Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, July 17, 1908, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextTHE STOCK RAM. Padigraa and Individual Excellence of Vast Importance. Many of those who own small Socks only as a side line don t realize tbe Importance of buying rams of good qualities and pure breeding. It is a shortsighted policy to purchase an In ferlor ram because be can be got for a few dollars less than one that is well bred and of individual excellence. The line bred ram has the prepo tency that stamps his desirable quali ties on his gat Usually the get of the grade lacks uniformity. He Is as likely to transmit some of tbe unde sirable traits of some of bis mongrel ancestors. No matter how good an In dividual he' may be, his Inability to transmit with certainty his own good points disqualifies him. Professor Thomas Shaw says that where but a small flock of sheep is kept and but one ram tbere ure no HORSE SENSE. Barns The roUar SAD OF FINS DELAIHK ME11INO HAM. serious objections to allowing the ram to graze with the flock when the pas tures are good, but should tbe flock be large and the rams many it is dif ferent Where several stock rams are kept they are given a small pasture by themselves. If they can be given a change of pasture occasionally tbey are likely to do better, but this is frequently found impracticable. As stock rams are usually grained some what heavily at the mating season, tbe aim should be to bring them through a portion of the summer at least without grain. This can usually be done when tbe grazing Is plentiful, nutritious and suc culent The effect on the system Is cooling, the digestion is less taxed, and the Influence exerted Is renovating. But when tbe season draws near for service It may be necessary to feed grain to them Again, that they may begin tbe season's service strong and vigorous. -O THE SHEPHERD. A prosperous sheep man says: One of the most luiportaut things In making tbe sheep business profitable Is care. Hheep feel neglect, and there Is alwsy failure where they are kept In a shirt less, careless way. Every year raise lambs that are better than their duins, and your success is assured. Take good cars of the ewes. This care ought to begin before the lambs come. Getting ready is always the most Important part of all. Tbe ewes should have the best bay and grain we have In the crlli. Musty hay will not do. Heavy grain Is not the thing for tbe last few weeks before the lambs come. Keep suit be fore the sheep at all times. Tbey eu iota or It Sheep and Dogs. We have kept sheep for the last twenty years and never bad a dog botber them, says a Maryland breeder. if you will put sheep bells on about half of your flock you will uot be both ered with dogs. A sheep dog Is sneak thief and will not go where he will make a noise. Tut Ufty bolls on a hundred sheep, and you need not lose any sleep listening for dogs. The bells coat 75 cents per dozen, straps snout tbe same price. I live In a dalrv section, but some farmers keep sheep, un dogs attack only the flocks that are not belled. Weeds and Sheep. Weeds come in without any effort on our part but In spite of our hardest euoria io seep mem out. now can we utilize them? rigs make good use of tbem, but sheep will make the best use of the weed crop, writes a farmer In Rural New Yorker. Sheep cau be tied In a fence comer or with a portable fence kept on a small ple. e of ground arter one crop has been taken off and the weeds start Tbere are dozens of ways In which the sheep ran lie used to keep down weeds, and tbey will prove blessing to any weedy farm Shearing 8heep. a DOM who nave very iittiny abeep bould nave a shearing macbiue. It does tbe work better and quicker (ban band shears, without so much injury o ins aneep. n here ooa haa but a few abeep it la better to go la with bis ftelgbbors and get a machine. But It la well to learn bow to shear bv hand. Teach the boys even though you bare a machine. It Is bad practice to Irave any tags oo the sheep. If you don't want them In the wool, clip tbem off anyway just for tbe looks of the sheep. The best time to dip is right after shearing. Some wait until tbe tick