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IMPROVEMENT OF’ DAIRY COW How Much Credit Must Be Given for ‘ Better Feeding and Care and How Much for Breeding? In increasing the production of a dairy herd how much credit must be given for better feeding and care and how much for better breeding and se lection ? This question has been argued back and forth and experiment stations in tbls and all other countries have made Young Jereeye at Pasture. tests showing that from nine to fifty per cent increases have been made by better feeding and care. The answer, of course, depends a great deal on previous feeding and care, but it is not an Important ques tion. The Important thing is that wa know positively that by better feeding and care better breeding and selection the production can be increased very largely and very profitably. It doesn't matter what form of effort gets the credit, the result is what we want. DEVICE TO SEPARATE CREAM* Machine Will Often Pay for Itself In One Year, Much Depending on Number of Cowa Kept. The cream separator is a mechani cal device for separating the cream from the milk, almost instantaneously by centrifugal force. Its advantages over the old methods of separation are: 1. It takes practically all the but ter fat and will save from five to ten dollars per cow each year over any methods. 2. Skim milk has Its greatest feed ing value while warm, clean and sweet, 3. The labor connected with the care of the milk can be decreased and the profits from the cows greatly increased because a better quality of cream can be obtained. A cream separator is an invest ment and not an expense to anyone who keeps five or six good cows, and wants to make butter or sell cream. A separator will often pay for Itself in one year, often in less time, ac cording to the number of cows kept. With proper care and attention, a cream separator will last a decade. CHURNING HINTS FOR WINTER Butter-Making Troubles May Be Over come by Keeping Cream at the Proper Temperature. Troubles arising from winter butter making may largely be overcome by keeping the cream to be churned at a temperature of 52 degrees Fahren heit until two days before churning, when It should be placed where the temperature is about 75 degrees Fahr enheit. The cream should be kept at 68 to 60 degrees Fahrenheit during churn ing time and when the butter collects into small nut sizes the buttermilk should be drained off and water at a temperature of 60 degrees Fahrenheit should be poured over it. repeating the rinsing process two or three times. With the last rinsing, give twenty churning revolutions and draw off the water. To work the butter, place the particles on a flat board and strew the salt over It uniformly and work Just enough to distribute the salt evenly throughout the butter. MILK ONLY WITH DRY HANDS . • :k 1 Practice of Wetting Hands Is Filthy Habit and Liable to Cause Cow 'i Teats to Chap. e < Milkers should be allowed to milk only with dry hands. The practice of wetting the hands with milk Is a filthy habit and is liable to cause the cows' teats to chap In the winter time. 1 Milking should be done quickly sad thoroughly, with no violent Jerking Of the teats. After each cow is milked the milk should be removed immediately to the milk house. Avoid Wooden Stalls. Stalls of wood haw many flat sur faces and cracks which are difficult to keep clean, and in case of an out break of disease are not easy to dis infect thoroughly. Stalls and swing stanchions made of metal pipe are more sanitary. Spanish Fishing Industry, The annual production of fish in Spain amounts to nearly $20,000,000 yearly in value. There are 586 steam and 15,191 sailing vesdels engaged in the Industry. The annual production of tinned fish is 3,600,000 cases of ten tins to the case. The pack of Portugal is about 1,500,000 cases, and that of France in normal times about 1,000,000 cases. Large quantities of Spanish packed fish are sent abroad undei French and ItAJlan labels. CORN SELLER EASILY MADE Faw Scraps of Wood and Handful sf - Splkss Are AH That Is Nacsasary to Maks Dev let. Where only a little corn la to be shelled a homemade corn shelter can be 1 made vary easily, a few scraps of wood and-a handful'of spikes being put together as shown here, aays Farming Business. A block of wood having n sloping notch cut from one end la mounted on three legs. A lever is attached lo the block by means of a bolt that allows the lever to work easily, and both the lever and Homemade Com Shcller. cutaway portion of the block are stv .1- Oed with spikes driven in so tbit their heads protrude about a ht. I inch. The ear of corn to be shelled s placed in the notched part and |!:t lever pressed down, two or tbr •trokes taking off all the corn. A box I e low the notch aud attached to the i >f catches all the corn as it is shelled The ear is held in one hand and t it lever operated with the other, the e u being turned to bring each side inti contact with the spikes. WHY NOT TRUE PREPAREDNESS IN RURAL EDUCATIQNT "Preparedness" is the present cry. Well, genuine education is true prep aration. Teach our youths how to be come efficient and economical in their Jita work and the problem is readily solved. Maks the Corn clubs, the Home making Clubs, the Poultry competi tions, the Cookljig aud Se vlpg con tests and all such activities a part of the school system. Let the work on the farm and in the boma become a part of the school study, Let the rural school not only teach farm accounting, but have the pupils keep the accounts of their farms and homed, Seed testing, soil