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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1906)
NEWS OF THE WEEK GERMANY REACH.NG OUT. Establishment of Bank Part of Game to Get Control of Persia. Berlin, Oct. 9. — The efforts ol Ger many to establish s bank in Fsraia are only a part of a very deep game being SHEEP ON FOREST RESERVES. WUUlD HEViSE LAWS. played now for the ultimate control of the Persian gulf by the German govern Chief of Graxi'g Dspartment An Superintendents and Principals Sug ment. The etatement that this bank gest Important Changes. nounces Limit tor Next Year. will be purely commerc al is one that I Salem — If the legislature of 1907 Tendlet n—As announced by A. F. causée amusement in diplomatic circhs — 2SHS in Europe, where it is felt that the for Porter, chief of the graking department shall grant any considerable portion of ■ neat Trellis ei Wise. eign office will have to take energetic of the Forest Reserve bureau, in the the recommendations of ths county Th« scarcity of beau poles forces mo ttepe to prevent the bank being estab eastern division of the Blue mountain reboot superintendents of Oregon, the A Resume of the Loss Important but lished. schools of the state will ........... have reserve. a general cut of 25 par cent is public r - - ................................. ... ’i tiituiiim to sxmw.aw resort tss to «'iiis other means of giving sup- Not Less Interesting Events German influence in Teheran is very to be ma<le, reducing the number of more funds, longer terms and be tier ¡xirt to my lima beans, says u gardener 1 In annual session here tl, j MriI1 am| Ftr,„|l|l, At one time I In paid . ” teachers • - u -1 strong aud cautiously but surely Ger sheep from 238,000 to 180,000. of the Past Week many is pushing its policy forward. 'other reserves the number ot sheep al- the superintendents and principals 1 thought we could get around the dlf agreed upon many desited changes in ficulty by planting the newer bush First came the building of the German . lowed is as follows: Western division Blue mountain, the school laws, some ot them of much llmaa. The latter however have never railroad to the aliores of the gulf, aud The trial of the Standard Oil in Ohio the intrigue that baa siuce been taking 230.0i>«; Wenaha, 100,000; Wallowa, importance and interest not only to given me more than n fraction of the has commenced. teachers and off) are, but to laipayes place to secure the shah’s permission 150,000 Cheenimus, 50,000. crop that 1 can ami do get from my In the ea'tern division of the Blue ami school patrons generally. Radicals are again in control of the to make Koweït the terminus. Then “pole“ 11 max. and now I plant the lat That the minimum length of term a only a month or two ago came the mountain reserve 1,200 sheep will tie Russian Democrats. ter exclusively. They are trained to a establishment ol a German line ot considered a band and the lambs will district shall maiutain school shall be post, wire and string trellis. Snow has fallen for the first time this increased Irom three to live mouths, not be considered. Permits for one steamships to trade along the gulf, a Poots should lx» set firmly, and not year at Minneapolis. line heavily subsidised by the German h»nd will be allowed in the eastern di ai <1 that the county school levy shall t<M> far apart. 1 use galvanised wire vision without reduction. Permits for be raised from »6 per capita to »8 per Taft will heal old feuds in Cuba be government. of fair atrerigth aud find It good for a capita, weie the most imp irtant changes less than one baud may bo increased, fore proclaiming amnesty. Now comes a proposal for the estab This is raising the mini number of years. It has to stand quite provided each does not exceed 20 per suggested General Funston will nee consider lishment of the bank. There ie good mum term 66 per cent, ami Increasing a strain, as the load of thrifty vines Is cent nor go over 1,200. authority for the etatement that the In able numbers of mounted infantry in Growers having from 1.200 to 2,000 the minimum county levy 33 per cei.t. very lieavy, and I, therefore, give ns dian government ia watching every Cuba. meve very carefully, but »he English sheep in the reeerve this year will be One recommendation of general interest much support, by supplementary stakes The triple alliance between Ger foreign office so far baa remained su cut 20 per cent, provided such a cut to teachers is that an application be (twtweeu the |x>sta), as la convenient many, Austria and Italy is to be re pine. will not reduie the number below granted but one second or third grade Tlie wires are made to rest In a crotch 1,200. those having from 2,000 to ceitificate in this state. At present at the up|H*r end of the pols or stake. vived. 