PROPER MANAGEMENT OF SOWS
OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE
"V; . . ,
Animals In Good Physical Condition Will Care for Their
Young and Raise Them In Excellent Manner Best
Food Just Before Farrowing Time Is
Wheat Middlings and Bran.
Excellent Type
(By L. O. JOHNSON.)
Quite olten I have heard the coin
plniist of 80wa eating their pigs, and
only a short time ago a neighbor ot
nine had a One brood sow to eat her
pigs immediately after farrowing.
Now this la not natural for a sow to
do so, and when they do there Is a
reason for It, if that reason is only
looked for.
Sows by nature are not cannibals
and if they are in good physical con
dition they will care lor their young
and raise them in the proper way.
On the other hand If she Is nervous
and fretful at farrowing time she la
apt to eat her pigs, but when they
have the run of good pasture and are
properly fed and cared for they sel
dom eat their offspring.
If a sow Is compelled to live in the
barnyard, sleep In manure piles or
straw stacks, and only fed a little dry
corn she Is apt to be feverish, con
stipated and have but very little milk,
and in such cases she is likely to eat
her pigs or lie on them and smother
them before they are old enough to
suck.
I have a large basement under my
barn where the frost is never seen
and in case the weather Is very cold
I give my sows a good, warm, dry
pen in this basement. I don't care
about the pen being over large, a pen
sixteen feet square Is large enough for
four sows up to two weeks before
farrowing, after which I place each
sow In a separate pen with her pigs.
I like this pen to be ten feet square
with light bedding, cut straw is pref
erable. The best food for a brood sow Is
wheat middlings, the coarser the bet
ter, or wheat bran and middlings may
be mixed half and half. This should
KANSAS COWS
MAKE RECORDS
'Carlotta Gave 15,773 Pounds ot
Milk In One Year Fairly
Good Averaze Yield Is
6.000 Pounds.
If a cow gives 6,000 pounds of milk
a year most men are satisfied. This
Is a fairly good average yield. But
here are some two-year-old Ayrshires
tht surpass that figure by a long way.
Their work was described by Prof. O.
E. Reed, head of the dairy depart
ment, In the annual institute. Here
are the records:
Canary Belle, 10,118 pounds of milk
and 437 pounds of butter, 3.7 per cent
test.
Pcarnot of Oakdale, 5,218 pounds of
milk and 292 pounds of butter, 4.08
per cent test.
. Johanna of Juneau, 7,681 pounds of
milk and 335 pounds of butter, 3.72
per cent test.
Rom of Oakdale, 5,956 pounds of
milk and 308 pounds of butter, 4.42
per cent test.
Any one of these cows would sup
port a family of five persons. Such
ows probably could be bought for
$175 or $200, but not at the college.
The cost of feeding the ration, and the
Income, may be gauged for all the
group by referring to the history of
Johanna of Junean, a model family
cow; Johanna ate, every day, thirty
pounds of ellage, ten pounds of alfalfa
had, and nine pounds of grain, con
sisting of four parts of corn, two parts
-of bran, and one part of cottonseed
meal. This ration cost $5 a month.
It was fed as described only when the
-cow was giving the highest yield. One
pound of the grain ration was allow
ed for every three pounds of milk, so
that when Johanna gave 27 pounds of
milk a day she received 9 pounds of
the grain.
Johanna gave 893 gallons of milk
which sold In Manhattan for 32 cents
a gallon, 8 cents a quart, or $285.76.
Not a bad kind of a cow to bave
around. And, by the way, a gallon of
milk weighs eight pounds. Professor
Reed told, too, of another fine cow, a
Holsteln, .thirteen years old Carlotta
of Berkshire.
be wet to a stiff mass with milk
house slops or water, where it is
available skim milk is the best for
this purpose.
Besides this she will eat and should
have plenty of clover or alfalfa hay;
It is surprising the amount of clover
hay that a sow will eat, especially to
those that have never fed the same
to hogs; In addition to this I always
feed my brood sows about four or live
pounds of sugar beets to every hun
dredweight per day; 1 feed them
whole for the purpose of giving the
sow exercise in eating them, some
advise the feeding of raw apples but
I do not like to feed any great amount
of them especially if they are sour.
