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About Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1908)
THE DEMAND FOR SHORTHORNS Writing of the demand for Short horns at the Chicago stockyards, a representative of the Breeder's Ga zette says: Proverbially Industrious, the cow jobber Is probably the busiest trader that frequents cattle market alleys. He Is ubiquitous, and wherever a desirable milker Is found there the Jobber may be detected getting down his bid with avidity. Of mean scrub cows there is always a superabun dance. Medium milkers are never scarce, but what the trade knows as "good to choice" milkers and springers are never found lu supply equal to de mand. With the steady congestion of population in the great industrial and commercial centers located in the northeast corner of the T-'nHed States, the call for good milkers grows more urgent. There was a time not many years ago when milker and springer trade was a fall and .spring affair. Now It Is a continuous demand all the year around, and I lie good ones are never under the necessity of seeking a pur chaser. l'nlill?d order are conliiiiwl ly on the market, eastern dairy i.-h-i are always clamor' in fur cows id (III vacancies In their lir'ulx. and the pres ent supply ll lim-;I1:,l. "If you w:i!j to sec a pair of cows you don't meet every day in I lie stock yards, si;-e i (i sai l a buyer re cently. "They c":it each and are the clic'ipc't Ktuii I have picked up In a long time. They're both spring ers, will weigh nearly ,'l.ofH) pounds together and are each good for thirty to thirty-two quarts or milk every day. They have capacious udders and frames that Indicate ruggedness. When they dry up they can be turned on grass with a Utile corn and easily fattened to sell at $i, to $75 each. That's the kind of cow the eastern dairyman likes something he can milk for a term and then get his mon ey back. Your thirty-five dollar cow Isn't worth much for beef when culled from the dairy herd." Every scrap of evidence adduced In jobbing circles confirms this testimony not a golii.ii hoof" had trodden this farm. But I concluded to take a few on trial. At the end of the first year we had lost a few ewes by natural death, one by dogs, and a very few lambs had perished. Yet with all this, together with our general lack of ex perience, the profit was satisfactory. I had demonstrated to my own satis faction that I could keep sheep profit ably and so decided to permanently Include them In my live slock opera tions. The first lesson I learned was the Importance and economy of good rams. To have blooded ewes was net front teeth have appeared the sheep Is In Its fourth year. The Merino ma tures its teeth later than the other breeds: Hie Cotswold and Southdowns and other highly Improved mutton sheep are some months ahead of a Me rino, but at four years every sheep has Its full mouth of teeth. Later the age Is known bv the appearance of the teeth, which gradually lose their sharp edges and become worn down smooth. A healthy sheep will keep Its teeth good until ten or twelve years old, if the pasture is not unusually bare and the soil sandy, so as to wear the teeth excessively. RAISING THE CALF. One a rciiK mn:i cheviot. practical, but in the sire 2 J A MILKI.NO HHUHTHOMN. to the popularity of the Shorthorn cow of milking propensity. Always in demand at JSiJO or higher, she costs uctually no more to produce than the thirty dollar scrub, and the latter U always conspicuous in the market, while the sixty dollar cow Is denied the representation It merits. There comes market ward a never ending procession of wretched bovine speci mens, poor performers at the pall and worthies when beefwd. They had a legitimate value at only one stage of their career, and that was when thy could have !