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LIVE STOCK
NEWS
Something to
Think About
M.nnesota Idea le to Give Youngitera
Good Start and Then Feed
Hay and Grain.
The milk of 45 out of every ion
cows kept in the United Mtutea Is sold
as whole milk. Owners o f (he herds
where milk Is marketed In this way
tia\e a serious problem In raising the
necessary number of calves to main­
tain their herds.
If no calves are
rulsed and the fanner depends upon
buying u hat he needs there Is con­
stant danger of disease anil his her ]
seldom improves from year to year.
When mlslm? calves under these con­
ditions some milk must he used, as
there Is no snhstltnte for It.
Experiments In progress at the Min­
nesota experiment station show thut
the best plan so far worked out Is to
give the calves a good start with milk
and then get them on grain and Imy
as soon as possible. The plan sug­
gested Is to feed ndlk In the usual
way to the age of about fifty duys,
then if the calf Is strong and vigor­
ous gradually reduce the amount un­
til none Is fed after the calf is sixty
to alxty-flve days old.
Alfalfa or clover hay and a grain
mixture of comment four parts, limn
one [tart and oilmen! one part Is kept
before the calves. They will begin
eating grain and hay when uhoiit a
month old and will gradually Increase
the amount until at the time the milk
f**cdlng ceases at sixty to sixty-five
days of uge they are Hide to get along
very nhvly without milk.
Calves handled In this manner will
he somewhat checked In growth for a
short time ufler I lie milk Is taken
from the ration, hut will he In as good
condition as the calf ruised on skim
Striking Development in Federal-Stats CHARACTER B U I L D E R S
Campaign for Live Stock
^IFO tT may he filled with wonder at
Improvement.
A the number of disappointments
(P re p a re d by the United S ta te« Departm ent
that come Into your life, frequently,
of Ag r ic u lt u r e .)
too, at a time w hen you are least able
Noteworthy progress during the last
to hear the shock.
three months In the federal-state cam­
Being afflicted with the common In­
paign for live-stock Improvement Is re­
feriorities of munkiml, you fall to
ported by the bureau of animal Indus­
consider that others are as repeatedly
try, United States Ih*purtment o f Ag­
beset by discomfitures as you.
riculture. The most striking develop­
Some, It Is true, run aground and
ment Is the increasing tendency for
are wrecked, swallowed up i>y ehe sec
purebred-sire users to acquire pure­
of despondency and swept away.
bred female stock us well. In the
Others, more courageous by reason
period o f January 1 to March 81 of
of their faith In a higher power, pos­
this year, l»7o persons filed with the
sessing a btffter Judgment than their
department signed enrollment blanks,
own, summon up new strength und
Indorsed by county agents, showing
sail bravely on, refusing to lose heart
the use o f purebred sires exclusively
or to become discouraged because they
for all classes o f live stock kept. This
have temporarily lost sight of their
number Is an increase of 254 over the
friendly star.
previous three months und Is nearly
And this Is whnt we all ought to do,
three times us many us for the same
quite irrespective of our many slips
period In 1821.
and stumbles, else In '.'eltelllon we lose
Although
the
department
has hope.
stressed chiefly thp use o f purebred
An artist who Imagines he has at
sires, records of the “ Itetter Sires, Bet­ lust found the right color for what he
ter Stock" campaign show a gradual decides shall he his masterpiece of
rise In the proportion of purebred fe­ tone nnd composition. Is unspeakably
male animals. Including cattle, horses, disappointed when at the final stroke
swine, sheep, goats anil poultry. The of the brush he Is confronted with the
proportion of purehreds to (lie total of palpable mlscnrrlngt» of his plan.
female animals kept now exceeds 8.'»
And so Is the singer with a pleasing
per cent. A decline In the prtqmrtlnn voice who, after years o f hard work,
of scrub females In herds headed by discovers u defect which cannot he
purbreil sires accompanied the rise In overcome.
purehreds.
A disappointed child dries his tears
The greatest activity during the and turns his attention to a new
quarter was In Ohio where 5,'I2 per­ quest. In the novel surroundings he
sons were enrolled- more than half of quickly forgets his old dlsnmy and
the total. Nebraska came s e c o n d with rises gayly to sunnier heights.