have all gone oa to tbe lamha and then dip only the lambs. Ik-tter dip all aheep and iambs, not once, but twtc. ao as to catch tbe ticks that taakfc trier tbe Bret dip. Special Feed Fer Thin Ewaa. It will pay to separate tbe thin ewe from tbe rret and give tbem apeckil feed for awhile. Doo t leave tuna with tbe rest to struggle for their living, but 1-lv them a little advantage. Ssnsible Advice In Regard to Collars and Their Use. - closely padded, ill fitting, soft means suffering and shortens the life for the horse. "Years ago I gave up the hot, sticky pad," said an intelligent fanner, "and have used only the close fitting, bard leather collar, which we have endeav ored to keep clean. This clean collur, with a good- washing of the shoulders noon and nights, has generally sufficed to keep them free from soreness. Still, during the constant use of the rldin? cultivator In our cornfields the necks sometimes get sore, caused by the weight and the moving of the collar across the skin at each step oi tue borse. We are all inclined to use col lars too large for the horse. Much filing should be takpn in the Drst fit ting of the collar, and If It is thorough ly soaked and placed on tue horse while still wet it will usually shape It self to the shoulders. Another thing, we try to avoid a too low draft. The way double harnesses ure usually made all the weight comes on the horses Uecks. and there Is a constant tend ency to lower the draft even until it comes nearly to the point of the shoul der. This should Ik overcome as far as possible. Tile draft pnould lie high enough to insure an even bearing the entire length of the shoulder, and nei ther should the girth lie buckled tight enough to cause any draft on the top of the neck. In fact, a girth is unnec essary and need never lie used except where the traces are attached to the load above a right angle to the horse's shoulders. Steel collars are In use near us, and I am going to try a pair this spring. I think the principle Is right, and they strike me as being very convenient." BUILDING THE SILO. DWARF APPLE TREES. They Are Useful to Owners of 8mall Plots of Lands. The sketch was made from a Ited Astrakhan tree set two years before. This was only one of a hundred simi lar trees of the same variety planted by George T. Powell of Columbia coun ty, N. Y., who has taken up the culture of dwarf apples. These Astrakhans were propagated on I'arudlse stocks, which make trees that If pruned prop erly never grow more than eight to ten feet high. They enn be planted ten feet apart each way and when a few years old will bear a bushel to a barrel each. Tbe owner of a small lot who wishes to have several varieties of fruit and The building of a silo Is of a great deal of importance, and before it is un dertaken a man should investigate thoroughly the principles relating to the construction aud storage of silage One of tbe early mistakes was to build silos too large in diameter anu too small In height This resulted in get ting very little pressure on tbe silage, which permitted tbe air to get in and consequently caused the ruin of the feed. Wherever air can touch the sllmre numerous germs from the air attach themselves to the moist surface of the silage, and tbe sugars in the sllaire become food for the minute plants that cause putrefaction or mold In ir. If the silage Is very green the putrefaction bacteria develop most, while if the silage is old that is, made from mature cornstalks the spores of mold develop most. In either case the silage is ruined. The first thing, there fore, a farmer must look out for Is to have sufficient height to his silo, so that the pressure on the underlying silage will be very great All things chopped up fine, as Is all properly cut silage, develop a great deal of lateral pressure. This forces the silage out against the sides of the silo and packs it so firmly against the walls that air cannot get in. The plan Is to build a silo not less than thirty feet in height aud generally not less than sixteen feet in diameter, if the silos are built small In diameter, they become expensive, as a silo eight feet in diameter would cost a great deal more per ton of