-ea profitably vealed. By Intelligent breeding methods a good cow could have ben produced Instead and the breeder profited In the aggre gate to nn incredible amount. Nothing herein contained Is to be construed as disparaging the special dairy cattle. The Holstelii. the Jersey and the other dairy breeds all have their spheres of usefulness, but the milking Shorthorn Is distinctively the cow for the farmer and especially for the small dairyman. The cbeescmaker aud the butter manufacturer find the special dairy cow best suited to their purpose, but there Is little market de mand for such cattle, especially when they are merely grades. On the other baud, present and prospective demand for the bealtliy, docile, milk producing Shorthorn that la north as much for lieef as it steer when her days of use fulness as a milk producer are over warrants the assertion that the supply will always lag behind. The west by eliminating the si-nib cow and breed ing Shorthorns will adopt a policy so profitable that abandonment would never be considered. at all practical, but in the sue we could have "half the flock" good at comparatively small expense. Accord ingly the old bucks were discarded and new ones of better stock purchas ed. I have learned, however, that stock Is not the only thing to be con sidered in purchasing rams, but that individuality must have careful con sideration. Breeders tell me that buy ers are often misled by elegant pedi grees. Better get less pedigree and more individuality or. still better, get both if possible. Many of the fine points of the fancy breeder are not worth consideration by the practical sheep raiser, who Is interested alone In producing the greatest number of pounds of wool and mutton at the least expense possible. To the ordinary sheep raiser It does not matter whether the fore wool of the Shropshire extends entirely down to the muzzle or in the Southdown that the wool extends to the knee, etc. In stead of these fine points It is better to see, no matter what the breed, that the Individual Is growthy, compact aud uniform, of good quality, rugged In general constitution, with a wide, deep chest, good spring of ribs and is well quartered in short, that the animal is there. One of my first troubles was with dogs. Of course there were no at tacks as long as the sheep were kept Indoors at night, but when the weath er turned warm and the sheep were on pasture It was thought sullicient to confine them at night in a small lot ad jacent to the dooryard. However, we were greatly surprised oue morning to find the torn and bleeding form of a strong ewe lying not fifty feet from the house. Now our sheep ale invaria bly confined In a barn or other dog proof Inclosure every night in the year. It Is the only safe and humane way of treating this timid and Inno cent animal. External parasites were soon pres ent in large number:-, and it was soon apparent that something must lie done else disease and death would result. These pests were constantly sapping the very lifebhusl of the helpless ani mals. There was but one way to con trol t Iii-iii. ar.d that was by dipping. All necessary preparation, including the installation of a large tank, was soon made. Now the persistent para site thai insists on making our flock his place of abode may count on being unceremoniously ushered away by the sulphur or tobacco route, never to re turn. In addition to its use In a dip ping fluid 1 consider tobacco indis pensable for treating internal para sites. It happens that this weed Is one of my principal crops, and I never fail to see that the sheep have access at all limes to the cured leaf. It is ghou by reducing to a dust and mix ing ulih sail. Soon the animals ac quire a liking for the mixture, and they will even learn to consume the tobacco alone, bitter and nasty as It Is. Slowly have e Im reasisl the size of our rtH-k. An additional hundred acres of I n il was recently purchased and is now being titled for pasturage. Alfalfa ! v. as In. hided anion-.' our farm crops. which plant to a ereat extent ilispi uses I with the lie essty cf piin h isi ic; i o- t'j ! mill fis'd. The use of corn at d stover j has by no means been abaud' ned. Dairyman's Method of Keeping the Youngsters Thrifty. In feeding calves, as in feeding all ot'er animals, no hard and fast rules can e made to govern the quantity to be fed. Calves, like children, are of ten of delicate appetite and not good feeders. Here is an Ohio dairyman's method of feeding them, and that it Is a good one is shown by the fine stock he has raised. if strong and healthy the calf should be taken away from (he dam when two or three days old, he says. Some times we only allow it to suck once. The calf is fed whole milk for about ! two weeks, sometimes less. We then add about one-fourth sklmmilk and I keep increasing it for a week or ten I days, when I he calf Is placed on skim milk altogether. Frequently, with ex cellent results, 1 use a little flaxseed jelly in the skimmllk. I add this when I begin feeding skimmllk and have used it even when the calf was a week old, with no bad results. To make this jelly soak whole flax seed in hot water. 