Polk County observer., November 27, 1908, Image 4

THE "GOLDEN HOOF."
iVhy One Breeder Prefers Rambouil
lets Salting the Flock.
While the man vi, is going In for
sheep usually seleiW the breed best
adapted to the soil and climate of bis
locality, the experieuce of F. G. Scott
of Xew Hampshire may prore of
value. Mr. Scott prefers the Kam-
boulllets, and be tells why as follows:
Fencing has not been a
on milking while she is fattening. For
Inflamed udders in milk cows try rub
bing with a mixture of lard and com
mon suit, uxing about as much as the
lard will take up.
ter at our farm. One barbed wire or
stone wall of ordinary height Is suffi
cient for my sheep. In this connection
when starting In the sheep business
It is Important to get ewes that are
not breacby. This was one of the
things which led me to choose western
bred Rambouil let ewes. They simply
don't know how to jump a fence, ow
ing to conditions under 'which they
were raised In the far west.
They also flock closely together in
pasture, which is a commendable trait.
This is especially desirable If the
pasture has many bushes In It, as all
the sheep are easily located. The
pasture fence, If stone wall, should
be examined once In awhile. Some
times a few stones will fall out and
leave a hole large enough for sheep
to pass through.
For salting In pasture I
lumps of rock salt most
These should bo jila cd about eighteen
Inches from I no ground In a l ack or
Wood Ashes as Medicine.
Wood ash seems to be a curious rem
edy for diseases In animals, yet Its vir
tues in that capacity are much appre
ciated in Mashonaland. One well
known farmer In that country has
difficult mat- raised pigs on a very extensive scale
for nearly twenty years without ever
receiving a visitation of cholera or
swine fever and with a loss of only 2
per cent of his animals from plague.
He attributes his good fortune to the
fact that he keeps wood ashes and
charcoal mixed with salt constantly
before his pigs. The mixture is kept
in large covered boxes, with holes
bored near the bottom, from which the
animals work the stun out as fast as
they want It. They never, it appears,
eat more of It than is good for them.
HEALTH OF SWINE.
Need-
trough having n bottom nm:!e of sla
or poles with two Inch prices be
tween to allow dirt to fall ihroug
There should be lit least one lump of
salt for each ten sheep, and the lumps
should be repriced before they are
entirely used up.
Plenty of goo 1. clean water Is
sentlal. See lint the spring Is fre
(juently cleaned out. Have It so the
sheep can easily roach the water
without standln,' In mud. They don
like to get their feet dirty and will
often go thirsty rather than drink
from a mud puddle.
Charcoal and Other Correctives
ed to Ward Off Disease.
Under some conditions swine show
a decided craving for such substances
as charcoal, charred corncobs, soft
find large ' CHa'- wood ashes, soft sandstone, soft
effective. J hrlcks, bits of mortar, rotten wood
i and soapsuds; also earth. Such a
craving when markedly present is evi
dence that the swine are not getting
in the food all the elements that they
need. In order to meet this need It Is
recommended that some at least of
these substances shall be given to
them artificially. Those most com
monly recommended are charcoal,
charred corncobs and wood ashes.
These are put in self feeders and are
made accessible to the swine.
A writer In the Breeder's Gazette,
Chicago, tells how to make one of
these self feeders, as follows:
I would suggest a box with frame of
THE HARDY GOATS.
Say
Good Profit In Raising Them,
Breeders of These Animals.
Goat raising has been taken up by
comparatively few breeders In this
country, although those engaged In
the Industry say there Is big profit
and little work In handling them.
I'ure bred Individuals should be se
cured at the start for breeding pur
poses. The goats which are most pop
ular and which command the highest
price today are the Swiss breeds
that Is to say, the Toggenburg and
Alpine vnrletles.
The milk of these animals brings
high prices in the cities, and gonts
bred from a milking strain and prop
erly housed and fed will give, as n
rule, after their third kidding, be
tween three and four ijuarts per day.
The winner of last year's cup at the
English dairy show gave nearly eight
quart In four milking. In choosing
M I
WiW
by 4 inch pine, strongly braced with
by 4 inch pine, set Inside a shallow
box with flaring sides, as indicated in
the illustration. It should have a cone
shaped center. The corner posts of the
box should be toe nailed to the bottom.
to the" time lie was finished for the
show. He was also given a little flax
seed meal after the root crops were
exhausted and a little bran when he
was at the fairs. But he was never
given a handful of corn or oil cake.
