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HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION" Inventions and Appliances Health and Sanitation METAL SILOS EFFECT SAVING. SING a noncorrosive galvanized W metal, an Ohio concern Is build ing metal silos which are strone. durable and rigid, withstanding the Tarylng elements of all seasons, and cannot dry out or crack. Actual tests have shown that these silos preserve a far larger proportion of Silos Made of Metal Show Superiority. the contents in usable condition than even the best wooden ones. Metal silos are neat, and while they should be painted every year, the upkeep is low and their life extends over many years. They are simple in construc tion and can easily be put np by two men, neither of whom need be an expert. A FILE THAT CAN BE RESHAKPENED. THE DISCOVERY that the milled curved-tooth file, which has come Into quite general use since Its invention in 1900, can be re sharpened as easily as a milling cut ter, is considered an advance In shop practice greater than the inantion of the file itself. The fact that in the making of the cucved-tooth file each tooth is cut and milled sepa rately suggested a method of re sharpening similar to the original cutting, and a machine has been de vised for the purpose. This flle Bharpening machine consists of a small fine-grinding wheel which oper ates In an adjustable arc to conform to the curve of the teeth. The file to be sharpened is fed through the machine by a small hand wheel in front, and the grinding wheel is passed through each tooth in turn by means of a guide lever attached to the wheel mountlDg. Resharpenlng will increase the life of a file considerably. SNOW n-OW FOR CLEARING SIDEWALKS. THE ILLUSTRATION shows a V shaped plow made of boards and attached to the shank of an ordi nary garden plow after removing the Tlio Shovel Is Attached to the Shank of a Garden Plow and Used as Wheu Plowing Soil. shovel. Each board Is 10 Inches) wide and 2 feet lrng. The rear onds are 2 feet apart, braced with a cross piece, fastened securely as shown. This plow surpasses a snow shovel many times for ease and speeds NOVEL USES FOR TELEPHONE. THE TELEPHONE Is being put to many strange uses as a labor saver and an emergency aid. In the cost-keeping systems in many fac tories, the workmen do not keep their own time records, but telephone to the bookkeeper whenever they start or finish a job, so that he can make the entry. Automatic telephone tem perature recorders are used in orch ards to save fruit crops from frost; when the temperature falls, the cen tral operator Is notified so that she can arose the farm hands and send them out with smudge pots. STOVE EASILY CARRIED. GN. Fraser of Eugene, Ore., has a invented a good range for camp ing trips, and has now made an improvement on his first take-down device. It consists of four sections a fire box section, a flue section, op posite to and facing the fire box sec tion, and Intermediate upper and low er sections. And the virtue of the thing is that all four may readily be assembled and taken apart, and when separated may be stored in a mini mum space. STROPPING HANDLE FOR SAFETY RAZOR BLADES. INSERT a safety-razor blade In an ordinary pair of scissors and use them as a handle in stropping in the same manner as the ordinary The Blades of tie Scissors Will Hold the Wafer Razor Blade Se curely for Stropping. razor. If the points of the scissor blades are too open to grip the wafer blade and hold it securely, insert a thick piece of paper with the blade. Lewis Audible Speed Indicator A simple contri vance which at taches t.o the crank handle of any separator and is adjusted to the required speed. Until the right speed is reached an alarm bell rings; when the right speed is at tained, the bell stops ringing bnt there is a clearly au dible click to bo heard with each revo lution. When the proper speed is passed and the machine is turned too rapidly, tbo click ceases. COLUMBIA DAISY SUPPLY CO. Portland, Oregon. , I IPC C KILLS LICE L.1H-J On Poultry President Northwest Squab Club Indorses Llce-O. SHOREACRES RANCH Vancouver, Wash., June 29, '14. Gentlemen: I have used your Lice-0 on some of my fine pigeons and Barred Rocks with most excel lent results. C. A. WARREN. Is applied but twice a year while powder is applied twice a month. Large Tube, 60c Postpaid. THE LICE-0 CO. 286 Wash. St., Portland, Ore. KODAK Buy one and take pictures of your stocks, crops and buildings. We earry all A supplies and do finishing. PIKE & MARKHAM CO. 813 Washington St- Pofifland, Oregon, INFECTIOUS DISEASES. PREVENTION is more practicable than cure. So enormous have been the losses in livestock from contagious diseases In the past year that every farmer and breeder in the land must decide what action he is going to take on his own farm, to stop" them. A glance at the reports issued by the Government shows that livestock losses from contagious dis eases are increasing from year to year, and the facts indicate that un less a firm and decided stand is taken against disease large numbers of breeders will find themselves obliged to quit their business. Even now many hog raisers are planning to en gage In less profitable lines of agri culture because cholera and pneu monia put them out of the hog busi ness. It is hard to find a breeder who will not agree with you when you say to him that prevention is better than cure. But for his part in nine cases out of ten he quietly