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IIOME 'ANT) FARM MAGAZINE SECTION Inventions and Appliance AGRICULTURAL ADVEBTISDTCr. A FARMERS' board of trade In Northern Michigan hak adopted the plan of advertising their land and products throughout, the Middle West by mmus of au advertising auto eon lantern with appropriate slides makes evening illustrated leetures on products and territory possible. When weather forbids outdoor display, the cabinet may be removed to some eon venient shelter. How Farmers of Michigan Advertise the Excellence of Their Territory. tour. The car was designed by am a teurs in the office of tho Northeastern Michigan Development Bureau, com prising representative farmers from 16 counties. Tho chassis of a large 50 horsepower G-cylinder automobile was used, and a cabinet arranged upon it in such a way that, when opened, samples of grains, grasses and fruit, displayed on more than 100 square feet of exhibition surface, might bo seen lo advantage. Twenty electric lights, supplied from the storage battery of the car, illuminate tho display for night exhibition, and a gas stercopti- The Farm Exhibit Automobile Closed and Ready For the Road. DUMP SLIDES ON WHEELBARROW HE 8IDKS of the ordinary wheel barrow are hinged at the bottom and the ends at the front are fit ted with a piece of sheet metal cut on Each Side or Both of Them Can Be Lowered by Removing the Pins. the arc of a circle. Holes are drilled in the sheet iron near the upper edge and corresponding ones in the front end of the wheelbarrow so that they will co incide when the sides are in an op right position. Tho sides ean be set at any angle and a pin inserted in coin ciding holes to hold them rigidly EXERCISING POULTRY. AN INGENIOUS farmer installed a windmill on his poultry house as a means or giving the fowls ex ercise during cold weather when they could not get out The windmill is connected to a large wheel with a snatt, tho wheel being hung about 3 feet from the floor. CahWn Anil VM7A- tables are hung on the wheel. The windmill turns the wheel and the poul try ebaso around after thA fnnrt f!nn. tributed by Herbert S. Spencer, Whit ney Point, N. Y. A Bystem by which tie electric lights are automatically switched on when an attendant goes down the steps and switched off when he eomes np is in use for saving current in some base ments of mercantile establishments. Oils distilled from the needles of spruce and fir trees are being used to scent petroleum floor oils and neutral ize the disagreeable petroleum 'odor. Health and Sanitation HOW ABOUT THE MILK BOTTLE? THERE is no place where cleanli ness is more necessary than in con nection with the milk production and its nse. Boards of health are sup posed to look after the cleanliness of the dairies but too often what they do not do is more apparent than what they do. An indolent, careless dairy man will not supply his customers with pure milk unless the health officials keep after him, which they cannot do because their field is too largo to per mit them to devote their attention to ny ono portion of it. Typhoid fever is more easily disseminated by tho milk supply than in any other way. The grocer has been told that he must fur nish pure groceries, and little if any fault is found with him because of the price he eharges in connection with obeying this command. To deliver milk pure and uncontaminated means more expense to the milkman than it does to deliver anything that comes from the cow whose life 1b passed without regard to hygienic conditions, and whose milk is drawn and delivered in receptacles only half cared for, and yet very one finds fault with the milk man who adds an extra cent to the price. This is probably th result of looking upon milk as an unmanufac tured artiele. As milk is one of the most important articles of food, it is just as necessary as anything that it be produced and delivered nnder the most healthful conditions. If so done, there will be no summer or winter milk problem except as it may apply to the consumer. As soon as possible after the milk reaches the door it should be placed in cool place without removing the cap till it becomes necessary to use the milk. In this way the milk will take on neither bacteria nor dirt. It is bet ter also to pour into the piteher for serving purposes only the amount re quired, but at any rate do not pour back into the bottle any milk that may be left from the table serving or that has otherwise been exposed to the air. The bottle should