185 enrollments, Washington third
We older children, much harder to
with 120 and Kentucky fourth with please and decidedly less Inclined to
124. A new state, Michigan, entered change our course, do not bear the
the campaign actively. Virginia has chastisement with similar grace, be­
been the premier state since the be­ ing disposed to violent rebellion nnd
ginning of the campaign from the shameful outbursts of passion which
standpoint of persons participating. In our cooler moments, let It he stat­
Nebraska occupies first place in num­ ed churltably and with due regard to
ber of nnlmuls being bred to purebred the various frailties of human nature,
sires. Ohio, which at the beginning of we occasionally regret.
the year occupied third place, Is now
To turn squarely about when de­
second nnd Is fast nppronchlng the feated on the very threshold of suc­
leader. The returns from Breen conn- cess, though exceedingly difficult and
humiliating, Is the noblest thing to
do.
In this one sublime net we uncon­
sciously uncover the true buse of
character, and exhibit our unsuspect­
ed virtues.
The storms of ages may beat
against such character, but they enn
neither movf nor destroy It, built us
It was by disappointments for an
eternity o f sweet content such us mor­
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tal tongues cannot describe or Im­
aginations picture.
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A Purebred Dairy Cow.
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Teaching a Calf to Drink Skim Milk.
tnllk by the time they are six months
o f age. The total milk used need not
exceed 4 im > pounds. The grnin mix­
ture mentioned serves the purpose
Just as well as more expensive com­
mercial calf meals.—G. II. Eekles,
chief of the dairy division,' University
o f Minnesota.
ty, Ohio, show a unique result. There
were l.'MI persons enrolled. The live
stock owned totaled 17,221) and among
these there was hut one scrub, a sow.
There was an abundance, however, of
grades and crossbreeds, Indicating
widespread use of purebred sires In
the county. Among the ten counties
In the United States highest In num­
ber of purebred sire enrollments four
lire In Ohio. One of them, Hardin
county. Is second only to Uuluskl "coun­
ty, Virginia.
The most active counties during the
three months' period were Hancock
and Green counties, Ohio, Kittitas
county, Washington, Oldham county,
Kentucky, Dodge county, Nebraska,
and Hardin county, Ohio. Comments
received by the department from live­
stock users show an Increasing appre­
ciation of the value of purehreds. Nu­
merous disposals of grade sires to he
replaced by purehreds are reported.
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By F. A . W A L K E R
PUREBRED FEMALES GAINING
BEST PLAN TO RAISE CALVES
Claire Windsor
by McClure N ew spaper S y n d ica te.)
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Uncommon
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JOHN BLAKE
H E R I T A G E OF H O NESTY
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Pretty Claire Windsor, whose splen­
did interpretation of a prominent role
in a recent popular production placed
her among the undisputed "movie"
stars of the day. Miss Windsor was
discovered some time ago by a promi­
nent producer, who offered the young
lady a small part In one of his pi©-
tures, and then followed a phenomenal
rise to stardom. This is one of her
latest pictures.
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“What’s in a Name?”
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By M ILDRED M A R S H A L L
Fact* about your name; it* history;
moaning; whence It mas derive J ;
significance; your lucky day
and lucky jewel
♦
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LEILA
c p M E original Leila must have been
K a "vnmp.”
It Is distinctly a
Moorish name— In fact It is translat'd
to mean "Moorish” — and It was usually
bestowed upon the loveliest o f the al
ways beautiful Moorish maidens.
In reality. It Is generally supposed
to he one o f the feminine names de­
rived from the lily. As the lily is the
fnlrest of flowers, perhaps Leila ns the
most beautiful o f her tribe came thus
to be used as a proper name. Ety­
mologists are frankly puzzled by her
origin, since It seems that only the
Hebrew nnd Slavonic tongues give
names really taken from flowers.
But however that may he, nnd
though the lily Is ns difficult to trace
as the rose. It must still he contended
that Leila had h«>r origin In the pure
white chalice of the most fragrant of
all flowers. I.lliola Gonzsgn of Italy
was perhaps one of lily-names which
preceded Leila. There was a Lilias
ltuthveu In Scotland In 1587. The
Queen o f Naples about whom the
Scottish ballad of “ Roswal and L il­
lian” was woven was named after the
Illy and, curiously enough, «vas call«*d
Cecelia by the Italians.
Occasionally historians linve thought
that Leila nnd Lillian, nnd Lilias were
only contractions o f Elizabeth, hut
tli«*re seems little to hear out this eon-
t«*ntlon, so the lily must remain raison
d'etre of all such names. Certainly Its
heritage of beauty Is well borne out
by the lovely women who have claimed
the name, among them Lillian Russell,
the most beautiful woman o f the Amer­
ican stage, nnd Lillie Langtry, fntnous
Jersey Lily, and long the c«*nter of
r«*manee nnd gossip of two conti­
nents.
Leila's tnllsmanlc gem Is the ruby,
the "elixir o f life,” which gives cour­
age, and freedom from harm, nnd
strength o f purpose to Its wearer.
