jews has been Increasing. Jews
and foreigners consume most of the
beef.
Few hogs are rnlsed, the greater
part of the population being Moham
medans and Jews, non-consumers of
pork:
The cattle are very small and tho
moat la Inferior tn qunllty. An Im
portant reason for this Is tho lnrk of
pasturage during tho larger part of the
year, and aa animals arc seldom sod
exespt when plowing, thny barely exist
for months during enrh year. Another
reason Is that on account of tho pov
erty of tho peasant he works his ani
mals—cowa as well as oxen—at plow
ing and thrashing out grain whan they
are very young, which, of course
stunts and dwarfs them. The milking
properties of tho native cows are very
poor.
The sheep are the fst-talled kind
snd aro of medium size They seldom
acquire much fat on the body, but the
tall, which la disk shaped. Is of solid
Townlte <to farmer) —What age Is
yotir cow?
Farmer—Two years.
Townlte How ran you tell?
Farmer -By Its horns.
Townlte—How stupid 1 am. Of
course It has two horns.
Pure food laws have brought about
some distasteful farts about things
we've been eating and drinking, but
they corrected many of the evils, and
milk needs talking about more than
anything else you buy for food.
THE COMMON CHICKEN MITE
Ily H. C. Pierce.
The worst parasite of poultry j
against which the poultryman and
farmer have to contend Is the "com- ;
mon chicken mite” or "red chicken'
mite." There are other spectee of j
mltee which attack poultry, but they
do much lees damage This blood-’
thirsty peet causes great loee to the!
poultry Industry of the country by
killing adult fowls and chicks and cut- j
ting down egg production. It not only
attacks poultry but horses and even
men as well.
Hens which are attacked by mites
cease laying, become poor in flesh,
dumpish, and listless In action. The
feathers roughen and drop out. The
head and comb become pale and the
bird preaente a sickly appearance
These symptoms are caused by the
Irritation and loss of blood due to
nightly visits of hordes of these
hungry paras 1 tee. It seems hardly
believable that fowls could be killed
by such small pests, but they are so
many In numbers that their total
capacity for blood la enormoua. Their
ravages are most pernicious on sitting
hena. as here they may have access
to their host at all times, causing a
rapid loss of blood. Attacks upon sit
ting hena often result In the hen
leaving her nest or In her death, spoil
ing the hatch in either case. Even If
the hen does withstand the ravages of
the mite, the newly hatched chicks are
attacked as soon aa they emerge from
the shell and are often killed In a
•hort time.
The best remedlee for ml tea ara
cleanliness, sunlight and spraying
with disinfecting solutions. The
At the recent cement show held In
Chicago. Mr. A. C. Wllmarth. one ot
the largest apple raiser* In the south
west, exhibited a crate of blue apples
which were grown on his farm near
Mountain Grove. Mo. Mr. Wllmarth - *
applea attracted a crowd. It la be
lieved they are the flrst of the'.r kind.
Scientists at the exposition suggested
that perhapa the cement used In filling
a hollow In the tree on which they
grew might be responsible.
fat and almost boneless. The weight
of these tails as seen on carcasses In
tho market la from 6 to 18 pounds,
while In the Lebanon district they
often reach 40 pounds. The wool Is
coarse and straight.
The natives weave coarse cloth and
rugs from It, and most of the surplus
finds It way to tho American carpet
factories.
Camels are still the chief beasts of
burden. They are tho single-hump
variety, and are raised only by Bed-
Plowing on the Plains of Sharon.
oulns. There are two breeds, one a
heavy animal for work purposes, and
another used for riding, which are
slender and agile and can easily out
distance a horse. I>argo herds of fe
male camels are kept solely for their
young and milk, only a few In each
herd being broken to carry loads. The
oilTMl boys who pasture these animals
often live on camel milk solely for
many days at a time.
Tho Bedouins eat the flesh of the
camel and, as a mark of distinction,
slaughter a camel when a noted guest
visits them. Camel flesh la also eaten
by Mohammedan peasants and the
poorer classes of Mohammedan city
people of Jaffa and Gam. The skins
are used as rawhide to sole the shoes
worn by peasants. Egypt Is the best
market for young camels: and many
are there purchased by the govern
ment for military purposes. The
peasant and elty people only keep the
males for work animals: In addition
to carrying loads, they are used for
plowing and for turning oil mills and
for lifting water and for Irrigating
purposes.
