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SKILL IN
FARRIERY.
Br WILLIAM DICKSON. V. B.
Thanks to the amount of attention
which that paragon of horseflesh, the
American trotter, has recelred at the
hands of all classes of men, the mat
ter of shoeing for specific purposes has
made greater progress in America than
in any other country on the face of the
globe, and that is a department of the
farrier's art which' is entitled to the
highest euloglum.
There is one Instrument which
should like to see, if possible, omitted
from the shoeing outfit of every far
rier, and that is the drawing knife.
The oo tilde, or horny wall, and that
portion of the sole which Is in Imme-
mm
FOOT IUST FOB SHOE.
Showing frog and bars as they should
be left.
dlate contact with It, on which the
shoe should rest, are the only portions
of the foot which require to be inter
fered with In preparing the foot for
the shoe, and all the trimming that is
necessary can and ought to be effected
by means of the rasp.
The first Illustration shows the only
parts which should be reduced when
a foot Is properly prepared for the
shoe. Sufficient care is not always
given to shortening the hoof so that
Its angle should conform exactly to
the Inclination of the limb. An in
spection of the foot in profile Is usual
ly the best way of deciding the correct
degree of obliquity. Too much Impor
tance cannot possibly be attached to
this and the succeeding step namely,
leveling the ground surface of the foot
The very smallest deviation from the
perpendicular entails disastrous conse
quences not only on the foot, but on
the entire limb.
The different styles of shoes which
have been devised are marvels of In
genuity. Many are applicable only to
horses used solely for speed purposes,
but a considerable number are potent
auxiliaries In mitigating the results of
natural defects of conformation among
animals whose lot la cast In humbler
fields of horse enterprise. Among
these are the scoop toed or roller mo
. tlon shoe for the fore feet, Fig. 2, and
the shoe, Fig. 8, for the hind feet,
which, while they obviate forging or
clicking, a habit bnrtful to the horse
nd singularly annoying to his driver,
do not in any way tend to Inflict injury
n the feet or limbs.
The scooped or rolled toe confers a
mechanical advantage, enubling the an-
SPECIAL PUBP08 SHOES.
1. To welcht shoe I Front view of
coop to rolling motion shoe. J. Hind
foot ho to balance the etion. From
Ruaaell't Scientific Horesnoeln(.J
Iraal to get over his toes more prompt
ly and thus remove the front foot from
the stroke of the hind extremity,
while the lengthening of the branches
of the hind shoes retards the flexion
and extension of the bind limbs.
Fig. 1 Is the most effective model of
shoe to square and balance the gait
of unmade horses, but the period of Its
use should be strictly limited and the
weight of the toe gradually reduced as
the desired gait becomes established.
few week of their OTes. Only a small
amount of cut straw or chaff should be
given for bedding, thus no opportunity
being offered the little ones to get lost
or tangled up and so exposed to danger
of death from cold, hunger or crushing
by the sow. As a further protection a
board about elgbt inches wide placed
flat horizontally about eight inches
from the floor along the wall, to whlc
it should be firmly attached, will be
found of considerable value, affording
a space where the little ones can run
or be shoved when the mother lies
down.
Generally speaking, the less inter
ference st parturition the better,
the weather be cold a good plan is
have some clean dry straw in a box or
barrel. Into which the little ones may be
ulnced as they are born, being first
dried with a cloth. If parturition
slow in cold weather It Is sometimes
wise to pat some warm bricks or flat
stones In the box with the youngsters.
They should be allowed to suck as soon
as possible after birth.
MIXED MILK.
Easy
Hogs In Cattle Lets. ,
Of forty-flve Oulo cattle feeders
from whom definite Information con
cerning their methods of feeding hogs
In cattle feed lots has been obtained
only ten fed any feeds other than corn
to the hogs that gather the grain from
the steers' droppings. The other thirty.
five feeders either used no feed besides
that which was not digested by the
steers or else gave corn in addition.
B. K. Carmlcbael.
New Arabian Alfalfa.
