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LIVE STOCK CURING DISTEMPER. How This Infectious Disease Should Be Dealt With. Distemper is an infectious disease and can be prevented if the quarters arc kept free from the infection. Wash ing the trough with soft soap suds or carbolic acid solution twice each month, whitewashing the stall at least once each month and occasionally scrubbing the tioors of the stalls are measures which will generally prevent an outbreak. In addition to this the animal should have an abundance of exercise and pure air. It is known that an animal which la allowed the run of a pasture is not so liable to the dis ease as one which is confined to the stalls in a poorly ventilated barn. Jf the disease is light, it need not be | the cause of any particular alarm, as Bandaging the Throat. it will be a benefit rather than a detri iment. Colts which have it are general ly immune thereafter. If there is a serious outbreak, the best remedy is to apply salve or poultices to the affected parts. One of the best salve mixtures is olive oil, four parts and acetic acid, one part. Bathe the swollen parts freely twice each day with this mix ture. As a poultice, nothing is better than hot bran, using about a half gal lon of the bran for each horse. To this should bo added two tablespoonfuls of the following mixture: Neatsfoot oil. one quart; spirits of camphor, eight ounces; pulverized mustard, six 'ounces. The illustration accompanying this article shows how the bandage should bo fastened on the head. Take a com mon'grain sack and cut the ends into four strips, but leave the middle of the sack whole. Place the poultice on a white cloth under the swollen part, then under it place the whole part of the sack, say 3 Journal of Agriculture. Securely new the ends of the strips together over tte top of the head, allowing one band to rest in front of the eyes, another } between the eyes and ears and the remaining two over the neck back of the ears. One-fourth of a pint of Glauber salts may be administered twice each day in the soft feed. If there is a great deal of fever, give a half teaspoonful of iodide of potash once each day in the food. GENERAL PURPOSE HORSE. Best Results Obtained from Medium Weight Animals. I get the best results from horses weighing 1,200 to 1,300 pounds, writes a farmer in Orange Judd Farmer. These horses are used for general pur poses. They must have good action, be compactly built, something on the old Morgan type, but a little larger. Such horses are large enough to haul a reasonable load and can do a good day’s work on the average farm. They are useful on the road for light work. The most useful horses for my gen eral work are good, snappy crea tures. I have but little trouble in breaking our colls, as we treat them kindly, handling them considerably while they are young. We never have any trou ble with them when they are old enough to break. I believe in giving good care to colts as well as work horses. In my experience, a horse not \ properly cared for as a colt does not 1 develop as early as one that receives proper attention. Horses should also be housed In bad weather. I believe In giving plenty of good, wholesome lood. Horses should have special at tention, and the man who succeeds is Ihe one who keeps a close eye on the individuals. Individual Hog Houses. The folly of keeping a large num ber of hogs in a small inclosure is shown by the unusual fatality this season. The old notion that hogs could take most any sort of treatment has been responsible for heavy losses this season. Hogs aro subject to colds and lung troubles. Whenever we permit them to crowd Into tight sheds, in large numbers, we are invit ing such calamity. The sensible way to house either hogs or the breeding sows, is to build small houses and Bcatter them about the fields. With farrowing sows, each one should be provided with an individual house, but with the other hogs six or eight can bunk in one of these houses very nicely. Build a half-dozen or more and try them. Don’t Crowd the Sheep. Those who keep sheep, and espe cially beginners, should be careful not lo house them too closely. The chief protection that the mature sheep wants is from winds and falling utorrns. Give them such protection and a dry bed and from choice they will usually prefer to lie in the yard, unless they have been accustomed to * lie within by shutting Ihetd in at I4NM. PIG KATIONS AND RESULTS. What Hat Been Determined by Exper iments in Connecticut. The Storrs agricultural experiment station of Connecticut gives in bul letin 43 the following conclusions on pig feeding rations: The pig among farm animals is noted for his great capacity for as similation. But with the animal the economy of gain is greatly affected by the character of the ration. One lot of three pigs required 2,730 pounds of skim milk containing 230 digestible nutrients for 100 pounds of gain. Eight lots, of 28 pigs required I.OSG pounds of skim milk and 253 of shorts, containing 258 pounds of di gestible nutrients, for 100 pounds of gain. And one lot of three pigs re quired 445 pounds of shorts contain ing 294 pounds of* digestible nutrients for 100 pounds of gain. Milk is an easily digestible food. Whan fed alone in the above trials, 100 pounds of gain were made from the least amount (230 pounds) of di gestible nutrients. When shorts were substituted for a portion of skim milk, more nutrients (258 pounds) were re quired for 100 pounds gain in weight. When shorts were fed alone the most nutrients (294 pounds) were re quired for the same gain. The reader should bear in mind that the