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vm MILKING THREE TIMES DAILY j Custom Among More Advanced Dairy men of Denmark —Practice Pre vents Congestion of Udder. What are our dairy cows for? Do we keep them as lawn ornaments, or as a source of milk supply? Shall tho dairyman drive his cows from door to door, as dairy cows and goals are driven in some countries, milking as much and as often as his patronage demands as long as his supply holds out, or shall he use more improved methods? Shall he milk once a day, as was the practice some hundreds of years ago, and is yet the custom in some places, or shall he milk three times, as is the custom among tho more advanced dairymen in Den mark? Shall the cow be given the op- Holstein-Friesian Heifer. portunity to show her capacity by the removal of her milk product as often as seems necessary, or shall we dry her down to suit our convenience in milking? As our population and the cost of food products increases, milk as one of the most valuable of food products will also increase in price, and in the near future it will he as customary for dairymen to milk cows three times a day during I lie earlier portion of the lactation period as it is now to milk hut twice. Indeed, owing to the wonderful milk-producing qualities of Holstein-Friesian cows, in order to avoid congestion of tho udder it is the common practice among those having the better cows to milk three times daily for many weeks after freshen ing. VALUE OF CREAM SEPARATOR Expert of Missouri Agricultural Col lege Says 25 Per Cent More Cream Secured From Milk. "The farmer who uses a cream sep arator obtains as much milk from four j cows as is obtained from five cows j where cream is raised in a pan ” says j C. H Eckles of the Missouri College I of Agriculture. The separator method j gets '-•< per cent more cream from the milk and this will pay for a separator in a year in a dairy herd of ten or I more cows. As the cream is separated I while fresh and sweet, ripening can be j controlled and butter of much better j grade can be secured than if tho | cream is raised by gravity. The use j of a separator lightens the work for j the housewife. The machine is kept in a small room adjoining tire barn and only the separator parts are brought from the house. These, instead of nu merous pans and crocks, are returned to the kitchen for washing after tho fresh skim milk has been fed to the calves and pigs. A well-made separator wdll lust for years, in spite of the fact that it is put 1 into service twice a day. The separa tor should run from four to six years j without repairs, if reasonable care la used COW 3 REQUIRE MUCH WATER Practice of Watering Herd But Once Daily Is Not to Be Recommended —Three Times Is Better. It is a mistake to he satisfied with ! watering the herd but once a day. If they can be induced to drink twice or j three times a day, it should be done, j Cows need much water. It has been found that the average milch cow requires about 81 pounds of water a day while in milk (nearly ten gallons), and about 54 pounds while dry. Of this, the cow in milk takes rather more than two-thirds (say seven gallons) as drink, and the rest in her food, while the dry cow takes rather less than two-thirds as drink, and a little more than one-third in the food. TO REMOVE WARTS ON TEATS Rub Affected Parts Daily With Castor Oil or Goose Grease—Cut Off the Large Ones. Warts on a cow's teats will disap- j pear after a time if the affected parts j are rubbed once or twice daily with j best castor oil or fresh goose grease, j A In’ge wart, having a narrow base, I should be snipped off with scissors, and (lie bleeding stopped by applying powder or solution. If it starts to grow again, cauterize the part with lunar caustic pencil. City Men Better Developed. City men are better developed than country men, according to the report of a German army surgeon, who bases his statement on the result of the ex amlnation of 10,000 soldiers. He says the farmers wore inferior In carriage and In development of bone and mus cle, and that he found among them more cases of curvature of the spine, flat-foot varicose veins than among the city men. i CAUSES FOR SMALL LITTERS i One Reason Which Contributes to Trouble More Than Any Other Is Breedinj Young Sows. "Can you toll me why my brood sows only bring between three and six pigs per litter?" Replying to this question Prof. G. W. Barnes, live slock special', t of the University of Arizona agricultural ex tension service, says: “If you have studied hog conditions in tho United States you will find that about four pigs per litter is tho aver age; and 1 can point to you nun in Arizona who are actually raising for market two and three pigs to the lit- Well-Developed Sow With Profitable Litter. ter, yet (lie cost of maintenance ol the brood sow is practically tne same whether she brings two pigs or tea pigs per litter, which means that tho farmers are losing a large percentage of profit by keeping such brood sows iu their herds. "There are several reasons way brood sows bring small litters, and 1 firmly believe that the one which con tributes to the trouble more than any other is the practice of breeding sows too young. It is no uncommon thing i.o find sows weighing less than