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DAIRY WISDOM.
Otve rowii six to eight WMki'
rest between lactation period. J
I Ih. hi.I the cow which haa fall-
ed at the eml of the year to pay J
nmrket price for all the feed she
haa consumed. ,
All OOWI that are hearty cat cm
are not profitable producers, hut I
all prolltable producera ara uau-
any nearty eatcra. J
The test of cowi will not pro-
duce milk unleaa fed liberally on
J the right kind of feed. I
If the udler of the freah cow
1 la In good condition and ahows
no trace of pii-nct the calf ahould
1m removed after It baa nuraed J
once or twice.
e r,,K'V over a gallon of 2
milk A day ahould le fed grain, e
J A good grain mixture la corn
chop mixed with bran or cotton-
need meal. A pound of tbla
mixture should be riven each
. day for every three pounds of I
milk produced.
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LAXATIVES FOR HORSES.
Car Must B. Eroied In Feeding
Bran Carrot. Banofioial.
While the horae la working hard suc
culent food la a poeltlve Injury In that
It tenda to remove undigested, a a re
ult of laxity of the bowel, food nutri
ent that are dally required for forma
tion of mnacle aupply or vim and
vigor In other worda, repair of ft
aue waete. write Dr. A. 8. Alender In
the Hural New Yorker. Where, on the
other hand, the hone la Idle the suc
culent food may be and usually la re
quired to overcome the tendency to
constipation and Its accompanying
train of evils.
In the former caae the feeding of
much bran dnlly might he detrimental,
and In the latter case It would be use
ful snd profitable. The hardworking
borae keepa Its bowela lp condition by
exercla and utilize all of tbe food
nutrlenta aupplled him ao long as bla
digestive orgaua are kept In good con
dition. If be be fed a bran mash dally
he may continually auffer from what
may lie called subacute Indigestion and
full to derive I lie proper amount of
nourishment from the sound oata given
him In addition to the bran. When
Sunday arrives, however, his wonted
exercise I stopped and lie Is unable to
throw off the unrpliix f""d nutrients
not needed by work. If be haa i u
dally fed dry bran he will now 1st
liable to suffer from acute Indigestion
If given a bran maah.
This being the case, the feeding of a
bran mush to a horae that has been
taking dry bran throughout the week It
dangerous practice. Where tbe bard
DlalAnffi FOR sFfciALf Y JUDst
Jurr.
While looking ovsr a Uat advertising
tbe proficiency of twenty-seven poultry
judges we noticed twenty-two of them
claimed to be Judges of sll varieties of
poultry.
We wonder how many of the tweny
two can sit down and write the names
of all the standard varieties or can
name them on alght without aid from
the show coop card or the atandard on
and description?
It would be interesting, too, to know
how many of these varieties our all
variety Judgea have bred, bow many
they keep now and how closely ac
quainted they are with any of them.
To be a skillful judge of all varieties
Just meapa a close knowledge of 184
varieties of fowls and the standard re
quirements for each different on.
These varieties are: American, 20;
Kngllah, 7; Asiatic, 8; French, 8; Medi
terranean, 14; Polish, 8; Hamburga, 6;
Game and Game Ilantams, 16; Orien
tala, 8; Ornamental Rantama, 17)
Silkies. Sultana. Krissles; turkeys, 7;
ducks 12; geese, 7.
We have Seen a alngle Judge tackle
an entry of 4.000 fowls comprising
j TWO MgTMObS.
It's a bit early In the season to talk
methods of eradicating quack graaa and
Canada thistle, yet next summer It
Will be too late to give methods with
the expectation of getting results from
I them. Small patches of either of these
peat may be dlaposed of by cutting off
below tbe surface of the ground at
intervals of a week or ten daya
, tnronghout the growing aeaaen. Kven
these plants, which hsve much vital
ity, must have leavea breathing above
ground or they will die. Another meth
od which Is much used is to let the
plants grow until ihey come to tbe
blossom stsge, then to cut them be
fore sny aeed Is matured. The ground
should then be plowed shallow and
seeded to sorghum. Thl ahould be cot
and removed In the fall and the ground
aeeded to winter rye or wheat Tbi
may be pastured aa much as may he
practicable and In the aprlng plowed
under and the land planted to
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.dPaVjEr esss ' " . Ji2ujiH
The I'oichsron bread of draft
florae I the moat popular ss well
as ti,. ntimeiuuB In this eouu-
ti. .'. i i. mine MSB the supply
of pure i'"'1 draft horses in tine
ooumiy is nil too Basal Assorting
to Wayne Dlnaniure, Msretary of
tbe PSrohei '! Hulety of America.
