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OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1907
Buying Good
Beef Cattle.
''" More than one-half the secret In suc
cessful beef production Is contained in
the two words "buy right," says J. C.
McLean of the Iowa experiment sta
tion. Of course that means at the
right price and that exorbitant prices
cannot be paid if any. balance of profit
is to remain with the fanner at the
end of the transaction. But it means
a great deal more. It means that he
must buy the right kind of stock. And
here is almost the whole secret. If a
man buys the right kind of feeder ca.t
tle, he very seldom pays u price which
loses him money, but if he does not
buy the right kind of cattle they are a
losing proposition at any price.
The right kind of feeder . cattle are
strong in constitution, with a pro
nounced beef form, and bear all the
evidences of quality. The feeder must
be thrifty, he must always be ready
for his two meals a day and a little
more, he must show vigor, and the
only way in which you can pick out
these qualities in your prospective pur
chase is by the depth and thickness of
his chest, the lowness of his flank and
his general vigorous expression as Seen
In the eye, the hair and the manner.
Neither can you put valuable flesh on
a dairy form. A peaked shoulder, slab
sides, a thin loin and a prominent
sharp rump and tail head are all dan
ger signals to the buyer of feeders.
A feeder must be deep bodied, thick
chested, wide sprung In his ribs, wide
, ANGUS STEEH.
in his loin and rump and thick in his
thigh. Cat hams do not belong on a
desirable feeder. In addition, over all
these parts the animal must be smooth
and neat, compact, but not coarse.
These points a man must have clearly
fixed in hfs mind before he even be
gins to look for feeders. If bo has, then
he can buy right. If he has not be is
at the mercy of the man who sells.
There is one more point that affects
the selling of our finished animals
which must be considered when buy
ing, and that Is uniformity.
Avoid off colors and assorted sizes.
While color cannot be sold over the
block or canned at the packing house,
yet It undoubtedly helps to sell a bunch
of steers. A uniformity of color and
of size pleases the eye and tends to
overcome individual defects. In buy
ing If possiblo obtain steers of a uni
form age, size and color.
The great Angus steer shown In the
Illustration was reserve to the grand
champion nt tho International at Chi
cago, no wus fed and shown by the
University of Minnesota and sired by
the imported bull owned by the Ohio
State university. Ills dam was ship
ped to Ohio State university to be bred
again to this bull In hope of securing
similar results.
The Boar to Select.
The boar should have a neat, smooth,
compact body and moderately short,
straight legs, says nn authority. Sides
that fit n straight edge from the shoul
der to ham and have great depth and
moderate length, a back that Is broad
and straight und deeply fleshed and
well developed hind quarters belong to
the Ideal boar type. Ho should be se
lected from a large litter of uniform
size and quality, for his progeny Is
likely to approximate the average of
the litter of which ho Is ono. Ills
mother should be a brood sow of tested
qualities as a stickler, for good pigs
cannot be raised If they do not receive
plenty of milk when young. Quullty
Is Indicated by a.glossy, fine, thick coat.
Clean, hard bone, vigorous constitution
uud symmetry of parts should e al
ways demanded lu the breeding boar,
Keep the Beet Mares.
Breeders should never sell their best
mare when young unless they have
one or more fillies by a first class stal
lion from her to take her place lu the
brood more ranks. Most brood mares
that aro not producers of record per
formers begin to deteriorate, or, rather,
depreciate, in selling value after they
are fourteen years old. The buiuII
farmer who raises but one or two a
year should plan to sell his brood
mares before their values begin to de
preciate and replace them with their
best fillies that are from three to flvo
years old. By continuing along these
lines, says Horse Breeder, the small
breeder will make more mouey, as a
rule, than by keeping mares until they
ure past use and have really uo mar
ket value.
Feeding Sheep Sliage.
A writer In the National Rtockmuo
and Farmer, replying to the question,
Will It pay to feed aheep sifigc? says:
feeders who use Hlluge are highly
pleased with results. Building a silo
will not pay uuless the builder expects
to follow the business for years, or If
sheep and lamb feeding is dlscontln
ued silage Is continued to be used for
cattle. Within n few miles of tho
borne of the writer there Is a cement
concrete silo, 15 y 30, built to help
out lu growing hothouse lambs. This
Is the first winter used, und Uio owner
has expressed himself to me as well
pleased with results.
Improving Mt, Pleasant Road.