SOMK “FLY" INFORMATION.
Whore !h tho fly born? In manure
and tilth.
Whore docs the fly live? In all
kind* of filth and ho carries filth on
hla feet and wings.
Where does tho Ily go when he
leaves the manure pile and tho spit
toon He goes Into the kitchen, the
dining room and the store.
What doe* he do thsro? He walks
on the bread, fruit and vegetables; ho
wipes his feet on the butter and he
bathes In the milk.
Hoes the fly visit patients sick with
consumption, typhoid fever and chol
era infantum? He does, and he may
call on you next, carrying the Infection
of thene rilt'eiutes.
\\ htt tfUuMifiMi floes tho fly carry?
Typhoid fever, consumption, diarrheal
diseases, diphtheria, scarlet fever, and.
In fact, any oommunlcable disease.
Do not let any surplus cooks eat
up the profits. Keep enough for
breeding purposes and no more.
poultry house and flttlngs should be
»" built as to be easily cleaned. The
walls should be smooth and as free
from crncks as possible. Nests, roosts
and dropping boards should be easily
removable to allow spraying of their
entire surface and the walls beneath
them There are several preparations
for the eradication of mltea of which I
two good ones are here given:
Fcsel Soap—Shave or chop one 10-1
cent cake of laundry soap Into one
pint of soft water. Heat or allow to
stand until a soap paste Is formed.
Stir In one pound of commercial cresol 1
and heat or allow to stand until soap!
paste Is dissolved SMr In one gallon
of kerosene. For use dilute with 50!
parts of water, which will make a
milky colored solution.
Commercial cresol Is a coal tar by
product and may be obtained from
the druggist at about SO cents per
pound. Care should be taken not to
get any of It upon the hands or face
!aa It will cause Intense smarting.
Kerosene Emulsion.—Shave or -hop
lone-half pound of hard soap, add to a
; gallon of soft water, place on a tire
i and bring to a botl to dissolve the
soap. Remove from the Are and stir
j in w hile hot two gallons of kerosene.
This make* a thick, creamy emulsion
j which may be kept as a stock solution.
| For use dilute with 10 parts of soft
water. It la belter to apply It hot If
i possible.
Extreme care should be taken that
these mixtures do not come In con
' lact with eggs that are sold for
table purposes. Eggs sprayed with
cresol soap solution taste of carbolic
acid.
INDIANA MAN WINS COHN PRTZ.E.
At the national corn exhibition held
at Columbia. N. C.. Charles Short of
Oreenaburg. Ind., was awarded the
Indiana grand sweepstakes trophy cup
for growing the best ten ears of corn.
The cup .offered by the Indiana Corn
Growers’ association te valued at
11,000. This is the fifth ttpne Indiana
has taken the cup. Com growers
from many states entered samples in
the contest.
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MODERN DAIRY EDUCATION
TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO THE BABCOCK TEST FOR BUTTER FAT WAS GIVEN
TO THE PUBLIC, SINCE WHICH TIME THERE HAS BEEN A WONDER
FUL ADVANCE IN DAIRYING.
BY H. L. RUSSELL.
The Babcock method of testing
cream Ij now recognized throughout
the leading dairy sections of the world.
It has been adopted as a standard
method by the Association of Official
Agricultural Chemlsta and In the
United States and Canada has com
pletely superseded all other methods.
It la practically the only test used In
Australia, New Zealand and South
Africa, and has been Introduced Into
Argentina In South America. In Aus
tralia and New Zealand It was gener
ally adopted as a basis of payment for
milk even before it was In the United
Htataa. In England It Is used con
siderably and Is used to some extent
In Finland, Russia and Northern Ger
many. While this record shows its
practical predominance over the major
portion of the dairy world, Its effect
on dairy advancement Is of general
historical Interest.
