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Prince VasiltchyKoH Murdered in
Warsaw by Terrorists.
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Two Other Brutal Officials Have Been
Warned Troops Fire on Work
men, Killing Several.
London, Feb. 25. The Warsaw cor
respondent of the London Morning
Leader wires that Prince Vasiltchykoff
has been murdered. The prince, who
has won for himself great hatred be
cause of his active work against the
students and strikers of Warsaw in his
capacity of head -of the military, was
labeled No. 2 on the list of assassina
tions drawn up by the revolutionists,
says the correspondent. The dispatch
adds:
"Count Prieidrietzki, the brutal
Hussar officer, who was No. 3 on th9
list, on receiving his death warrant
from the terrorists, bolted the country
"General Novosilieff, No. 4 on the
list, has drawn the death penalty on
himself by his recent order ior the ar-
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on women.
"Baron Nolken, chief of the Warsaw
nolice. is No. 5 on the death list. He
Teceived word that in a day or two he
would find his proper release in hell.
The correspondent also reports fur
ther disorders in Warsaw Friday after
noon. Troops, he says, fired on 400
workmen who were about to resume
work at the Vistulan railroad work
shops. Five of the workmen were
killed and 20 wounded.
PROVISIONS OF CANAL BILL.
President to Appoint Governor of the
Zone Commission Not Abolished
Washington. Feb. 25. The bill for
the government of the Panama canal
zone, which has passed the senate,
is a house bill. It was ' amended in
several important respects by the sen
ate, notably in eliminating the pro
vision abolishing the canal commission
The measure will now go to conference
if the amendments are not accepted by
the house. The bill is temporary in
character, its provisions expiring at
the end of the first regular session of
the next congress.
It vests in the president authority
to appoint a person or persons to gov
rn the canal zone, and the president is
given further authority to direct the
manner of such control. Annual or
more frequent reports from the gover
nor of the zone and also from those in
charge of the canal are provided for, as
are also estimates ot expenditures and
appropriations for all work on the
canal, and it is provided that, after the
present fiscal year, no money shall be
xpended except by direct appropria
tion. All rentals and other income
irom the Panama railroad are to be
credited to the canal fund and the pres
ident is authorized to deposit $1,500,
O00 in an American bank having a
financial agent on the isthmus of Pan
ama for the purpose of facilitating bus-
. mess. '
WILL MODIFY THE TREATY.
Santo Domingo Wants ' Voice in Ap
pointments and Othe- Changes.
New York, Feb. 25. One of the
leading members of the house of depu
ties is authority, according to a Herald
dispatch from Puerta Plata, Santo Do
mingo, for the statement that the Do
minican congress will accept the new
agreement with the American govern
ment with certain modifications. Con
gress will begin its session February 27.
It is desired, the correspondent
states, that article 2 of the treaty shall
"be so amended as to permit the Do
minican government to name the offi
cials who are to collect duties in the
ports whose custom houses are in
charge of the United States, these offi
cials to be named with the approval of
the American government, and to be
Americans, if desired.
Citrus Fruit Pool Unlawful
Washington, Feb. 25. The Inter
state commerce commission, in an
opinion by Commissioner Clements,
today rendered its decision in the
California orange cases brought by the
Southern California Fruit exchange
and the Consolidated Forwarding
com-
pany against the Southern Pacific and and a strong supporter of that states
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad man. There are various reports con-
systems, in which it holds that the
defendant carriers are unlawfully en
gaged in pooling the traffic in citrus
fruits originating in Southern Cali
fornia.
Awful Crimps Stain Baku.
Baku, Feb. 25. The town is now
miet. . All the Armenian shops have
been closed, but the banks are doing
"business under military protection,
Order has been restored at Balakhanv.
but at Romany today strikers attacked
two factories and as a result 30 persons
were killed or wounded. In Baku many
terrible murders have been committed.
Manager Adamoff, of the Naphtha -Re-
lining works, . his wife and children,
were burned to death.
Inquires About Church Schools.
Washington, Feb. 25. The house I
-toady adopted a resolution calling on
the secretary of the interior for infor
mation as to whether any appropria
tions of Indian funds had been expend
ed for the support of any sectarian In-
-dian schools
DOCKS WIPED OUT.