capacity than one six teen feet wide. Those dimensions are being quite widely followed In the con struction of many silos. The diameter beyond sixteen feet must depend upon I aSA,. mffT itS Wft IF The Only One la Kind. The Shaw ore Alfalfa rlnb la tbe only e of Its kind oa earth, according to tbe Kansas Farmer. It bo! da monthly meetings oa the afternoon of tbe laet Saturday to each month and dteruaaea appropriate topics-aa. f Instaac. -Alfalfa IVata." mm ' ."V'V " 'i' I IP r'tl'i f , 1 IIWAIIF AITI.K TltKIX. will give the trees good culture will find both pleasure and profit in dwarfs, in a commercial way the apples on Paradise stocks have not been grown extensively enough to test them. It Is generally considered that they require too much care to lie profitable when grown on a large scale. Some leading fruit growers believe, however, that the Iioiu lii stock has great commercial possibilities. It makes trees eighteen to twenty feet high. They can be set from a rod to twenty feet npnrt each way and cnu be given the best of uttcutluu owing to their moderate size. The Fruit Patch. jue government horticulturist says many (let-sous with small lots may plant what are known ns dwarf fruit trees. ' In proportion to size dwarf trees are more fruitful than "stand ards." They come into bearing sooner and are therefore of special value for use In limited Inclosures or fruit gar dens. Ilcsldcs the advantage of dwarf ing, grafting may lie turned to good account, enabling the owner of trees to Increase his variety of fruits. Sin gle trees have Is'cn made to bear as ninny as lot) varieties of apples. If you net out a fruit garden, take ad vantage of the space under and be tween the trees by planting strawber ries, blackberries, rasplH-rrlea, cur- ranta or some other small fruit Vege tables may also lie planted about the trees. Renewing. Fsnccpeata. IX) not throw away old fenceoeta Just liei-ause the ends In the ground have rotted away. You ran patch these out and the poala will lust aa long aa new ones. TAe a piece of an ordinary pewt two feet long and smooth dowu one end with an ax ao aa to fit on to the end of the post, which should likewise 1 smoothed down. Now get half dozcu spikes and nail the piece h the post Heverse the post, leaving tbe patched end at tbe top. One Man Spraying. For an are of leu thau on acre a small compressed air or knaiwack prayer will be very satisfactory. Where fruit as well aa potatoes are to be sprayed tbe barrel spray pump out fit will I most ec-ooouik-al. Hy mount ing the barrel on a oiie-borm two wheeled cart, at the rear of which a three-quarter Inch pipe of aufflclent length to rover four rows and provided with nozzles la attached, one niaa caa to tbe spraying uusli ted A CONCRETE SILO. the size of the herd. The larger the herd the greater may be the diameter of the silo. For myself, I believe that any one handling twelve head of cows or steer can well afford a silo, writes a dairy man In Rural New Yorker. I'erhnps to the small dairyman or stock raiser the difficulties that stand in the way of the silo are Imaginary rather than real. First In order, per haps, is the cost of the silo and, sec ond, the expense of tilling. But a good silo thatwlll Inst for a number of years can be erected at a nominal cost. Every fanner should be able to do his own cementing and thus make his own alio foundation; also with a little help to erect It. This would mate rially lessen the first cost of silo. As regards the kind of silo to erect, I can recommend a good homemade elm hooped hemlock silo as being per haps ns satisfactory as any other, Good silos all ready to put up can be bought at a fair price. One of my nelghlsirs has an elm hooped hemlock silo, which he built himself, that has done duty successfully for over fifteen years and Is still In a good state of preservation. The Inside lining of rough boards has to be removed every four or five years, but the rest of the silo stands as it did when first con structed. This kind of alio Is glvln good satisfaction and with a new lin ing once In awhile will last a number of years. Cleanliness In the Dairy. To produce clean and wholesome rream we must have