The city has started the Moitut
Pleasant road Improvement and car
ried on grading work Tuesday and
Wednesday. The improvement will
commence at the head of Fifth street
and runs to the old creamery site,
with the exception of about 300 feet
that was newly planked last year. The
grading will be done now, and early
in September, when, the road has
been traveled, the crushed rock will
be laid, a width of 12 feet, with an 18
foot width at corners and turns. When
completed tho Mount Pleasant peo
ple will have a good thoroughfare.
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THE BROOD MARE.
Value of Proper Feed and Care Health
of the Foal.
W, E. Gilbert, writing in the Ameri
can Cultivator, says: Straw exercises
a drying effect on the flow of milk,
and it is therefore highly undesirable
to feed much straw to a brood mare
when she Is suckling her foal. Heating
foods, too, are bad for such mares, as
they heat the system and may have
an Injurious effect upon the milk. A
brood mare wblclj Is worked before her
foal Is weaned must receive an extra
allowance of grain in addition to the
usual ration of working horses, other
wise she cannot nourish her foal prop
erly, and she will also lose condition.
Mares with a foal should never be
worked very severely, as this has a
bad effect upon the flow of milk and
Interferes with the milk secretion.
When they are worked their work
should be of a light and moderate
character. It will not do to keep a
mare, when she is doing work, away
from her foal for too long space of
time, as the foal will then get unduly
hungry and take too much milk, at one
time, with the result that it is upset
Moreover, very long fasts are not at
all good for a suckling foal. It requires
to feed at pretty frequent Intervals.
This must be borne in mind by the
breeder when he works his brood
rnnres. nud he should be careful to
see that mare and foal come together
again in due time when the former is
performing work. It Is bad for a foal
to suck Its dam when she returns from
work In a very heated state. Over
exertion of the mare must be avoided,
as this has a deleterious effect, upon
the milk,
When runninir on a pasture mares
and foals require shade, and this point
should receive due attention rroin tne
breeder. For. foals belonging to the
light class of horses fairly high lying
pasture is most suitable, as on the
very low lying and mushy pasturago
the feet become more or less soft and
spreading, and they do not get so hard
and tough as in the case -when the
foals are reared on the former kind of
soli.
When a brood mare with a foal falls
off In condition to an appreciable ex
tent owing to the food not being plen
tiful enough or owing to its lacting tne
nnpAHKiirv amount of nourishment it la
not the mare alone that suffers, but
the foal also because of .the scarcity or
milk. This asnect of the Question is
very often lost sight of by., careless
horse breeders, who think that it does
not matter If the mare loses flesh and
falls away In condition whllo suckling
her foal.
Look to the Foundation Stock.
Even If It were possible for every
hog raiser to become expert In doc
toring the diseases of swine, which
obviously would be an Impossible
proposition, It would not be nearly as
practicable an accomplishment as the
ability to prevent diseases from ap
pearing or their taking a virulent form,
says a noted breeder. How shall this
be done? By looking to the foundation
stock and using animals of pronounced
vitality and not sacrificing this feature
for form and external markings, by
making a study of the hog to learn
,what effects bear upon his growth and
development. This Is not easy to do
and less easy to tell another how.
However, this faculty comes uncon
sciously to the mnn who has faith In
the hog as a profitable producer.
THE HORSEMAN.
Feed the young colts grain regularly.
It Is not nil wear that uses up the
harness. Lack of care will do it faster
than actual service. It pays to keep
the leather well cleaned and oiled.
Bo generous lu (be of the brush
es, but sparing in the use of the comb.
Good grooming should bo dono every
day to keep tho pores open, the skin
healthy and the hair silky. BoXt hair is
very warm and Is a nonconductor of
heat.
Never leave a reeking mess of wet
straw and manure under the horses. It
ruins the health and eyes and Is a dis
grace to nny horse owner.
Scrub breeding gets scrub progony
and brings scrub prices.
Too much at a meal and too much be
tween meals are alike bad for the
horse,
A little salt every day will keep the
colts free from worms. Barrel salt Is
better than rock.
The poorer qualities of hay should
be cut uud fed with molasses.
All hay should be well shaken up
and moistened by sprinkling a little
water on It before feeding.
Weak food will mako a weak colt
woak legs and unsound Joints.
Don't put yonr horse's feet In unskill
ed hands. Good feet are spoiled by
bad shoeing.