Friday Is her lucky day ami 5 her
lucky number. The lily signifying
purity Is her flower.
Lord Byrun said of Leila In "The
Giaour":
"H e r eye'» dark charm 'tw ere vain to
KN EW from n child that It has
wrong to steal," said a very suc­
cessful man who has made a fortune
without being a crook.
"That Is what saves the world," re­
plied on editor to .whom he was talk­
ing. "Thank Heaven, all boys are
hon«*st. They never bt?come crooks
Recommended That Animal Be Fed
till th**y are men."
All Alfalfa or Clover Hay She
That stat«*ment 1* In n large meas­
Will Contume.
ure true. While children, If trained
by scoundrels, will steal, they know
In making up a ration for dairy
Instinctively that stealing Is wrong.
cows the Missouri College of Agricul­
They would much rather I k * straight.
ture recommends that cows he fed all
The theft of apples or watermelons
the alfalfa or clover hay they will
or p«*nohes committed by youngsters Is
readily consume, and to feed com
mischief.
—
allage when available.
Show them that It Is really stealing,
To this should he added a grain mix­ Most Profitable Beef Animal le One
that they are depriving someone else
ture If good results are to follow.
That Has Capacity to Eat and
of what Is rightfully his, nnd there
A grain mixture often recommended
Produce Meat.
will he no more climbing over back
Is four parts, by weight, of corn chops,
fences for them.
two parts wheat brnn and one part
One of the reasons that this Is not
W, IT. Peters, professor of animal i
either cottonseed or linseed meal. This
mixture Is to he fed according to the husbandry ut University farm, empha­ a difficult world In which to live Is
sises the fact that the most profitable j that honesty Is Instinctive, and theft
quantity of milk produced.
One pound of the mixture Is suffi­ beef animal Is the one that has the ca­ has to he cultivated.
cient for every four pounds of milk pacity to eat und miinufaeture Into I The average schoolboy despises a
produced by a Holstein cow or for beef the greatest amount of feed, nnd j thief, ami will have nothing to do
every three pounds produced by n Jer­ not the one that can subsist on the with him.
least nnd poorest ration.
I f he rends in the newspapers of
sey.
tall.
But gaxe on that o f the gazelle,
"Ther«* are thousands o f two nnd an absconder or a forger or n man
It Is not a had plan. In the above ra­
A » large, as langulahlngly dark.
tion, to mix the cottonseed and linseed thr«*e-« ear-old beef cattle that can ent j who misappropriates a trust, the lad
But aoul beamed forth In every spark
meal half and half. Instead o f using plenty «if feed," he says, "hut many of | Is shocked and disgusted.
It will asslat the fancy well:
them are not able to manufacture
one alone
It Is only when he h«»conu*s hnrd- That darted from beneath the lid.
Bright as the ruby o f Ulamachld."
much h«*«“f out of It, lurgely because en«*d by contact with the world, and
( © by the W h e ele r Syndicate, In c )
their growth was stunted, their learns that men often prosper, even
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«Utility weaktned, and their b»*efy though they are dishonest, that he be­
conformation
lost
through
lack
of
comes hardened, and Justifies his own
As Crass Contains Largs Amount of
pr«>per and sufficient Deed when they misdeeds.
Watsr, Something Additional
wore calves.
Watch a crowd o f hoys at games,
Must Bs Given.
"Pr«'s«*nt high prices for cattle and i and you will find that the cheat Is al- |
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By John Kendrick Bangs.
C a lv es dropped In the fall and i feeti. » ivs Mr. Peters, "make It more ways marked ami barred from the
early winter should be allowed to run cl«*ar than ever b«*fore Hint there are j game If he continues to ch«*at.
on pasture during the summer. Pns- ' two wavs o f sc«*nrlng a profit from ' The client himself was not a cheat |
He has learned cheating
UNSEEN
ture, however, should not he depend- I beef cattle: through the production always.
ed upon altogether, as l| contains too of a goo«|. well grown beefy ty|>e of j from another hoy w ho in all likelihood
E SO UG H T his Joys beyond
large an amouut of water In propor- | animal, and by keeping down the coat I«*a mod It from a man.
the hill», g
As long as we -:.irt honest, a« wd>
tlou to the food nutritnta to Insure the > of production to the minimum conslst-
On distant eea and plain.
do,
the
greater
percentage
of
us
are
«•nt
with
full
d«*velopnu*nt.
calves a satisfactory ration.
And never knew life's sweetest
likely to remain so.
thrills
T ill he came home acaln.
Only those who arc weak fall from
Sows Need Exercise.
Feeding Cows Properly.
