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\ t (6) W hen b ird s h av e (lied of black head th e ir bodies should be prompt!« b urned o r b uried in o rd er to prevent th e d issem in a tio n of th e coccidia e ith e r th ro u g h th e rav ag es of ra ts oi AH Domestic Poultry Are Sus sk u n k s o r by leaving th e dead birds to decay ab o u t th e prem ises. ceptible to Blackhead. R egard in g th e ra p e u tic m easures the follow ing m ay h av e some adv an tag es if given ea rly in ac u te cases of black A ilm e n t W h ich H as A ll But A n n ih i h ead : (1) Iso late th e sick bird from lated T u rkey -R a is in g In d u stry In th e flock an d place It in a dry. well N e w England, Has Spread to v e n tila te d location, free from colds and Every S tate In Union. d ra fts. (2) Feed sparingly on soft light, easily assim ilab le rood, with lit It w as fo rm erly believed th a t black tie g rain , esp ecially corn. head o cc u rre d only In th e tu rk ey . Con tin u e d o b se rv a tio n soon m ade It clear, LARGE HORSES FOR PLOWING how ever, th a t fow ls also m ig h t have th e d isease, and It Is now a w ell es Best Results O btained by W orking ta b lish e d fa c t th a t n o t only fowl, but A nim als T h re e Abreast— Have p ra c tic a lly all dom estic p o u ltry are Proper F ittin g Collars. su sc e p tib le ; and, uitnough th e y are m uch m ore re s is ta n t th a n tu rk ey s, H o rses should n o t be overw orkeo. th ey fre q u e n tly die of b lackhead T he sam e org an ism h as been found in H eavy plow ing an d harrow ing should guinea fowl, ducks, p h ea sa n ts, quail, be done w ith th re e h o rses ab re ast. It grouse, pigeons and sparrow s. But is a very effective team . W hen th e th e ch ief d an g e r from such gen eral te a m co m m ences to flag from over o ccu rren ce of th e d ise ase in a mild work, esp ecially w hen th e w eath er is form lies In th e fact th a t w h ere th e re hot. re s t a t once, w ash out th e m outh a re dom estic poultry th e g ro u n d s are of each h o rse and give a little w ater n ec essarily co n tam in ated w ith th e A little m eal in th e w ater is a capital ca u sa tiv e organism , and th u s ren d e re d th in g fo r h o rses a t noon, and rig h t u n su itab le fo r raisin g tu rk ey s. For w hen th e y come hom e tire d —one pint th is reaso n it is n ev e r safe to allow in tw o gallons of w ate r is ab o u t th e tu rk ey s and o th e r p o u ltry to use the rig h t q u antity. S ee th a t th e co llars fit properly. A sam e yards. T he o cc u rre n ce of th e d is ease in wild b irds such as th e quail, co llar th a t will fit one h o rse m ay not grouse and in se v eral v a rie tie s of s p a r fit an o th er. Each h o rse should h av e rows. a d d s to th e v arie d p o ssib ilities for infection. As a g en e ral th in g s, th e poultry m an will do b e tte r to stu d y m eth o d s of p rev en tio n th an to w aste h is money on so-called “re m e d ie s” a r d "c u re s" for blackhead. T re a tm e n t should be. in th e m ain, lim ited to such b ird s as are of special value, and th e poultry- man should devote h is a tte n tio n to se curing cond itio n s w hich are ca lc u lated to p re v e n t th e d ise a se in h is flocks as a whole. R eg ard in g such p rev e n tiv e m e asu res the follow ing, though sim ple, m ay be recom m ended: (1) P ro te c t th e y ards and flocks w hich m ay have th e good fo rtu n e to be un in fected w ith black head by a ca refu l e x a m in a tio n of all Splendid Type fo r F arm W o rk. new sto ck , w h e th e r tu rk e y s, fowls, geese o r o th e r d o m estic birds. (2) h is own collar. H ave th e co llars K eep th e tu rk e y s on gro u n d s w hich scrap ed olT before th ey a re p ut on in a re as fresh as can be obtained. th e m orning. L6t dow n th e check C hange th e ra n g e a t le a st every year re in s when a t w