examination, stock Judging and solsctlng, garden planting, and working, household man agement and routine, canning fruit and vegetables, milk management, egg testing. Incubating, brooding, bal ancing rations and feeding the rations, recording progress, and studying re sults, learning to reason on homely subjects and to solve personal prob lems, learning to think aud to work efficiently—these arc some of the items of real rural education —is this narrow educating? No! It is us broad as the life and the work of the world. Are we leaving out culture? No! The highest and beat culture comes through studying intelligently the country, the life about ua, nature, human nature, and the work ef the world—this we cannot do without knowing something of the thoughts of our poets, our philosophers, our his torians, and our writers as well as our scientlsU and our teachers of practical things. We should have all of the best that we have now, but so applied as to make the life we live brlgbtei and more satisfying to our children. Educate to this end! SOW SWEET PEAS EARLY. B. W. ANSPON, Maryland Agricultural College. This flower will grow in any good garden soil that is well drained, pro vided it is in a sunny and open loca tion. To secure early flowers and best results, spring sowing is generally used, in order to have the plants strong, they should be sown early. They should be sown Just as soon as the ground can be worked. To de terrain# When the ground is dry enough to work, take up some of the soil and form It tato a bail with the band. If it falls apart, the ground la dry enough to work. Some start tba plants in paper pots or thumb pots in the hot bed, but especially good re suits are obtained by sowing outdoors. Prepare the soil well by spading deeply. Adding well rotted manure will be a great baneflt. Then make a shallow trench about 4 inches deep, ip the bottom of this, plant the seed two dnebes apart. Where one uses poultry netting or brush, to serve as trellis, two raws may be sown 6 to • inches apart. FIVE SOUND “POULTRY RULES Keep Nssts Clean—Gather j Eggs , Twice Dally and Store In Cool Plaea—Sell the Rooetere. It is urged that all farmers and pouitrymen adhere strictly to the fol lowing rules in handling their poul try and eggs: 1. Keep the nests clean; provide one nest for every four hens. 2. Gather the eggs twice daily. 3. Keep the eggs in a cool, dry room or cellar. 4. Market the eggs at least twice a week. 6. Sell, kill, or confine all male bird* as soon as the batching season is over. Feathers From Geese. The big Toulouse goose should pro duce you something over a dollar's worth of feathers a year even whera the feather market is known to bo cheap, as in the far-out country places. Add this to Its other profit and you have a valuable asset for profit In such a goose. REMEDY FOR ACUTE BLOATING On* Quart of a V/ 2 Per Cent of Form alin Recommended by Kentucky 'experiment Station. Circular No. & of the Kentucky ex periment station, Lexington Ky., •tales: "We strongly recommend, for acute bloating (of cattle), one quart of a per cent solution of formalin, followed by placing a wooden stick in the animal's mouth and gentle exer else if the animal can be gotten up." This treatment proved successful in treating six cases of acute bloat at the station during the last two years, suf fering from the ailment disappearing in twenty to thirty minutes. A study of the problem of a success ful treatment for bloat, other than puncture, was brought about by the usual growth of white clover in Kentucky pastures during the spring of 1913. Trouble with bloating or hoven among cattle on legume pas tures is quite common, especially dur ing the period when they are bloom ing. Chemical study revealed that there is a considerable quantity of sugar In the blossoms of various leg umes, the amount varying from less than 1 per cent to 3.6, and that there is a natural fermentation of this sugar to carbon dioxide gas, under the condi tions which exist in the digestive tract. After finding that bloating is caused by fermentation of the sugar, in le gumes that are eaten. Doctor Kastle of that station suggested the use of for maldehyde xs a means of relieving the, ailment. 1-ad‘s Oona bloated badly on white clover June 13, 1913. She was drenched with one liter of water con taining 40 c. c. of formalin, a block of wood being placed between the Jaws afterwards to keep her mouth open. "At the end of 20 minutes," the cir cular states, “she had entirely recov ered. No bad after-effects followed this treatment.” Formalin Is a trade name for a 40 per cent solution of formaldehyde gas )n water, and It may be purchased at almost any drug store for about 40 cents a pint. One-half an ounce of formalin in one quart of water makes the right solution with which to drench an animal for bloat ADVANTAGES OF A FEED BAG Wide Mouth of Device Permits Morse to Lift His Head Without Spill ing Peed on Ground. It Is stated that the wide mouth ol this bag permits a horse while feed ing to lift his head without spilling A Handy Feed Bag. the feed. It is claimed further that the bug may be quickly attached and removed. —Independent Farmer. SCREENINGS MAKE GOOD FEED Sheep Gain From Twelve to Fifteen Pounds During First Thirty Days, Says Ontario Station. The Ontario experiment Station has found that screenings are used in largn quantities for the winter feeding of sheep, the sheep being taken from the range and fed for about 30 days. At first they are given only hay, then a small quantity (one-half pound a day) of light, chaffy screenings