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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1915)
KEEP SWINE HEALTHY HANUr AS ™TAT0 MARKtR Scours in Pigs Often Caused By Improper Feeding. To Correct Trouble Give Sow Dote of Sulphate of Iron In Her Slop- Keep Young Animate In Dry, Sunny Quarter*. Wheelbarrow Arranged With Pin* Stripe Hinged te Bottom Center Board Proves Satisfactory. Ijiat spring we had occasion to fit a very stumpy piece of sandy new ground for early potatoes. The one and two horse corn marker* would not work because of so many stumps. The wheelbarrow being near with seed up on it a happy thought struck me—this would roll over the rough ground, roots, etc., and leave a distinct mark in the soil, besides running . easily, writes O. A. Randall in Farm and Home. A half-inch hole was bored through the bottom center board and two pieces, c. of inch pine strips 36 Inches long were hinged, as shown, to a cen ter section, e. fastened with a wire through the holes, f, to the bottom board. On the outer ends of these (By A 8. ALEXANDER) When young nursing pigs begin to scour It la evident that the milk of the bow Is disagreeing with them and immediate attention, therefore, should be directed toward improving her ra tions. Most often the trouble comes from overfeeding on corn, or other rich food, just after farrowing, and pigs of fat, flabby, cross, nervous, con stipated sows are most apt to suffer. Sudden changes of food, or feeding sour swill. or food from dirty troughs •iso tend to cause diarrhea either in nursing piga or those that have been weaned, and all such cases should be prevented or removed. To correct scouring in nursing pigs, give the sow 15 to 20 grains of sul phate of iron (copperas) in her slop1 night and morning and. if necessary, slightly increase the doses until ef fective. Lime water may, with ad vantage. be freely mixed with the slop Handy Marker for Potatoes, as a preventive when there Is a ten dency to derangement, or after the strips a light runner, a. extends to the trouble has been checked, and also ground and slants back. These run la an excellent corrective for weaned ners with the wheel in the center pigs showing a tendency to scour on make three distinct marks when slop or skimmed milk. When little pushed across the field. In coming to pigs are scouring severely, each may a stump either or both sections are be given a raw egg and five to ten easily folded back until the obstruc grains of subnitrate of bismuth twice tion is passed, then dropped to posi daily in addition to changing the food tion again to mark. of the sow and mixing copperas in her Being light and mounted on a center slop. In cases which do not respond wheel it pushed as easily as a wheel promptly to treatment, success may- barrow seeder and was extremely easy follow the administration of a dose of to guide; marks clear across the field castor oil shaken up in milk. being straight as those made with a In all cases it is important to set line and very distinct. When not in right all errors in diet and sanitation use for a marker the sections are and to provide the pigs with dry, quickly removed. ■unny. well-ventilated quarters. The derangement is most apt to occur BURN CHOLERA CARCASSES Prize-Winning Mule-Footed Hog. among pigs kept in insanitary condi tions. Inactivity of the bowels most often gives trouble in pregnant sows and other adult hogs when given too little exercise and too much rich food. In such animals the liver is torpid, the system feverish and the muscles and other organs overloaded with fat. Constipation seldom troubles where hogs are fed laxative foods, such as bran, flaxseed meal, roots or alfalfa during the winter season, and in addi tion are made to take abundant out door exercise. In the common disease* of young pigs known as rickets, there is en largement, bending and distortion of the bones of the joints and limbs, and fractures of leg bones are not uncom mon. The bones of the body in af fected pigs lack their normal propor tion of mineral material and have an excess of vegetable matter. The ten dency to the disease is hereditary and most likely to be seen in closely in- bred hogs or those of herds kept under insanitary conditions and long Imperfectly nourished upon unbal anced rations. The excessive feeding of corn to generation after generation doubtless induces a