clean and whole some milk, and to do this It Is essen tial that we have clean stables, clean dairy utensils, clean yards, clean and wholesome feed and that the cows be milked by men who are clean. To ob tain the best results It Is Important that the cows tie kept comfortable at all times. Health of the Herd. Ihe dairy herd should Include no sick animal, and esiecially none show ing signs of tulierculosis, contagious abortion or other trouble associated with parturition or with mammilla. mammary atiscess or other ndder dis ease, actinomycosis, fever or any fe brile disease. I Just Exactly Right. have used I'r. King's New Life Pills for several rears, and find them just exactly right, savs Mr. A. A. Kel ton, of llarrisville. N. Y. New Lite I'llli relieve without thv least diecont fort Best remedy for constipation, bilious nese and malaria. 25c. at Kelt A Cher- rington's drag store. Two Myrtle Creek people have raised ripe, good lemons. Best the World Affords. 'It gives me unbounded pleasure to reaMiimend liocklrn s Arnica Salve, art J. A'. Jenkins, n( Chapel Hill, .V C "I am ennvinced it 'a tbe beet salve the world afTonla. It cored a felon on pay thomb, and it never fails to heal very sore, burn or wound to which it is applied. 25c. at 11 1 A Cberringtoa's drug store. Feet ef the Calta. Keep tbe feet of colts evea or ua souBdoeae) my result Do not allow the toe to grow too long Rlngttnaea are uftew csusod by long form. Keep tbe celts' suits well IItter4. One eUp ea a wet floor saay rule a talaable eeU. Eeeentiale In Oeed Butter. I conakler the essentials to producing flue dairy butter t j t pure water, a fcaiprrature of 43 detreea. a Ootrtfu- ra! act rat or and rmpbatk-aliy uni form paina la every detail, says a dairy- man. I pack la sixty p-nd. paper lined tut aod ship direct to a coa surarr wbe appreciates a Sue grade of butter and la willing to pay for It sly uaual output h leal pounds a wrk. The quantity of hotter coiur should vary with the oeaaua aud tbe various feed awed. F-urnwlll soon boast of one of the beet equipped flouring mills in the country. It Can't Be Beat. T1e beet of all U-a- Hert is experience. C M. Harden, ol Silver City, North Caroline, pays: "I Bud Klsartric BitUrrs does all that's claimed tor it For Momach, I-irrrand khiney trouble it ea a t he beat. I have tried it and find it a nana exeellrnt snodtcine." Mr. Harden a rtghi; it's the beet if all etlK-inea a'ea fur weatneee, lame bara, and all raa dww conditions. Hret too for chilis and aaaiarta. fcokl a a. fee gsaraatee at Brit A Cherringtna'a drug Hera. 60 e. . War Against Consumptives All nations are endeavoring to check the ravages of consumption, the "white plague" that claims so many victims each year. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds perfectly and you are in no danger of consumption. Do not risk yoor health by taking some un known preparation when Foley's Honey and Tar is Bale and certain in results. Stafrin Drua Co.; M. L. Thompson, Falls City. Work on Echo's $25,tKX) alfalfa meal , mill Jiaa been commenced. A Revelation It is a revelation to people, the severe cases ot lung irouuie mai iihvb uec cured bv Foley's Honey and Tar. not onlvstoDS thecough but heals an 81 renirthens the lungs. L. M. Huggles Keasnor. Iowa, writes: "The doctors said I haili const! in Dt ion. and I got n better until I took Foley's Honey and Tar. It stopped the hemorrhages and paiu in my lungs and they are now as sound as a ounei. otarnn jjrug vxi. M. L. Thompson, Falls City. KILL the COUGH AND CURE THE LUNGS WITH aa New FOR Or. King: OVCHS rf'F&A OLDS Trial Bottle Free AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES, A flour mill for Baker City 19 now considered a certainty. The Remedy That Does. "Dr. King's Aew Discovery is the remedv that does the healing other promise but tail to periorm, says ivirs K. R. I'ierson. of Auburn Centre, Pa "It is curing me of throat and lung trouble of lone standina, that olhe treatments relieved only temporarily New Discovery is doing me so much good that 1 leel confident its continued use for a reasonable length ot tims will restore me to perfect health. ihis re nowned coiish and cold