is add ed. Gradually the quantity of screen ings is increased until in about a week or ten days, the sheep have ac cess to the "self feeders" from which they eat all the screenings they care for (about two pounds a day). At the samo time the proportion of chaff in the screenings is decreased and the proportion of grain increased. Grad ually the screenings are replaced with corn. On the screenings the sheep usually gain from. 12 to 16 pounds during the first 30 days, after that leas rapidly. It Is staged that 50,000 sheep will eat about tv.o cars of screenings and a car of corn per day. Seed-house screenings and screenings containing a large proportion of broken flax are avoided. Another use that is made of elevator screenings Is in the manufac ture of mixed feeds, chiefly molasses feeds. MOLDY SILAGE IS HARMFUL Complaints Mads That Farmers Lots Horses and Mules—Carefully Avoid All Spoiled Stuff. Every winter farmers complain of ipaing horses or mules by feeding spoiled silage. Damaged or moldy silage is not first-class feed for any animal. Even cattle should be fed carefully, but the greatest care should be exercised with horses and colts. See that no moldy stuff gets Into their feed boxes and that none is left there from one feed to another to ■poll. Good silage does not hurt horses, but remember the mold that some times occurs in spots may kill them at any time. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER’S CASTORIA ATTRACTIVE SURROUND INGS FOR OUR FARM HOMES Suggestions For Laying Out Grounds And Planting Attractive Shrubbery. B. W. ANBPON, Maryland Agricultural College. Ara you entirely satisfied with your home grounds? Have you envied youi neighbor who had a well planted yard? If so now Is the time to remedy that condition. As the growing season is rapidly drawing near we should have uur plan prepared before planting time comes. To prepare a plan is not a difficult task, In fact, It proves a very Inter esting one, when the various members of the family are consulted and their views are Incorporated In the plan. Take the measurements of the grounds and transfer them to a good piece of drawing paper. Locale on the plan all existing objects as bouse, buildings, fences, trees, walks, etc. This should be drawn to scale. If we use the scale one inch equals twenty feet every Inch on the plan will repre sent twenty feet of the grounds. With this plan before you it Is a simple matter to view the whole area at a glance. Here one can only study the relation of one part to the other. Those plantings that have not pleased us can be changed, and so arranged that they will make more pleasing ef fects, 'Vhere trees are too crowded this should be Indicated on the plan. New groupings, changes in the walks, in fact any work that is to be done on the grounds should be Indicated on this plan. Then we will have a clear rec ord of the changes to be made. All the work does not have to be done at once. If limited funds are available a portion of the work can be done this spring, the rest later. Without a plan this would be impossible. No mind can carry a definite plan from one year to the next. We are prone to at tempt details that are found in other gardens without considering the gen eral arrangement, from which these details are taken. Consequently a poor garden is the result. Every gar den should be a picture. One definite idea should be carried out; all other ideas should be subordinate to this main one. Make Your Own Plan. One should select the style of gar dening one wishes to follow and ad here to that style. For most conditions the informal style is best. In arranging our plan according to this style there are sev eral general principles that should be considered. 1. Keep tiie renters open. This pro vides for a large expanse of lawn, which serves as a background upon which to make the picture by means of trees, shrubs and flowers, 2. Plant In masses, In this style we desire the effect of the mass rather than the individual plant. 3. Arrange the groups in irregular borders, not In straight lines. To unite the buildings with the grounds vines and founflation plantings of shrubs are useful. Thereby the angular lines of the foundations can be concealed. Send to reliable nurserymen for their catalogues. From these select the plants wanted. Great pleasure can be derived from groupings of native plants. There are many native plants in tills State that lend themselves to planting in the home grounds. Among these may be mentioned button-bush, flowering dogwood, arrow wood, fringe tree, elders, alders, wild azalea, moun tain laurel, oaks, pines, maples, hick ories, tulip popular, sweet gum, black gum, etc. With o many plants to select from that ara perfectly hardy there is no reason why we should select tender plants. Frequently we see such plants that are tied up in straw and burlap during the winter to prevent their freezing. SOYBEANS IN MARYLAND, Of late a great deal of Interest in soybeans has been manifested throughout Maryland. Soybeans are well adapted to practically all sections of Maryland, as far as climate is con cerned, but thrive best on rich loam and clay soils. They will not grow as well as cow-peas on poor, sandy soils, but are far better than eoypeas on stiff, clay soils. They will also stand poor drainage batter than cowpeas will. In other words, in those sections where cowpeas do not grow well, soy beans will be far more satisfactory. They are also belter adapted to Hie stiff clay soils in the sections now pro ducing cowpeas well than the cowpeas are. The two Important factors to be taken into consideration in the pro duction of soybeans are inoculation and the selection of the proper varie ties. Practically all soils in Maryland must be inoculated for soybeans if they have not previously grown soy beans successfully. The best varieties for Maryland are Wilson, Virginia, Ebony, Cloud, Ar lington. Medium Yellow, Haberlandl, Hollybrook, Peking and Taba. The Mammoth Yellow variety Is commonly found on the market but it is one of the poorest varieties for Maryland ex cept where It I# simply used for a green manure crop.