weakness of con stitution conducive to rickets and the disease may appear as a result of any aggravating circumstance productive of malnutrition. BREEDING ONLY BEST CATTLE Counterfeit Dairy Cow Has No Place on Pasture or In Feed Yard- Discard Poor Producers. (By ROUD M'CANJf, Colorado Experi ment Station.) The development of the increasing demand for well-bred dairy cattle :* based upon the recognition of the fact that under present production condi tions, the counterfeit dairy cow has no place on the pasture or in the feed yard. During the past few years difficulty of replenishing and starting herds with good animals has confronted the dairy farmer at every turn. High feed bills have demonstrated the fu tility of expecting satisfactory returns when keeping poor producers, and the wideawake, progressive, businesslike dairymen are centering their demands on merit, of which there must be a greater supply to meet this demand. Foreign competition has created a well grounded impression that the most effective way of evading it is by greater production per animal and better products. Silo Pays Well. No building on the farm will pay better return* than a good silo, if properly built and filled on time, and In the right way. Reduce* Farm Drudgery. The modern equipment in the way of litter carrier* and feed carta re duces the drudgery of the barn* to a minimum. ÍU5 LO\T 51W 7UPIE. VAN VOD5T ^‘13 ILLUSTRATIONS^»-- RAY WALTERS SYNOPSIS. —12— Ta Conit* ds Sabron. raptaln *f French tavalry, takes to hla quarter* to rata* by hand a root her I»« Irish (»rrlvr pup. and name* It FttchouM- Ha dlnea with tha Marquise d'Eadlgnac and meet* Miaa Ju ha Radmoetl. American hair*«* Ha I* or dered to Algiers but I* not allowed te take servant* or do<a Mia* lledmond take* car* of Pltchoune. w ho. longing for hla master, rune away front her Th* marquise plans to marry Julia to th* l*ue da Tremont. Pltchoune follow* Sabron te Algl*r*. dog and master meet, and Sabron gals nertnlulon to keep hl* dog with him Th* Imc d* TTemunt Rnda th* American helrees capricious Sabron. wounded In an engagement, fall* Into th* dry bad of a river and Is watch*d *v«r by Pltchoune After a horrible night and day Pltchoune leave* him Tremont t*k*a Julia and the marquise to Algiar» In his yacht but has doubts about Julia's Red Croaa mission After long search Julia gets tr* a of Pa bron's whereabouts Julia for the mo ment turns matchmaker In behalf of Tre mont. i CHARTER XX—Continued. After a momant, in which th* Mar quis« d'Escllgnac gated at th* bougala vtllea and wondered how anyon* could admire its crud* aud vulgar color, Ml«« Redmond asked: “Did you *v*r think that the Due d* Tremont was in lov*?" Turning shortly about to her nleca. h«r aunt stared at her. “In lov*. my dear!" “With Madam* d* la Main*" Th* arrival of Madam* d* la Main* , had been a bitter blow to th* Mar- - quia* d'Escllgnac. Th* young woman was, however, much loved In Pari* and , quit* in the eye of the world. There , was no possible reason why the Mar quise d’Escllgnac should avoid her “You have been bearing gossip, Julia." Burial of Dead Animals Not Approved “I hav* been watching a lovely by Nebraska Station—Excellent woman." said the girl simply, "and a Plan I* Described. man. That's all. You wouldn't want ' me to marry a man who love* another The burial of hogs dying of cholera woman, ma tante. when the woman is not advised by the department of love* him and when I love another animal pathology at the Nebraska ex man?“ perlment station. The germs of the She laughed and kissed her aunt'* disease will last a long time in the che*k. earth under favorable conditions and "Let u* think of the *oldl*r," she are liable to cause a new outbreak. murmured, "let us think just of him. The safest way to dispose of a carcass ma tante, will you not?" is to burn it. The Marquis* d'Escllgnac struck Burning may be easily accomplished In the following manner: Dig two her color*. In the hallway of the villa, in a trenches a few inches deep intersect ing each other at right angles. At th* snowy gibbeh (and hl* clean washed intersection of these, cornstalks, cobs, I appearance was much in hi* favor), or other fuel may be laid. Over th* Hammet Abou waited to talk with the trenches may next be laid strips of "grandmother" and th* exceilanoy. He pressed both bl* head* to his metal to support the carcass. Before