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a THE HEAVER HERAT J). BEAVER. OKLAHOMA mvA the MFmK MAKE BUTTER INTO BLOCKS Clmp'e Devlco, Recently Patented, Quickly Transforms Dulky Ma terial Into Individual Cubei. Tlio slmp1n device shown In the ac companying cut la a recently patented apparatus for quickly trnnBrormlnB a pound of butter or almllar material In to cubes for Individual uso. The ma terial to lie cut la placed In the Itrough or chamber bet veen tho strips tend upon tho open cutting framo, and Dutter Made Into Cubes. In this position tho hand operated pressing arm Is depressed, which ac tion forces tho material upon the cut ting framo from which It Is forced and deposits the material In Individ ual blocks or pieces of a certain slzo, weight and shapo. Tho slzo and shape of tho block can bo regulated to suit tho circumstances, GENTLE BULL IS DANGEROUS Many Breeders House the Animals In Such Manner That Handling De comes Quite Unnecessary. Tlio dehorned bull can crush ono fatally, llo Is less dangerous than the horned bull, Just as a man with n closed (1st Is less dangerous than ft man wIiobo closed fist holds a sharp luil To. Dehorn tho bull by all means aud put a ring In his ncse. Lead him with n staff having n snap liooV to catch 'Into tho noso ring and In addition always havo a rop'i or i .-up attached to the halter ring. If ho wears a halter, or to tho noso ring. If tho bull pulls tho staff out of one's band ho can still hnng on to tho strap Jf.tluuina.l-lflr-lnMilra ou.orulireaU tho strap or ropo to tho halter may help. Many dairymen now houso their herd bulls In such n way that handling becomes unnecessary Tho bullhouso has a goto door which hoists with a ropo and pulley, lot ting tho bull Into an nlley connect ing with a yard of small slzo and with n high, tight fence. A cow may bo let Into tho same yard by a dif ferent gato and tho bull turned In with her. SUGAR BEETS AS SOLE DIET When Such Feeding Is Long Con tinued Animals May Scour Milk Flow Is Materially Reduced. 8ugar beets or sugar beet tops fed excessively as a solo diet to milch cows will roduco tho flow of milk and Increase tho live weight because they contain fat rather than mllk-formlng 'material. If such feeding Is long con tinued tho animals may scour and do poorly. A good food of boets for an ordinary cow Is 30 to 10 pounds per day In two feeds along with n small nmount of grain and all tho alfalfa or clover buy sho will eat. Sugar beot tops should bo fed carofully and never as a solo diet. I DAIRY NOTES f The milker's hands must bo not on ly clean but also dry. A trodo mark can bo mado very val uable by a good dairyman. When selling butter IL pays to put It up In neat, attractive cartons. A fall calf becomes a producer when milk and butter aro most valuable. A poor milker Is one of tho surest means of diminishing tho milk flow. ncmorabcr that the Income from tho dairy Is an all-tho-year-round proposi tion. Ono way to Improve dairy quality is to have bettor ond moro sanitary barns. Tho succcse of a dairy depends largely on tho careful rearing of tho best heifer calves. Tho milk of a cow affected with anthrax cannot bo safely used, or fhoulil not bo used. If thero Is a drip, drip from tho roof of tlio dairy barn you may Just expect n drop, drop, drop In tho milk production DAW V u POULTRY MADE PROFITABLE ON ALL FARMS Long House Necessitate Narrow Yard, Which Restrict Range and Yard Cultivation. (Dy if. u KF.MPBTr.p.) TUt C7C Z' success in raUJnK poultry Is to provldo conditions as noarly natural as possible. Such con ditions tho fat'mcr-pouUrynian Is in position to provldo. With unlimited rango at his disposal thero Is no hoed for him to crowd hlu poultry Into small yards. Limited rango, encum bered with largo numbers of division fencos, makes It Impossible to glvo tho poultry yards proper cultivation. This causes then to becomo filthy and unsanltury, a condition which is rcsponslblo for most poultry diseases. Tho success of poultry enterprises Is usually measured by tho extent of rango provided for tho purpose Com mercial plants which depend upon small yards aro usually short-lived. Hotter sanltnry conditions would yield tho farmer mora satisfactory results. Tho most common mistake In local Ing tho farm poultry bouse Is that of placing It so closo to other farm build ings that hens overrun tho latter. Tho usual plan of locating the poultry bouBo between tho barns and tho dwelling house, Is especially disagree able slnco it encourages tho lions to not only overrun tho barns, but tho back porch of tho houso as well. This habit Is encouraged by throwing tho crumbs, tablo scraps, etc., out from tho kitchen door. Under such condi tions poultry keeping Is not only un