He
found
a peace he'd never known
In order that the sow may come to their standards. and even they, wh«*n
Feeding cows an they esn exist Is
In all his days before.
the
race
Is
over,
h«*nrtlly
regret
that
In any part of any sone
one thing, and feeding them so thdy farrowing tltpe In proper thrift. It la
XValttt „•
le i is U-x'r.
neccaaary that she have plenty «>f ex­ th«*y ever w«*re anything but fair and
can produce milk Is still another.*
And. strangest part of all this
dean and open-minded In their deal­
ercise.
rhyme.
ings with tlndr fellows.
Freshen Cows In Fall.
It had been watting all the time!
«Copyrtsht be John Blabs )
Save the Little Piga.
It by M e* .a r e N e w s p a p e r S y n d ic a t e )
The farmers who make It a point to
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Save all the pigl**ts. A little April j
freshen their cows In the full of the
tnflusnza a Word.
pig will grow Into a >20 |M«rkcr by Oc-
year know h w to make money.
A fter consideration, the commission
-o -
tober.
o f the French academy h,yp admitted 1
Positive Proof.
Unsatisfactory Methods.
the word "Infiucnia" to the FqQp'h I
Mack—Jack Is such sn optimist.
Feede for Growing Pig*.
Primitive methods o f dairying will
There Is little fear rhn
Miss Ryvnl—That's what I thought
A good plan Is to provide a creep In language.
not bring satisfactory results under
*> n nyni grippe wilt find Its popular when I beard he hud propose«! to
modern conditions of production and which the pigs may have access to tty la any way diminished.
you.
shell«*«!
corn,
ground
oata
and
tanksee.
marketing.
MISSOURI DAIRY COW FEEDS
GOOD TREATMENT PAYS BEST
"When I was a spry young fellow,”
legan Grandpa, “ I run along the road
• y o C N G JAGK RABB IT came run- one day to go to a farm where they
T nlng Into the house where he had a very fine early garden. I had
lived all out o f breath. “ I got away. been In the garden and had as fine a
He didn't catch me this time,” he said, dinner of vegetables as 1 ever ate and
sitting down on the floor near Grand­ was Just running along the road when
I met two big dogs.
pa Rabbit's chair.
“ Well, sir, I can tell yon. I was not
“ Who was chasing you, Mr. Dog or
pleased to see them. I shouldn't have
Mr. M ani" asked Grandpa.
"Oh. it was Mr. Dog," answered been anyway, hut just after a hearty
Jack. “ I went up to the farm to get dinner I did not feel at all like a long
a bit o f lettuce nnd Mr. Dog was run­ run nnd It was a very long run, as
ning through the garden taking a I have told you, to my home.
short cut home, for It was his dinner
“ I lied to turn around, for they were
time, when he happened to catch right in my path.
The dogs came
sight of me sitting under the cab­ after me, o f course, and I ran under
bage.
the barnyard gate. They couldn't get
“ I had my eye on him, though, anil under so they had to Jump over It,
I had a good start nnd here I am, safe and then I saw I had them.
“ You see, while they were leaping
j over one way I ran under the gate
again and by the time they were on
that side I was on the other. They
Just couldn't catch me and I knew I
would not get as tired running hack
| and forth under the gate as they
would get tired out after a while and
I could escape.”
Little Jack Itnhblt was so Interested
right here that he forgot nnd Inter­
rupted Grnndpa.
“ Did they catch
you?” he asked.
“ Well, here I am telling you the
story,” said Grnndpa, "anti If those
fellows had caught me you never
would have heard It.
“ No, I was lucky, for nobody came
along and hack and forth they jumped
over the gate, and hack and forth I
went under It, and then nil at once
one of those dogs caught his foot as
he went over nnd tumbled, nnd when
the other dog landed he fell on top
and sound. I guess he Is pretty angry, of him, and that was niy chance, while
for he didn’t catch me and he will lie they were rolling on the ground.
late for his dinner."
“ I ran and hid far under a pile of
‘T know you are a good runner.
hoards by the roadside until It was
Jack," said Grandpa Rabbit, "hut let safe to go home, and you remember,
me tell you a trick I once played on
if ever you are cornered and there Is
two dogs that were chasing me and a fence or a wall you can crawl un­
I was too fa r from home to take a der or through, to just tire out Mr.
chance on a run. You mny need this Dog, for he will have to jump, nnd
same trick some day, so listen to Jumping back nnd forth Is tiresome.”
what I am going to tell you.”