4,000 in the reeerve this year will be only one such certificate may be obtain LEAGUE FORMED AT HAVANA. To make the trellis still stronger, 1 Sealing schooners returning to Vic cut 30 per cent, with a corrsapoudiog ed r.< a county, hut by going from one toria, B. C., all report the seal catch as xiunty to auother a teacher may get 33 Promoting of Stable Government Is provision as the above. light. The proposed Growers having 4,000 or more sheep third grade certifiia’ei. Given as Object. San Francisco police have captured in the ea'tern division this year will change io the law will compel teachers Havana, Oct. 9.—The preliminaries be cut 40 per cent, provided such a cut to advance from year to year in their the man who is believed to have been the leader in the Japanese bank rob of an organisation to be called the will not make the average cut for the educational qualifications. Good Government l.ajus of Cuba were entire division greater than 25 percent. bery. In order to raise the standard lor begun this afternoou at a meeting of In the western division of ths Blue c uaty papers, it is advised that alge The Philadelphia manager of Ar Americans, Cubans and others, at mountain reeerve the reduction will be bra and physical geography be added to mour’s packing house has been arrested which resolutions were passed to the for the illegal use of boraci c acid in effect that the purpose of the aasocia- made in a similar manner, though the the list of subjects upon which an ap plicant must tie examined for a first average cut will be 20 per cent hams ion should be the “promoting of all In the Wenaha reserve 1,100 sheep grade county lertificate, and that ment Plans are on foot for the organisa legitimate means, the establishment of w ill t>e considered as a tiand, and these al arithmetic be dropped as a separate now put sereral rows able by side, and couuect the i>oeta and stakes serosa the tion by various railroad companies ot a permanent, stable and las fol govern now having lees than that number in subject. Composition, bookkeeping a gigintic refrigerator and stock car ment, competent to administer justice, the reeerve will he allowed an increase. and general history were suggesed as rows by cruaa strips fastened high insure democratic tranquility, promote company. On or about November 1 a meetirg proper subjects to be included in the enough to allow ths horse lu cultivai- lug to ¡mas under IL The Columbus, Ohio, board of edu- the general welfare ano insure the of the stockmen who use the eastern di examination for first grade county cer- For each row I stretch two wires, e t on has decided to adopt the simpli bleee^ngs of liberty to all the inhabi vision of the Blue mountain reserve titic'tee, but only the two mentioned one about six Inches above the gruiffld tants ol the island.** were approved. will be held at Sumpter, under the di fied spelling so far aa it ie practicable It was declared that the league in rection of Superintendent D. B. Shet surface, the other about five feet from in the schools of the city tended to adopt whatever mean« to thia ler, and at that time the range within the ground. Common binder twine la The State Population. Fiauds in the construe'ion of war end were deemed wiaect by a majority the reserve will be segregated among Salem — Report« from «11 but fire wound algxag around tire two wire«. It ships have been discovered. ol the membership, which ia intended the stockmen according to the rules of counties in the state, and these sup makes a useful and quite ornaureutal The negro race war eontinnee in a to be repreeentativee of all nationalities the F >rest Reeerve bureau. plied with estimates based upon srhool support for the llmas, and the vines and sections, aud not to be committed small way in many Southern cities. statistic« by Labor Commissioner Hoff, take readily, particularly and remark to any line of action until it is decided Hood River Land in Demand. gives the total population for Oregon, ably so, to the strings, even without J. J. Hill has sounded a warning what is most conductive to the objects Hood River—False of ranch and city according to the 1906 census, as 433,- much assistant« or coaxing on tbs part against the waste of national reeou :ces. named. properly aggregating »60,000 in one 6*4, as against 413,636, under the 1900 of the grower. While there wm no expression to Mexican guides have murdered a day are reported by Hood River real Federal census, or an increase of 20,038 number of proept etors in the mountains. that effect, the