being placed over the supports, the forehead and hl* breast as th* ladle* abdominal and thoracic cavities ahould I entered the veatibule. Thera was a be opened and be liberally sprinkled stagnant odor of myrrh and sandal with kerosene. Then the hog should wood tn the air. Th* marble vesti be placed belly downward over the bule was cool and dark, the wall* fuel. As soon as the material in the hung with high-colored stuffs, th* trenches is ignited, it will rapidly windows drawn to keep out th* heat. The Due da Tremont and Madame spread to the kerosene and fat and de la Maine came out of the **Jon the body Will be quickly consumed. If a large iron wheel is handy, ft together.. Tremont nodded to th* may be substituted with good results Arab. “I hope you ar* a little lea*—’’ and for the trench and Iron bars. he touched hla forehead smiling, "to day, my friend." IMPROVE YOUR POTATO SEED 'T am a* God mad* m*. Monsieur." “What hav* you got today’’’ asked Wisconsin Experiment Station Give* Julia Redmond anxiously, fixing her Six Excellent Rule* for Farm eager eyes upon Hammet. ers to Follow. It seemed terrible to her that this ' man should stand there with a vital The Wisconsin experiment station secret and that they should not all be tells the farmers of that state to im at bl* feet. He glanced boldly around prove their potato seed. at them. 1. By co-operating with their neigh "There are no soldiers here?" bors in securing pure seed. “No, no, you may speak freely." 2. By planting this foundation The man went forward to Tremont stock by itself where it will not be and put a paper in his hands, unfold mixed with other varieties. ing It like a chart. 3. By learning the vine and tube» "This la what monsieur asked me characteristic* of the variety one for—a plan of the battlefield. This 1* plants. the battlefield, and thl* is th* 4. By discarding as seed all bills desert.” which do not have these characteris Tremont took the chart. On th* tics. page was simply a round circle, drawn 5. By selecting seed for next year in red ink, with a few Arabian charac on the field at digging time. ter* and nothing else. Hammet Abou 6. By organizing the growers, deal traced th* clrd* with bi* finger* ers and others In your community who tipped with henna. are interested in the development and “That was th* battle, Monsieur." improvement of its potato industry. "But thl* is no chart, Hammet Abou.” TREATMENT OF COVER CROPS Th* other continued, unmoved: “And all the rest I* a desert, like Thoroughly Cut Up Clover or Other thl*.” Tremont, over th* man's snowy Crop* With Disk Harrow Before Turning Over, turban, glanced at the others and shrugged. Every one but Julia Red Never turn the clover or other crop mond thought he was insane. She under without first thoroughly cutting came up to him where he stood close up with a disk harrow, as the material to Tremont. She said very slowly in plowed under in a layer seriously in French, compelling th* man's dark terferes with the capillary action of •yes to meet hers: the moisture in the soil. The effects "You don’t wish to tell us, Hammet of turning under in a layer are what Abou. anything more. Am 1 not is sometimes called souring the soil right? You don’t wish u* to know the truth." with green manuring crops. Double disk the cover crop two or Now It was the American pitted three times with a sharp disk harrow against the Oriental. The Arab, with before plowing; plow well by taking deference, touched hi* forehead be a narrow furrow and edging rather fore her. "If I made a true plan,” he «aid than inverting the furrow; then double disk the land again rather coolly, "your excellency could give It deeply, and no Injurious effect will re tomorrow to the government” "Just wbat should be done, Julia,” sult however large the growth may said the Marquise d’Escllgnac, tn Eng be. lish. "This man should be arrested at one*." Bull* In 8*me Enclosure. "Ma tante,” pleaded Julia Redmond. If dehomed, bull* of the same or She felt as though a slender thread different ages may be safely kept in the same enclosure. When two bulls was between her fingers, a thread are kept in adjoining enclosures they which led her te the door of a laby should be separated by a strong, high rinth and which a rod* touch might board fence, so they ar* unable to see Mose her to lose forever. "If you had money would you start