ork; it is a good plan o r tw o, and, above all, keep them to ta k e off th e check rein s en tirely , as isolated from fowl and o th e r poultry. th e horse ca n n o t do h is best w hen his (3) K eep ev e ry tu rk e y in th e flock head iB checked up He should have under fre q u e n t o b se rv a tio n in o rd er fre e use of bis head. to se p a ra te , and a t once isolate, any bird w hich gives evidence of th e dls ease. T o fa c ilita te such o b serv atio n s FEED VALUE OF BUTTERMILK it is of th e g re a te s t help to legband every bird, and to record its w eight W here Hogs Are B ringing Seven Cents Per Pound It Is W o rth About 42 from tim e to tim e. T h is pro ced u re Cents Per 100 Pounds. may be looked upon by th e av e rag e p o ultrym an as difficult and im p ra c B u tterm ilk is g en e rally c re d ited ticable. (4) If it Is know n th a t black head is p rese n t In an y of th e poultry, w ith h av in g th e sam e feeding value th e y a rd s should be k ep t as fre e as a s skim m ilk u n le ss co n sid erab le w a possible from E nglish sparrow s, and te r h as been added. O ne ru le for finding th e value of 100 pounds of skim m ilk o r b u tte rm ilk w hen fed w ith corn o r b arley is to rauitiply th e m a rk e t p rice of hogs per pound by six. T h en if hogs a re bring ing seven c e n ts per pound th e value of th e b u tte rm ilk is ab o u t 42 ce n ts per 100 pounds. A nother ru le proposed m any y ea rs ago is th a t 100 pounds of skim m ilk or b u tte rm ilk , w hen fed w ith corn o r b a r ley, is w orth one-half th e m a rk e t price of corn p er bushel. CANNIBAL TRIBE IN BRAZIL diseases of turkey j «I i A lg o t Lange Is G lvlllxlng Them and They Have H oisted the A m erican Flag, A trib e of In d ian cannibals. In h a b it Ing th e Ju n g les along th e U pper Moju riv e r, in B rasil, h a s been colonized by A lgot L ange, th e ex p lo re r and author, who aaya th e y a r e le arn in g to speak th e E n g lish la n g u ag e r a th e r th a n B ra silian , an d th a t th e y h av e run th e S ta rs a n d S trip e s up o v er th e ta lle st h u t In th e ir village. Mr. L an g e h as m ade tw o ex p e d itio n s co vering two y e a rs am o n g th e In d ian s of th e U pper Moju riv e r an d th e A m azon w ilds. In h is la s t le tte r fro m P a ra , B rasil, he w rltee: "I h av e Ju st re tu rn e d fro m a sh o rt tr ip up th e M oju riv e r, w h e re I left my m en In c h a rg e of a pleu* of lan d I b o u g h t from th e etate . T h e tr a c t c o n ta in s som e sp len d id h ard w o o d s an d It Is In h ab ited by a trib e of In d ia n s w ith w hich 1 h av e e sta b lish e d frie n d ly rela tio n s. I rec eiv ed new s som e w eek s ago th a t th e se sa v ag e s w ere h ea d in g dow n stre a m in se a rc h of m en, w hom th ey call K aree K atoo, an d w ere m ix ing th e m se lv es up in a lo t'o f tro u b le w ith th e B razilian s. S tra ig h tw a y I fitted o u t my ex p ed itio n an d w e n t In ijgkssps a lau n ch back to th e ir te rrito ry . I | left my old an d trie d co m p an io n s w ith •, ,,/< ifirmaiMWllWir them , an d th ey a re e sta b lish in g p la n tatio n s. A bove th e colony's m ain b u ild M aking P oi ing th e S ta rs an d S tr'p e s a r e now T IS announced th a t th e te rrito ria l Saxon v in d ic ate h is m oral co n q u est of (lying. E v en tu ally th e In d ian s will be g o v ern m en t of H aw aii will re sto re th e people and his ap p ro p riatio n of ta u g h t to sp e ak E n g lish , as th ey a re to th e ir fo rm er g ran d e u r th e an th e lan d u n less he stick s to "In sp ite u n acq u ain ted w ith th e B razilian la n guage. W e ex p ect som e day to m ak e cien t tem p les upon th e islands. o f"? lhe ca n n ib al colony th e fo u n d atio n of e S ev eral Im pressive ex am p les of th e se Dressed in European Garb. tw elfth ce n tu ry edifices a re said