New Orleans Suffers a Fire Loss of
Five Million Dollars. '
New Orleans, Feb. 27. Fire, -involv
ing millions of dollars' loss in property
and that strikes a serious blow tempor
arily at the immense export trade of
New Orleans, swept the river front to
night and wiped out the vast freight
terminals of the Illinois Central, known
as the Stuyvesant docks.
Nearly a dozen squares of modern
wharves and freight sheds, two magni
ficent grain elevators, hundreds of
loaded cars and vast quantities of
freight, including 20,000 bales of cot
ton, were destroyed, together with a
large number of small residences.
The ocean-going shipping seems
to
have escaped serious damage. A num
ber of firemen and employes of the
docks were injured. Actual estimates
of the losses are impossible to obtain
tonight, though they may exceed $5,-
000,000.
The Stuyvesant docks extend from
Louisiana avenue almost to Napoleon
avenue, a distance of 12 squares. The
wharves between these two points were
covered with miles of trackage, and a
steel and iron shed ran the whole dis
tance.
The grain elevators were of the most
modern construction, the upper one
having a capacity of 1,000,000 bushels.
Thousands of bales of cotton, several
hundred thousand packages of sugar,
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?reat Quantities of cotton seed oil and
0il cakes, lumber and every conceivable
vnrint.v of freight, filled the warehouses
and sheds. Practicallv all the export
business handled by the Illinois Central
railwav was put aboard ships at these
docks.
BUY WAGON-ROAD LANDS.
Hermann's Bill Relating to Klamath
Reservation Passes House.
Washington, Feb. 27. The house
today passed Representative Hermann's
bill directing the secretary of J, the in-
teior to ascertain the value of lands
heretofore conveyed by - the United
States to Oregon as a part of a grant to
aid the Eugene City military road and
embraced in the Klamath Indian reser
vation. These lands were awarded to
the California & Oregon land company,
by the supreme court.
The secretary is also directed to as
certain what part of these lands have
been allotted to Indians, the value of
improvements, and the price at . which
the California & Oregon land company
will sell to the United States or on
what terms it will arrange for other
lands in the Klamath reservation.
Mr. Hermann was not present in the
house when his bill was called up and
passed.
NO CAUSE TO FIRE.
North Sea Investigatton Commission
Decides Against . Russia. -.
Paris, Feb. 27. The International
commission of inquiry into the attack
of the Russian second Pacific squadorn
upon the Hull fishing fleet on the night
of October 21, 1904, has found that
there were ho hostile torpedo boats
among the fishing ooats and that Ad
uiiiai nujeBtvensKy was uol jusimeu in
firing on the trawlers. This is the
main point of the findings, which sus
tain the British contentions through
out, though the blow to . Russia is soft
ened by the statement that Admiral
Rojestvensky was justified, in taking
all precautions against attack and
acted according to his belief by declar
ing that his miltiary valor and human
ity are not questioned.
The decision says that delay of the
Russian transport Kamtchatka, follow
ing the breaking down of her machin
ery, was perhaps the cause of the inci
dent. The commander of the Kamtch
atka signaled to Admiral Rojestvensky
during the evening that he had been
attacked by torpedo boats. The ad
miral, therefore, had reason to believe
that he was attacked and gave orders
for strict vigilance against the possible
approach of torpedo boats. The major
ity of the commission considers that
Admiral Rojestvensky' Borders were not
excessive in time of war, . particularly
under the circumstanes, and that he
had every reason to consider the situa
tion very alarming.
Witte Again Takes the Lead.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 27. According
to an apparently well grounded report,
Minister of Finance Kokovsoff will soon
leave the emperor's cabinet and be sue-
ceeded by M. Roucaloff , a former assist-
&nt to President of the Council Witte,
cerning the proceedings of the council
of ministers last night, but in all of
them are indications that M. Witte
played the most prominent part, as he
did at the previous meeting.
Great Ice-Gorge Breaking.
Cincinnati, beb. 27. The ice gorges
ln tne Ohio river, in this vicinity,
which were the heaviest known for
many years, began to give way. during
the nignti several breaks occurring at
various points. Aitnougn tne river
rose several feet during the same time,
tne ie was 80 heavy that it soon caught
again, iormmg new gorges, property
damage estimated at more than $75,000
was caused by these early movements
of the ice, but no loss of life.