each ether. out to find Monsieur de Sabron at once?" "It would cost a great deal, Excel lency.” “You shall have all the money you need. Do you think you would b* able to find your way?" "Ya*. Excellency." Th* Duo d* Tremont watched th* American girl Sh* was bartering with an Arabian for th* »alvatloa of a poor officer What an *nthu*taat! H* had no Ide* sh* had ever **«n Sabron more than one* or twice In her life. He cam* forward. "Let me talk to this man," he said with authority, and Julia Redmond did uet dispute him. In a too* different from the light and mocking one that b* had hitherto used to th* Arab. Tremont began to aak a dos*n question* severely, and in hl* answer* to th* young French man. Hamm*t Abou began to tnak* a favorabl* Impression on every os* sav* th* Marquis* d Escllgnac. who did not understand him There was a hug* bamboo chair on a dais un der a Chines* pagoda, and th* Mar quls* d*1D*cllgna<- took th* chair and sat upright as on a throne Mimi, who had just been fed. came In tinkling her little bells and fawned at th* sandal* on Hammet Abou’* bare f*et. After talking with the native. Tre mont *ald to hl* friends: "This man say* that If he joins a Jewish caravan, which leave* here to morrow at sundown, h* will be taken with these men and leave the city without suspicion, but he must share th* expenses of the whole caravan Th* expedition will not be without danger; it must be entered Into with great subtlety. He Is either.” said Tremont, "an Impostor or a remark able man.” “He I* an Impostor, of course." murmured the Marquis* d'Escllgnac. “Com* here, Mimi.” Tremont went on “Further he will not dlscloee to us. He has evidently some carefully laid plan for rescuing Sabron ” Thera was a pause Hammet Abou. hla hands folded peacefully across hl* breast, waited Julia Redmend wait ed. The Comte*** da ia Main*, In her pretty voice, asked quickly: "But, tu*s amis, there is a mas s life at stake! Why do we stand her* talking tn the antechamber? Evident Tremont Began te Ask a Dozen Ques tiona ly tha war oOc* has done all it can for the Capltafn* de Sabron. But they have not found him. Whether this fellow Is crazy or not, be has a won derful hypothesis.” A brilliant look of gratitude crossed Julia Redmond's face. Rhe glanced at the Comtesse de la Maine. "Ab, ahe'a got ths heart!” she said to herself. "I knew It." She crossed the hail to the Comtesse da la Maine and alipped her arm in here. “Has Monsieur de Sabron no near family?” "No," aafd the Marquise d'Escllg nac from her throne. "He I* one of those unfamllled beings who, when they are once taken Into other hearts are all the dearer because of their orphaned state.” Her tone was not unkind. It was affectionate. "Now, my good man,” she said to Hammet Abou, In a language totally Incomprehensible to him, "money fa no object In this quest!'«, but what will you do with Monsieur de Rabron if you find him? He may be an in valid, and th* ransom will be fabu lous” The Comtesse de la Maine felt the girl's arm In hers tremble. Hammet Abou answered none of these ques tions, for he did not understand them. He said quietly to Tremont: "The caravan starts tomorrow at sundown and there Is much to do," Tremont stood pulling his mus tache. He looked boyish and charm- Ing, withal serioue beyond hla sun! habit, Hla eyea wandered over to the corner where th* two woasoa Mood to gether. “I Intend to go with you. Hammet Abou,” snld he slowly, “If It cao be arranged Otherwise thia expedition doe* not Interest me.” Two women said: “Oh, heavens!" at once. Robert de Tremont heard the note of anxiety In th* younger vole* alona He glanced at the ComtaMM de la Maine "You ar* quite right, Madame.” he said, "a man's life Is at stake and we stand chaffing hero. 1 know some thing of what the desert Is and «hat the native* are Sabron would bo th* first to go if It were a question of a brother officer.” Th* Marquise d'Esctlgnac got down from her thron*. trembling Iler *y*a were fixed upon her niece "Julia," she began and stopped. Madam* d* la Maine said nothing "Robert, you ar* my godson, and I forbid it. Your mother -" “—Is one of tb* brav**t women I •v*r knew,“ said h*r godson. "My father was a soldier " Julia withdrew her arm from th* Comte*** de la Main* a* though to leave h*r fr*e "Then you two girls," said th* Mar quise d'Escllgnac, thoroughly Ameri can for a moment, “must