itu iv U bill one pure bred draft un
linal to every ttfl horses fuuml mi
th.. farms of ihla SSSjgftrf end "ly
una ! dittft aire for evvry TIM
h.,,.- 1 hit Imported Parcheioa
nullum Imprecation, shaWn hen-,
was grunil f implon of Ills I'M 'I "'
the Intel nsllonal Uxe Hiock shows
Of IM11 und IBIS. He la owned by I
Crouch t Hon. ljtfuyette. 1ml
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I Sfetit-iS Dfl H I
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working Jiorse not fed upon brun, but
getting largo quuiitltleit of oata during
the week, la given u bran mash on Sat
urdii.v nlglit the effect will be good, and
tbe prnctlre la to be commeude.l. tk
caaioiial bran mashes are also excellent
for Idje burses when fed umii corn,
und a aujull ijuuutlty of brun will make
tbe crushed oata fed to colts more ef
fects e. We sny tlicso tblnga for the
reason that bran cause., opening of tbe
liuela by Irrltutlug the bowela. It
does not give a great amount of uutrt
incuts, although Its analysis would lead
one to aupisaie that It waa even more
nutritious than oats. It la Indigestible
and passes through tbe Intestines In
iniinj eases wholly undigested. It acta
as u laxative for the reason that It la
a foreign body und Is thrown off us uae
less by tbe Irritated lutestlnos. Car
ruts act In a somewhat different man
ner They do not prove laxative on ac
count of any lrritatlug effect, but on
account of real succulence, and have
tbe special power of acting nl ely
upon tbe pores of tbe skin. Thev may
be fed to a borae lu poor condition
when bran would only aixrvate the
impoverishment. Moots are relished by
horses and are digestible.
Dairy Filth s Crime.
A dirty, flltby cow stable la lnex
disable. It is a bad habit that mu-t be
Shed. Kvery farmer ahould take
"rl enough In hi. - &
own self respect to ?
of housing the cows In n jMjJj
Uls regard for hla family -d;ntt'
SLTSr his children should UvJ-JJ-tT
reform In I hi But the real
ISSTta the danger of the product
SJaTJuch s stable. It Is a crime for
laT.ua n to defile a food
.ver th. U m.y .ay.-r.nu Pws
Photo by C M ii .1 nits.
WHIT. Imiti i Ji I'H AT WnliB.
most of these varieties, plus 400
pigeons of the different kinds, and rush
the whole hunch throuKh In u day und
a half, und It surely waa a hocua pocua.
an awful mockcr.x
Inhibitors won't staud for audi fun
ny business, not even If a Judge wears
a halo In the form of a license from
the American Poultry aeeoclatlon.
We have met a few all variety
Judgea who didn't have to run to
catch the first train out of town to es
eue the fanciers after the, ribbons
were placed, but good all variety
Judge are about aa acrce aa hen
teeth
That Is why modern shows now em
ploy sH.iialty Judges.
i:lilbltois won't atand the bungling
stunts of the fellow that know It all
Varletlea are too many and tbe claaaea
are too Inrge for tbe old fashioned
way.
It. shies, fanciers no longer run rooat
er menageries, but are mostly special
Ists In one variety. They therefore
Justly demand that the Judge who
mores their entry shall be a aperlallst
In that line and know more about It
than themselves.
A FEEDING EXPERIMENT.
Some feeding experiment, conducted
last winter by the Pennsylvania ex
periment atatlon had In view seeing
how cheaply beef breeding cows could
be carried through the winter There
were ten Hhorthorn and ten Angus
cow. During the feeding period of
140 daya each cow was fed an aver
age of 57.04 pounds of corn allsge and
one pound of cottonseed meal per day.