One winter I kept six sows in the
same pen and fed them the following
rations per day: Twenty-seven
pounds of sugar beets, ten pounds
coarse middlings and all the clover
hay they would eat, and they came
out in shape that was hard to beat
and raised forty-seven nice healthy
pigs.
In addition to the above ration 1
kep a box in the pen where the sows
may have free access to it at all times
filled with the following: Charcoal six
parts, wood ashes two parts, and two
parts salt. It is needless to say that
plenty of pure clear water should be
given to the sows as most everyone
realizes this fact.
I always handle my sows and humor
their whims in order to keep them
gentle as a gentle, well-satisfied sow
will do better and have better success
with her pigs than one that is nerv
ous and fretful.
Brood sows should not be fed for
the purpose of fattening them but
only feed enough to keep them in a
thrifty, strong and healthy condition.
Abbekerk 52826. Carlotta's year rec
ord test was finished ten days ago.
She gave 15,773 pounds of milk and
515 pounds of butter fat, equivalent
to 60C pounds of commercial butter.
Her feed cost $95.50. Most cows pass
their usefulness period at 6 or 9 years
This old cow of 13 years returns a
profit, leaving out details, of $75.75
net. If her milk had been sold at 7
cents a quart It would have brought
$513.50. Deducting the feed bill the
owner would still bave $418. Hei
milk was skimmed, though, for the
calves, and the cream used for butter.
BREEDING BULLS
NEED EXERCISE
Close Confinement Will Ruin Dis
position of Otherwise Kind
Animal Makes the
Best Sire.
(By O. M. TWITCHELL.)
I saw a good bull the other da)
which was being spoiled by kindness.
He bad not been out of his little pen
for more than a year, his feet were all
out of shape and naturally he was
crabbed and surly. Who wouldn't be
under such treatment? It Is simply
Inhuman, but It's common. A day or
two later I saw another In a well-
fenced enclosure, with an overhead
wire firmly attached to strong posts,
set 40 feet part at the ends of the
pen, and a chain connecting the bull's
nose to the wire. Here he traveled
day after day, the fence too high for
him to see other cattle, but with
plenty of room for exercise. The
good nature of the animal told of the
success of humane treatment. It la
not only cruelty to keep a bull close
ly chained day after day and year aft
er year, but more than that, it will
ruin the disposition of an otherwise
kind animal. The law of environment
holds here, and the bull suffering for
exercise cannot be as good a breeder
as bis neighbor made comfortable In
every way. Try it.
Bibcock Teatcp.
Besides keeping tab on the worth.
less cows, the Babcock tester la an
accurate check on the creamer..
Opposition to Frats
i CARS TO fWA M
WASHINGTON. Twenty-five states
are represented In a crusade
vhlch the lawmakers and school au
horltles of the country are waging
igalnst the high school fraternities,
iccordlng to the United States bureau
3f education. Of these, 13 states have
passed legislative enactments hostile
to the secret orders, while the school
boards of important cities in the other
12 states have adopted like measures
within their own jurisdiction.
All states having laws on the sub
ect provide a penalty of suspension
or expulsion from school for all those
who Join these orders. The most
drastic laws were passed by Iowa,
Minnesota and Nebraska, whose legis
latures made It a misdemeanor for
ny one even to solicit members to
these organizations. Michigan and
Ohio made it a misdemeanor for a
school officer to fall or refuse to carry
Jut the antl-hlgh school fraternity law.
Dther states which prohibit these or
lers are California, Indiana, Kansas,
Intruder in Girl's
1 WAKENED by a cold hand on her
r bare ankle, Mildred Bromwell,
leven years old. turned over in bed
he other morning shortly after three
clock and whispered to her sister
Louise, fifteen years old:
"There's some one In the room.
Louise, for I can feel their band on
ny ankle."
"Be quiet," cautioned Louise, In a
ow tone. "I can smell whisky."
Louise raised herself to a sitting
josture, and by a dim light which
ame through the window from a
amp In the alley In the rear of the
louse saw the face of a negro look-
ng directly Into her eyes. So close
vas the dark face that the girl could
imell the odor of alcohol In his breath.