forbid him to go ” Sh* fixed her syea sternly upon her niece, with a glance of en treaty and reproach Miss Redmond ■aid In a firm voice: "la Monsieur de Tremont's case I should do exactly what h* proposes." "Rut h* I* risking hla Ilf*,“ *ald th* Marquis* d'Escllgnac "He I* not even an Intimate friend of Monsieur de Ha- bros!" Tremont said, smiling: “You tell ua that he has no broth er. marralne Eh bleu. 1 will pass aa h!s brother “ A thrill touched Julia Redmond's heart She almost loved him If. aa h*r aunt had said. Rabron had been out of the question . . . "Madame d* la Maine" said the Marquise d Encllgnac. her hands shah- ing, “I appeal to you to divert this headstrong young man from hl* pur pose" The Comtesse de la Maine was th* palest of the three wom*n Rhe had been quietly looking at Tremont and now a »mil» crossed her lip* that had tears back of It one of those beau tiful smiles that mean so much on a woman’s face She wm the only one of the thre* who had not yet spoken. Tremont was waiting for her. Hammet Abou. with whom he had been In earnest conversation, «as an swering hla further nutations Th* Marquise d’Escllgnac shrugged, threw up h»r heads as though she gave uo all questions of romance, rescue and disappointed love and foolish girls, and walked out thoroughly wretched, Mimi tinkling at her heels The Com tesse de la Maine said to Julia "Ma chare, what were the words of the English song you sang last night — the song you told me was a sort ot prayer Tall m* tb* words slowly, will youF' They walked out of the vestlbnl* together, leaving Hammet Abou and Tremont alone. ONCE A RIVER VALLEY PROCKB8 OP PORMAYION OF BAY OP BAN PRANCIfiCO. Not AI way* the Magnificent Land- leaked Harber That It Is Today— Report Mad* by the Geo logical Survey. Few people tn viewing th* Bay of Han Francisco think of It aa other than a magnlficeut land locked harbor about which ba* grown the commercial me tropolis of th* Pacific coast of the Halted Htatn* Y*t thia harbor did not always «slat, according to a report on th* geology uf the region recently pub- llsh*d by the United Huts* geological survey, tor at on* time through lbw d*pr •aalon now occupied by the bay ran a great river tbal drained the Sao- ramanto end Man Joaquin valley*. Thl* river probably flowed between the Tiburon peninsula and Angel ialand. and then through the gorge ot th* Qoldra Gai*. wb*re at present th* greatest depth of water la 400 feet. After th* river valley was forma<l the coast slowly sank and the ocean en tered through the Golden Gate. fioo<li><l tb* valley, aud formed the present b*y Thua the valley occupied by th* bay la really not so very different from Santa Clara and Moat* Hoaa valleys, sad should th* Pacific coast sink a few hundred feel lower, tho** fertile val leys would form great addition* to th* praeout bay. But th* ahaug* from a river valley to a bay happened v*ry alowly, for even great »arthquak** aa a rule do not mov* Urg* area* of th* earth mor* than a few laches, and It la likely to bo thousands ot years bafor* tb* outline* ot th* pr***at bay ar* greatly changed by nature Th* region la particularly Interest ing. for It Is on* of the newest part* of our continent. Home of the rock* belong to th* geologic period known as the Jurassic, but many of them are much younger aud w*ro laid down on the floor by th* ocean long after th« Appalachian mountains were formed. Although the*« rocks are relatively young, yet they ar* hundreds of thou sands of years old and have been raland out of the ««•« and tilted until In place* they st’aud uaarly on end. The forces which have raised then* rocks and hav* fold»«! and broken them ar* still active, yet their effects are ao gradually accomplished that for the moat part they are Inappreciable In a generation or *ven In several cm- turlea Roraatlme*. however. tb*ir ef fect la more apparent, aa for instance when they cause earthquakes. Earth quakes are du* to alight movements along what geologist* call "fault*,” which ar* really broken place* In the •arth's cruet where th* rocka on on* eld* of th* break or crack move past tboee on the other side Home of these fault* may be traced for mile*— not. of courae, aa open crack*, for to an) one but a cine« obaerver the rocka seem a* unbroken In most place« along the fault lines as they do In any other part of th* region Most of thee» breaks are fortunately CHARTER XXI. old. and It la to bo hoped that move ment along them haa ceased, but two Master and Friend. ar* alive, and along one of these oc Pltchoune. who might have been curred tha movements that resulted considered aa one of the Infinitesimal In the earthquake of April. 