He was kept In the stable throughout
the summer of 1907 and turned into
the herd once a day for exercise."
High Finish In Baby Beef.
The value of high finish In all classes
of beef is too little heeded, but in some
classes of beef It Is not nearly so im
portant as in others. It will not pay to
spend very much food on some ani
mals with a view to giving them a
high finish for the reason that they are
not susceptible of taking such a finish
readily and when put on the market
will not bring a top price. But it is
different with baby beef. The animals
are young and are usually susceptible
of taking on a high finish if they are
fed right. Of course some steers will
not take so high a finish as others.
Unless a steer is possessed of a high
type of quality he will not take on the
highest class of finish. The same finish
cannot be given to an open ribbed
steer that is given to one close ribbed.
Dehorned Cattle.
Writing of dehorned cattle, a Maine
breeder says: My first experience with
dehorned cattle was back in the early
forties, when an eccentric old doctor in
our vicinity brought the practice to our
attention. In 11)00, having become dis
gusted with the fighting propensities
of our animals and the consequent bro
ken horns, I made a clean cut of the
entire herd and later on destroyed the
embryonic horns when the calf was
three or four weeks old with caustic
potash. The horns of the young calf
can be cut out with a knife. I have
noted no ill effects from the removal
of horns of all stock, big and little,
and now would not have a herd with
horns, no matter what the breed. It Is
ali right to let the bull's horns remain,
but put a ring in his nose when a year
old.
ment? It is simply Inhuman7"b"ut It's
common. A day or two later I saw
another In a well fenced Inclosure,
with an overhead wire firmly attached
to strong posts, set forty feet apart
at the ends of the pen, and a chain
connecting the bull's nose to the wire.
Here he traveled day after day, the
fence too high for him to see other
cattle, but with plenty of room for ex
ercise. The good nature of this ani
mal told of the success of humane
treatment. It is not only cruelty to
keep a bull closely chained day after
day and year after year, but, more than
that. It will ruin the disposition of an
otherwise kind animal. The law of
environment holds here, and the bull
suffering for exercise cannot be
good a breeder as his neighbor made
comfortable in every way. Try It.
How's Thlrf
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
ly case of Catarrh that cannot be cored bj
Hairs Catarrh Cure.
F J. CHE.VE r & CO. , Props ., Toledo, O.
We the undci signed, have known F. J. Che
ney for the last 15 years, and believe him per
fectly honorable in ail business transaction!
and financially able to carry oat any obliga
tions made by their firm.
West Tbdax. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O.
Waldino, Ki.vnan& MAavm, Wholesale Drug-
fists, Toleao, o.
a Catarrh Core is taken internallr.actiBC
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces ol
the system. Price, 75c. per botUe. SoldpyaMi
Draaaisut. Testimonials tre-
HaU's Family Fills are tne Den.
Special Feed For Thin Ewes,
It will pay to separate the thin ewes
from the rest and give them special
feed for awhile. Don't leave them with
the rest to struggle for their living, but
give them a little advantage.
Winter blasts, causing pneumonia
pleurisy and consumption will soon be
here. Cure your cough now, and
strengthen vour lungs with Foley's
Honey and Tar. Do not risk starting
the winter with weak lungs, when Fol
ey's Honey and Tar will cure the most
obstinate coughs and colds, and prevent
serious results. Stafriu Drug Co.; M. L.
Thompson, Falls City.
Cougars are numerous aod trouble
some around Cascadia.
Raw Lungs.
When the lungs are sore and inflamed,
ine germs oi preumonia ana consump
tion find lodgement and multiply. Fol
ey 8 Honey and Tar kills the cough
germs, cures the most obstinate racking
cough, heals the lunge, and prevents
serious results, ine genuine is in the
yellow package. Stafrin Drug Co. : M. L.
lbompson, Fallf City.
The cleanest.
linhtesf anri
most comfortable
SLICKER
at the same time
cheapest in the
end Decause It
wears longest
Everywhere
Everv oar ment auar.