one hundred pounds with pigs. Usually you find them with only two pigs. T he young sows which you intend to keep for brood sows should never he bred under nine months of age. and it is much better to wait until they are twelve or fourteen months old Then If they are not full developed, wait a few months longer. Your brood sow is good for six or eight years, and, if by waiting a few months in the be ginning before starting her on her life work, you can increase the size of her Utters, you have certainly made good wages for those months. Another tiling which contributes to no slight extent to cause small litters is the [ lack of exercise. WINTER SHELTER FOR SHEEP Comfortable Shed Facing South Af fords Ample Protection for Ani mals During Winter Season. A roomy shed facing the south, with j a hard, dry earth door, makes the j best shelter for sheep. Feed in racks ! and troughs; what straw is not eaten I should be used for bedding. The I manure should not accumulate as it will produce footrot and oilier ail ments. A small quantity of flaxseed meal may be added to the grain ra tion. Second-crop clover, bright corn fodder, wheat and oat straw may be fed to advantage. Ensilage is growing in favor as a sheep food. The Wool Markets and ; Sheep Reporter says: “As sheep ho | come extremely fond of ensilage, It is necessary to feed small quantities of [ It at tho start, that they do not over eat. Within a few weeks, however, I they may safely he given all they will i eat at each meal. Ensilage Is found to successfully take the place of roots, though care should be taken tfiat it is properly prejiaml. It is even better In winter time than green corn is in summer, because tho animals will eat stalks and leaves up clean, and the customary waste in stalks Is saved.” A practical sheep farmer says: j “Sour ensilage made from Immature corn is not a safe food, as it is liable to cause indigestion and stomach trou ! hies. Sweet ensilage, fed In small 1 quantities, in connection with oat and wheat straw, and mixed hay. makes an excellent feed. Tho flock master must use Judgment in feeding bis flocks.” EFFECTIVE FENCE FOR HOGS Solid Corner Secured by Filling In Around Post With Concrete— Animals Cannot Get Out, (P.y TtOY M PRICK.) To build a good hog fence first get j a solid corner. 1 dig holes for the | corner posts three and a half feet I deep and eighteen inches across, I j fill up around the post with concrete, j five parts sand to one part cement, to j three inches above ground so that wa | ter will drain off. A good height for j the fence is the 30-inch with mesh at | the bottom that makes them pig-tight. | If a pig is kept in while he is grow j Ing he will not give any trouble when j grown, provided there is enough to eat. Boiled Potatoes for Pigs. If potatoes are not worth more than thirty-five cents a bushel in your part of the country, boil them and feed them to the pigs. Every bushel is worth at least that price for the porkers. Best Profits in Pigs. Early pigs make tho best profits, but don't overlook tho cold spring winds when figuring out your bank balance for next fall. Keep track of the sows so you will be able to care for the lit tle pigs at the right time. M*| KEEP HORSES IN GOOD ORDER Slim Economy to Permit Animals to Fall Off in Flesh—Oats and Corn Are Best Grains. It Is poor economy to let the horses fall off in Bosh by reducing the grain. Horses cannot bo kept in good order on straw and a poor quality of hay. They need a little grain, even If they are idle. To have the horses strong for spring plowing, harrowing and other heavy and exhaustive work, they must ho kept thrifty and in good flesh ail through the winter. Oats and corn and bran are the best grains. If there is no steady work, take off Splendid Type for Farm. the shoes and give them daily ex ercise in the yard every suitable day. A grass pasture adjoining the sta bles is a great convenience. The stock may he turned in when the sod is dry and the weather suitable; they will get the exercise they need and will keep warm by grazing. Most stockmen provide winter as well as summer pasture for their stock, The driving horses, If used on icy roads, should have shoes sharpened. It is dangerous to drive a smooth horse when tho road is ley. The wear and tear of the nervous strain takes too much out of a horse, if nothing more serious happens. Chain overshoes can he had at the agricultural stores. Keep a pair on hand to use In case of a sudden freeze. Give the horses Judicious feed, dally exercise and good grooming. When this is done the horse’s usefulness may ho extended for a number of years. TREATING SHEEP FOR WORMS Pests May Be Combatted by Pasture Rotation, Combined With Drugs Injurious to Insects. The stomach worm is the worst pest affecting sheep. Ha mbs are more susceptible than older sheep, prob ably because the older sheep are ac customed to the presence of tho worm. In tho spring, soon after lambing, tho old sheep should each receive a dose of one or two ounces of gasoline, fol lowed by a small dose of epsora salts. After a day or two they should be placed in a worm-free pasture, If pos sible. In July treat the whole herd, includ ing the lambs, with gasoline, and turn them into new pasture, and repeat tho process in November. Pasture