submits to the risk and loss of trying to cure the disease after it makes its appear ance. It is true that to depend on curing disease when it comes is easier for the man who is willing to take this chance, but men who earn a living by the sale of livestock and dairy products cannot longer afford to take this chance. We cannot af ford to remain idle with a yearly and steadily growing loss of over 100,000,000 staring us in the face. Prevention has not been extensive ly tried against contagious diseases of livestock, and, therefore, we must look to the results which have been achieved in the prevention of con tagious disease among human beings. It has been determined by reputable physicians that where the system of preventing contagious diseases has been practiced 75 per cent of tuber culosis, 80 per cent of malaria, 80 per cent of dysentery, 75 per cent of influenza, 70 per cent of diphtheria and 70 per cent of typhoid fever have been prevented. Just an ex ample or two will serve to show how this system works out. A prominent Eastern university simply disinfected the school room floors and hallways at regular intervals with the result that the number of colds and sore throats causing absence from classes was cut down to 60 per cent. A more striking example is found in the building of the Panama Canal. While the French government had charge of the work an average of 100 work men out of every 1,000 died of the fever. Under the United States gov ernment, on the other hand, where the system of prevention was adopt ed, and the proper draining and dis infecting measures were practiced, the average number of deaths from fever was reduced to 23 per 1,000. When we consider that prevention of contagious disease in human be ings is made much more difficult be cause of conditions in densely popu lated cities, and the more frequent exposure to infection through the great amount of travel and other means of intercourse, the results that have been accomplished are truly remarkable, On the farm the animals can be kept in one place directly under the control of the farmer, who knows just what food they are eating and what they are drinking and can keep infected animals away from his herd. The human being, on the other hand, moves about of his own free will, mingling alike with the well and the diseased, and eating and drinking food and water which may, for all he can tell, carry with it all mannee of infectious disease germs. There is, therefore, no reason why the prevention of disease among farm; animals should not be even more successful than in the case of human beings. It has been stated by a prominent authority that controlling and pre venting diseases is 90 per cent of the business of hog-raising. This, statement has been borne out by the experience -of the last few years which have shown that the man who makes such work 90 per cent of hia business has 90 per cent or 100 per cent of his hogs to haul pa market at the end of the season, whereaai the man who ignores it has 10 pet cent, often none at all, of his hogsr left to sell. Success in breeding means acquiring as complete a knowl edge as possible of disease and the exercise of good judgment and never ceasing protection against disease. For every form of disease there will be found a cause on the prem ises. Every breeder knows that ani mals in poor health and vitality are the first to be infected. The animal's health is not absolutely in control of the breeder, but science has given him the means of keeping the prem-t ises disease free. The exercise of good Judgment, therefore, demands that the breeder first rid his premises of all disease germs by thoroughly disinfecting and then keeping them so throughout the year. Where disi infecting is done thoroughly and regularly, disease cannot attack ani mals. No matter what their bodily condition may be, for the very simple reason that there is no disease there to infect. This is the essence of the, idea of prevention. The idea of preventing diseases has already gained a strong foothold among breeders, and the reports re ceived from them bear out the con clusion arrived at in this article. They have reported success in keep ing hog cholera and poultry disease off their farms, while their neighbors stood by and watched disease rob them of the fruits of their year's labor. Kimball's Dairy Farmer. ( A GREAT. OPPORTUNITY for young men mechanically inclined is our Automobile Engineering Course. You receive a thorough knowledge of repair ing and assembling automobiles, and how t operate gasoline engines of all kinds. California has more automobiles than any other Western state. We help you find & position after graduation,. Endorsed by Home Industry League. Chartered 1903. Booklet describing this and HO other money-makinp courses sent 1'REE. MODERN SCHOOL OF CORRESPONDENCE Underwood Bldg., San Francisco. COMB TO THE NEW MADISON HOTEL Cor. First r.nd Madison, Spokane, Wash. STOP WITH US IP YOU VALUE COURTE8V, SERVICE AND HOMELIKE SURROUNDINGS Management Arthur Q. Jurg. Ratal 60o and Tip. Special Weekly Bates. MM n nakej, I i .ft t r KING OF THE WOODS DRAG SAW With or Without Buzz Saw Attachment Will saw 20 to 40 cords of wood per day at t cost of $1.00. PULLS ITSELF up the steepest HILL and over the toughest ground. Costs less than other I One man writes he sawed 56 ricks in 10 hours. Another sawed 40 cords in 9 hours. There's more you ought to know. 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