With a good grain ration a work
horso should not have nil tho hay he
can eat. Ho will give better and more
efilclont service on a small amount 'of
hay.
The hoofs of young horses often bo
como overgrown when tho latter are
running on very soft pasture land, and
it Is necessary In such cases to have
tho feet pared down to their regular
shape, otherwise tho hoofs may be
come permanently mlsshappen, or the
feet may assume an Irregular position.
A pair of horses properly driven will
start n load Blowly and carefully, their
legs well under them, their necks arch
ed, their toes gripping; the pavement
and the reins taut In the hands of tho
driver. If they are badly driven, their
legs will sprawl, their necks are likely
to be stretched out, Instead of arched,
the reins will be loose on their bucks,
nud they will try to Rtnrt the loud by
a sort of convulsive Jump Instead of by
a gradual gattwrtlijr of their 'uuieles.
Cancer Cause Death.
Miss Iora Warne died Wednesday
at the home of her sister, Mrs. E. B.
Andrews, 1010 Promontory, avenue,
and the funeral was held from the res
idence yesterday afternoon, Kev. J. R.
Lamlsborotigh, pastor of the First
ProahvtRi-liLn Church nfflrlatlne. Dtt-
ivinuftit would have been 30 vears of
age next Sunday. She came here from
Iowa two years ago and has been an
invalid ever since her arrival, suffei
lna (mm cancer, and lia( been bed
ridden for the last week. - The re
mains will be sent East for Interment.
Breeding Clay
And Morgan Types.
Writing In Country Gentleman on
Clay and Morgan types, a well known
New Jersey breeder says:
"I send you a photo of my stallion
Americus with six close crosses of
Henry Clay. His get are satisfactory
as roadsters and saddle horses of great
endurance, spirit, cheerfulness and
tractabillty, which I consider of great
er worth than the sprinting ability for
which high figures are often paid. In a
very few years these are among the
"have beens." Then what have you
for the years to come?
"The most Inbred family In this
muntrv is the Morgan. Because of
this close breeding they have a dls-
CLAI STALLION AMEEIODS.
tlnct, fixed type, as have also the
Clays, but not so marked, as they have
not been so much Inbred. To fix a type
inbreeding must be resorted to. A un
ion of Clay and Morgan blood, with an
infusion of Arab, would, I think, pro
duce such horses as the government
needs more surely than any other com
bination. By careful selection of sires
and dams the requisite size of the
product, according to the uses assigned
them, could be had. The Percheron
was a large, ill formed horse until a
little Arab blood was Introduced. He
Is now an attractive animal, of better
disposition, more spirit, more endur
ance and not reduced in size. This has
been brought about by inbreeding from
careful selections, exercising Judgment
In the use of sires and dams In the
breeding stock.
"The types above mentioned are un
deniably good. Why not use them,
rather than throw them away and lose
with It what the country has been
nearly a century in securing?"
Device For a Three Horse Hitch.
The three horse hitch here described
has proved very satisfactory for haul
ing heavy loads on an ordinary wagon,
says a writer In Breeder's Gazette,
Chicago. A Is an ordinary wagon
tongue. B Is a piece of wagon tire
four or five Inches wide and about
twenty Inches long, with a hole at F
to correspond In size with a hole in
the tongue. C O are strong Iron straps
fastened to the bac end of the
tongue with a bolt and also to B with
strong rivets. Drill holes through B
and the straps C at E and V, making
them eight inches from the hole F.
Countersink the hole F and have an
Iron pin to go through B and A, with
the head made to fit and not project
A THBEB HOUSE HITCH.
any about B. Put a hammer strap on
one of the straps C. Now cut the
evener as long us will work between
the wheels of the wagon and divide It
lu the ordinary way. Place it on the
plate B and fasten at either 13 or D.
as you may desire, using a bolt and
hammer strap. Use singletrees about
thirty Inches long and a dj'iletrce to
correspond.
By working the evener at E or D the
middle horse Is placed far enough ou
ono sldo so tho tongue does not Inter
fere with It lu nny way. There is no
side draft to speak of, and the plate B
keeps the evener balanced nicely nnd
up to its place at all times. Use an
ordinary neck yoke on the two horses
next the tongue and arrange lines on
the third horse nuy convenient way.
The scheme is all right. You have to
get to oue side to hitch or then use nn
evener so long that It will not work
between the wheels. I have used this
to haul hay with loader and ou ma
nure i ader, and it is all right. Take
off the three horse evener and take out
the pin lu the plate, and It Is ready for
an ordinary two horse doubletree.