1 think this far superior for young calves to any calf meals used as a substitute for milk. If you cannot get the whole flaxseed, ground oil cake meal as found on the market is a very good substitute. At two weeks old place a little whole corn and oats In a box so the calves Tier off at once and feed one-half ounce of nitrate of potash night aud morning in soft feed. Give plenty of clean wa ter, feed pure and wholesome food and massage the udder once a day with a little iodine ointment. Paralysis In Pigs. For paralysis in pigs. If recent, give three drops of the fluid extract of nui vomica in fifteen drops of the oil of gaultheria and a tablespoonful of cod liver oil twice a day for several weeks. Old cases are hopeless. Worms In Colts. For Intestinal worms In coifs the following mixture is used by some vet erinarians: Mix together as a base one pound each of salt and granulated su gar. In this mix one-half pound of to bacco dust or fine cut tobacco, four ounces of sulphate or Iron powder, six ounces of powdered worm seed. Give a heaping teaspoonful In the feed at first once per day, then twice per day and keep it up for three weeks. A Forcing Effect. Fresh manure has a forciDg effect and tends to produce stems and leaves at the expense of fruit and grain. It is therefore better for early garden truck, grasses and forage plants than for sereals or fruit. How's This! We offer One Hundred Pollars Reward foi iv caie of Catarrh that cannot be cared bj 3ali' Catarrh Cure. F J. CHENEY i-CO., Props , Toledo, O. We the limit i signed, have known F. J. Ch n- foi tiie last 16 vears, and believe him per fectly tcnorable in all business transactions md financially able to carry out any obliga- tinia mirlo tiff tl.'-ir firm. WestTrcax, VVhole.-ale Drunrfsts, Toledo, O. WiLDIXG, KIVVANf aiABVIN, w noiesai urug- Hall's Catarrh CuTei8takeninternal!y,cliii directlr upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, rnce, oc. per oovue. ;wui Droinriat. Teatimonisi fn- Hall's Family Fills are tae Den. A Personal Appeal. If we could talk to you personally about the grtat merit of Foley's Honev and Tar, for coughs, colds and lung trouble, vou never could be induced to experiment with unknown preparations that may contain some harmful drugs. Fcley'g Honey and Tar costs you no more and has a record of fortv years of cures. C. Stafrin; M. L. Thompson, Falls Citv. A Hosier man has let the contract j for clearing 320 acres of land. I I OUT OF DOOR WORKERS Men who cannot stop . for a rainy day.- will 1 , una me greatest rnmfnrt onri frperln of bodily movement OILED CLOTHING SIICKERS$3! SUITS '3L! Every garment bearing j dlll VI 111 llf I I guoronreea waterproof u v catalog rree A J IOWfE CO BOSTON Via Jt-, Hoarse coughs and stuffy colds lhat may develop into pneumonia over night are quickly cured by Foley's honey and Tar as it soothes inflamed membranes, heals the lunge, and expels the cold from the system. C. Stafrin; M. L. Thomp son, Falls City. I PROFIT IN "GOLDEN HOOF Writing of bis cH'rleme in raising aheep, 11. K. Tweed, a KUceessfiil Ohio breeder, says: For more than Imi years The Age cf Sheep. The ii 'e of sheep Is very easily "liown by an examination of Ih,- teeth A lamb his the ivt pair of perma nent fr --it teeth when about ten uiofth's 'il; the so end p-i'r ap: e;irs at about eiMivn months: the foul pair at i went y el lit month, nml the ! urth it aliont ihinv.iiree M forty m-iq'i When !' v '. le of t'-e - . ' " A l'KOMISINil YOl'NCiSTF.K. can get at it (hey soon learn to eat and relish It as well as hay. With this system calves will do well at three weeks old on flaxseed jelly, grain and hay, with about one pint skinimilk added to em h feed, morning and even ing, so as to give the jelly a milk flavor. I)o not allow calves to get fat, but keeji them in a good, thrifty, growing condition. Get them to eat a maxi mum amount of roughage and a mini mum amount of concentrates. Con tinue this system with the calf until within three or four months of cow hood, then feed eoni ontrates liberally, so as to develop the milk secreting or gans for sen lee after the birth of the calf. I prefer the heifer being about thirty months old before coming into milk. For the experienced breeder who is a careful observer of weak and strong points inbreeding is wise, as this Is the quiekest and. In fact, almost the only way to tix type in a herd, but for the inexperienced II is