to be As a r e s u lt of civilization th e h a lf grow ing tow n of in d u stria l activ ity ." in such a s ta te of p re se rv a tio n th a t m illion h as sh ru n k to 40,000 o r so. T h e On th e sam e Journey Mr. L an g e work upon them m ay be u n d erta k en m en who su rv iv e still are , in m any w rites th a t h e h i3 acq u ired a v ery w ith c e rta in ty as to th e co rre c tn e ss of cases, w ell proportioned, stro n g an d thick b u t pow erful b oa co n strio to r, th e resto ra tio n . T h e Mookiul tem ple, a th le tic . B u t th e women, once prolific, which is now playing in his back y ard one of th e m ost strik in g , is d escrib ed are, in tw o ca se s in th re e , ste rile. fit P ara. H e also sh o t a fem ale tig e r, ns h av in g w alls ag g re g atin g o ver 800 T hose w ho have ch ild ren h av e few. snd saved a little cub. w hich he h as feet, w ith a b rea d th of eig h t fee t and T h e m en who w ore, in pag an days, ham od "T a m m a n y ,” an d w hich h e in a h eig h t of 20 feet. n o th in g m ore th a n a loin cloth, w ea r tends to b rin g to New Y ork to see th e T h e H aw aiian s a re an in te re stin g E u ro p ean tro u se rs and sh irts. T h e "wide w orld.” people doom ed, seem ingly, to early ex w om en w hose only clo th in g w as a T h e tr u th a b o u t B razil, acco rd in g to tin c tio n as a re su lt of th e ir co n tac t “ta p a ” p ettic o at, m ade from m u lb erry Mr. L ange, is n o t rev ealed In th e flat w ith th e Invading an d ap p ro p riatin g b a rk an d reach in g from th e w aist to terin g s ta te m e n ts of tra v e le rs re tu rn w hite m an who b ro u g h t them , alo n g th e k n ee, w ear th e enveloping "holo- ing from th a t co u n try . H e say s: w ith th e co n so latio n s of his religion, k a,” c o u n te rp a rt of “m o th er h u b b ard ,” " It is all due to th e se flatterin g , d ecim atin g d isease, d e v a sta tin g vices w hich C h ristian m odesty d ictated . veiled sta te m e n ts th a t th e co u n try is —to w hich th e K an a k as took like N early ev ery o n e u n d e rsta n d s th e E u ducks to w ate r—and ad v ice upon th e ro p ean m o ral code. B ut th e ra c e is facing such g re a t c rise s an d co n tin u al im p o rtan ce of ab stem io u sn ess an d dying! In a little w hile th e "S an d ly is on th e verg e of in te rn a l d isru p cix days w ork a w eek w hich h as been w ich Isla n d e rs" who w ere in m any tion. T hey cau se false Im p re ssio n s n eg lected by th e n ativ es, a s It Is w ays an un u su al people, and who, be umont; foreign c a p ita lists, w ho finally refu se to help B razil an y m ore. T h e usually in balm y clim ates. cau se of th e benign clim a te an d th e ir re su lt is u n d erp aid officials an d gen ex cep tio n al h ealth , enjoyed a life of P rim itiv e Conditions Changed. eral m isu n d ersta n d in g and oonfuslon. T h e H aw aiians, w hen th e ir E d en m uch singing, d an cin g and su rf b a th T he d e p a rtm e n t of a g ric u ltu re an d w as discovered, w ere a s a rac e w holly ing w ith few difficulties an d little dole com m erce is giving up co m p letely unco n v en tio n al. In th e sen se In w hich w ill h av e gone th e w ay of th e C&rlh ev ery th in g . T h e Indian affairs a re th e te rm is used a g a in st w h at In d ian s u n d e r S p an ish rule. dissolving, and all so rts of m a ssa c re s a g ita to rs of a s o rt te rm th e n a r A people w hose k in g s and g re a t are allow ed. T h e re la no d o u b t b u t ro w m in d ed n ess of th e co n v en tio n s c h ie fta in s w ore flam ing robes m ade of th e re will be a n o th e r 'P u tu m a y o ' scan d al.’’ I Not a Professor. W ill Crooks, M. P., d u rin g h is v isit to A u stralia, w as told a sto ry ab o u t an A u stra lia n p o litician w ho w as w alking alo n g a co u n try ro ad w hen a farm er, p assin g in a c a rt, sto p p ed an d offered him a lift. T h e p o litician a c cep ted w illingly, and a s th e y Jogged along th e fa rm e r cro ss-ex am in ed him as to h is affairs. “A nd w h at a re you in b u sin e ss? ” th e fa rm e r ask ed . " I’m n o t ex a ctly In b u sin e ss,” w as th e reply. " I ’m a p ro fessio n al m an.” “W h a t p ro fe ssio n ? " w as th e n ex t q u estion. " I’m a p o litician ," rep lied th e o th e r p atien tly . " P o litic ia n !” exclaim ed th e sc o rn ful farm er. “T h a t'if ijo t a profession! T h a t’s a d is e a s e !” % OB H i t / Rations W ith V ariety. A ra tio n com posed of nu m ero u s w ell-chosen feeds is alw ays su p e rio r Bronze T u rkey s. to a ratio n h aving only tw o o r th re e the poultry h o uses and grain bins from different feeds R atio n s having m uch W fUnm m ssm wxaam m m m Bm m tit ra ts and m ice, sin c e it h as been show n v ariety a re o rd in arily m ore ap p etizin g H awaii a n 3 th a t th e s e ro d e n ts c a rry th e p arasite. th a n tho se th a t do not. so a re of p a r (5) If it Is d esire d to fa tte n b irds for tic u la r value in re sto rin g a lost ap p e which govern th e re la tio n s of th e m arket, begin to in c re a se th e ra tio n s tite and th e accom panving decreased sex es in n ea rly all civilized co u n tries; co n v en tio n s differing in detail, but g radually. N ever a tte m p t to fa tte n m ilk flow. b ased in com m on upon th e req u ire birds w hich, in su ccessiv e w eighings, m en t of c h a stity in w om en and fixing To Bleach Endive. show a loss of w eight. O verfeeding E ndive should h av e th e leaves for failu re to m eet th a t req u irem en t does n o t ca u se blackhead, but It does freq u en tly cau se th e sudden d e a th of brou g h t to g eth er an d tied, in o rd e r to su n d ry so cial pen alties. T h ere was no word in th e H aw aiian language for birds in w hich blackhead is p rese n t. bleach it. ch a stity . C hildren bore th e nam es of th e ir m o th e rs because th a t m ethod of nam in g th em was th e only p ractical HIGHEST TEST FOR THE COW one w here th e question of p atern ity GOOD LIVE STOCK PAYS w as so freq u en tly unansw erable. T h is C on dition O ften Brought About "T h e h a b its of th e people w ere ex by H ig h Feeding D uring Resting I t m akes farm in g p erm an en t. trem ely licen tio u s,” w rite s a chron Period of A nim al. It re tu rn s h ig h e st p rice for icler, Im bued w ith th e sp irit of th e farm crops. I sp iritu a l conquest of th e pagans by A cow very often te s ts h e r h ig h e st It fu rn ish es m a rk e t for w aste th e Anglo-Saxon w ith bis stu rd y v ir a few d ay s a fte r calving, unless it be feeds. tu e s of honesty, th rift and industry Just before sh e goes dry. It red u c es bulk of m a rk e tab le I and his m oral au ste rity , "b u t th is sta te T he high te s t is often brought ab o u t crops. of th in g s w as g rea tly altered by th e through high feeding du rin g h e r re s t It d istrib u te s lab o r th ro u g h o u t m issio n aries." ing period. th e year. How g re a tly th e s ta te of th in g s was A fter a s h o rt tim e sh e resu m e s It m ean s c le a n e r farm s. altered is indicated by figures less w hat m ay be te rm ed h e r norm al te st It m ak es Incom e stead y . hopeful th a n th e re p o rts of th e mis- and will not show a g re a t deal of d if It h elp s to keep boys on th e | sionarles. A h alf m illion lig h t-h earted , ference from m onth to m onth in th e i farm . pleasure-loving, sport-loving, singing, fat c o n te n t of h e r m ilk until well to It m ak es farm life p le asa n ter. garlan d w eaving, a th le tic , aquatic, w ard th e close of h e r lactatio n , w ben j shockingly idle and c a re free K an ak as th e te s t In crea ses and often becom es soon began to d isa p p ea r under th e very high ju s t before sh e q u its