Their father, James E. Brownwell.
vas awakened. As he left his bed be
jrabbed two revolvers and started to
be aid of his daughters, who were In
tie rear room on the second floor of
heir home.
The negro ran downstairs, with
3romwell, clad only in pajamas, snap-
ilng his revolvers as he pursued.
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Spain Establishes
IT Is announced by the United States
bureau of education that to ac-
lualnt the hurried traveler with the
rjorles, culture and progress of Spain.
he Spanish government has establish-
;d a holiday lecture and travel course
'or the especial benefit of foreigners.
The course Is separated into two di
visions. The first part, which is under
he management of Prof. Ramon Me-
lendez Fldal, will afford the foreigner
in opportunity to acquaint himself
vlth the fundamental ideas of the
Spanish culture. The second part ot
he course consists of excursions to
mbllc, historical, architectural and art
nonuments, under the conduct ot
icholars whose demonstrations, ao
iordlng to Senor Don Juan Rlano 7
Jayangos, the Spanish minister, "can
iot but be Incomparably superior to
hose offered by professional guides."
rhe course will be held In Madrid as
i headquarters from June 15 to July
Chinese Sending Many Fake Antiques
RICH Americans are being fooled on
Chinese antiques, according to
Ips sent to Washington by United
Hates consuls at Hongkong and other
rar East ports. Since the revolution
icgan there has been a craze In Amer
ca and Europe for souvenirs, and the
ad has been fed on the stories that
oyal and other Chinese palaces were
elng looted.
The chief Imitations are In porce
alns and brass, ancient Chinese and
Japanese armor and weapons, old
Korean carved chests and old carved
urnlture. Seven large new shops
lealing exclusively In takes have been
pened In the last year in the prin
cipal shopping thoroughfare of Hong
tone. There art now regular auction
in High Schools
Mississippi. Oregon and Vermont.
Massachusetts empowers the Boston
school committee to deal with the se
cret society problem in its own way,
while Washington gives the same lat
itude to the school boards of its larger
cities.
The more Important cities whose
school boards have passed regula
tions restricting or forbidding high
school fraternities, are Denver, Merl
den, Shlcago, Covington, Ne Or
leans. Lowell, Waltham, Worcester,
Kansas City, Mo.; St. Joseph, Butte,
Okhlahoma City, Reading, Salt Lake
City, Madison, Milwaukee, Racine and
Superior. The commonest penalties
are suspension, expulsion, or debar
ment from school athletic or other
teams.
The United States bureau of educa
tion's report also cites eome "of the
more Important court decisions, every
one of which ' upholds the school au
thorities In dealing rigorously with
the high school fraternity, on the
ground that the measures so taken
are authorized as a part of the school
board's discretionary powers. Most
courts cited, however, will not allow
the offending pupils to be barred from
classroom exercises, although they can
be barred from participating in all
athletic or other contests.
Room Is Routed
Bromwell had center-fire cartridges in
his rim-fire revolvers, and no explo
sion followed the snapping of the
hammers. The negro opened the front
door, ran down a flight of Iron steps
and started across the lawn. Again
Bromwell pulled the trigger and this
time there was an explosion.
When the report rang out the fu
gitive jumped high in the air as
though he had been struck and de
veloped remarkable speed. The
neighborhood wa3 aroused, windows
flew open, and shouts filled the air.
The intruder fled around a corner into
Corcoran street, and after running
half a block, with Bromwell, barefoot.
In hot pursuit, the negro disappeared
in an alley.
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Tourist Courses
24. Those who enroll are expected to
have some knowledge of Spanish.
The lectures will give especial atp
tentlon to the Spanish epic, to the
lyric as developed In various prov
inces, to the picaresque and regional
novel and to Cervantes. Other lec
tures will deal with the relations ot
the Spanish language to the French
and Italian; with Iberian, Mozarable
and "Mudejar" art and with the po
litical and social life of Spain in the
nineteenth century,, There will, also
be two illustrated lectures surveying
Spanish art
I sales of bogus porcelains. Similar Im
Rations of ancient brasses and
bronzes, ivories, lacquers and other
art objects are Bold. The tourists
are cheated even when they go to buy
modern oriental art goods. The
bronzes are base alloys; the silver Is
pewter; the silk Is filled with pow
dered clay.