financial problem is not here considered. It is admitted that while skim milk is easily digested, it is too bulky in character. The capacity of the pig to digest and assimilate is greater than its capacity to consume this watery fluid. At ordinary mar ket prices, a pound of digestible nutri ents would cost twice as much in skim milk as in shorts. Experience shows that from a financial standpoint, the most economical gains are made when skim milk and grain are fed in the proportion of three-fourths to one. But the trials show, from a physiological standpoint, that less nutrients are re quired for a given gain when the ra tion consists of easily digested foods. The conclusion seems warranted that the food requirements for maintenance and for production (milk or growth) depends not only upon the composition and digestibility of a ration but also upon the facility with which it is di gested and assimilated. BOX FOR RINGING HOGS. Device Which Will Hold Them Secure ly Down During Operation. Herewith I submit a sketch of a hog ringing box which I have found to be vqry successful, writes a correspond ed of Prairie Farmer. ACA represents The Box Complete. the end of the box. four feet long, 28 Inches wide and 3G inches high with the boards nailed on the inside. Two by-fours make the frame, being bolt ed together, EE are pieces Ixß bolted to B, which has several holes so that EE can be changed to suit the size of the hog when necessary. Fis a rod 18 inches long and attached by a bolt to the upper end of D and E.G. is a rod bolted to each side of the lower end of D and the upper portion of E. H is h piece of iron eight Inches long, made to work in the notches at I which are protected by properly made iron attached to the right end of CC and Iv are two pieces with a space between for EE to work in as illustrated In the cut. Lls a brace to hold the upper works firm to the box. The cut shows the box ready for the hog to enter from the rear and be held by EE. As soon as the rings have been inserted the clamp may be released and the hog allowed to go. The operator is then ready for the next one. This box should have guide fences at the rear, so the hogs can be driven in with as little ex citement as possible. STOCK NOTES. Broken colts are less valuable than trained ones. Note the difference. It is not what horses are worth now. but what they are likely to bo worth four years from now that should regulate the number of colts to ho raised next year. It is almost impossible to destroy hen lice when they once get a start on the horse. Horses should not be quartered near a hen house, nor should chickens be allowed to roost near the horse’s stall. It has been said that there is not a section of the country where a leguminous crop cannot be raised or where a domestic animal cannot bo kept to eat the legume. The live i-tock belt is as wide and long as the nation. There is one horse to each family in the United States. In other words, there are enough horses in the na tion. if each one wero hitched to a double seated surry and five people were put in each surry, to haul the population o! the country. CALLS METHUSELAH NOT SO OLD Prof. Starr Thinks He Lived No Long er Than Fernando Jones. Chicago.—Prof. Frederick Starr Is ot che opinion that Fernando Jones is old er than Methuselah. Not that he believes the oldest local inhabitant to be more than 900 years old —oh, no! But h* refuses to ac cept the word of Holy Writ in regard to the age of the traditionally oldest man, and asserts that his life prob ably was shorter than the lives of modern and up-to-date people, who rarely pass the century mark. This shattering of another idol was essayed by Prof. Starr while holding forth to his class in anthropology at the University of Chicago. Wishing to test his students’ fund of general Information, ho suddenly propounded the question: “How old was Methuselah?” A great, blank silence prevailed among the GO embryo scholars, and the professor gloated over their dis comfiture. Then he condescended to inform them that Methuselah was 9G9 years old, and that they had better go home and read their Bibles. “But,” he continued, “it is not at all probable that Methuselah ever lived to such an extreme old age. It is also doubtful if Saul, David and Solomon ever reigned 40 years each, as the Bible declares. Men lived no longer in biblical times than they do to-day. In fact, I believe the average oi longevity Is higher to-day tltfm it ever has been in the history of tffe human race.” And then, after ruining poor old Me thuselah’s reputation, Prof. Starr turned to a discussion of the idiosyn crasies of the Iroquois verb. TO SEE EUROPE WITH SAVINGS. Trolley Conductor and Wife Will En joy Results of Economy. Kansas City, Mo.—A six months’ tour of Europe Is the purpose of Charles M. Kelly, 11 years a conductor on the Fifth street division of the Metropolitant Street Railway com pany, and Mrs. Kelly. “My wife and I have planned this trip since we were married six years ago,” said Mr. Kelly. “What I have saved as a conductor will be enough to pay our expense.