Of new varieties of alfalfa tested In
different parts of the country during
the past year the Arabian type Is one
of the most promising. At Mecca,
Cal.. this alfalfa has yielded twelve
cuttings In the year as against elgbt
for the ordinary type, and at Chlco,
Cel., seven cuttings of the former as
against five of the latter.
THE EARLY PIGS.
Comfort For the Mother Hog and Hot
New Family.
By 3. 11. GRISDALE.
For a week or ten days before far
rowing or parturition occurring In cold
spring weather the sow should receive
a rather liberal ratlou of milk produc
ing food, such as bran niaslius, chopped
oats, skim milk, shorts, a little ollnicul,
etc., being careful always to see that
there are no slgus of constipation, that
the bowels are quite loose.
The attendant should always lie on
good terms with every sow, 1. it this
should very particularly be the rase for
a few weeks before, during the time of
and for a few weeks after parturition.
By a little (letting and a few kindness
es that appeal to her sense of whut Is
nice the attcudant can win the confi
dence of almost any sow, provided, of
course, that be has not previously won
her dislike.
Parturition should tuke place in a
pen sieciully prepared for the event
and for the Hccouiiuodutlon of the
mother and her family during the first
Calculation In Standardizing
Blending Milk.
"Standardized milk" and "blended
milk" are terms applied to milk which
has been so modided as to contain
definite amount of one or more of Its
constituents. The most Important and
at the same time the most variable
constituent Is fat. To standardize milk
as regards fat It Is simply necessary
to add or remove a certain amount of
this constituent or to add or remove
a certain amount of skim milk. Ona
thousand six hundred pounds of milk
containing 3.2 per cent of fat may be
standardized to 4 per cent of fat by re
moving 220 pounds of skim milk. A
simple method of determining the
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IIU0IUM FOR MIXING MILK.
amounts of skim milk and whole milk
or of milks containing different per
centages of fat which should be mixed
In order to secure a product having a
desired fat content is given by Profess
or It. A. Tearson in a reading course
bulletin of Cornell university.
Draw a rectangle and write at the
two left band comers the percentages
of fat in the fluids to be mixed and In
the center place the required percent
age. At the upper right hand corner put
the number which represents the dif
ference between the two numbers
standing In line with It 1. e., the num
ber In the center and the one at the
lower left band corner. At the lower
right hand corner put the number that
represents the difference between the
two numbers In Hue with It. Now let
the upper right band number refer to
the upper left and the lower right hand
to the lower left. Then the two right
band numbers show the relative quan
tities of the fluids represented at the
left band corners that must be com
bined to give a fluid of the desired
standard which Is represented in the
center.
If It Is wanted to mix the milks from
two dairies testing 4.9 per cent fat and
3.5' per cent mi j juic " -"
cent milk, the diagram bIiows there
milks must be inlxej lu t'.ie proportion
of 1.1 to .3 or 1 1 to 3. Thus:
If we have 120 pounds of the 4.0 per
ni mil, we must mix with It 32.7
riAimiifl nt a r. nor cent milk, as is
hnsn hv this nroDortion: 11:3 :: 120
32.7.
Profit In Sheep.
As shown by the recorded data for
four years, the average cost or winter
ing sheep at the Mississippi experiment
totuin h:i lioen 11.14 ier head. The
estimated Drofits from a flock of twen
ty-two sheep for last year were $42.30,
nri none of the breeding ewes was
sold. There Is ready sale for early
Inmha at eood Drices. Sheep could
easily be made one of the most profita
ble lines of live stock farming for the
average farmer in this state,
K ILLtke COUCH
I and CURE THE LUNGS
Moliesee In th Ration.
The addition of molasses to a ration
has a tendency to increase the digesti
bility of both hay and grain feeds,
This, coupled with the generally ob
served fact that molasses contributes
toward making feeds more palatable
and also acts as an appetizer, gives to
molasses a relatively high place as
stock food and makes it more valuable
than its analysis alone would Indicate.
For th Farm Dairy.