pleasant but Impractical and tho read er is urged to consider these points In selecting a satisfactory site. A low spot Is unsuitable for a puul try houso, because surfaco water Is apt to accumulnto and damp air al ways settles In such a place. Land which Is naturally wet, either because of tho nature of the soil or because of springy conditions, should bo prop erly drained. Muddy quarters causa fowls to consume largo amounts of filth. This In addition to the damp ness of such a location results In un- healthful flocks. Thero Is also tho prouauuuy 01 mo eggs uocoming amy, resulting In an Inferior product, oven If thoroughly cleaned. A windbreak should bo provided which will not only afford protection from dlsagreo nblo winds but furnish nn abundance of shade. If posslblo the poultry houso should WINTER EXERCISE FOR HENS Thick Hedge Around Poultry House Makes Excellent Windbreak Shel tered Nooks Afforded Outside. A windbreak of somo sort makes a poultry houso warmer on tho tnsldo and gives tho fowls a sheltered placo for outdoor exercise, says a wrltor In Successful Farming. Tho owner of a chicken house built under the shelter of a Dumber of ovorgroen trees says drinking water hardly ever freezes Insldo. And I noticed at the tltoo I was visiting this placo in tho winter that the snow lodged on tho trocs and tho ground underneath was baro. And overywhoro around tho ground was covered with snow, lions Ilko to get outsldo the chlckeu houso for a llttlo whtlo when tho weather will permit, but they don't llko to wado In snow. lions roosting in trees when a snowstorm comes will stay in tho trees until they get hungry rather than fly down in tho enow to got something to cat. A thick hedgo around tho poultry houso and yard makes a good wind break. Wo have found a tall board fenco on tho north and west of the houso and yards qutto a good deal of protection to tbo hons In winter, bo rldes giving a Bholtered location for (he onrly chicks. The little fellows get closo to this board fonce on -a raw day and don't fool the wind much that would othorwlso soou chill tho Ufa out of them. Wo made this fenco out of old boards. Often the hcnhouj or brooder houso can bo located wliiro other buildings will break tho fqivo of tho wind. It sooms to mo tbk subject Is not given tho attention It Reserves. In locating houses or yordfc ,n a cold cllmnto ad vantage should tie taken of everything that will glvo protection and afford fowls, old aud young, sholtorod nooks outsldo. It will avo in the cost of food alono In winter, for sheltered fowls need less food than those ox posed. Have Supply of Insecticide. Every ono Interested In poultry should havo a good Insectlcldo on hand for tho prompt annihilation of lien. Dry Picking Best. Fowls that aro dry ptckol present a much better appcaranco than thoso that are scalded - bo located upon n south or oast slopo. Th.'S Ij Qo( y Imnnrinnt. hownyjjr. as I'utitviuuiivu iu vmcr lurra ouuaings. Tho location of a poultry house in an orchard Is Idoal If the trees do not shado tho runs' so that thoy romaln damp. Tlio trees furnish necessary summer shado. Poultry raising liaa resolved itself Into tw cs systems: tho intenslvo sys tem, Involving houses of considerable sizo, or many houses, and a largo amount of stock upon a small area; and tho extensive or colony houso system. In which smalt houses are scattered over largo areas, The for mer has advantages In that the labor resulting from tho caro of tho flock, es pecially during the wlntor. Is reduced to a minimum. In general tho ex pense of housing Is less than whoro fowls are kept In small flocks. It has tho disadvantage of Increasing tho amount of yard caro on account of tho limited yard spaco. Tho Intenslvo system, with many small houses, as usually practiced In city lots, Involves an enormous amount of detail work, unpleasant In bad weather, and top expensive as a system to bo practical oxcept whoro moro favorablo condi tions aro Impossible The oxtonfelvo or colony houso sys torn necessitates more labor In tho caro of tho flocks during stormy weather when the birds are confined. It has tho advantage., howover, of un limited yard space and yard fencing can bo quite largely eliminated. Often tho poultry can bo permitted tho rango of fields after tho crops nro started, without appreciable injury to the crop, utilizing to good advanta'go tho drop pings which would otherwise, go to wasto. In somo localities worthless land has been brought to a high stato of fertility by this practice. Tho most healthful and economical method of raising tho young chickens is tho portablo house systom. Tbo houses aro moved about tho farm In such placeB as orchards, farm lanes, cornfields, wheat and barley fields after