movement generally is estate men, who said that the demand in five years. These figures are based • ■pvrlorllr ot «he Mule. regarded as pointing eventually toward The mule is leva nervous than the here for apple laud was never better on census returns from the countie« Governor Magoon will rule in Cuba some more definite degree of American than at present. The eta'enent was sending in reports to the office of secre horse ami then-fore loses less energy In under the terms ot the constitution of control or oversight in Cuban affairs uaclcsa fretting. In fact, oue of the made that O L. Vanderbilt bad been tary of state. that republic. than ia voudftafed by the Platt amend chief characteristics of the mule Is bls offere I »100,000 for bis apple orchard Cuban rebels have refused to give up ment. ability to take care of himself under Hunters Cut Wire Fences. known as Boelah Land, which be re their arms until the government troops fused because he has a »16,000 crop of McMinnville — A number of farmers all circumstances, says Farming. Much FOURTEEN OFFICERS LET OUT. are all disarmed. apples on it, which the intending pur complain that hunters cut their wire of the apparent shirking which la It is eaid Mrs. Howard Gould will chaser waited included in the •ale. fences in order to get their dogs charged against the mule la au Inborn go to South Dakota and establish a res Result of 4,598 Courts Martial Dur Vanderbilt confirms the ea'e. The through. One man found that his fence tendeucy to husband his strength and ing Past Year. idence when she will sue for a divorce. ranch of F. Chandler, 60 acres, was bad been cut in three places. There is make every effort count Tire result Washington, Oct. 9.—D iring the sold to the real estate firm of Albee, talk of foiming a club to keep poachers of tills Instinctive care on the part of A marriage has been arranged be the mule Is that he la able to turn out tween the Grand Dake Michael, only last fiscal year, accotding to the annual Benham A Co., of Portland, for »15,- off. more work than would tie possible for brother of the czar, and Princess Pa report of General George B. Davie, 000. The ranch ia eituated near the Increase in Receipts. judge advocate general of the army, is city, and it is expected that it will be a horse of tne same weight under the tricia, niece of King Edward. Albany—The receipts of the Albany same conditions. Tire mule Inatlnctive- sued tcdiy, 4,596 trials by general cut up into lots. The new and powerful armored cruis court martial were held. Fifty of the«e postoffice for the past quarter were lly avolda holes, sharp obstacles,* bartu<d One Board for Normal Schools. er North Carolina has been successfully trials were of commanding officer«, 42 »2 646.91. This ie an increase of Salem — At their session the mem »136 68 over the receipts of the ■ante wire fences nnd various other forms of launched at Newport News. Exclusive of whom were convicted and eight ac danger which ore not so successfully of aimor and armament the vessel cost quitted. Fourteen officers were dis bers of the D-partment of Superintend quarter a year ago. avoided by horses. It Is a matter of ence of the Blate Teachers’ association »3,575,000. ujic.ru »uc . | missed uy by cruicutu. sentence. In tuui four tarci cases the common observation that In Instances sentences were commuted to lose of decider! without a dissenting vote to Reed Smoot declares he, is neither where mules run away they seldom in PORTLAND MARKETS. ashamed of his religion or his state. rank; in two cases resignations, “for , fs’or the placing of aH all state norma) jure themselves to any serious extent. Mtboole under the control of a single He appeals to Mormons to concentrate the good of the service,” were accepted Wheat—Club, 65c; bluestem, 68c; board. There were one or two superin their efforts to obtain land in preference in lieu of confirming the sentences, and Fnmlgnllon to I'rotwt Orehnnl*. valley, 67®68c; red. 61c tendents who said that tney bad not in one case the sentence was disap to other forme of investment. In Germany some Interesting experi Oats—No. 1 white, »23(423.50; gray, fully determined the matter in their proved. »22922 50 per ton. ments have recently been made In the Panama and Colombia are quarrell own minds and therefore would not About 50 per cent of the enlisted Barley—Feed, »20.50 per ton; blow protection of orchard trees against ing about tbeir foreign debts. men convicted by general court martial vote upon the question, but all those ing, »2150; rolled, »23. night frosts by means of fumigation. A who did vote went on record in the Hill has leased large tracts of Minne received sentences