Little Jack Ilabhlt said he would,
Little Jack Ilabhlt snt up straight, but he hoped he would never he cor­
with both ears sticking up so ho would
nered as Grandpa was and have two
not lose a word of what wise Grandpa Mr. Dogs after him.
was going to say.
( © by M cClure N ew sp ap er Syn«ilcate.)
OLD R A B B I T ’S ADVICE
LET CALVES RUN ON PASTURE
A LINE O’ CHEER
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The Friendly
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RIGHT TIME
Waller I. Robinias
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By
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TIIE P A T H OF L I F E
TUTO ONE can confidently expect his
T v life to follow a straight path.
It Is, therefore, always well to be
prepared to change one's route when­
ever progress demands a change. No
matter how careful one may be In
working out hls plnns, there nre like­
ly to be tlm«*s when he knows he
planned wrong.
Too many of the trials of life result
from unwillingness to admit mistakes.
Family quarrels, business disagree­
ments and the deplorable fights In
church organizations may usually be
traced to stubbornness.
Stupidity and stubbornness usunlly
go hand Wi hand. The wise man or
woman knows It Is folly to follow
the wrong path, when the right one Is
found. But stupid persons maintain
an obdurate attitude which Is against
their own Interests Just as surely as
against those of their fellow men.
Sometimes it Is necessary to force
the stupid to change their courses.
This Is not Infrequently a distaste­
ful task. But some one must assume
the leadership In every Job, and. If
the leadership entails Jobs one dis­
likes, there Is no evading the conse­
quences If the right course Is passed
up.
Over In Germany not many years ago
the Kaiser and hls advisors refused
to take the right cours«». They re­
fuse«! to listen to sound advice. They
preferred to have vast hordes of sol­
diers goose-step across little Belgium,
leaving a path of sorrow and death In
their «vake.
But now comes the glad news that
the gt><se-step Is gone, the nllt«*s agreed
that the Gerinnn armies must disband.
And they have. With the passing of
the goose-step there has disappeared
one of the greatest menaces to the
pence o f the world. It cost a lot to
compel the Germans to take the right
path.
Costly to Germany and the
allies alike, the new order ought to
bring hnppioess to the New Germany
as well as the clvllixed nations of the
globe.
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kx th * W h o l e
Syndicate, In c )
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THE RIGHT THING
M A R Y M A R S H A LL DUFFEE
MANNERS,
CLOTHES
T X 7 I I A T relationship Is there be-
* * tweeen good manners anti good
clothes? It Is, of course, perfectly
possible for a shabby tramp to outdo a
well-flress<*d millionaire In gentleman-
llness.
It Is often true that a ging­
ham-dressed woman with an old shawl
over her head Is better mannered than
a woman dressed in silks and dia­
monds nnd furs.
Nevertheless, good manners nre
often Indicated by the kind o f clothes
you wear. I f you are trying to make
a place for yourself in this world
among the people who are well bred,
remember that If you choose becoming
clothes In quiet taste you will make
a better Impression. Remember, too,
that It Is o f grent Importance, when
you wish to make a good impression,
to have your clothes clean, well
pressed nnd well brushed. And care­
ful adjusting o f their d«*tnMs— buttons
and fastenings o f all sorts, cuffs and
collars, cravats nnd belts—be you man
or woman, helps to give the right
effect.
So It stnnds that though expensive
clothes do not necessarily help u man
or woman In business or social life,
well chosen clothes carefully put on
anti worn without self-consciousness
do help.
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Y O U R 'T How to Read Your
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Jl C h a r a c t e r i s t i c s
. nd T e n d e n c ie s - t h e
Capabilities or Weak-
f aasaas That Maha f o r Succesa or
I Failure as Shown ia You r P a l a
LOSS OF MONEY IN THE HAND
I F THERE Is a strong, decided line
I running from the mount o f Venus,
the ball of the thumb, to the line ol
Apollo, It means loss o f money in the
pursuit of art. (The line of Apollo,
or line of brilliance, one o f the most
Interesting o f the lines o f the palm,
runs Into the mount of Apollo, at the
base of the third or ring finger; the line
may have Its rise in the line o f Life,
the plain of Mars or the mount of the
moon, at the outside o f the palm).
I f the money «vas lost by the parent
while the subject was young, the loss
Is indicated by a tassel at the end o f
the line of life.
When a moneyless old age Is threat-
ene«l. a sign o f it is seen by hair lines
at the termination of the line of life.
Loss of money in stocks, or possibly
loss of an estate. Is shown In t!-> palm
by a break in the line of health, with
sn Island. This is a variable sign,
since the tine o f he.’ 1th, which rises in
the mount o f the moon, and procee«ls
toward Mercury, the little finger, is
not always pr«sent in the band.
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