It Is noteworthy that an Invention
of a machine of a method sometimes
transforms an Industry and exerts an
Influence that Is historically of the
greatest importance. Ell Whitney's
cotton gin was an economic factor In
the development of the Civil War. The
Impetus it gave to cotton culture made
possible the Industrial development of
the South, and the Inevitable result
was the expansion of slavery. The
evolution of the twine binder paved
the way to the settlement of ths illim
itable stretches In the valleys of the
Missouri, the Saskatchewan and the
Red River of the North, converting
these prairies that were once a part
of the great American desert of our
boyhood geographies, Into the granary
of the world. Just as the economic
and even the political history of the
great northwest may be written in
terms of wheat, made possible by the
Invention of a device to garner the
grain, eo the Babcock test and cream
separator are the two inventions tn
the dairy world that have determined
the course qf dairy advancement.
The economic needs of a business
greatly stimulate Invention. The Mc-
Cormick reaper, the Marsh harvester
and the Appleby knotter of the twine
binder were all produced by the
stimulus which economic necessity
made apparent. The development of
the railroad made necessary the Inven
tion of the telegraph, by which trains
could bo safely dispatched. Cooper
ative dairying, stimulated by the In
WHAT TO FEET) THE POTT/TRY.
The following Is an excellent ration
for fattening poultry:
1 port corn meal,
1 part oat flour,
1 part barley meal,
1 part beef scrap,
8 parts buttermilk or skim milk.
This makes what Is called slop feed,
as It Is thin enough to pour. The best
feeding result are had with crato j
feeding. The birds, flve or six In
number, are placed In a slat coop. The
bottom Is of lattice work, and that
makes It self-cleaning. There Ib
plenty of room In the coop, but the
Idea Is to prevent exercise.
The crate should be put In a pro
tected place, but not In a houee. Under
a tree or at the aide of a building Is a
good place. If It Is where other fowls
cannot molest them. They are given
no food for twenty-four hours previous
to the feeding period, which should
last from twro to three weeks. The
milk will be euflVctent to allay their
thirst. Feeding In this way has
brought gains of from 25 to 85 per
cent. It costs from flve to seven cents’
worth of grain to put on a pound of
gain. But If It did not pay from a
feeding standpoint It would In other
ways, for the flesh of a Mrd fattened
In this way Is far better, being much
whiter In appearance and more Juicy
and much more palatable.
For laying fowls, milk furnishes the
1 animal protein that is necessary. In
this way It takes the place of beef
■ scraps, which Is a packing-house
product and somewhat expensive. It
j has been demonstrated that for every
quart of milk a hen will drink, she
will lay an extra egg. but of course
the Inability to drink much limits the
egg production.—W. A. Ltpplncott
FORMULA FOR WHITEWASH.
This has been published before, but
as It Is constantly being asked for we
give It again.
Take a half bushel of unslaked lime,
slake It with boiling water, cover It
during the process to keep In steam,
strain the liquor through a line sieve
and add to It a peck of salt, previously
dissolved In warm water, three pints
of ground rice boiled to a thin paste
and stirred In while hot. Add five
gallons of hot water to the mixture,
stir well and let stand a few day*,
covered as nearly alr-tlght as possible.
It can be colored by adding cchra
lamp black, ground keel or blutng to
suit
The first dairy school In America.
; ventlon of the centrifugal cream
separator, needed a method of pre
[ cislon like the Babcock test to measure
milk values. If Dr. Babcock had not
succeeded when he did In producing
the simplest and most effective test,
some other name would soon have
been associated with a test, for under
the stress of economic pressure, it had
to come.
The Babcock test can well be called
The Founder of Modern Dairy Educa
tion. To train the factory operator
how to use the test properly, It was
necessary to give him specific Instruc
tion. This need was apparent the
moment the test was devised. In the
winter of 1890, a few months after the
test had been made public, the Wis
consin Dairy School, the first school
for dairy education In America, opened
Its doors. Its first session was attend
ed by two pupils. The next winter
seventy were crowded into a little
room In an old wooden building at the
University farm, the Instruction being
given by Dr. Babcock and H. B. Gur
ler, now of Macon, Miss., who was the
first practical dairyman In America to
use the test.
The success of this school enabled
-Prof. Henry to secure appropria
tlon from the Legislature for the new
I>r. Stephen Moulton Babcock, In
ventor of the Babcock test for bntter
fat.
Tho main hnlldlng, ITlram Smith Hall was the first
In America to be constructed for dairy education.
LIMING THE SOIL
By B. H. Hite.
Nothing In agricultural science or
practice may be mentioned with more
assurance than the beneficial effect of
lime on easily puddled stiff clay soils.