rota tion, combined with drugs that are in jurious to the worm, is a practical method of successfully combating this worm. ERADICATE LICE ON CATTLE Frequently Serious Pest on Stock in Winter—Any of Various Dips Are Quite Effective. Lice on cattle and young stock are frequently a serious pest in winter. Any of the various dips advertised or sold for this purpose are effective. They can bo put on with a sponge or brush and worked in thoroughly to the skin, but it is not always safe to wet an animal all over in cold weath er. Kerosene and lard rubbed in from horns to tho tail is a safe and sure remedy. An even hotter one is to use powdered sulphur. Kuh it in well with tho hand and repeat in two weeks. There is no danger from using this. Weeds take out of the soil plant food which should be utilized by the desired crop. Everyone knows, also, that a good, clean, well cultivated garden with straight rows has a much better appearance than a garden full ot weeds. Sometimes the ground between the rows of certain vegetables is mulched with etrx v, strawy manure or sawdust to prevent the evaporailon of moisture and keep down weeds. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORI A CONTROL THE CODUNG MOTH BY SPRAYING T. B. SYMONS, Maryland Agricultural College Exten sion Service. Now that the dormant season spray ing is over, orchardlsta must prepare for the control of the Codling Moth, which causes wormy apples, by treat ing their apple trees Just as the blos soms fall. The Codling Moth passes through the winter as a full grown larva in a small, white cocoon beneath or In crevices of the bark. About the time that apples bloom, the larva trans forms to the pupa, from which the moth emerges. The female lays from 50 to 60 eggs, mostly upon the foliage. The eggs hatch In from five to ten days, de pending upon the season and tempera ture. The young larva usually feeds a little on the tender parts of the leaves before It crawls to the nearest young apple, which It attacks by en tering (lie calyx cup. Some will enter (lie stem end or on the side. The larva continues to feed Into the young fruit, its work being indicated by the well known excreta thrown out from the calyx, showing the worminess of tlie apple. Tile larva reaches maturity in from three to four weeks and eats its way out usually through the side of the apple, and seeks a secluded spot, where it spins its cocoon for transforming to the adult. In this region there is a partial second brood occurring about July Ist. Controlling The Moth, The Codling Moth is controlled by spraying with an arsenical such as Arsenate of Lend, Haris Green, etc. Usually a combination spray is ap plied, using concentrated lime-sulphur solution, diluted at the rate of one and Due-half gallons to a barrel of water for diseases, to which is added the arsenical—two pounds. Paste Arsenate of Lead, or about one-third pound Haris Green. Most growers use Ar senate of Lead. If the powdered Ar senate of Lead Is used—one pound to .he barrel is sufficient. Many commercial Arms are selling Arsenate of Lime in place of Arsen ate of Lead. Tills is a little cheaper and there is no reason why it should not be equally as effective on apple, imt should not be used on peach and inilai>teiuli i- foliage plants. Apply Properly. It is very important In spraying for the Codling Moth that the work be thorough, and that the spray be ap plied with good power. Power spray ers are, of course, most desirable for tills as well as other spraying. The foliage should be covered with the spray and special effort made to lodge the solution in the calyx cup of the blossoms. Through extended tests it has been found that the Codling Moth can be usually controlled with one thorough spray applied just before the calyx cup closes, or as the blossoms fall. With the high cost of arsenlcals this season, we would recommend one spraying for this pest tills season. Uf course, it may be necessary to spray later on for the control of some dis eases, such as Bitter Rot. The above treatment for Codling Moth should also suffice to prevent Injury from the Curcullo on Apple. EARLY SPRAYING FOR PEA LICE IS NECESSARY. E. N. CORY, Maryland Agricultural College. The pea and melon lice are the most serious aphids with which the trucker has to deal. Pea lice live for approxi mately eight months of the year on clover, preferably on crimson clover, hence the first measure against the pea louse should lie to remove the pea field as fur from clover as prac tical or if It Is necessary that both be close together, the clover should be turned under early in the spring. Careful watch should be made in April for the first aphids, which are light green and about one-eighth of an inch long, and spraying should take place immediately after they are first observed. A tractor sprayer with nozzles so arranged as to direct the spray over the top and both sides is the'best ma chine to use. Four rows can be sprayed at once with such a machine. Use "Black Leaf 40,” 1 to 640 parts of water or 10 ounces to 50 gallons— plus 4 pounds of fish oil soap. Using 75 gallons per acre, one application will cost approximately $2.80 per acre, including labor of two men, team and materials. The same mixture Is ef fective on the melon aphis, a