Silk goods, according to Consul An
derson at Hongkong, are being adul
terated to an extent and In a way
never allowed before, and Japanese
and Chinese goods supposed to be
made from native-worked Japanese or
Chinese silks are partly of American
cotton. Silk hosiery Is sold which Is
not only not all silk, but Is undersized
and otherwise unwearable. Ivories are
of bone or other imitation. Embroid
ered screens are made ot the flimsiest
materials glued to last but a day.
Man's Weakness.
The weakness of man la a lesioi
which we learn only to forget; and
the Instability of human affairs Is a
fact too familiar to remain Impressive.
' -not coffee I
It's the most de
lightful Breakfast
Drink you ever tasted
and the most wholesome and
invigorating. Ycu cannot but
like Us rich "grainy" flavor and
spicy aroma. Ask your grocer for
Three Cs '
(GOLDEN CHAIN GRANULES)
If he hasn't got It he will pet It for
you. It's pood for you 3 times a day.
And remember that there
is no substitute for 3 G's.
"wain PAMMug w Hunm mfl
Machinery
Second-Hand Machln.
ery bought, sold and
exchanged: enirines.
boiler", rawmilla. etc. The J. E.' Martin Co., 76 1st
SU Portland. Send for Stock List and prices.
f REE GOVERNMENT IAND
Ilert fruit or alriilfn land in Oreron. 10, 40orlflO
nrre. witl out money and without price, to n favored
few wl;o will pin re expense of pumiitf water on . tnie.
JK.SHE HUDSON, ba It)' tzchange Did. 1 ortlaud
Lesson All Should Learn.
Plutarch said to the Emperor Tro
jan: "Let your government commence
In your own breast, and lay the foun
dation of it In the command of your
temper and passions." Here come la
the words, self-control, duty, and con
science. S
Try TOurfne Eyo Remedy for Itefl,
Weak, Watery Eyea and tirimuiuted Ejellu
No Smarting Just Eye Comfort.
Eli.c! Shssp Not Wanted.
Australian wool growers have baov
oUcially warned by an English cham
ber of commerce not to breed froia
black or gray sheep; to take the
greatest care in selecting rams from
flocks as free aa possible from black
balrs; to slaughter all black and gray
'ambs.
DAISY FLY KILLER fiSsrtr:!?:
niei. eat. clean,
ornamental, conven
ient, cheap. Lit
all icaioo. Made of
metal, can't apill or
tip over: will not Kill
or injure anvthins.
Guaranteed effective
Sold by dealra nc
6 sent prepaid (or CI.
EABOLB sOHESa. ILOUukaJb Ave... Brooklyn, N. T.
A3 to Guying.
Whatever we wish to buy, we ought
first to consider not only if the thing
be fit for us, but if the manufacture
of it be a wholesome and happy one;
and If, cn the whole, the sum we are
going to spend will do as tnucU good
spent la this way as It would If spent
(n any other wav. Ruskl?..
RECORD OF A
GREAT MEDICINE
Doctors Could Not Help Mrs.
Templeton Regained
Health through Lydia E.
Pinkham's Compound
Hooper, Nebraska.-"! am very glad
u tell how Lydia E.Pinkham's Vegetable
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but was not helped. I had such awful
bearing down pains and my back was so
weak I could hardly walk and ceuld not
ride. I often had to sit up nights to sleep
and my friends thought I could not live
long. At my request my husband got
me a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
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take it By the time I had taken the
Beventh bottle my health had returned
and I began doing my washing and was a
well woman. Atone time for three weeks
I did all the work for eighteen boarders
with no signs of my old trouble return
ing. Many have taken your medicine
after seeing what it did for me. I would
not take $1000 and be where I was. Yoa
have my permission to use my name if
it will aid anyone. "-Mrs. SUSIE TEa-f-LETON,
Hooper, Nebraska,
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