1906. Only atoms In the economy of th* universe, I once In several generations are seri ran over the sand* away from bls ous earthquakes to I m > expected. master He was an Infinitesimal dot on the desert's face. H* was only a War Alda Jap Woolen Industry. •mall Irish terrier In the heart of th* Th* army clothing orders received Sahara. Hla little wiry body and hla tn Japan since thn outbreak of war color seem rd to blend with the dust. have stimulated the flagging ambition Ill* eyes were dimmed by hunger and to make Japan a groat wool manufac thirst and exhaustion, but there was turing country. The Malniclil (Osaka), the blood of a fighter In him and he point* out truly enough how the In was a thoroughbred Nevertheless, dustry had subdivided Itself In Europe, he was running away.- It looked very where England, Germany and Austria much like It. There was no one to each had its own specialties and ma comment on hi* treachery; bad thcr* nipulated the fiber In different stages been, Pltchoune would not have run of manufacture. Seeing that Austra far. lia ia the great country tor the supply It was not an ordinary eight to see of the raw material, the Osaka paper on the Sahara—a small Irish terrieg thinks It would bo much more ra going aa fast as he could. tional for Japan to receive the wool (TO BIB CONTI NITRO ) and manipulate It In all stages before it was passed on to Europe than It la Rom*'* Colosaal Fish Pond. Th* duk* of Sermoneta who la acting for it to go th* round on to Europe and as preaident of the committee formed then come out to Japan In the manufac In Rome to promote the independence tured state It therefore exhorts the Ja of Poland, rank* among the greatest panese manufacturer* to put the nec landowner* In Italy, Fogllano, his ea- essary energy Into tho task of building tate near tha Pontine marshes, extend up a trade which European competi ing to 80.000 acres, mainly under tors will not be able to take away grass, for the duke owns vast herds of again after th* war. Japan Chronicle. cattle The most productive portion of the estate, however. I* a lake sev Thl* Happened In New York. eral miles long and about a mile In "No splk English,” gesticulated breadth, which, from tha time of the Hafiz with rising excitement, looking Roman empire downward, has sup rather wildly about for an Interpreter, plied fish for the market in Rome. down at the Hcamen's Church insti Whenever there ia a flood by rain on tute on South street. Arab transla •he hill* the lake overflow* through tors ar« not frequent about the Insti a narrow channel Into the sea. The tute, and the man behind tho desk •»■a fish find their way through into down in the savings department wna the lake, and remain to fatten In the distinctly mystified, say* tho Look fresh water, and then are captured on out their return by an Ingonloua labyrinth “He won't take this money; it's in constructed of reeds Into which they terest on the gold he deposited with swim They are of the best kind— us a year ago," he explained at last chiefly gray mullet. to a glltterfngeyed man from Bag dad who finally came to the rescue. And That Spoiled It, “Oh. no, he can’t. Mohammedans— Douglas Fairbank* went to a social they can't—any of them. It Is against affair the other night and an admir their religion to take Interest. Hafiz, ing woman cornered him. he very good, very devout," protested "Oh, Mr. Fairbanka,” ah* said, “your the Interpreter. Aud Hafiz went away, acting la wonderful.” virtuously content. “Thank you,” he replied. "It's marvelous how you bring out Homes for th* War-Stricken. the different emotions." Lumbermen In British Columbia ”1’0 «ipd you appreciate my work ” have been asked to bid on a contract "Yea, Indeed, you are a great actor." for 500,000,000 feet of lumber to be "You are Indeed complimentary " used In constructing 100,000 two-room "And do you know," the woman rat houses in northern Franae, Tho tled on, ”1 have a little fivsyearold house* are to be built at government son at home who act* exactly like you expense for thus* whose property wa* do.” destroyed in war. 4 c 1