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THE COLTS.
Sectional view
ON IS OF THE FOPIJLAH SWISS IlltKEUS.
a goat It is well to follow the lines of
llio Toggenburg shown In the illustra
tion. The prospective goat keeper
should look for the following points:
A long body, well sprung, deep ribs,
big stomach, a large, supple bug, a
long, racy neck, small, brcedy head
and a short, close coat. If a goat is
obtained with the coinlilnalloii of nil
llieso (juiilillcs ono will not go fur
wrong.
Cows and Calvss.
Here are some pululs by a success
ful dairyman: Ion't starve the calf In
teaching It to ilrink. Duu't overfeed,
for nine calve lire killed by overfeed
ing to one by umk-rfiM-dliig. The Ideal
dairy cow should not weigh over 1,000
pounds. She should be affectionate
and u little nervous. Home heavy
cows are light feeders and some light
cos heavy feeders. To obtain n high
development of gionl liesh and rounded
beef there must lie careful Hctcvtlou
of breeding stock mid good feeding.
To maintain size continuous good feed
ing Is reitili ed. Keep tho heifer calves
of the g.MHl millers. Irregular fi-ed-Ing
and milk at wrong temperature
inny 'uu) scours in calves. The milk
cow IMetiiled rir lii-et'nu inav go li-'it
SELF FEEDEIi FOB IIOQ3.
The whole of the upright part should
be made of matched lumber, leaving
open space on each of the four
Ides at the bottom of about three
Inches for the mixture to work down
here the hogs can get It. The box
should be covered to prevent rain get
ting the mixture wet.
Our plan in making cob charcoal Is
dig a lilt five feet deep and about
ve feet in diameter. If the soil Is
sueb that there Is danger of caving,
wall the pit up with brick or stone.
Have a sheet Iron cover made large
enough to cover the top of the pit.
Start Are In pit and add cobs as fast
as those burning come to a glow or
red coals. Keep doing this till the pit
is full. Then pour on one or more bar
rels of water In which enough salt has
been dissolved to make It quite salty.
About two pounds of copperas pulver
ized and dlssolvsd In the water would
be a good preventive of worms. Tour
this water over the burning mass till
the fire Is put out. Then cover the pit
with the Iron cover, being sure that no
air can get under the cover to cause It
again to burn. Leave till the next day,
when you will have a pit full of a fine
mixture that your hogs will eat In
preference to anything you can offer
t hem.
Wood nslus In proportion of eight
parts ashen to one part salt will also be
a good mixture to keep before the hogs.
THE STOCKMAN.
James l.ensk of Ontario, who se
cured the ribbon fur the champion
steer at the l'.MLS intermit lounl xluiw on
the splendid Shorthorn lioau King,
tells how he finished off the animal, as
follows:
"As a culf he su-.klid his dam for
seven months; then we put him on n
nurse cow, which he stickled twice n
day until the clese of the International.
lie was fed roots during the winter
anl spring of lliiKI-7, with as much
I'hoppoil feed as he would eat up clean.
This was ooriposcd of oals thru" parts
u.il peas oi:e part, together with clo
ver hay. I'hi-' feed was ," ,1 ...
Care and Feed Mean Greater
Profit For the Breeder.
I often hear men say that they try
to get their Colin through the winter
just as cheaply as possible, and then
they will go on to the pasture in the
spring and soon regain their loss. I
do not And this a profitable way, as
they will never be what they would
have been if they had been properly
cared for at the right time, says a
successful horse breeder.
No colt should start Into winter thin
In flesh. If he does he is likely to
come out very thin and worth less
than when weaned. The first winter
determines largely the fate of the
colt, so I always aim to have mine
fat and sleek by stabling time. I
often have colts low In flesh at wean
ing time, but always aim to have
these same colts In good flesh before
real cold weather sets in.