not safe to In-breeil. About iO carloads of winter will be shipped from The Cove. ipples Guilty of Counterfeiting. Passing counterfeit money is no worse than substituting some unknown worth lees remedy for Foley's Honey and Tar, the great cough and cold remedy that cures the most obstinate coughs and heals the lungs. C. Stafrin ; M. L Thompson, Falls City. A Newport man and his wife caught 21 fine large salmon in one day. More people are taking Foley's Kidnev Remedy every year. It is considered to be the most effective remedy for kidney and bladder troubles that medical science can devise. Foley's Kidney 1 veto ed' corrects irregularities, builds up worn out tissues and restores lost vital ity. It will make you feel well and look well. C. Stafrin; M. L. Thonip o rails iiiv. KILLthe COUCH AND CURE THE LUNGS w,th nr. rung s riew ESfseotrerjf FHR OQUCH3 PRICE OLDS Trial Bottle Free AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES GUARANTEED SATISFACXOB1 OB MONEY REFUNDED. The Secret of a Beautiful Face C lies in keeping the skin pro tectedaswellascleansed. Just washing is not enough that only leaves the delicate surface more exposed to the irritation of dust and germs j to merci less attacks of sun and weather. After washing, ap ply Robertine and experience its delightful refreshment. You will admire the line-less softness it imparts to face, neck and arms. It not only stimulates a radiant glow, but protects the skin from becom ing coarse. Prevents burn ing, tan and freckles. Ak faut Drugita fir r fit, tamfl, mmdTP.r ROBERTINE i Astoria is to have a training school for nurses, after about January 1. Foley's Orino Laxative cures chronic constipation and stimulates the liver. Orino regulates the bowels so they will act naturallyandyoudonot have to take purgatives continuously. C. Stafrin; M. L. Tnompson, Falls City. Milk With Dry Hands. It Is a bad habit with many milkers to let the lingers get wet, sometimes deliberately dipping them Into the milk so as to make them slide down the teats. The proper way Is to milk with perfectly dry hands by squeez ing, not by sliding. (Inly in "stripping" In start the How to get the last drops of milk it may be preferable to slide the lingers down the teats. These last drops, the shippings, contain the lar gest per cent of fat, being almost as rich as cream, and not only for that reason, but also to keep up a rich flow or m!!k from the cow. it Is Important not to neglect the strlpplugs. It Is well known that by leaving more and more of the milk In the bag at each consecutive milking the cow Is soon dried nil. THE VETERINARY. linking soda is said to be a good remedy for colic lu horses, as it starts the distressing jraso, thus giving re lief. Congested Udder. When a cow is suffering from a con gested udder. It is a rood plan to dry OF THROAT AND BR. KING'S MEW V COUGHS a GOLDS CURES '"THROAT"" LUNG DISC FOR DISEASES SAVED HCR SON'S UFC Uf oa Re wis Ukea town year ajo with lun g trouble. W doctored om months without improvement. The 1 begaa firing Dr. King's Hew Discorery, and I sooo aoticed a change for the better. I kept this treats) eat ap for a few weeks aad bow By aoa ia perfectly well aadwttrkaerery day. MRS. SAMP. EIPPIE, Ava, Mo. 60C AND Sl.OO SOLO AND GUARANTEED BY The Gilliam County Milling com pany at Condon shipped 100,000 bushels of wheat to Venezuela during the last month and a half. A Dangerous Operation. is the removal of the appendix bv a sur geon. No one who takes Dr. King's New Lile Pills is ever subjected to this fright ful ordeal. They work so quietly you don't feel them. They cureconstipation, headache, biliousness and malaria. 25c. at Belt & Cherrington drug store. The Prineville flour mill is running night and day to fill orders. This Is Worth Reading. Leo F. Zelinski, of 68 Gibson St., Buf falo, N. Y says: "I cured the most an noying cold sore I ever had, with Buck len's Arnica Salve. I applied this ealve onee a day for two days, when every trace of the sore was gone." Heals all sores. Sold under guarantee at Belt A Cherrington drug store. 