tho grain has been removed: Tho shade, green food, bugs, worms, grasshoppers, etc., aro much moro conducivo to a rapid, healthful growth than aro the conditions usually found around the dooryard. CAUSE OF EGG EATING HABIT Hens That Learn Trick Communicate It to Others Many Different Cures are Advocated. Kgg eating is caused by lack of nests, overcrowding, want of opportu nity to exorcise, or lack of litter to excrclso In, and nests that aro loca ted low down In tho light where tho chickens are tempted to scratch in the nest boxes, thus rolling out tho eggs. Onco tho trick is learned, no eggs aro cafe, and tho birds that first learn this bad habit communlcato it to others. To prevont, give plenty of room In tho hon house, and havo a suitable placo for the chickens to scratch In. Put tho nests in a seclud ed corner, as dark as Is practicable, and furnish enough of them. Glvo tho chickens plonty of groen food. Different cures aro advocated. Somo say that a quantity of china eggs scattered over tho chlcUon houso floor will dlscourago tho practice; others that a bushel or loss of egg shells fod liberally will satisfy tho hens' craving for llmo, and break up tho habit J others that old plaster- and plenty of grit Is a holp; occasionally someono will claim that eggs doctored with rod pepper putB a stop to It. The best cure Is prevention. Dackyard Poultry. Backyard poultry raising Is no longer an oxpertment. Its success has been demonstrated ttmo and. again; In tact, It Is carried on In many climes and under various conditions, and Its popularity has Just fairly started Ducks Ready for Market Properly fed ducks should bo ready for market whon ten weeks old aud will weigh twice as much as chickens of tho same ago and pay a better profit Small Flock Is Beit On tho farm especially It costs moro to keep a flock that cannot secure a iaigo proportion of Us food, whtlo the smaller flock will require less time and attention. Hen Qualifications. Important qualifications In a hen aro that sho shall bo a good feeder, bright, clear-eyed, quick In action clean and not scary. POULTRY E&T5- JUST AN ORNAMENTAL DUCK White Crested Variety Have No Spe cial Value to Farmer Not Bred to Any Great Extent. (Ily O. HOWATtD) Tho crested white duck may bo called an ornamental duck, much tho samo as Polish cblckeus. They aro not bred to any groat extent In this country, and they aro' seldom seen ex copt in tho show rooms. They havo no special valuo to tho farmer, as moro easily bred and moro profltablo Pair of Crested White Ducks. birds aro to be found for commer cial purposes. Thoso ducks have a medium sized head and bill; a large, well-balanced crest upon tho crown of the bead; a rather long neck; a medium length back; breast round and full; body of medium length; wings that fold! smoothly; hard, stiff tall feathers, with well-curled feathers In tho tall of the drpko. Their eyes are largo and bright and of a bluo color. Tho shanks, toes, and webs aro of a light orange color. The standard weight of tho adult drake is seven pounds; ndult duck, six pounds; young drnko, six pounds, and young duck, five pounds. VALUABLE FEED FOR FOWLS In Repeated Tests Mens Given Skim Milk Make Much Better Record Than Those Given Water, To test the valuo of skim milk foi laying hens, sixty pulletB were put In rtwo pens, equally divided, of ono va riety and all as near of an age as pos sible. They were fed exactly alike, keeping strict account of their feed, but given different drinks. One pen had sweet skim milk, while tho other had only plenty of fresh water. This test was begun on November 1 and accounts wre balanced "with both pens on May 1' following. 'Tho hons that drank the water had but a llttlo over half as much credit for eggs laid, while their feed had cost nearl a third more than tho hens whtclt wcro fed skim milk. Some days In the very coldest weather tho thirty milk-fed pullets laid twenty-eight eggs, and their average for January was twenty-four eggs dally. Tho skim-milk-fed hens not only produced many moro eggs, but they did not consumo as much food as thoso In the othei pen. Slnco then theso tests havo been repeatedly tried with different breeds and with the samo rsults. PiMir Pigeon sometimes livo to be eight years old. Clean eggs bring better prices tbi.n dirty oocs. " Tho smaller tbo poultry quarters, tho cleaner they must be kept. The "was sick but well again" hen Is not the ono that fills tho egg basket. Fresh buttermilk is recommended for diarrhea in chicks, somo saying Jt will euro bad cases. Tbo poultry yard is a good placo for tho boy to begin a real partnership In his father's farm. Novor ship a chicken to a customer that you would not want sent to you for tho samo amount of money. Look