-Nicholas Schmitz, Maryland Agricultural College Extern •ton Service. Four Cardinal Points. Lambs, wool, mutton and manure are the four cardinal points of sheep raising. Profit is not In the total amount derived but the excess alter the cost is deducted. Feed Ewes Generously. It pays to feed and care for the ewes generously, as It not only in sures a good crop of lambs, but it also makes the wool better and heav ier. PROFIT IN GOOD HOUSING Coal Companies of Pennsylvania Build Modern Dwellings and Rent Thom to Miners. At first glance there might not seem to be a close connection between good housing and coal mining, but the fact remains that able business men who are handling the anthracite Industry have discovered that there is a con nection and that It pays them, as pro ducers of anthracite, to see that their employees are sheltered in modern dwellings. So strongly convinced are they of this fact that the hard coal region now contains some of the best examples of good housing in the coun try in tile shape of villages planned and erected by the coal companies themselves and rented to mine em ployees. Any big hard coal company will do to illustrate the Improvement in housing Lehigh, Reading or Susque hanna. Tiie upper coal fields naturally take pride in the progress made by their biggest producer, the Lackawan na, and that company’s achievements are In tiie fullest sense typical of what has been dune. For example, the Lackawanna has built what Is known as “Concrete City." The houses are vtrtua ly all concrete, save for doors and windows. An empty house can be flushed from celling to cellar with a hose without damage. There is plerty of light and air, and particular attention has been paid to bathing facilities, which are so important in the lives of coal miners. Concrete City has been made a dis tinctive community, with regular com munity centers like playgrounds, and the miners’ children have a pleasure resort with wading pools and other ap purtenances belonging to well-managed playgrounds. WORTH OF SCHOOL GARDENS Development of the Idea Proves How Valuable Has Been the Informa tion Spread by Them. It was only a few years ago that the "school garden” idea, "nature studies” and the teaching of agriculture in the common schools, were looked upon as fads of the most exaggerated type. Farming, it was maintained, could be taught on the farm, where it would bo needed; of what possible use was it to teach farming to a city boy or girl? These “nature studies” wasted the valuable time of the pupil which should be employed in rational work; In short, the whole propaganda was rank nonsense. Yet, tiie entire move ment has grown and spread with phe nomenal rapidity, and lias become al most the beginning of a national pol icy. Where ten years ago there was one city school garden, there are now a hundred, and every spring sees thousands of new ones organized and open. Towns, cities, and states, and not least, the national government, have fostered and pushed tiie move ment with enthusiasm. The federal bureau of education and tiie depart ment of agriculture are devoting much time and energy to it. As a matter of fact, it is now recognized that tli problem of the education of the Amei lean boy and girl is more than a mat ter of mere pedagogy. It i a ques tion of the industrial efficiency and social stability of the nation. How to Kill the Town. Force tiie merchants to compete with public street markets. Do the city work with hobo and Jail labor and give the workingmen no em ployment. Vote down all bonds and proposi tions to make public Improvements. Drive out all contractors and their crews and minimize public expendi ture. Supply free camping grounds In the city so the hotels will all go broke. Send away from town for printing, dry goods and clothes and spend your money on the mail order house. See to It that no corporation or public utility makes a cent of profit and keep all the foreign capital out.— I’aclflc Coast Manufacturer. Evergreen Trees and Hedges. Much of the bleakness of the winter landscape may be removed by the use of evergreens near the house. The home-builder may well consider this point when planning the layout of his grounds. It is comparatively easy to secure pleasing landscape effects during the season of green leaves and buds and blossoms; but when deprived of these the problem becomes more difficult. Evergreen hedges are possible, and an occasional evergreen tree growing up out of the hedge is a charming way of breaking the sometimes monotonous evenness and of adding a touch o( feathery lightness to the aspect of the whole scene. Not New. ■‘A natural phenomenon has been discovered in a fish which can give shocks with electrical flashes from their eyes.” “Humph! any woman who knows how to use her eyes discounted that phenomenon long ago.” Why He Reformed. Tom - Is it true that you are opposed to all games of chance? Jack—Yes; 1 am new. Tom —Since when? Jack - Ever since 1 got married. 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