involving dishonor Rye—»1.25® 1.35 per cwt. part of an orchard in bloom was thus affirmative. The officers elected are: able discharge and about 5 per cent of sota c«al lands to the steel trust. Corn—Whole, »26®27; eracked, »28 successfully guard«! against an April these sentences were awarded in view President, L. R. Aiderman, of Yam per ton. frost by the dense smoke of naptha- Forest fires are causing great damage hill; vice president, E E. Bragg, ot of previous convictions. Hay— Valley timothy, No. 1, »10® lene. But the ex|x>rlment was very ex to forests in Southern California. Uniou; secretary, E. F. Neff, of Wasco. The trials by general court martial 11 per ton; Eastern Oregon timothy, pensive, fifty kilograms of uaptlitlialeiie Gas explosion in Philadelphia kills during the year showed a decr< a*e of »14® 16; clover, »6 50®7; cheat, »7® being consumed by seven flames In one To Operate Dredge Chinook. eight men and does great damage. 204, as compared with the previous Portland— To operate be bar dredge 7.50; grain hay, »7; alfalfa, »1150; hour. Later a new preparation of chem ___ The army forces are gathering at year. icals was tried, producing a compara Chinook at the mouth of the Columbia vetch Fay, »7®7.50. Fruita— Applee, common to choice, tively large volume of smoke with the Newport News for transportation to on an annual appropriation furnished Rebels Waving Machetes. 25®75c per box; choice to fancy, 75c® cx|M-ndlture of only two kilograms of Cuba. Havana, Oct. 9.— Reports received by the state is a matter that came up • 1.25; grapes, 50c®|l 50 per box; the material per hour. These trials are Howard Gould and his wife are quar here late tonight from Guinea and A’- for consideration at the regular month Concords, Oregon, 275vc half basket; under the direction of an experimental relling about the management of Castle quisxr declare that disbanded rebels are ly meeting of tl»6 board of trade. In peach««, 80 c® (I ; pears, 76c®» 1.25; Gould, and may separate. riding about these towns and waving his monthly statement Secretary I-aber crabapples, »1®1.25 per box; prunes, gardening association. devotee considerable space to the fact Two clerks wrestling on the four floor their machetes in a threatening man 25®60c per box; cranberries, »9 per 1‘ulllna Old Posts. that the Chinook has been lying idle at of a Cleveland department store fell ner. General Funston will go to Gui barrel; quinces, »1 ®1.25 per box. Fasten chain to post close to the the government moorings for two years, The members of the from a window and were dashed to nea tomorrow. Vegetables—Beans, 5®7J^c; cab ground, pass It over the wheel of an disarming commission for Banta Clara, and during that time it has been use bage, lJi®l Xc per pound; cauliflow death. accompanied by Joeo Miguel Gomes, less so far as the purposes for which er, |1®I .25 per dosen; celery, 50®90c The 18 year old eon of a Chicago Garcia Canixaree, ex-speaker of the she was constructed are concerned. He per dozen; corn, 12%c per dozen; cu millionaire has been arrested for rob- is of the opinion that funds with bing slot m«chines and spending the bouse of representatives, and others ar which to continue the work on the bar cumbers, 15c per dozen; egg plant, 10c rived at Caadda, the port of entry to per pound; lettuce, bead, 20c per des- money on chorus girls. Trinidad, thia evening. They were can be secured. en; onions, 10(412per dozen; peas, The St. Paul road his voted to issue met by a large crowd. 4®6c; bell peppers, 5c; pumpkins, 1 J$c Rebuilding Pendleton Levee. »150,000,000 of new stcck with which Pendleton — The work of rebuilding per pound; spinach, 4®5c per pound; to build a line down the coast from Steeds From the Desert. roSTPUlXINO DEVICK. the levee along the weetern part of the tomatoes, 30®50c per box; parsley, 10 Portland to San Francisco. New York, Oct. 9.— Twenty-seven ®l5c; sprouts, 7}<c per pound; squash, The exar has returned to hie gilded Arabian horses were landed today from city has been started with a small force lJicper pound; turnips, 90c®»I per ordlnnry corn plnnter,' bitch tenm to of men and teams. Owing to the late prison from his zacht, keeping a sharp the steamship Italia. They have been ness of the season the work will be sack; carrots, »1®1 25j>ersack; beets, chain and go ahead. It don't damage lookout for bomba. on the way from Syria since August 14. rushed as fast as possible, This citv is »125® 1.60 per sack ; horseradish, 10c the wheel and the broad tire keeps It A great telephone system, backed by This importation is said to be the now in the midst of a labor famine. per pound. from sinking Into the ground. Onion«—Oregon, |1®1.15 