Work In breeding for milk produc
tion at the Canada experiment farms
seems to show that (a) superior dairy
cows may be found in all breeds; (b)
pure bred females are not essential to
success in dairy farming, but a pure
bred bull should always be used.
NDEPENDENCE & MONMOUTH
Railway.
FROM INDEPENDENCE.
POR DALLAS.
Train No. 64. Leave Independence daily. 6:00
, m.; Iv. ilonmoulh, 6:16 . ui.; sr. DalUi, 0:40
, m.
Train No. GS. Leave Independence, dally.
10:50a. m.: Iv. Monmouth. U:u6 a. m.: ar. Ual-
laa, 11:30 a. m.
Train No. 70. Leave Independence, daily,
AH p. m.; Iv. Monmouth, 6:30 p. m.; ar. Dallefl,
oo p. in,
FOB AIBLII.
Train No. 67. Leave Independence, dally,
30 a. m.;lv. Monmouth, 7:40 a. m.; ar. Alrlie,
ic a. in.
Train No. 73. Leave Independence, daily, 3:30
in.; Iv. MonmouLu, 3:oU p. m.; ar. Alrlie, 4:'A
m.
TOE MONMOUTH ONLY.
Leave Independence, daily, 2:30 p. m.
No. 101 arrives Monmouth 7:20 a. ra.
FROM DALLAS.
FOB 1NDBPKNDRNCB.
Train No. to. Leave fallal, daily ex. Sunday,
30 a.m.: Iv. Monmouth. 8:56 a.m.: ar. inde
pendence, 9:15 a. m.
Train No. 101. I. v. Dallas. Sunday only, 6:55
. ; ar. Independence, 7:30 a. m.
Train No. 60. Leave Dallas, dullv. 1 d. m.: Iv
Monmouth, 1:25 p. in.; ar. Indeietidciice, 1:40 p.
i. (Thia truin connects at Monmouth lor Air
lie.)
Truin No. 71. Leave Dallas, dally. 7:35 p. m.:
Iv. Moumouui, 8 p. m.; ar. Independence, 8:15
WITH
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t Via
PPTPTC
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AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES.
GUARANTEED SATISFACXOK
OS MONEY REFUNDED.
TEA
The greatest tea-drinkers
are full -bottom Dutch
men. There isn't much
nervous prostration in
Holland.
Your grocer returns your money il you doa't
like Schilling's Eest; we par him.
IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS
Don't
Histake the Cause of Your
Trouble. Delay May
Prove ratal.
Docs your back ache? Do you get up
lame in the morning I Do you leel dull
and tired? Does ll hurt you to beini
over, to lilt anything, to jtet "P 'rom "
chair? Do you have sudden "catches'
or stitches oi pain in the hack? loea a
dull, throbbing ache settle in the small
of voiir hack and bother von dav and
oight? Do you sometimes feel that you
that you simply cannot ttraighten
up? You cannot make any
mistake by treating the kidneys at once,
for it is these small troubles that leaa to
dropsy, diabetes and Bright's disease.
It these is any doubt inj'our mind that
the kidneys are aliected, notice the urine
for a few days. If passages are irregular
painful or too seantv, discolored, or fud
of sediment, the kidney's need help
ight away, and there is no other medi
cine more helpful than Doan's Kidnev
rills, a simple remedy lor the kidneys
yet bo powerful that it quickly cures thr
cause ana so ends all the puinlul and
moving symptoms.
Home cures prove the merit of Doan e
iviclncy J ills. Any perron wishing to
see the testimony of Dallas citizens may
o so hv Cdlling at BELT & C11KK-
KIXUTOT'S drug store.
ior sale by all dealers. Trice 50
cents. roster-Milbnin Co., Knlialo.
New York, sole agents for the United
Slates.
Remember the name Doan's and
no other.
m.
FROM AIKI.1E.
Train No. 6ft. Leave Alrlie. dallr. 9 a. m.: Iv.
Monmouth, 9:36 a. m.;ur. liiiteiiideui-e, 9:'0
. (This train connects at Monmouth foi
Pallas.)