Keep Lambs From Their Dams.
"In feeding I have hud best results
from beginning to feed a grain ration
when the young lambs were about a
week or ten duys old-," writes a breeder
In American Agriculturist. "Adjoin
Ing or In the sheep buru there should
bo an apartment where the lambs may
bo fed by themselves. It should be
separated from the npartmeut where
the breeding flocks are kept by n lamb
creep, made by nailing narrow strips
or bars with rounded edges perpendicu
larly and having them Just far enough
apart so that the young lambs can pass
readily through, but through which the
old sheep cannot pass. If the sheep
has no milk for tho lamb, three times
out of four she will care nothing for
tho lamb, and if a lamb is not hungry
It wll care no more for Its own mother
than for any sheep in the flock, and the
lambs will always do better if this
feedlug room, separated from the main
flock, Is large enough so that they can
spend a large part of their time by
themselves."
Chamberlain' Colic, Cholera and Di
arrhoea Remedy, Better than
Three Doctors.
"Three years ago we had three
doctors with our little boy and every
thing that they could do seemed In
vain. At last when all hope seamed
to be gone we began using Chamber
Iain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Kemedy and in a few hours he be
gan to improve. Today he Is as
healthv a child as parents could wish
for." Mrs. B. J. Johnston, Linton,
Miss. For sale by Huntley Bros., Or
egon City and Molalla.
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MAKING PORK QUICKLY.
Some Points on Hofl Raising; by an ln
diana Breeder.
When my pigs are three weeks old I
place a shallow trough near that of the
mother, put a little ship stuff and skim
milk in it, shell them a little soaked
corn near by and in a short time they
will learn to come and eat by them
selves. At eight weeks old they will
be able to feed themselves and in this
way will receive no check at weaning.
From this time on the pigs should be
pushed as rapidly as possible, for the
sooner they will weigh 250 pounds the
more profit there is in them.
Hog raising is seldom profitable un
less you have plenty of good pasture.
Blue grass makes a fine hog pasture In
the early spring, and by the time this
becomes woody and tough it is an ex
cellent plan to have a field of red clo
ver to turn them on. There is no bet
ter hog pasture than red clover, and It
can easily be grown r linost anywhere,
especially in the corn growing sections.
Alfalfa is also good.
I do not feed them all the corn they
will eat while on clover, for if they get
too much they will not eat enough clo
ver. Of course clover will not last all
season, but by the time the clover Is
gone they will be big fellows and ready
for a full feed of corn, which is the
cheapest feed for us to finish them
with.
Fall litters of pigs are a little more
expensive to raise on account of hav
ing no green pasture for them while
they are young. But if they are push
ed rapidly from farrowing time, Sept.
20, they will get large enough to stand
the cold weather pretty well. I then
give them a good feed of ship stuff and
ollmeal, with ear corn. They follow
the corn fed cattle and get the warm
corn in the droppings. This sometimes
turns an experiment In cattle feeding
from a loss Into a handsome profit on
the corn fed. In mild weather, when
the snow is off, I turn them out in the
pasture to get a bite of grass, but I al
ways ring their noses first. Nothing
is more worrisome than to see a drove
of hogs plowing up a nice blue grass
pasture.
Don't put a pig in a 10 by 12 pen
with little or no shelter from sun or
storms and feed him nothing but corn
and dishwater and expect him to make
you a profit Feed him a balanced ra
tion, give him plenty of exercise, a
nice place to sleep, keep 'salt and ashes
continually before him, let him have
access to good water, keep the lice off
him and there are few things that you
can do that bring you more profit than
the hog. F. W. Copeland, Jefferson
County, Ind., in Farm and Home.
Break the Colt Early,
While colts should have a warm
Bhelter at night and during stormy
weather, they should have a large
yard In which to exercise. It pays to
thoroughly break them young. Halter
breaking should precede weaning.
During the first winter they should be
broken to harness. Early lessons are
most lasting. With patience, and plen
ty -of it, the most stubborn yearling
may be made kind and docile, and
these early lessons will influence him
all his life. Very few horses properly
broken when yung ever become balky
or fractious, and if they do it is nl
ways the fault of some man who has
more temper than good seuse.
THE SWINEHERD.