per hue- the Western Union Telegraph company, largest of the kind ever made and is In addition to the usual demands for the result of the only trade ever issued Setting Pence Poatr. is being organised to fight the Ameri help, the street paving company, the dred. to an American. Homer Davenport Potatoes—Oregon Burbanks, deliver Some farmers argue that It Is beat to can Telephone and Telegraph company. levee builders and the government read negotiated the purchase. The rtiimals, experts are all being greatly handi ed, 80®85c; in carlots f. o. b. country, set posts early In the fall, when the Roosevelt says the enlargement of the he says, represent the only strictly des 75®80c; sweet potatoes, 2®2t^c per ground la aolld. Of course, a poet care I capped. powers of the national government is ert bred thoroughbreds ever brought to pdund. fully set at any time will remain In Its this country. the only remedy for the trust evils. Bntter—Fancy creamery, 25®30c per place, but the fall season is really n Linn School Fund Apportioned. Albany—County School Hupe-intend- pound. much worse time than In the spring. An emigrant steamer plyirg between Ministry to Resign in Protest. Eggs—Oiegon ranch. 31®32c per ent Jackson has made the semi-annual Digging the holo makes the soli loose, Hoihow and Hongkong foundered. The St. Johns, N. F , Oct. 9.—It was re apportionment of the I.inn county school dosen. and If done In the fall It has not time captain and 60 passengers were lost. Poultry — Average old hens, 12® ported today that the ministry, follow funds, A litany receiving 32,308 30 of to become com;,act again. Water fil The coroner’s jury believes that ing the recent exampls of the national the amount. Other cities received as 12Hc per pound; m'xed chickens, 12® ters down through the loose soil, which Carey M. Snydar, whose body sat cabinet, intended to resign as a protest follows: f^banon, »811.60; Browns 12J4c; spring, 12®12^c; old roosters, will raise the |>ost a little every year found in the woods near Hillsboro, was against the temp >rary arrange nent of ville, 1790 50; Scio, »280.20; Harris 9®10c; dressed chickens, 14®15^c; Oreat Britain and the United States, burg, »488.80; Halsey, »302.00. These turkeys, live, 16®2tc; turkeys, dress until It throws It out altogether. If murdered. by the provision of which American amounts do not include the amount« ed, choice, 20®22c; geese, 1 ve, 9® the soil has time to settle It absorbs less moisture, and after the first year. The governor of Himbirsk province, herring fishermen secnre privileges con received by each district through it« 10c; dneks, 14917c. If the heaving out has not already be Russia, was wounded by a bomb. Hops — Choice, 1905, 11 9 1 2c ; prime, trary to the laws of New Fonndiand. own tax. gun, It will rarely begin. 10911c; 1906, 14H«17 c . A strong desire for annexation by Wool—Valley, 22«22Xc; Eastern Where Alfalfa Grows Luxuriantly. Accepts China’s Word. the Cuban citizens of all nationalities Anthrax and Karth Worms. Weston — Marion O'Harra baa just Oregon, 14®21c as to shrinkage; mo Shanghai, Oct. 9.—Sir Robert Hart, is «penly expressed and talk is indulged From recent ex|>erlments It Is cer hair, choice, 28®30c. director general of the Chinese imperial finished cutting bis third crop of alfal in of tatking a vote on the question. Cattle— Bee*, steers, »3 6098.65; tain that earth worms are resixmsiblo customs, has issued a circular to the fa at his ranch a short distance above medium, |3®3.25; cow», »2.5092 85; for conveying the spores and anthrax foreign colony here, saying that he has Weeton. His beet yield was from two An Oregon minister has laid himself second grade cows, »2®2 25; bulls, from various burled carcasses to the liable to a fine for marrying a couple received assurances that his status with acres of sub-irrigated bottom, which surface of the earth and thus bringing on the Vancouver ferry while it was regarJ to Chinese customs will not be made 18% tone. Mr. O’Harra has put »1 E0®2; calves, »494 50. Rheep—Rest, »4®4 25; lambs, »4.50 about a reinfection. Thia process of re changed and that he is satisfied there { up altogether 126 Uns of hay, and is moored on the Washington side. The Hogs—Bast, »6.50; light weights, »6 infection was urged by M. fxiuls l‘as- marriage license was pr cured in Van will be no undue interference with for-' one of the most successful producers In j tsur, but without success. 