remedv and throat and lung healer is sold at Belt & Cherrington sdrug Btore. oOc-and $i.UU, Trial bottle free. About 1,000 tons of alfalfa will be harvested on a 'Bitter Creek ranch, The first crop was about 400 tons. The function of the kidneys is to strain out the impurities of the blood which is constantly passing through them. Foley's Kidney Kernedy makes the kidneys healthy. They will Btrain out all waste matter from the blood. lake foley's Kidney Kemedy and it will make you well. Stafrin Drue Co.; Al. L,. Ihomp son, Falls City. The usual yield of the Jacksonville tokay is four to five tons per acre, other varieties about the same. The net return is from $250 to $350 per acre annually. Foley's Orino Laxative, the new laxa tive, stimulates, but does not irritate. It the best laxative, (iiiaranteed or your money back, btafrin Drug Uo M. L. lhompson, Halls Uity. J. M. Hoot, who has a fine young orchard of 40 acres near Med ford, has decided to plant a rowotchestnuttrees around the entire tract. Rev. I. W. Williams Testities tiev. I. W. Williams. Ilnntineton, W Va., testifies as follows: "This is to cer tify that I used Foley's Kidney Kemedy for nervous exhaustion and kidney trouble, anil am free to say that Foley's Kidney Kemedy will do nil that you claim for it. htafrin Drug Uo. ; M. 1. Thompson, Fulls City. Within a short 15 minutes' walk from Sumpter, the precious metal is being washed out in goodly quantities by hydraulic placering. Delay in commencing treatment for a slight irreiinlaritv that could have been cured quiekly by Foley' s Kidney Remedy in ii v result in a serious ki.luev disease Foley's Kidney Remedy builds up the worn out tissues and strengthens these orifiuiB. t'oniniencc taking it today Ktufrin Drug Co.; M. L. Thompson, rails uuy. A Pendleton man who has been up in the Blue mountains, says huckle berries will be very plentiful. WHY WOMEN SUFFER Lltt e Sound Advice Will Help Many a Sufferer In Dallas. Women have so much to go trfrough in lite that it is a pity there is to muel, needless autfcriiu; Irom backache:, head aches, dizziness, languor and oilier com mon aches and ills of kidney com plaint . I loan's Kidney Pills have brought new life and strength to thousands of women alllicted in this way. Don't worry if yon feel tired and dragged out if you have backache and bearing-down painB, headache, dizzy spells, laintnesa and lack ambition. Don't think it's some trouble peculiar to the sex. Men suffer in Ihe same way when they have kidney trouble. Ask yourself this question: "Are tne kidneys well?" Tbecondition of the kidney secretions mav give yon an answer. If there is a brick-dust sed- iment, or a stringy settling in the urine; ii passages are loo irequent and copious, or scanty and painful it is time to begin using Doan's Kidnev Pille. Delay mav run you into Itnght'sdiscase ordiabeteg. Doan's Kidney Pills cure every form of kidney trouble. Call st Belt A Cher- riiigum s drug "tore, and ask to see the statements of Pallas women who hav used this remedy. ror sale bv all dealers. Price 50 cents. roster-Milhnrn Co.. BtitlHlo. Sew York, sole asreuts for the United Mates. Remember the name Doan no other. I GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY, I OB MONEY REFUNDED. . .COFFEE Five degrees of excel lence: good; better; fine; finer; v finest: all Schilling's Best. Your grocer returns your money If you don't Ilka it: we pay him. 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All of these diseases are caused by stoppages and consequent decay and fermentation in some or ail of the dieebtive organs. Oet a 16o Boju Said Cverywtor. ' " in ii BELT & CHERRINGTON, Dallas, Oregon. Ejv&n our m Even our Grandfalhens1 knew whaU BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT will do. A CONVINCING PROOF of the worth of a medicine is the cures It can effect. Every one who has used Ballard's Snow Liniment knows that It will C TDC RHEUMATISM, CUTS, SPRAINS, STIFF JOINTS, LyUiVEl BURNS- NEURALGIA, CONTRACTED MUSCLES AND eAtaUaLj PAINS. t USED SNOW LINIMENT 10 YEARS. V. L. 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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