Irrigate the Klamath Basin.
Klamath Fafls, Feb. 27. The Unit-
ed States irrigation committee met here
today and took steps to incorporate the
Klamath Basin Water Users' associa-
tion, with a capital stock of $1,000,-
000.; This will probably be increased
to $3,000,000 in the near1 future.
CASHf FORafflVERS
Chairman Burton Sore Appropria
tion Bill Will Pass, v
ITS FATE RESTS WITH SENATE
Only Danger is that Load of Amend
ments May Sink It in the
Upper House.
Washington, Feb. 23. Chairman
Burton, of the rivers and harbors corn-
mittee, expressed the belief today
that his bill, consideration of which
was begun in the house yesterday, will
pass both houses and become law before
March 4.
There has been a growing fear that
this bill would be sidetracked, not only
because of the demands of party leaders
for economy, but because of the un
precedented late date in bringing it up
for consideration. Only eight days re
main to pass it through both houses
and through conference, less time than
was ever hefore given any river and
harbor bill.
Burton, however, says the shortage of
time is a strong factor in favor of the
passage of the bill. It will induce the
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senate w maite oniy siigni amendments,
fear of losing what is proposed by the
house. He says that unless the senate
me Din aown wun large amend-
ments, it will pass without material
oDjecnon, carrying praciicany ine ap-
the
propriations
committee.
agreed to
by the house
HOPE TO BANKRUPT JAPAN
Russians Rely on Long Purse for Es
cape from Defeat.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 23. Although
the party which is advocating peace as
the only egress from the present- situa
tion continues to gain strength, noth
ing has actually been decided, and no
move has yet been made. It is offi
cially maintained that Russia's attitude
is unchanged. At the foreign office not
the slightest encouragement is given to
the peace talk. . On the contrary, it is
affirmed as strongly as ever that Japan
must propose terms, while at the same
time it is admitted that it is incon
ceivable that Japan can offer condi
tions acceptable to Russia.
The idea of a complete Russian vie
tory is not harbored, but it is insisted
that Russia is not beaten, and will not
be beaten until General Kuropatkin is
decisively worsted by General Oyama
and the fate of Admiral Rojestvensky'
squadron is determined. Tne main
consideration entering into the calcu
lations of the uncompromising advo
cates of a prosecution of the war is that
Japan's financial resources must be
come exhausted long before Russia's,
HALF THE BODIES ARE FOUND
Only Three Were Rescued Alive, and
They Soon Died
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 23. At 8
o'clock this evening 75 blackened and
disfigured bodies had been recovered
from the Virginia mine in which the
awful explosion occured - on Monday
afternoon, entombing ..more than 150
miners
The rescuers are still heroically at
work in the stoe, and as they advance
the bodies further in the mine are
found to be worse burned and mutilat
ed than those nearer the exterior. No
hope is now held out that any are alive
Three men were found yesterday whose
hearts were still beating, but they ex
pired immediately
Tne Uirmingnam district has coice
promptly forward in relieving the des
titute families of the victims, and mass
meetings have been held for that pur
pose. Hundreds of dollars have been
subscribed, and the Birmingham Com
mercial club has raised more than $3.
000. Alabama District No. 20, United
Mineworkers of America, today voted
$5,000 to be distributed among the
families
Russian Raiders Violate Neutrality
Tientsin, Feb. 23. About 300 Rus
sian raiders slightly damaged the rail-
way between Haicheng and Tatchekiao
on Monday night and again disregarded
the neutrality of the territory west of
of the Liao river. The presence of Chi-
nese soldiers was not reported. It is
evident that the villagers kept the Rus-
sians well informed as to the disposi
tion of the Japanese troops. It was ex--pected
that the raiders woud repeat
the attempt . to destroy the Japanese
stores at Niuchiatun, but they retired
without an engagement.
. Oil Refinery for Colorado.
Denver, Feb. 23. Representative
Clifton H. Wilder's bill appropriating
$125,000 for the establishment of a
state oil refinery was favorably reported
to the house by the finance committee
today. The bill also contains pro
visions to regulate the price of oil. In-
dependent oil producers who are sup-
porting the measure have offered to
lease and operate the refinery when
constructed, and to advance the money
for its construction at low rates.