giving cu rse of E u ro p ean d ise ase like m ist U se of Im m a tu re Corn. m ilk. Any corn w hich h as a tta in e d n early before a b u rn in g sun. Overcom e Silage O bjection. “In sp ite of m oral and m a terial Its full h eig h t an d in w hich e a rs a re O bjection has been raised to silage, form ed wtll m ake ex c ellen t fodder If p ro g ress," say s th e ch ro n icler, “in w ith th e claim th a t It ca u se s an un it is c u t b efo re being se v erely froxen sp ite of b e tte r food, b e tte r clothing, d esirab le flavor in th e product. T h is and put Into m edium -sized shocks for b e tte r b o u ses and m any o th e r advs.n- can be largely overcom e by keeping curin g . It will also m ak e fairly good tag ea of civilization, th e ra c e is d y 'n g th e allage out of th e sta b le except at silage. B undle corn o r en silag e from o u t.” "In sp ite of" should h av e been feeding tim e, w hich should be a fte r Im m atu re c o m will m ak e sa tisfa c to ry “ because of," but how sh all th e Anglo- r a th e r th a n before m ilking. rough feed fo r sh eep or sto ck c a u l« to szü S tm %/ AT A TEA3T th e fe a th e rs of tro p ic al b ird s of re sp len d en t plum age, so m ew h at o u td o ing in effulgence th e ra ja h s an d su l ta n s of "O rm uz and of In d ;" a people who builded m a jestic tem p les to ob scu re In su lar gods; a people w hose sons w ere w arrio rs and w hose d au g h te rs w ere th e m o th e rs of m any w ar rio rs' sons u n til w hite m en cam e to tell th em th a t th e ir way of life was wholly w rong, th a t th e ir m o ral c h a r a c te r w as atro cio u s, and ta u g h t them a b e tte r w ay of life w hich proved to be rac ial d eath , m ake an In te re stin g study. It Is in te re stin g a t le a s t to p er sons w ho a r e n ot of "m issio n a ry fam i lies" re s id e n t In H aw aii an d u n d er an e v e rla stin g m oral o b lig atio n to v in d i c a te th e w h ite m a n ’s occu p an cy of th e su g a r lands. T h e re sto ra tio n of th e ir a n c ie n t te m ples would be com m endable. It would give H aw aii ar. add ed a ttra c tio n for to u ris ts T h a t is a m a tte r In w hich th e H onolulu prom otion co m m ittee c a n n o t fail to be in te reste d . A uspicious T im e. “W h e re a r e you going?" "T o call on Mrs. W allaby-W om bat. B e ttte r com e along. I u n d e rsta n d th e re a r e som e v ery In te re s tin g th in g s to be h e a rd .” “ How to ? ” "S he h a s Juat q u a rre le d w ith h e r b e st frie n d .” W h y P ersp iratio n Burns. P ro fea so r A rlotng of L yons, F ra n ce , proved by ex p e rim en t th a t h u m an p e rsp ira tio n la Irr ita n t becau se It la ac tu a lly poisonous. It ac tu a lly b u rn s aw ay th e ep id erm is of se n sitiv e sk in s and leav es th em alm o st raw . I t Is Im p o rta n t th a t p e rsp ira tio n be n o t ch eck ed ; It Is equally Im p o rta n t In h o t w e a th e r to ch a n g e o n e's u n d e r clo th es v e r y day. The U m b re lla B o rrow er. "Look a t th a t foolish Mr. B ak er,” said one m an to a n o th e r, "o u t on a ra in y day lik e th is w ith o u t an um b rella! Is h e c ra z y ? ” “I g u ess so,” said h is frien d h u rrie d ly. " L e t’s h u rry o n ; I d o n ’t w an t to N o t N e u tral. P a trio tic B e llig eren t—How a re you m e et h im .” "W h y n o t? " going to d escrib e an d co m m en t on th is " H e m ay reco g n ize th is um brella^ affair? P re ss W rite r—1 am going to te ll all I t ’s h is.” im p o rta n t fa c ts and p u t th e b lam e Bathing 8 u !t Fashion*. w here it belongs. " T h a t b ath in g su it of y o u rs Is cm 6 P a trio tic B e llig eren t — T h e re ; I knew all th e tim e th a t you w ere b it r a th e r low.” “C an’t help It. I w an t to g et taa**“ te rly p reju d iced a j r 'n s t u s ! — Lung- th is su m m er low enough to rose* vtlle Lewder. even in g gow ns.”