This Is so nearly a matter of common
knowledge, the wonder Is that anyone
will worry along with such soils year
after year, and even from one genera
tion to another, while the possible in
crease in yield In a single year will
often pay for the necessary lime.
Manure spreader with lime hood.
Lime may Improve loose sandy soils
by making them more conpact and
more retentive of moisture. For this
purpose some form of carbonate of
lime la usually recommended, and ih
much smaller quantities than for clay
soils. Clay soils will stand more lime
and, for almost every purpose, require
more lime than sandy soils. The Im
provement of sandy soils will often be
much greater If the lime Is applied to
a green crop turned under. Lime
hastens * the conversion of the vege
table matter Into humus, and this with
the lime helps to fill the open spaces
between the sand grains. It Is claimed
by those who have given much atten
i tlon to light sandy soils that there are
Ino other types of soils that will re
spond quite so readily to liming, pro
vided the necessary vegetable matter
Is supplied.
Few owners of the smaller poultry
plant know what percentage of profits
their flock* do yield. Many of these
ma? know how much they spend for
feed during the year, and how many
eggs the hens laid within the twelve
months, but further than that they
cannot give any figures of the cost of
production or the actual profits from
the sales. Adopt business methods in
your poultry plant.
Hogs cannot be raised profitably on
corn alone.
dairy building, and on January XI,
1892, the dairy school opened in the
new quarters with a registration of
about 100. This building, named
Hiram Smith Hall, in honor of Wis
consin's veteran dairyman, was the
first In America to be constructed for
dairy education. From that time to
the present its capacity, although re
peatedly enlarged, has been taxed to
the utmost every year. From It have
gone forth over 3,000 buttermakers
and cheesemakers to all parts of this
and other countries, trained in the
science as well as the art of dairying.
Practically every state and province
In America In which factory dairying
assumes any Importance has now or
ganized dairy instruction on a more
or less definite basis, and In all cases
the Babcock test Is an essential feature
In the curriculum taught.
The cow, from an economic view
point, Is simply a manufacturing plant
through which Is run so much raw
material in the form of nutrients to
turn out the finished products, milk
and cream. Many of these manufac
turing plants are run at a dead loss,
but their owners do not know it, as
they are too Indlfferpnt to taka the
trouble to keep books so they can find
It out. This is one of the lamentable
defects In farming as a manufacturing
enterprise. In any other phase of In
dustrial activity, such negligence of
business methods would spell bank
ruptcy. The Eabcock test and a pair
of scales make It possible for every
farmer to keep accurate accounts with
each cow In his herd, and where this
Is done It does not take long to con
vince the owner that the cow that does
not pay her board had better move on.
But as yet the major portion of dairy
farmers have not risen to the point
where they test each cow’s production.
A man who learns how to use and
does use the Babcock test, soon begins
to take and read agricultural and
dairy papers, to attend farmers’ meet
ings, to study balanced rations, to put
up a silo, to ventilate his barn, to
test his herd for tuberculosis. He
learns that It pays to farm by scientific
rather than by rule of thumb methods.
With this adjustment to twentieth cen
tury conditions and the attainment of
economic Independence come not only
better barns and better herds, but
better homes, higher standards of liv
ing and a fuller and a more inde
pendent life.
RURAL SCHOOIs HAS MISSION.
The training of country children to
grow two bushels of corn where one
bushel grew before Is a commendable
thing. To bring this about many
changes may be made In the programs
of most country schools. Arithmetic
problems may be worked out In terms
of corn and potatoes and cows. Read
ing may be largely confined to the
subjects of Interest to country boys
and girls. Essays on farm topics may
be written In place of the usual pars
ing and other grammar work. This
will lay a foundation for much prac
tical work In the later years of school
life.
Older students trained in the ele
mentary principles of agriculture
could conduct germination tests of
corn and grain. Herds could be test
ed. rations could be worked out for
live stock, records could be kept of
poultry, garments could be made for
home, and the art of cooking could be
cultivated. These and many other
practical things could he worked out
with the school house as a center.
Added to this Is the social pleasure
that could be obtained by everyone In
the community when- a permanent
Interest In the school was established.
Basket socials, evening entertain
ments. picnics, school house fairs, lec
tures, and moving pictures would
make the rural school a real factor
In the social Improvement of the
school district. The country school
has a mission which should not be
neglected.—Ray P. Spear.