I have a little trough for the colt
and tie the mare so she cannot get to
the colt's feed. When I get ready to
wean I shut the colt In a clean nnd
roomy box stall, with plenty of good,
clean wheat straw for bedding, nnd
leave it there until weaned. I give the
colt at first one quart of new cow's
milk, sweetened a little, morning nnd
night; If a road colt, three pints of
crushed oats and bran, half and half;
If a draft colt, two quarts of the same
kind of feed at each feeding. As the
colt becomes accustomed to eating
grain and drinking milk I gradually
Increase the grain allowance and also
the quantity of new milk within ten
days to two quarts. I then add to the
milk one quart of warm water nnd a
handful each of middlings nnd ollmeah
After two or three weeks I change
from new milk to sweet skimmed
milk nnd make sure that It is sweet
and tho vessel used is well cleaned.
I like a wide mouthed gallon tin
bucket best, as It is easy to keep In
proper condition. I gradually Increase
the ollmeal and middlings In the milk
until I hnve two or three bnndfuls of
each for n big, growthy colt.
After six or eight weeks of sue
feeding your colt will be fat and sleek
and you can then drop the milk nnd
slop nnd feed a liberal allowance of
crushed outs, bran nnd an ear of corn
shelled In It now and then for variety
aim irequentiy a handful of ollmeal
I have had large, growthy draft colts
at one year of age consume from two
and one half to three gallons of such
food a day.
Fruit trees lately planted arouDd
Dufur number over 13,000.
KILLthe cough
and CURE THE LUNGS
WITH
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flew Discovery
FOR rwcus
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MP AU THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES.
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If Vou Are Over Fifty Read This.
Most people past middle-age suffer
troru kidney and bladderdisorders which
Foley's Kidney Remedy would cure.
-Stop thedrain on the vitality and restore
needed strength and vigor. Commence
taking roley's Kidney Kemedy today.
Stafrin Drug Co.; M. L. Thompson,
rails uij,
wita aucKa are more numerous
along the coaat than for years.
Hexamethylenetetramlne.
The above is the name of a German
chemical, which is one of the many val
uable ingredients of Foley's Kidney
Kemedy. Htxamethylenetetramine is
recognized by medical text books and
authorities as a uric acid Bolvent and
anti-septic for the urine. Take Folev's
Kidney Remedy as soon as you notice
any irregularities, and avoid a serious
rnalauy. stafrin Drug Co.; M. L.
tbompson, Fulls City.
A Fresh Complexion
is preserved and produced by
Kobertinc, a mild, delightful
preparation, delicately fragrant.
Makes the skin exquisitely soft:
banishes crackled appearance caused
by over-drvness: reduces the size of
enlarged pores, cleanses them, re-
, duces inflammation and spreads an even,
rauuni glow due to wnoiesomc nourish
ment of skin glands and stimulation of
the capillaries which also feed the
skin and supply its healtliful color.
Ait your Druggist for a free sample of
JOBERTINEj
&4
The Echo alfalfa mill has turned
out 200 carloads of meal this year.
If you suffer from constipation and
liver trouble Foley's Orino Laxative will
cure yon permanently by stimulating
me digestive organs so they will act
naturally, l-oley's Orino Laxative does
not gripe, is pleasant to take and you do
nut nave to lane laxatives continually
after taking Oi ino. Why continue to be
inesiaveoi puis and tablets. Stafrin
Urug Co.; M. L. Thompson, Falls City.
Hillsboro will be the center of quite
a small tract movement next spring
ana summer.
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Bulls Spoiled by Kindness.
it. ncorge m. i witctiell writes as
follows In Maine Farmer: "I sav
good bull the other day which was be
ing spoiled by kindness. He had not
been out of his little pen for more than
a year. Ills f.vt were all out of shane.
and naturally he was crabbed and sur-
" hoyt i -uldji't. Im nodcr such treat
FOR
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KING OF CURES
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PREVENTS PNEUMONIA
I had the most debilitating cough a mortal vu erer afflicted with, and my frienda expected that
when I left my bed it would surely be for my fraTe. Our doctor pronounced my case Incurable
but thanka be to Cod, four bottles of Dr. Kinf'n Hew DiscoTery cured me so completely that I am
all sound and well MRS. EVA UNCAPHER, CrJTertown, lad.
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"1 have had seven years of proof that
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ami tor every diseased condition of
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Henry, of I'anama, Mo. The world lias
nan tinrty-eiglit years of proof that Dr.