With tbe silage worth $8.00 per ton,
and the cottonseed meal $30 per ton,
tbe average coat of feeding eacb ani
mal for the period w.a S18.18. With
stmw used In bedding worth 88.04
and the care of each animal put at
82, the total expenae for each cow for
the period waa $22.07. Crediting eacb
cow with manure worth $0.08 and an
Increase In weight worth $8.22, tbe net
cost of keeping each cow waa $8.22.
TAMINQ WILD DUCKS.
At tbe Ntorrs college, In Connecticut,
Rome Interesting experiments have
lieen conducted the paat few years
slong the line of domesticating several
apeclea of wild ducka. An expedition
waa sent to ("niiudn to aecure the eggs
of wild fowl. Including redheads, can
vaabacka and bluebllla. These eggs
were put In Incubators, and the duck
lings that bntched thrived Theae
birds, now full grown, are In a atato
of domestication. The success of the
exjMTltncnt Is attrlbuteM to the fact
that the eggs secured were hatched mi
der domestic conditions, so that tho
ducklings could have no remembrance
of their wild life, for attempts at turn
ing were fouud to lie practically useless
In caae of ducklings, even though
caught when but u few days old.
FEATHERS AND EGGSHELLS.
The T'nlted Rtntes government Is
about to take a census of the rat pop
iintloii with a view to not only uncer
tain their tendency to spread disease,
hut the extent of their depredations In
bouses, barns and warehouses. 81c
em. Tine'
Cooking feed for fioultry doesn't pny.
When the kettle of bouea. bran, chop,
turnips, tatcr iNirlngs nnd grease boils
over on to your wife's shiny cook stove
and soaks luto that nice kitchen car
pet well, yon t yr boots, that
doesn't pay either!
The gold medal goes to Mrs. Kllxa
l.eth Hlme of Caldwell, N. J. Who
touuil tweny two rata in a feed burrel
In her pigeon loft, iiulltd down the lid,
hauled tlie barrel into her kitchen,
t.oi.d u hole lu the top and Inserted the
gas hose. It took one hour to as
phvxlate the long tsll squealers and
KbOUt live utiles of gas at 80 ceuts a
thousand if the gas company makes
Mrs. Ulme pay for that gaa It ought to
be hauged.
To get the ballot the women of Mich
igan did not use the uaual long greeu.
They apiiealed to tbe men's stomachs.
Thev won over 3H) legislators by ban
queting them on chicken pie. r a r
,nuld, matrimonially inclined aud thua
far left, try a chicken potple for bait
Hens that are allowed to trot around
lo he snow all day are generally atar
boarder, that seldom pay their board
hills The man who keeps layers on
the sero plan need not count ou wlu
er eggs. He ahould cook them and
buy hen- In the spring, when any old
feather bed lays. Th.t will pay him
liettor. , ,
Professor Surface of tbe Pennay va
,da department of agriculture Uat
vaar sent out a bulletin on "Couaerve
the Skunk ' He Is now busy trying
to get the legislature to paas a law
forbidding tl trapping or killing ; of
. .. . ... .. .,. whatsoever. Tbe
aauiiKN in i.uj -- .
professor seems to beve . great regara
at present for Mr. oauue. . j
wait till he falls over on In his ben
coop ut ulght
Those who expect to get .11 their
air and light through an open front
drop curtain will see tueir ""-""
when the heus dig up th.t .wful dust
The dust will make tbe cnrtaln opaqM.
and the air can't get through It
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A $80,000,000 LOSS.
Exhaustive Invest Igatlona which
have been carried on by the lulled
States department of agriculture show
that from the time eggs are laid until
they are served ou the consumer's
table In one form or another there Is
a loaa In value of 17 per cent. This
loaa la distributed under the following
beads: Dirties. 2 Ier cent; breakage.
2 per cent: chick development, ft per
cent: shrunken or held. 5 per cent;
rotten or moldy. 11 per cent With the
eggs of the country lust year worth ,
In the neigh ls.rbo.sl of :! ..
this menus that the poultry keefwra or
the country suffered a loss of not far
from $0U.00 1,000, and even more than
this If the total value of egga given
represents but Kl ier ceot of their
real value.