Kansas After the Railroads.
Topeka, Feb. 23. The Kansas sen
ate tonight passed a bill for the regu
lation of railroads. It provides that a
state railroad board shall make changes
in freight rates upon due complaint
being made. A section giving the board
power to change rates of its own initia-
tive was included in the bill as it
passed the house. . -.
TERMS OF PEACE.
They ..Have Been. Practically Agreed
Upon by Japan and Russia. ... ...
St. Petersburg, 'Febt 22. Despite
the official denials, the Publishers'
Press correspondent is in a position to
state that' the czar and his advisers
have of late not only discussed the
question of peace with Japan, but have
also practically agreed upon certain
terms, which are acceptable to the em
peror, and, it is alleged, are almost
identical with those which have been
submitted by the Japanese government
to Russia through the agency of the
German emperor. It is still denied
that such terms were submitted, but it
is nevertheless true that they'. have
reached the hands of the czar.
The terms acceptable to both nations,
and practically agreed to by the czar,
place Korea under Japanese suzerainty
and cede Port Arthur and the Liao
Tung peninsula to Japan.
Vladivostok, under the stipulations,
is to be declared a neutral and open
port in place of Port Arthur, the neu
tralization of which Japan would not
agree to. This feature, fit is stated,
proved one of the most objectionable to
Russia, as it was hoped that the dis
armament of Port Arthur and its trans
formation into a . purely commercial
port, open to all nations, would end the
vexing Manchurian question.
The Eastern Chinese railway is to be
placed under a neutral international
administration, and, in order to pro
vide some sort of safeguard for future
peace in Manchuria, that country, as
far north as Harbin, is to be restored
as an integral part of China.
The main difficulty in the way of
bringing about immediate peace seems
to be the question of indemnity. It is
known that Japan will insist upon a
considerable money payment, and Rus
sia is not willing to submit to that con
dition. The difficulty, however, is by
no means insuperable, but if it should
prove to be a serious obstacle, the czar
will perhaps be willing to risk another
battle in the hope of gaining a victory
which may make the Japanese more
amenable to the Russian arguments.
LIFE IN ONLY ONE.
Blackened and Mangled Corpses Re
moved from Alabama Mine.
Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 22. The
scene at the Virginia mine this after
noon, where a. terrific afterdamp explo
sion yesterday afternoon imprisoned
116 men 700 feet below the surface,
was the most gruesome and harrowing
that has ever been witnessed m this
section ot Alabama. Ut the miners
who entered the mines yesterday after
noon, so far only 50 bodies have been
recovered. The recovery already of so
many dead bodies precludes the idea
that any living men remain among the
unfortunates still in the mine. The
corpses are frightfully mangled ..and
disfigured and identification is almost
impossible.
Out of the 50 bodies recovered up to
this time, one was found about
o'clock which was barely alive: - The
body was carefully taken from the mine
and heroic methods resorted to to bring
the man to consciousness. He is still
alive, but scant hope is held out for
his recovery.
FAVOR COAST SHIPYARDS.
Humphrey Pleads for Differential on
Naval Contracts.
. Washington, Feb. 21. An earnest
effort is being made by coongressmen
from the Pacific coast to have inserted
in the naval appropriation bill a pro
vision ior a 4 per cent differential in
favor of shipyards on the West coast in
the contract, price for warships con
structed in these yards. Representa
tive Humphrey, of Washington, today
strongly urged the president to advo
cate such a differential. If adopted.
the differential would increase the cost
ders by Tartars and Armenians are re
ported. Communication has been al
most cut off, even the telegraphers
sta-iking, the few who are still at their
keys being kept there with pistols at
their heads. The situation in Poland
along the Austrian border is also caus
ing great uneasiness.
Balticv Fleet at Nossi Be.
Port Louis, Mauritius, Feb. 22.
Russia's Baltic fleet is still making
Nossi Be (Great Island), off the north
west coast of Madagascar, its rendezvous.
The whole fleet and colliers number 70
vessels of all kinds. Only a few col
liers remain at Diego Suarez, Mada
gascar. The Russian officers and sail
ors are enjoying themselves greatly.