King'B New Discovery is the beet rem
edy for coughs, colds, lagrippe, asthma.
ojr icvcr, oroiicinud, Hemorrhage of the
lungs, and the early stages of cunsump.
tion. Its timely use always prevents
me ueveiopment ol pneumonia, iold
under guarantee at Iielt A Cherrinirton
drug store. 60c and l. 00. Trial bottle
iree.
The apple crop of the Grand Ronde
valley for export will amouut to about
300 carloads.
How Is Your Digestion?
Mrs. Mary Dowling of No. 228, 8th
Ave., San Francisco, recommends a
remedy for stomach trouble. She eavs
''Gratitude for the wonderful effect of
Klectric Hitters in a case of acute indi.
gestion, prompts this testimonial. I am
u.iy convinced mat lor stomach and
liver troubles K lee trie Hiiter. i. ihu i-...
remedy on the market today." This
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vigorates the svstem. nurifioa 1.1.!
and is especially helpful in all forms of
rinai eHKiies. ooc. at Be t ,t n,,.
rington drug store.
Sales of orchard lands in the vlcln.
ity of Med ford since Januarv 1 amount
to $1,5110,000.
Watched Fifteen Years.
"For fifteen years I have watched the
iorkli.it of Pueklen's tmin k.i.. j
it has never failed to cure any sore. 'boil
plied,
bill."
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ays a. r. ifi pit. ol V..t
Maine. 25c. at Belt A Cherrin7i
store.
A Jackoon county man re-lrl .
shipment of overl8,0O0 fruit trw fmm
the Milton nursery.
Mind Yosjr Business,
ff vnn l..rt I . .
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vou ran and yoo ran and ii keep oat of
liver and U..H triable ir to uKk
kinr s Ne I ile Puis. The, kerp i.
oasness. malaria aod inn(ll( J... ,
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BACKACHE IS KIDNEY ACHE
io Eliminate the Effect, You Must
Remove The Cause.
Pain is nature's sienal of dist
warning that must not be ignored. Th
sharp twinges in the back, those stab
like pailiB that follow anv sudden tui
or mm, are simple signs of hidden dan
h-io in me K lone VS. no tmnlilu
more easily, game ground more rapidly.
fi uiu.tra mure uiipn iHrni man an..
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, ! Kiuiirys. aii me outward
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ine moment you feel any nneasi
uess, lameness or pain m the back, the
moment ine urine shows rnxn Urit.
either in its appearance, or in the quan-
".. . ., , ui me passages, begin
with Doan's kidney Pill. Ti.i. Mmi
has been curing kidney troubles for sev-
emy-uve years, and never yet has failed
to give relief if taken in time. It cures
the kidneys, and thus cn,es backache,
lame back, headache, diir.v nervousness
languor, sciatica and all other symptoms'
of kidney troubles.
Home proof is convineing evidence of
the etticiency of Doan's Kidney Pills
Call at Belt A Cherrington's drug store
and ask to see statements of Dallas peo
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ror saie uy a dealers. Price 60
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Remember the
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WINTER
BALLARD'S
H0REH0UND
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system is a combination of tubes and cells, which rnn' ? J8
kept in order to insure good health. "U8t be
Ballard's Horehound Syruo
f I TPFN C0UGHS, COLDS, BRONCHITIS
UKEd WHOOPING COUGH. rK
AND ALL PULMONARY DISEASES.
Cured of a Chronic Cough.
J. H. Ellis, Butte, Mont, writes: "r cheerfully rennm
mend Ballard's Horehound Syrup to all people afflffi
with chronic coughs. I suffered for years with a chrnni?
cough which would last all winter. Ballard's Horehound
fayrup effected an immediate and permanent cure."
25c, 50c and $1.00.
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AN INSTANCE
tncy Suddreth, of Lenoir, N. C, had been troubled with
rery bad cough for over s year. She says: "Afrien-l
kxgH a bottle of Chamberlain's Cocch Remedy,
breup ht it to me sad insisted that I should take it I did
so and to mjr surprise it helped m Four bottles of It
cared me of my cough."
One hundred nnd four csrloarl. xf
fmln nod bs7 wers shipped from
ortb Fow.Jer In Vtober.
Foley's H.wjr aJ Tar clears the ir
ite. stop tt IrritatKHi in th
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Do not risk bs
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