FANCY FRUIT.
It la a fact that the prosteCtlve apple
grower might well keep lu mind that
in spite of the plentll'ullie.ss of apples
of some varieties, which are going
begging at $2.50 to $3 per barrel, fancy
Jonathans are retailing at ."V per bar
rel and ut $2 Ier box or better when
carefully wrapied nnd put up in this
abue. There la little question that a
practically limitless market exists for
tipples of the type of these Joiiutbuna
the pltBlll urg and Yellow Newtown
belong In tbe auiue class -allowed to
conic to full ripeueas und curefully
picked and put up lu attractive puck
ages There are plenty of folks with
long o. keil ka that will buy fruit
of this uiud If It Is put up so as to
appeal. both to the eye aud tbe pulate.
THE BIO CORN CROP.
rei. ,,,, ,i ii, in.-.-, for the 11)12 corn
crop show a totul yield for the count rj i
of a,124,7iO,(HA) busueis. in uie pro
duction of this vast amount of corn
lowu led With 432.Kll,OO0 bushels. Illi
nois ruuked second with 420.230.000
bushela uud Missouri third with 243.
004.000 bushels. indlauu, Nebraska,
Ohio, Khiisus, Texas, Kentucky and
Oklahoma follow lu the order named
with yields ranging from 100,000,000
down to 101,000.000 bushela. An Inter
esting fact lu connection with tbe yield
per acre Is that the New Englaud
states t'ounectlcut. New Hampshire
aud Massachusetts lesd all other states
with yields of ttfty. forty six aud forty
ttvc bushela per acre.
A YOUNG CORN GROWER.
The champlou com grower of Ohio
la a lad fourteen years of age, of
the name of Dewey Uanea, who lives
at Arcnum. a little country town
some forty mile, from Cincinnati On
mi acre of ground this boy raised
last sea sou ISO bushels ot com. This
wss the beet record made by anybody
In tbe state, and be was rewarded for
his effort by a handsome prtee and .
free trip to Washington on the corn
growers' special.
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OREGON WELL REPRESENTED IN THE PERMANENT
! ST. PAUL AGRICULTURAL DISPLAY FRON
"ZONE OF PLENTY."
Oregon will no doubt derive great and
Fasting benefits from the permanent dia
play of grains and grasses in the exhi
bition room of the Northwest Develop
ment League in St. Paul. Splendid
sample of wheat, oats, flax, rye and
barlry wers part of the atate'a mag
nitni-nt agricultural exhibit at the recent
Minneapolis ami Chicago land shows and
were brought East for diaplay purposes
by the Great Northern Kallwy. Cum
in. i. iiil organizations, the railroasja and
tln Development league are carrying on
an extensive publicity campaign to at
tract the attention of visitors In th
Twin City to the dlaplsy of the prodawta
of the soil of the American Northwest
and it I likely thouaanda of people will
view tho exhibit annually.
One of the feature of the Oregon
exhibit la a aample of fall rye seven feet
high. Varieties of oata Include Mam
moth Cluster, Storm King aad Silver
Mine. White Bonsnxa is alio shown In
the display. Crall Fife, Dig Club, Blue
Stem snd Red Club varieties of wheat
are well featured in the Oregon grain
exhibit, excellent flax samples and six
row barley form a part of the display.
Shelled grains In glass jars complete the
grain exhibit. Ursa sample utdude
timothy, red clover, nlaike, alfalfa, bos
graaa, blue Joint and brume.
In the Oregon exhibit are a Urge no.
ber of Jars containing fine aamplat of
processed fruit of different rarlrtiav
The forests have provided an exhibit of
wooda of aeveral kind. The exhlbitwa
room la well supplied with Orr-gim liter
" t lire descriptive of the atate in frarnl
and by communities. The exhibit U opn
morning, afternoon and evening and rap.
i' .i nt stive of the Icague give infnraa
linn about the atatea of Oregon, Minnr
aota, Montana, Washington, Idaho ui
the Dakota, the seven atate whirh tho
Development League ia aeekiag to ai-vance.
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