be kept constantly eapped. When it becomes empty, the bottle should be eleansed thoroughly regardless of what the dairyman may be expected to do, for unless the work at the dairy is unusually effective the bottle may be returned to the con sumer in a condition that will make the rapid growth of germs inevitable. SIMPLE FARM HYGIENE. RICKETS (Hogs) This is eaused by a lack of lime in the food. It frequently causes curvature of the spine, deformity of the face, diseased teeth, painful injuries on the ends of the ribs, etc If not combated by a completo change of diet, the animal finally becomes very thin and dies. Treatment consists in changing the diet and giving the animal two or three tea spoonfuls of bone meal daily, and also the following remedy: Phosphorus, 1 grain; cod liver oil, 10 ounces. These two are to be mixed and the animal should receive a teaspoonful morning and evening. Rotting Foot (Horse) The best thing that you can do for your horse's foot is to trim away all of the dead and decayed horn. If you can let the horse go barefoot on pasture for a few weeks it will need no other treat ment. It may be necessary to shoe the animal when you are workkg it. Injured Knee (Colt) Before you can expect healing of your colt's knee it will be necessary to have perfect drainage from the wound which is al ready present. The wound should be eleansed twice daiy with some anti septic wash, such as 2 per cent car bolic acid water. You must, of eonrse, be careful, when enlarging the open ing to avoid euttlng the joint proper. Rattle Snake Bite (Stock) Battle snake bites are, as a rule, not very common in stock. They almost invari ably eauae death in less than 24 hours. Therefore, in view of the fact that the swellings so frequently observed on various parts of an animal 's body and which are accredited to snake bites, though not causing death, are prob ably eaused by some other faetor. When you are sure that that animal has been bitten by a rattle snake, the circulation should immediately be ob structed by tying a tight bandage around the part and between the wound and the heart. The wound itself should be burned with a hot iron, or with some strong acid such as nitric or sul phuric, and it is a good plan to make several deep incisions over the wound. Internally, stimulants such as aromatic spirits of ammonia, strychnine, etc., may be administered. Paralysis (Hog) Rub the hind parts with good brush three to five times a day. Keep the hog in a dry place and stop feeding kitchen slops and too much corn. Give 1 grain nux vomica in the ground feed onee or twice a day. Feed shorts, ground eorn and some scalded oats. Wall Crack of Hoof (Horse) The cracks will disappear in a year or so if the wall is kept immovable or if the wall is eut away on each side of the crack and the groove kept packed witf oakum or antiseptic pads in two to six weeks the sensitive laminae will be covered, and keeping a strong shoe an her will prevent motion. Sometimes tba cracks are held together or closed by passing small horseshoe nails from one side to the other. These are kept in place for one year or more until a new hoof grows out and the old cracks are gone. It takes pains and elose atten. tion to remedy this trouble. Pig Coughs Keep - this pig oat of dusty places. Feed it wet shorts, bran and corn meal. Keep it on a pasture and let it sleep under trees on pin straw. If convenient let it sleep in clean place with shelter from rain. Bat do not keep it about barn or where eattle and horses or otter are kept. Chronic Diarrhea (Horse) ChrostU diarrhea can be somewhat controlled, but is seldom cured. The quieter he is kept, the better; and if driven be should go no faster than a walk. Tkis condition of the bowels is often earned by overheating a fleshy horse, whiefi brings on purging, and he seldom gets over it. The mucus membranes become irritated, and this seems to excite the sympathetic nerves which control the bowels. Select for him a good quality of hay and do not overfeed him on grain. He should be watered often and not allowed to drink too mueh at a time. Mix equal parts bicarbonate soda, gentian, ginger, tannic aeid and charcoal and give him a tableepoonful or two at a dose in feed three times a day. Kindly understand more could bo accomplished by proper feeding and watering than from the action of drugs. The Kind that Grow "You CAN'T Keep Them In The Ground SEND FOR CATALOGUE I I HI TTWri I88.I9O Front St J. J. 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