Cleanly conditions help to ward off
cholera. t
If the brood sow is too fat, the pigs
are apt to lack vigor.
There Is a better market for medium
sized hogs than for those that are
overgrown.
Do not forget to give the pigs some
wood ashes, as they greatly assist in
building the framework by furnishing
the lime,, as ashes are more than 40
per cent lime. It also helps to sweeten
the stomach.
In selecting pigs to keep for breed
ers pick tho sow with the longest body.
Care nnd feed of the pig from birth
to maturity are the secret of success
and profit.
A good boar will add quality to your
future porkers faster than anything
else.
The boar Is half the herd, but the oth
er half is equally Important.
The 111 bred sow, like the 111 bred
cow, produces poor progeny.
, During the first months of a pig's
life growth and Increased weight can
be made cheaper or with less feed
than at any time later on in life.
Farmers Advocate.
Give the brood sows warm, dry sleep
ing quarters. Be sure that there are
no drafts in the pens. Hogs are sub
ject to pneumonia if exposed to cold
and drafts.
The sanitation of the piggery should
be guarded as carefully as the sanita
tion of a hospital. Damp and 111 ven
tilated sleeping quarters are fatal to
pigs, and unless the owner will see to
it that hogs always have a dry and
well ventilated place to sleep he had
much better keep out of tho business.
Too heavy a feedlug in the first few
days to a strong sow In good condition
Induces scours In the piglings and per
haps graver disorders In the sow her
self, says a Canadian breeder. Corn
meal should be used with caution dur
ing the first three weeks after farrow
ing. After that not much caution is
needed. For the first three weeks aft
er farrowing there is nothing better
than middlings fed either In diluted
skim milk or water. It is advisable to
feed warm foods in all cases. Cold wa
ter direct from a well or spring should
not be used for mixing the food. For
the first two weeks we like to scald
the meal Into a thick porridge and
theu dtluto with water or withf milk
and water. ,
The Limit of Life.
The most eminent medical scien
tists are unanimous In the conclu
sion that the generally accepted lim
itation of human life is many years
below the attainment possible with
the advanced knowledge of which the
race Is now possessed. The critical
oeriod. Hiaf rimtnrmlnes its duration,
(seems to be between 50 and 60; the
proper cure of the body during wis
decade ; nnot be too strongly urged;
careles .-..ess then being fatal to lon
gevity. Nature's best helper after 60
Is Electric Bitters, the scientific tonic
medicine that revitalizes every organ
of the body. Guaranteed by Howell
& Jones, druggists, ,60c.
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HATS
THE BEST THAT'S MADE, and
THE BEST FOR THE MONEY
THIS STORE swears by QUALITY at any and all seasons of the year. Do you believe in QUALITY? Of course
you do. Sometimes you're tempted to economize but you always learn that QUALITY pays best. We've
found after years of study, that "GOOD GOODS"make steady patrons that QUALITY is the strongest force in
building up a business. But -HERE "QUALITY" does not mean high price.
Clothes Baying Here is Positive Economy
We're "HOUSE CLEANING" this month getting shelves and coun
ters and ready to receive Fail Stocks. WILL YOU BUY NOW?
SEE! HOW YOU WILL savf
A Handsome, Stylish Man's Suit, worth $12.00 for . . .
Newest styles, well made, handsome, up-to-date Suits. Nothing the matter with 'em, only we'd
rather take a little money now and get the room then have the Suits. . ' r;
IS THE HAT GETTING A BIT SHABBY?
BETTER GET A NEW ONE -WE'LL FURNISH IT LESS THAN THE FACTORY COST
ALL THE FURNISHINGS REDUCED
SHOES
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newest style lasts. Sizes to fit any normal foot. FOR THE NEXT 10 DAYS .
WE WILL SELL YOU SHOES AT THE FACTORY COST
Many Special Lots for Less
SAVE MONEY BY BUYING at OUR AUGUST "HOUSE CLEANING SALE"
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All First lass
Government Ownership.
CARUS, Or., Aug. 21. (Editor of
The Courier) The present great tel
egraphic strike is another argument
for public ownership of public utilities.
Did the government own and control
the telegraph lines Instead of the
speculators and millionaires the busi
ness of the country would not be de
moralized as it is today. Why not the
imvommpnt own and control the tel
egraph and telephone as the mail bus
iness? Can anyone ten
J. S. CASTO
C. Schuebei W. S. U'Reo
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