96.26. , sign control of the customs. I this section of the country. couver. In a Condensed Form lor Our Busy Readers. HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS mi Make aw Asearaaws ■««. Here Is a reminder from ous who evidently appreciatea tlie good things every farmer may have lu bls gardeu. lie advisee everyone Ur make an as paragus bed, and says very truly It Ie easily nod quickly done. Asparagus needs n rich, mellow, warm coll. Ma nure lire ground thoroughly with welt rotted stable manure. l*luw eight to ten Incbea deep or deeper. Plant In a long row. Pulverise thoroughly with disk and harrow. Hecure a hundred 9 year-old plants nt a COet of from cent« to |1. Opeu a row with plow or a cultivator. Het plant» two feet apart In row with crown three Inches below surface. I’reas soil firmly alxiut plants, fill up the row and cultivate same as corn or beaus, and next year you will have an abundance of delicious aud healthful food, «lid the same will con tinue for year« If you keep free from weeds aud adJ each year a fre»b sup ply of farm fertiliser. Voice ot a Slle. It Is very Important to provide some means hy which the dairy cow can be supplied with good food at all seasons of tlie year lu order that she may yield milk moat economically. Such medium may l>e found In the silo which fur- nlalies a place fur the storing of food lu the form of silage. It la a well- kuown fact that the nearest an Ideal food that can tie obtained for the dairy cow Is good pasture; but for several mouths In tlie year green pasture la uot available. At such times the best substitute are corn allage aud such roots aa mnngela and turnips. Corn yields an averuge of twice aa much dry matter |*r acre aa root crops; and since the latter Involve much more la bor. and greater expense, silage la far more economical. Iluw to Uruw Mbsbsrb. Have the ground on which rhubarb la grown very rich. It requires well* rotted manure. Divide the roots, al lowing oue tuiier to tlie bill. Tills »tumid be done every other year. Keep tlie dirt boed up loosely around them and aa soon a» tlie first leaves como and begin to dr<»>p over on the ground, cut them off; this will start tlie stalk» to growing the taller aud straighter. All stalka should be cut when they be gin to droop toward the ground. Never pull them, for If you do, you take with them the sh<N»ta for the next »talk» and also break the small roots that help nourish the plant Cut them one Inch above the ground. Always cover with alxiut three Inches of straw In tlie fall. Follow these rule« and your pieplant will yield abundantly till frost kills IL < «srn Ahrllvr. Thia Is a cheap way to make a grxxl aia TIIK HOMEMADE CO«!V BHEIJJCS. feet long, lire»» the plank smooth; drive some 8 penny nails Into the plank to within one Inch of tbo heads; put them oue half Inch apart In rows lu a square six Inches each way. ■sea end Smoblew. Many times lxx»s are smoked more than 1» ncceMary; perhaps, leM-nuw not every one knows that during a nectar flow some honey la lost every time a hive la o|x>n«d, says Farming. When beea are smoked they fill themselves with honey and If so much smoke Is used that most of the tx-ee In the tllve nt that time take honey, It will tie more than an hour before it la redepoe- Itvd Into tlie cells nnd tlie regular work resumed. Bees sometimes gat tier nec tar enough to make a pound of honey an hour, so one can see that It would t>e quite a loss If every colony In a fair sixer! apiary were smoker! enough to interrupt the work for one hour. To Ilium «'ream. , Cream left to Itself will lx*come sour spontaneously. This la the result of the growth of lactic add bacteria, which feed upon the milk sugar, and ns a final process convert It Into a lac tic acid. Other forms of bacteria are always present In cream; some have little or no effect In the rl|x*nlng proc ess, while others, If allowed to do velop, produce undeslrablo and often obnoxious flavors. To cultivate and de velop these "wild" germa la caller! "spontaneous" ripening, and Is often at tended with uncertainty. Good butter making demands the use of a "starter,’* either Imine made or a pure culture. The former abould bo made of selected skim milk. Keeping Hoge Clean. To give the pigs a thorough acrub- blng may appear to be labor thrown away, but If two lots of pigs are treat ed alike In every res|x*ct, except that one lot recelvea a thorough scrubbing with soapsuds once In a while, there will bo a marker! difference' In favor of the hogs Hurt are washed when the time for slaughter arrives. A clean bed of straw with a dry house, so aa to afford them comfort at night, will also promote thrift and growth. The hog la naturally a cleanly animal and enjoys a bath. If considered a filthy animal, that devours filthy food. It la because of tha treatment given. Hoge will select clean aur! wholesome food If given the opportunity to do eo,