out for tho drafts In tho chick en houso. Fix all suspicious open places. Itoup In tho henbouso means no money in the pocket. Water In fresh and constant supply Is a thing that must be supplied If chicks do well, or It eggs aro fur nished as they should be. A good way to feed skim milk is to uso it with soaked ground corn or other grain, but even then it should be fed sparingly at the start. Thoso farmers who glvo their tur keys plenty of range and secure new breeding stock frequently, aro making good money growing turkeys. Do not simply throw tho water out of tho drinking vessels and put in fresh w.tter, but wash tbo vessels thoroughly overy time you chango the water. . A cheap thing so many times scant lly furnished or not furnished nt all Is sharp grit It would seem that a thing so easily provided would bo in constant supply, but qulto often the aro tho very thlncs left undone NEW WAYS WITH EGGS RECIPES HAVING THE D18TINC TION OF NOVELTV. Omelet With Herring I Excellent Baked 8tuffed Eggs Dish That the Children Will Be 8uru to Appreciate. Tbo season of eggs Is always, but now when fresh eggs aro becoming less and less plentiful they assume a value always given to tho thing that is scarce. Here nro somo ways of cook ing eggs In very interesting methods, methods that emphasize that the egg Is an object to which consideration Is duo. Omelet With Herring Cut off head and tall of n nlco fat smoked herring. 8pllt in two through the back, removo spinal bono and skin and finally cut Into small square pieces. Placo on a plato with enough milk to cover. After allowing it to stand'tor an hour re movo from milk and drain pieces on a rjoth. Heat ono and a half teaspoon tula Of !"" in a frvlng pan, add fish aim try tor five minutes, tossing onco t . white. Crack eight fresh egga In a bowl, adl U'O ta'bresDo&ntuls of milk, half a teaspoonful of salt, threo salt Bpoonfuls of pepper, and sharply beat with a fork for bvo mlnutos. Drop eggs In tho fish pan, mix with fork for two minutes and allow to stand for half a mlnuto. Fold up opposite sides to meet in center, allow to rest for a mlnuto and servo hot. Baked Stuffed Eggs. Boll somo eggs hard and throw thorn Into cold water. Then shell them and cut them cross wlso In two. Itemovo tho yolks ond cream them with a wooden Bpoon, ond to each yolk odd a tablespoonful of flno breadcrumbs soaked In milk and butter and pepper nnd salt to taBte. Cut a bit of tho end of each white off nnd stuff the whites. Stand the halves ip a "buttered baking Jlsb, tho bottom of which is thinly sprinkled with bread crumbs Over nil sprinkle a little bit ot iliioj.v-mlnced parsley. Bake flvo minutes. Stuffed W'.'n Ham Boll half a dot :. eirga hard, nemovo the shells and cut tho eggs crosswlso In two. Sllco off a plcco from each end to mako them stand firmly. Remove tho yolks nnd mix with thorn a llttlo chopped ham. Fill tho whites with this mix ture, heaping It up in cono shapo. Put tho stuffed halves on a flat "dish ond pour over them this dressing: Beat two egg yolks with half a teaspoonful of mustard, half a teaspoonful of salad oil added slowly. Thin as It ls'ncrei sary'wlth wlno vinegar. For Children. Beat tho whites of eggs stiff and cook in spoonfuls In milk. Boraovo; and into tho milk Btir tho yolks, beaten slightly, and stir constantly to form a custard. Add a bit of salt and put the whites on tho custard. This is o very good dish for children, served with wafers. If sugar Is liked, it can bo slightly sweet ened for dessert. Eggs With Pea Puree. Drop eggs on a buttered dish and put them in tho oven. When they aro Just sot slldo them onto a puree of pens, mado by putting canned or fresh peas through 0. vegetable presscr and mixing them lightly with melted butter nnd heated cream. Au Oratln. Butter a flat earthen ware dish and sprinkle It with bread crumbs, and on the crumbs break eggs. Over them sprinkle grated cheese, salt, pepper and bits ot butter, with Just a llttlo cream. Put In a hot ovon until the eggs aro set When Flatlrons Stick. An ironing day trouble Is tho iron that sticks. The ordinary flatlron is likely to become gummy, rough and perhaps dirty from tho uncooked starch that sticks to it, or perhaps It may be soiled from grease or blacking from tho stove. Such an iron may bo cleaned by ciumpllng a piece ot paper, dipping It in ashes or somo scratchy cleanser, and rubbing tho paper over tho Iron until all foreign substance Is removed. Tho iron may bo washed In hot, soapy water, wiped dry, warmod, waxed and set away ready for use. If tho Iron becomes soiled in tho process of Ironing, it may bo waxed and rubbed with either Bait or tho scratchy cleanser used abovo which has beon spread on a paper. In tho absence ot these, flno