\
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 !”
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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
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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.”