Truin No. 72. Leave Alrlie. dallv. Ii:li5 u. m.:
Iv. Monmouth, 5:1 p.m.; ar. iudeiuuenee,
:t5 p ni .
Train No. 100 leaves Alrlie 4:15 p.m. Sunday
only arrive Monmouth 5:'4) . m. arrives Inde
pendence o.m p. m.
FROM MONMOUTH ONLY.
l eaves Monmouth for Indeieoden-e. dailv at
00 p. m.
CIRCUS DAY AT DALLAS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
PERFORMANCES AT 2 AND 8 P. M.
Famous Equestrians 1
IP Daring Aerialisls-
23 MERRr ClOWNS
mm
urn. W835-S$SSa
R. R. CARS mfyfJK
350 HutlSES VMSX
IUII I 'sfc mm m U X . ,yvr r- mr XX V
Douhlfl 'Menarie fcx SK
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Scores of .Trained Wild Beasts 'YV'
IrTHlil N UB , flHM Ivv
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. 1 v ' f v aw .- v - X
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Thcisrirj Eqxii Ct irlct Races
lilii SEALS S SEA LIONS
Le Fleur t-qupc
10 Laval Ladies of Paultleaa Ferns la Claaaic
rlM aa a Oraai Ravatvlng Paaaalal.
11 Arabian Tumblers
Celebrated
Siirk (10) Family
aannsrs B-Mt I jr satis sat lentf ittisrsi
ID Rickliss Ronth Riders
J08 SHETLAND PONY BALLET
melons $mfc
Aartaliata Suprama
7 Russian
Cossacks
SIPERB
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ENTREE
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THE FISH BRAND SLICKER
is the man who
has tried to (jet
th mim service
out of sone
other make
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Cleea Ltotd Dutoble
and bod Lwrrnre
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TTOBSSJT IT LAW.
N. L. Butler,
Office over Dallas City Bank.
DALLAS, OREGON.
an have trlpi all Vlr,ds of pills, TTaters i red eathartlea for OoasHpa, 1
. T. r f..r,.n h nt. Now sot the HEAL Ci,ro. T,tkA xni tk,.T
,;d sue !;w met boti r tht-y aie. H.e t'la rtilTorsnc-i. in resolts. Thai
fnel botK-r fie mhi i'o yn take Ihin. 7 hey hrnoe you up and put new IlfS
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late iiiiira digoJtiva sj-swm. One doso will eeartnoe yoa. at m see Boi,
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n m A fist
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Even our
Grandfathens- knew what
ALLARDS SNOW
LINIMENT
will do.
A CONV1NCINQ PROOF
CURE
of the worth of a medicine is the cures it can effect. Every
ono who has used Ballard's Snow Liniment knows that it will
KntumAiism, curs, shkains, stiff joints.
BURNS. NEURALGIA, CONTRACTED MUSCLES
AND ALL FAINS.
USED SNOW LINIMENT 10 YEARS.
V. Ij. Settle, Richmond, Mo., writes:- "This is to
certify that I have used your Snow Liniment for ten
years for rheumatism, neuralgia, lame back, etc.,
and in every case it has rendered immediate relief
and satisfaction."
Avoid all Substitutes. Three Sizes 25c, 50c, $1.00
BALLARD SNOW LINIMENT CO.
500-502 North Second Street, ST. LOUIS, MO.
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Sold and Recommended by
STAFPJN DRUG COMPANY
l AT CM l - twit"
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The personal recommendations of people who
have been cured of coughs and colds by Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy have done more than all
else to make it a staple article of trade and com
merce over a large part of the civilized world.
AN INSTANCE. .
Lucy Saddretli, of Lenoir, N. C, had been troubled with
very bad cough for over a year. Shesayi: "A friend -bought
a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
brought it to uie and insisted that I ahould take iL I did
o and to my surprise it helped me. Four bottle of it
cured me of my cough."
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DRIND
Laxative Fruit Syrup
XT Tnn a 4
Cleanses the system
thoroughly and clears
sallow complexions of
pimples and blotches.
It Is guarantee
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