emery paper may bo used. Beef Stew. Cut Into small pieces two pounds of any of tho cheaper cuts of beef. Add ono small yellow turnip, one carrot, ono largo onion and a half dozen good sized potatoes, a little salt and about a quart of cold water. The. onion should bo sliced and tho other vege tables diced. Place the meat In tho bottom of the kettle and cover with tho vegetables. Pour tho water over all and cover closely. Whon It is boiling briskly set It back where It will simmer for a couple of hours. Thero should bo no moro than a cupful ot Julco whxn It Is ready to serve. Mother's Magazine. Bottled Mint Sauce. This hint Is too lato for present use, but good to file and romeraber. Mako mint sauce In summer according to your favorite reclpo. -hen thero'8 lots of fresh mint fo bo hod, bottle and seal and you will have delicious mint sauce all winter without tho trouble of mak ing 1L To Make Chimneys Shine. After washing lamp chimneys, polish uem with dvy salt. This glvsa the glass a brilliant shlno aod prevents It from cracking. LIVE STOCK FEED MIXER IS CONVENIENT Barrel 8wung on Pivots by Extend Ing 'Round Wooden Axle Through. It Is Easily Moved. A farmer who feeds a number of hogs UBes several feed mixers, such as shown in the accompanying Illus tration, nays Farm, Stock and Home. A barrel is swung on pivots by either extending a round wooden axle through tbo barrel, as at B, or by fasteulDC iron trunnions to opposite sides oC samo with bolts. Tbo barrel Is then suspended In tho air In the woodcu framo, as illustrated. Feed ot nlli kinds that is mixed with water may bo qulcklymjxed In this- device, and. as qulckiy'einptled In tho trough D Handy Feed Mixer. by raising the barrel and tipping the feod out in tho trough. The tipping1 handle Is shown ot C, nnd a water pipe with tap ol A. Two men can easily move this device. HARM BY ANIMAL PARASITES Some of These Insects Create or Manufacture Injurious Toxins Others Transmit Disease. (Dy If. S. BAKIN. Coado Experiment' Sutton.) Too Bills-attention has beon given: ii the past to tho Importance that animal parasites have In relation to the health nnd weil being of our do mestic animals, Very few, if any, animals aro ever free from parasites In some form, and many are Infested with parasites, of a. very harmful nature. Parasites are found in many different tissues, a& tho brain, sinuses of tho bead, air, passages, lungs, liver, stomach, In testines, muscles, blood, etc., and ex ternally on and in tbo skin, In tho tors, etc. Some of these cause me chanical disturbances, others create or manufacture toxins which aro In jurious to tho animal infested, somo transmit diseases. Some animals may carry ono form of parasite which may later Infect other animals of a different species lu a different form. Some of theso parasites aro trans formed from animals to man and vice versa. Animal parasites annually causo great pecuniary loss, and for other reasons briefly enumerated above, more attention should bo accorded the domestic animals; and should any suspicion bo directed to an animal, competent veterinary advice should be immediately secured. FEEDING CORN ON THE STALK Unouslnessllke Method of Turning Pigs Into Field and "Reckon" They Aro Doing Well. Moro corn on tho stalk will prob ably bo fed to hogs this year than ever before. It is not a great deal ot satisfaction to see a bunch of shoals doing well in standing corn and not know what price they aro paying for tho corn. We wouldn't sell corn as a rulo to any man on that basis, but a good many of us seem .'0 be willing to "reckon" that tho hogs pale a pretty good price for the corn and let It go at that Handy stock scales are too Important a part of the farm equip ment to bo without, considering their cost and the great educators thoy are. To bo able to state In pounds what crops and live stock produce Is Just plain business. To be forced to glvo nn estimate in terms of "pretty good," or "poor," or "fair," or others as Indoflnlto says plainly "I am a generation or more behind tlrao." A heavy coat ot hair Is a burden to a road horse. Thero Is no profit in letting tho colta lose their colt flesh. It tho pigs ore cold and pinched they can mako no gain. Tho sheop is a dual purpose animal, producing both wool and mutton. Thero is overy reason for watering stock before they aro full ot dry feed, It pigs could talk they surely would eay, "Balance our rations ond watch us pay." Hogs are not provided by naturo with hair to protect them from cold and drafts of Icy air. Feed that suits ono animal may staryo another. Study Individual tasto among tho livo stock. If wo could onco and for all rid this country of hog cholera what a wealthy nation we would becoms. AfjJk L1VC STOCKI