25c. About 10,000 pounds of turkeys for Thanksgiving were shipped from Albany. Mrs. McRaney's Experience. Mrs. M. McRaney, Prentiss, Mies., write: "I was confined to my bed for three months with kidney and bladder trouble, and was treated bv t wn nvai. ciana but failed toget relief. No limiian tongue can tell how I suffered, and I had given up hope of ever getting well nntil I began taking Foley's Kidnev remedy After taking two bottles I felt" like a new person, and feel itmydutv to tell suffer ing women what Kole' Ki.lo p.. edy did for me." C. Stafrin; M. L. Thompson, FallfCity. HIDDEN DANGERS Nature (iives Timely Warnings That No Dallas Citizen Can Afford to Ignore. During October a Marshfi eld mill shipped 6,853,000 feet of lumber and 497,000 laths to California. Medicine That Is Medicine. 'I have suffered a rani laria and stomach eom plaints, but I have now found a remedy that keen, me well, and that remedy is tic-trie a medicine that ia medicine for stomach and liver troubles .rid ir . conditions ," .y. W. C. Kiestler, of Ma Inlay. Ark. Klectric Bitters purifv and enrich the blood, lone ap the nerves and impart vigor and enerfrv to the weak oor money will be refunded if it fails .ur p you. oue. at Kelt A Cherrii g ton drug store. The kidneys are bean-shaped organs, composed of masses of little tubes, all of winch pour their Becietione into a main channel that leads to the bladder. In tnis way the kidneys pass off more than an ounce of poison every day when in iirann. i-.ui it aoes not take much to eet the kidneys back, and when tbev get behind, they cannot right themselves witnont lielp. the uric acid begins to clog the kidneys, causing that dull, neavy aching in the back, and sharp imiiges wnen stooping or luting. It crystallizes in the muscles and joints, nmicinriurnwiTOi uring9 keenest torture. It attacks the nerves with neuralgia, and sciatica, it brings head ache, dizr.iness, languor and disorders of the urine. Try a good kidney medi cine, if you have any of the above sym ptoms. There is nothing elfe so prompt and effective as iHwn's Kidney Pills, and this rernedv has no rtWt'nn thl ether organs, except to drive out the uric poison that interrupts their action. It cures the kidneys and thus ends the cause of disease. Rich, pure blood and lasting health result. Home proof is convincing evidence of the efficiency of I loan's. Kidney Pills tall at Belt A Cherrington's drug store and ask to see statements of Dallas io ple wno have used this temedv. I For sale bv all dfalr " P.; en1 cents. Foster-Milbnrn Co., Buffalo ew otk, sole agents for the United Mates. Remember the name Doan s and no other. mi-i Even our Grandfathers knew what BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT will do. A CONVINCING PROOF of the worth of a medicine is the cures it can effect v, USED SNOW LINIMENT 10 YEARS. V. L. Settle, Richmond, Mo., writes:- "This la . certify that I have used your Snow Liniment for ten years for rheumatism, neuralgia, lame back etc SSSffitoT." has rendered immediate r Avoid all Substitutes. Three Sizes 25c, 50c, $1 on BALLARD SNOW LINIMENT CO 500-502 North Second Street, ST. LOUIS, M0. Sold and Recommended by STAFRIN DRUG COMPANY yHrTrirwriwcTJTr , .T... , , Jgjftfl -TAB LETS -hR7 k.. wmrs MSDScfJE ax,sT.toiiis'. BELT & CHERRINGTON, Dallas, Orejon. FRIEND TO FRIEND. The personal recommenrlafinns of oeoole who have been cured of coucrhs &rA colds bv Cham berlain's Cough Remedv have done more than all else to make ir a staple article of trade and com merce over a large part of the civilized world AN INSTANCE. Lacy Suddreth, of Lenoir, N. C, had been troubled with rery bad cough for over year. She sy : " A frien4 br'.t a bottle of Chamberlain's CoVch Remedy, brauf bt it to me rjj insisted that I should take it. I did o and to my surprise it helped me Poor bottle of it cured me of my cough." BELT & CHERRINGTON, Dallas, Oregon Frocpects are bright for the ultimate completion of the 40,000 capital for the milk coodeuser in Albany. Marked for Death. i ' 7Lhr". yr co 1 marked for death. A rave-,rd cough v. tearin iny lnuirs to piece w,orl help me ,d bor had Bed. hen m ho.h.r,de. Kin, . N. Pi,,? JMrt.A.C. A-.lhams. of p,c. KT "The firm do helped me and is, ri "1 ' , "mil 1 tia.1 ramrj ,y tkWlfvtls in ,.kt 1 . . ; mw ut v Deaitn was "" boM th and lang Bd thmat dimn It pr. at tfell A ttwmnrtoa drn storss. ."V ndil.00. Tnal bt fre, WW THE HEW IDEA THE CRIGIRAL LAXATIVE C30SI JTECf EHBEDB MATiyElnlOfJEYsflR Kmst-iBiitls bjfl Best far Ci: lirci For Sale by Druggists. ait" Cures Biliousness, Sick Headache, Sour Stom ach, Torpid Liver arid Chronic Ccr.stipation. Pleasant ta tahe Laxative Fruit Syrup For Sale by STAJEIN DRUG CO. Dallas, and M. THOMPSON, Talis CM- Cleanses the systefl thoroughly and cleart sallow complexions c pimpleS and blotch It Is guvrntexi