The fleet has been supplied with 50,000
cases of potatoes and 10,000 bags of
flour by local, merchants.
Investigate Texas Oil Also.
Houston,, T ex., Feb. 22. A petition
is being circulated here asking Con
gressman Pickney to request President
Roosevelt to include the Texas oil fields
i the investigation of the Standard Oil
operations in Kansas.
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Retaining Manure Values.
There is probably no better way of
handling manure made in feeding cat
tle loose in stables than to apply lit
ter daily to absorb the liquids and
keep the cattle clean and allow the
manure to accumulate , under the cat
tle.
It was once supposed that if manure
was kept under cover its ieruuiy
would not be appreciably wasted. The
Department of Agriculture finds that
large losses may occur, though not to
such an extent, of course, as from the
open yard manure pile.
The best way to keep manure seems
to be to pack It into a solid mass, and
exclude the air, in a somewhat sim
ilar manner to the way silage is put
up. The department notes experiments
where steer manure was kept in deep
stalls under the feet of the animals
for months, as against the method of
cleaning the stall out daily and stor
ing in a compact heap under cover,
enough fine cut litter being used each
day to apparently absorb all the liquid
manure. The deep stall manure was
trampled to a very dark, compact mass
and there was very little loss of the
valuable ' fertilizing constituents
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash.
With the manure kept in, heaps one
third of the nitrogen, one-fifth of the
potash and one-seventh of the phos
phoric acid was lost, the total money
value of the losses being equivalent
to $2.50 for each steer stabled for six
months.
Manure, it is stated, can be kept
almost perfectly, so far as the fer
tilizer constituents are concerned, by
use of the "deep stall" system. Ex
periments show, however, that nitro
gen is lost very rapidly by such man
ure, if it be allowed to lie after the
removal of the stock, without such
covering as will retain the moisture
and exclude the air.
The Modern Farm in Germany.
Electricity for farming purposes has
probably been developed more In Ger
many than In any other country. A
large number of German estates are
now run almost entirely by . it, the
smaller ones being equipped usually
in groups from a single power plant,
as at Chottorf, while many of the
large estates have their own private
nlnts. A striking example of this
latter class is the farm of Prof. Back
haus, at Quednau, in the eastern part
of Russia, which covers an area of 450
acres and has a dairy producing about
1.000 gallons of milk per day. The
buildings are all lighted by incandes
cent lamps and the grounds, in places,
by arc lights. The current is supplied
from a small central station contain
in r n RO-horse power engine direct
coupled to two generators, and a
switchboard for the control of the
various circuits, all parts of which
are so simple and plainly marked that
or form hand can understand and
operate It In addition to the lighting.
power is supplied for the pumping of
water and the driving of saws, feed
cutting machines, a threshing and a
grist mill, and an electric churn in the
dairy. Besides these stationary power
appliances there are a number of elec
trically-driven agricultural machines
for use in the fields, including an auto
mobile plow, all of which are run by
storage batteries and may be charged
it conveniently sub-stations. To round
out the completeness of the equipment
the barns are heated by electricity
and ventilated by motor-driven fans
and all parts of the farm have tele
phonic intercommunication. Engineer
ing Record.
Hens Eating Eggs.
Egg-eating hens are a nuisance, and
after many years of experience in poul
try raising the writer feels that when
his hens are discovered at the trick the
best way of stopping it is to kill the
hen. If our birds were not well sup
plied with limy substances, such as
oyster shells and the like and all the
grit they desire, we would rurnish
these before killing the hen. As a
rule, the habit is merely a habit, and
is not due to any lack of a food ele
ment except that of lime.
Usually the egg-eating hen gets Into
the habit by eating an egg that has
become accidentally broken; liking the
taste, she acquires the habit, and once
acquired it Is almost impossible to
break it. We have found it the better
plan to have both grit and the lime
material so placed that the hens may
help themselves at will. Some hens
require more of these than do other
hens, so It is hard to dole it out prop
erly. It is. better to let them decide
as to their needs whenever possible.
Coat Ashes. '.