CORN—ITS VALUE TO MANKIND.
\
The tremendous acreage planted to
corn last year developed the ever
present pessimist who talked about
' over-production and a consequent
I lowering of prices to the Injury of
| the farmer’s market. These people
I do not know that last year the United
'States Imported 26.500.000 worth of
i oats, more than 22,000,000 worth of
potatoes, 21.000,000 worth of peas,
over 2 2.000.ft00 worth of beans,
28,000,000 worth of sugar, 25.500.000
worth of tobacco. This Is money paid
to foreigners which should have gone
into the pockets of the American
farmers If they had raised enough of
} these several products. As long as
! our population increases as rapidly as
j it does now there is little danger of
over-production of farm products.
THE SWINE LOUSE
The hog louse Is a common parasitic
pest on swine and one that requires
vigorous and patient treatment to
eradicate. The hog louse Is one of
largest of the lice that attacks do
mestic animals. They are readily seen
traveling about on the bristles, usually
on the neck, back of the ears, moving
with a peculiar sliding motion. The
eggs, or "nits,” are small, white, oval
bodies attached to the bristles. Hog
lice may be found on almost any part
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of the animal’s body, but are most
common about the neck, ears and back
of the elbow.
These are blood-sucking parasites
and, by biting the hog and abstracting
blood, they cause a good deal of Irri
tation of the skin. The animal rubs
on posts and other objects and the coat
looks rough and harsh. The parasite
and eggs are easily found upon exam
ination. The parasites are transmitted
from one animal to another by contact,
or by contact with Infected bedding or
quarters.
PROPER TILTH IN FARM SOILS.
"One of the surest methods at the |
disposal of the farmer for improving
the tilth of hts soil Is by the addition
of organic matter. Measures should
be used to promote alternate freezing
and thawing as well as wetting and
drying, organic matter should be add
ed to the soil and alkali should be
avoided. When those who are en
gaged In dry-farming learn to keep
their soil In good tilth, the great In
dustry will have fewer failures and
many more successes.” —D. F. S.
Harris.
FARM WOMEN.
"Farm women hold a peculiar and
important place In the world. They
are creators of new wealth; for by
their labors the poultry Industry has
assumed one of the most important
places In the list of farm outputs;
millions of pounds of butter annually
vouch for their unremitting toil; the
home garden, shelves heavy laden
with filled fruit Jars —all these bear
testimony to their thrift. ‘She looketh
well to the ways of her household.’ ”
Mrs. A. M. Kepper.
DANGER FROM THE HOUSE FLY
By Miss Josephine Scott.
Just as soon as the farmer finds that
some pest Is destroying or damaging
his crops he begins at once to try
some means of destroying that pest.
He makes this attempt because he can
see with his own eyes that his crop
will be cut short or even destroyed If
the destroyer Is allowed to go on un
checked. When It comes to some
danger, the result of which cannot be
seen, we often let It alone, simply be
cause we cannot see the damage done.
You remember that for a long time It
was not known that malaria Is con
tracted only through the bite of a cer
tain kind of mosquito. When this fact
was established, then we began to
study about the mosquito, which were
malarial and which were harmless, and
the conditions under which the ma
larial kind breed. It has been proved,
also, that yellow fever Is not contract
ed by contact with yellow fever pa
tients, neither Is It carried In clothing;
but that a moscpilto which abounds In
yellow fever regions conveys It by Its
bite.
The danger of the common house
fly to mankind was unsuspected until
about twenty years ago. Later, during
the Spanish war, It was clearly shown
that the cause of the spread of typhoid
fever, which killed so many of our
men, was due to flies. This Insect Is
so active In the spread of typhoid fever
that It Is often spoken of as the
“typhoid fly.” The fly Is responsible
for diseases which can be spread by
FOR THE FARMER’S WIFE.
OIL OF CEDAR will destroy bed
bugs. They will not stay where It Is
applied, nor will they return when
once banished.
TO KEEP ANTS FROlil SUGAR—
Make a heavy chalk mark ail around
the box In which It is kept half an
Inch from It
FOR COCKROACHES Sprinkle
hellebore where they congregate at
night. They will eat It and be poi
soned unto death.