small black aphis, hut the cost will be high er as the vines must be turned over and back again, since the aphis clus ter on the under side of the leaves. Duck Flew Away From War Zone. During the first week of December a hunter, several miles east of Henry etta, Okla., shot and killed a Harle quin duck, a rare species In this part of the Southwest. Attracted by the bird's beauty of plumage and mark ings. the hunter carefully scrutinized bis trophy, on one leg of which he found a metal band marked "24 Ber lin Zoo." The duck was mounted by a Guthrie taxidermist, and is now the property of Mr. Walter Wilson of the First National bank of Henryetta. The probable route of migration of this duck is regarded as of interest to or nithologists. Crossing the northern Atlantic in its flight from Germany, the duck reached the shores of Amer ica, and then proceeded far inland on its southward flight. Naturally, the noise and disturbance of war In Eu rope is attributed as a possible reason for the duck's long journey to a new land. It is hardly thought that the voyager came across Asia byway of Bering sea. RIGHTLY PROUD OF CITY Great Metropolis of New York Worthy Admiration Accorded It by All Americans. New York, ns the Incoming foreign er, full of prejudice, or doubt, or hope, and the returning American, crammed with guide book and catalogue culture, see It, or might see It, rises a vision, a mirage of the lower bay, the color by day more shimmering that Venice, by night more magnillcent than Lon don. In the morning the mountains of buildings hide themselves, to reveal themselves In the rosy steam clouds that chase each other across their hanks. When evening fades they are mighty cliffs glimmering with glisten ing lights In the magic and mystery of the night. As the steamer moves up the buy on the left the Great God dess greets you, a composition in color and form with the city beyond, finer than any In any world that ever ex isted. finer than Claude ever imagined, or Turner ever dreamed. Why did not Whistler see it? Piling up higher and higher right before you is New York. And what does it remind you of? San Gimigna no of the beautiful towers away off in Tuscany, only here are not eleven, but eleven limes eleven; not low, mean brick piles, but noble palaces crowned with gold, with green, with rose; and over them the waving, fluttering plume of steam, the emblem of New York. To the right, filmy and lacelike by day. are the great bridges; by night a pat tern of stars that Hiroshige never knew. You land in streets that are Flor ence glorified. You emerge In squares more noble than Seville, Golden stat ues are about you, triumphal arches make splendid frames for endless vistas; and it is ail new and un touched, all to be done, and save for the work of a few of us, and we are Americans, all undone. The Unbelievable City, the city that has been built since 1 grew up, the city beautiful, built by men 1 know, built for people 1 know. The city that inspires me, that I love. And ail Amer ica is like this, and—dll—or nearly all. unseen, unknown, untouched. —Joseph Pennell, in Scribner's Magazine. TO HAVE SUCCESS WITH PEAS Some Things About Their Planting and Care That the Amateur Gar dener Must Remember. Peas naturally require cool weather and are likely to do badly if planted after weather gets hot. They are about tire first seeds to go Into the ground. One peculiarity of peas is that they require to ho planted quite deep to do best. How far apart to run the rows depends on the kind of peas being grown. If the low growing varieties are to be grown they may be planted in rows not more than fifteen inches apart. The taller varieties may need to be planted thirty Inches apart. The low-grow ing varieties have never given the writer satisfaction and he will grow them no more. The medium sized vines will produce more peas and continue to produce longer, but they have to be "brushed,” that Is sustained with brush. In buying peas to grow for the use of the family do not select small ones like the Alaska. This variety Is a great one for the canneries, for they cater to the hotel and restaurant trade, which demand small peas, as they make a better show. Bungalow Not Always Cheapest Form. Contrary to the general Impression, a bungalow is not the cheapest form of house construction. Comfortable and attractive these dwellings un doubtedly are, when built under favor able conditions, but cheap? No! Quite the reverse. For to be entirely successful a bun galow must be low and rambling, cov ering a considerable plot of land and with plenty of ground on all sides. This necessitates a large building site, and a greater amount of cellar and roof than is required in the cottage type of house. On small lots, tightly crowded Into rows, bungalows become merely one story flat buildings, and as such are most uninteresting. Advertising German Cities. German cities have hit upon a new scheme for advertising themselves, it is in the form of a brief description of the city on the back of a regular mail ing envelope. Harry G. Seltzer, Ameri can consul at HresJau, Germany, re cently sent a sample to the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce at Washington. Publicity Avoided. 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