One of the agricultural papers quotes
an alleged analysis by the Massachu
setts station giving 37 per cent phos
phoric acid and 42 per cent potash in
soft coal ashes. In order to prevent
any' misunderstanding, Professor
Brooks herewith calls attention to the
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fact that a decimal point has been
misplaced, the actual per cent being
.37 of 1 per cent and .42 of 1 per cent
respectively. Says rrofessor Brooks:
"The fertilizing value of coal ashes,
whether from hard or soft coal, is
always very low, for not only are the
proportions of plant food exceedingly
small, but the compounds present are
as well yery Insoluble."
Heaves in Horses.
In mild and recent cases the heaves
may often be cured entirely by turning
the horse out to pasture for two or
three months. If It is necessary, how
ever, to work a horse affected with
this trouble, he can be relieved greatly
by feeding no hay except at night, and
then only a small amount of clean and
bright hay, entirely free from dust.
If there is any danger of dust it is
well to dampen it, but only bright
hay should be given. Roots will be
found helpful; beets, turnips, potatoes
or anything of that sort that the horse
will eat. The amount of water should
be limited as much as possible, and no
horse with heaves should be given
water for one or two hours previous
to going to work. Dr. Law recom
mends arsenic in five-grain doses daily,
and continued from a month to two
months, as especially valuable, and
says that the bowels must be kept
easy, by laxatives if necessary. Jiy
treatment of this sort a heavey horse
can be greatly relieved. When the
disease first comes on it will pay to
turn the horse to grass, with the hope
of effecting a cure at once and before
the disease progresses to the extent
where it becomes incurable. Wal
lace's Farmer.
Exercise the Stallion.
Stallions should be put to work and
kept at work whenever not in active
stud service and then they will be
surer and have fewer returned mares
to look after and can do a bigger busi
ness, says a correspondent of National
Stockman. No stallion is too good to
earn his oats behind a collar, and usu
ally the more he earns there the more
he is able to earn in .-e stud. One
reason for the vitality and endurance
of our trotting horses is that the sires
were either raced or trained or driven
a good deal of the time. The same is
true, of some imported draft horses,
the French horses especially, which
are worked at a year and half or two
years old and as long as the farmer
has them. The- race of horses that Is
not worked may possess size and
weight, but it will not have the power,
the nerve and the get there and stay
at it ability that it needs to perform
hard work.
Openings for Nut Culture.
The United States Consul at Frank
fort, Germany, calls attention to the
increasing use of hazel-nuts In hotels
and private houses. Owing to the large
quantity imported, he suggests that
farmers children in the United States
might supply themselves with pin
money by growing hazel-nuts for the
home and foreign markets. The domes
tic chestnut is still a favorite, and
at the opening of the season some
times brings as high as $5 a bushel.
There are, too, large quantities of
hickory nuts, the boys' favorite; but
ternuts, which are the favorites of
those who grew up in the country, and
some other sorts, like black walnuts
and bull nuts, which have their adher
ents, and all are particularly desirable
for food.
Fence Rail Philosophy.
Knowledge is valueless if ignored.
The man that saves his time saves
his money.
A job that's worth doln' is always
worth doln' about right.
Vim and vigor are the vital forces in
achieving success. v
The smallest event often becomes
the greatest achievement
If every man saved his time as he
saves his money he would have money.
It's generally the afternoon farmer
that goes into agony about hard times.
To have a show in these days a man
must be an accumulator.
Failure establishes, one thing that
your determination to succeed was
weak.
It's no use denying when ' you've
been outdone better acknowledge the
corn.
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Broken Branches.
When from accident, the effect of
snow or ice, a large branch of a tree
is broken, cut temporarily, leaving a
foot or more to be cut again close to
the trunk ln the month of June, ad
vises a Country Gentleman correspond
ent Hog Notes,
bran make
Milk
and
an excellent
slop.
A strong maternal appearance
should be the first consideration in a
brood sow.
No sow carrying her young should
be allowed to become constipated.
The brood sow and the growing
pig should not be fed as the fatten
ing animal.
A sow may often be kept as a profit
able breeder until she is seven years
old. . ,
Too early breeding weakens the ma
terial forces of 'the sow, causing small
and weak Utters.
To obtain the best results a sow
should be in good flesh and gaining,
hot overfed when bred. .