If you would be strictly up-to-date
and are determined to get the most
out of your business, you will not teed
mongrel stock. Nothing pays so well
or la so satisfactory as the best
bium tmf IP
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By N. S. Mayo.
Dipping the anlmslj three or four
times at Intervals of ten days will
usually free them from these parasites,
provided the steeping quarters are
thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.
In dipping to kill lice, the coal-tar dips
of the creollne type are better than
lime and sulphur. If the hog wallows
' are kept well filled with water, to
which some of the creollne dips are
added every ten days, the swine will
usually free themselves from the lice.
Another good way of combating the
parasites Is to tie gunny sacks or other
coarse cloths around rubbing posts and
keep these cloths saturated with crude
petroleum.
There are many coal-tar "dips” on
the market. They are made from the
products of the distillation of coal tar
and have a variety of trade names.
Creollne Is one of these preparations.
They are all dark-colored liquids with
a strong coal-tar odor and when
mixed with water form a mllky-whlte
or slightly brownish emulsion. We
have tried several kinds with excellent
results. Practically all druggists have
these dips, but we would advise using
a dip made by a well-known and re
liable firm. These dips should be used
at the strength of one part of the dip
jto forty or fifty parts of water. If rain
water Is obtainable It Is preferred to
“hard’’ water. These dips should be
used warm.
There should be a dipping vat on
every hog farm. They may be made
of wood, galvanized iron or cement.
They are set in the ground at a con
venient place so that there is good sur
face drainage away from the vat. A
good size for a large vat Is ten feet
long on top, eight feet long on the
bottom, one foot wide on the bottom,
and two feet wide on top. The end
where tho hogs enter should be per
pendicular and the other end Inclined,
with cleats, so that the hogs can
emerge after swimming through. The
: entrance should he by a slide. Such a
! tank Is very useful wherever hogs are
kept In numbers, as frequent dipping
tends to keep the hogs healthy and
| free from parasites. ;
ROOST FOR CHICKENS.
Take a cart wheel and stab the axel
Into the ground, or cut the axel In two,
bolt it to a post and set the post In the
ground. When the chicken house
needs cleaning, all you need to do Is to
11^
lift the wheel off and It Is out of the
way. Then, too, If there Is a chicken
on the other side from you that you
wish to catch, Just turn the wheel
around. —G. Dover.
The last United States census shows
that there are 307,706 women farmers
In this country. The number has
gained since the census was taken and
promises to Increase. Many women
have homesteaded claims In all of tho
western states and have made suc
cesses of farming.
the taking In of germs with food or
drink. Some of these germs are dys
entery, cholera, typhoid fever and
tuberculosis. During the civil war
there was an outbreak of gangrene
among some of the wounded In a hos
pital. The physicians used, as they
thought, all precautions to prevent Its
spread, but they were not effectual. In
recent years It Is known that this
gangrene was spread by the files, they
lighting upon the sore, getting its
poison upon their feet, then flying to
the wound of another patient, there to
deposit the germs from the gangrenous
patient.
The head of a fly Is covered with
stiff bristles like a head of ripened
wheat; the foot ends In a pair of
pincers, the mouth and head being
rough. When you push a stlff-brlstled
broom In a pile of refuse and then 11H
it, some of the dirt comes too. That s
Just the way the fly does; when it
leaves the refuse %ome filth sticks
Its body. Set the broom down and tne
dirt shakes off. Just so with the fly.
when It walks about a trail of flJth >•
left behind. Perhaps some one In your
vicinity has typhoid fever or :some in
testinal trouble. The patient c excr ® t “
Is not properly disinfected. Flies visit
these discharges, get the fre™s on
their bodies, fly at once to your
kitchen or dining room, crawl over
your food or fall in the milk, «vi *
behind them the germ of disease.
Then you wonder how the disease w
contracted. -
SUNFLOWER SEED FOR POULTRY
Fowls like sunflower seeds, and if
fed In limited quantity act as a tonic,
beneficial to their welfare. No other
seeds will assist molting to such an
extent, and aa a conditioner for the
show pen they have no equal. Some
of the commercial poultry' feeds con
tain sunflower seed, but those poultry
raisers who mix their own scrachlng
feeds should not fall to supply a lim
ited quantity of these seeds to the
hens.
Where mash is fed to the poultry. It
should be given In clean trough*
which must be thoroughly cleaned at
frequent Interval*.