*!.” The Kellys own their own home, a pretty two-story frame cottage. They intend to spend $3,000 on their trip. "I have a six months’ leave of ab sence from my work,” Kelly said. “We intend to stay the limit, too. Such a chance comes only once in a life time for men like myself. Glad? Why, my boy, I haven’t slept well for months. I’ve lain awake nights plan ning this trip. So has Mrs. Kelly.” The Kellys will sail from New York on a Hamburg-Amerlcan liner The first stop will be Naples. After Italy will come Switzerland, then Germany, with a trip down the Rhine to Cologne. The Netherlands and Belgium are next on the schedule. Then comes Paris and later London. "What will you do when you re turn ?” "Take up my old position as con ductor on the Fifth street line. I’ll report for duty the second day I ar rive in the city." DEFINES AUTOS’ ROAD RIGHTS. lowa Supreme Court Requires Reason able Regard for Others. Dos Moines, la. —The law of tln roads as to automobiles has been enunciated for the first time by the supreme court of lowa. The owners of automobiles have the same rights in the road and on streets as the drivers of horses or persons riding bi cycles or traveling L'V some other ve hicle. But they aro to use this means of locomotion with due regard for the rights of others having occasion to travel on the highways. In the case before the court IT. M. Cramer ran his car lip 'o a blacksmith shop before which was hitched a team belonging to Hugh House and stopped his machine, but did not stop the sparker. The rroment he stopped the machine the House horses reared up, broke away an£ ran. House sued for damages and recovered. The su promo court says that no case was made for the jury and reversed the judgment of the letter court. It de cides that Cramer had a right to be there, that he did not display negli gence, and that 0* fair recovery is possible. BUY ARMY MULES BY POUND. Figures Show PritflSs of Government Animals Are Rising. Washington.—lncreased difficulty is .being experienced fn obtaining horses and mules for tho army. Bids which have just been opened show that prices generally have increased. For tho cavalry 725 horses are to be bought at an average price of $175 each. The artillery corps is to buy nearly 350, for which s2ll is the aver age price. Army mules heavy enough to do draft work bring sllß each, and nearly 300 of these have been con tracted for. Lead mules, somewhat lighter In weight, bring SIGB, and pack mules, still lighter, sl3l. The quar termaster's department says that army mules are bought practically by the pound. An experiment is being made at Fort Riley, Kansas, in buying yearly a small number of pedigreed colts and putting them through a course of training for the cavalry service. This experiment has proved beneficial and 3G of these blooded horses havo just been purchased. ' A WONDERFUL GAIN. A Utah Pioneer Tells a Remarkable Story. J. W. Browning, 1011 22d St., Ogden. Utah, a pioneer who crossed the plains in 184 S, says: “Five years ago the doctors said I had diabetes. My kid neys were all out of order, I had to rise often at night, looked sallow, felt dull and listless and had lost 40 pounds. My back ached and I had spells of rheumatism and dizziness. Doan's Kidney Pills relieved me of these troubles and have kept me well for a year past. Though 75 years old, I am in good health.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. ALMOST FELT ENVY PANGS. Great Cricketer’s Simple Tribute to His Own Worth. In 1885 there was a great celebra tion in London in honor of Dr. Sam uel Johnson, and among those in at tendance was the Australian “crack” cricketer, Bonner, then at the height of his fame. As one of the guests, says the com piler of the recently published “Let ters” of the late Dr. George Birkbeck Hill, Bonner’s health was proposed. His response was noteworthy. “After seeing the way in which Dr. Johnson's memory is revered,” he said, with great simplicity, "I am not sure that I would not rather havo been such a man than have gained my own greatest triumphs in cricket/”*— Youth's Companion. SORES AS BIG AS PENNIES. Whole Head and Neck Covered —Hair All Came Out—Cured in Three Weeks by Cuticurn. “After having the measles my whole head and neck were covered with scaly sores about as large as a penny. They were just as thick as they could be. My hair all came out. I let the trou ble run along, taking the doctor’s blood remedies and rubbing on salve, but it did not seem to get any better. It stayed that way for about six months; then 1 got a set of the Cuticura Rem edies, and in about a week I noticed a big difference, and in three weeks it was well entirely and I have not had the trouble any more, and as this was seven years ago, 1 consider myself cured. Mrs. Henry Porter, Albion, Neb., Aug. 25, 1906.” Piety. Tn a recent number of a German magazine .a writer offers a variant of the tale lately published In a book of children's true sayings, which relates how two small girls tried to sit on one stool, and one of them remarked: "If one of us was to get off the stool, there would be more room for me.” The Teutonic version tells how a Ger man sat by the bedside of his dying wife and murmured piously: "If it pleases the good God to take one of us, I shall go to Berlin.” Fine-Looking Royal Couple. The king and queen of Denmark are indeed a regal-looking couple King Frederick is a giant in stature while his consort is the tallest rova woman in Europe. She is also th« richest, having inherited a great dea of property from her father, the lat< King Charles of Sweden, besides th« immense fortune of her mother, whe was one of the richest heiresses of th« nineteenth century, ller majesty li deeply religious. Famous Moslem Bell. On tho watch tower of the Vela, at the Alhambra, Spain, there is a silver toned bell which the Moslems used to ring as a signal to let on tho water In the gardens and the fountain in tho city below. Its sound can be heard it Llga, 30 miles away. Tho maiden who strikes it to-day is sure of a hus band before the year is out, and of a good one if she rings loud enough. On certain fete days it is lively for the bell. CHILDREN SHOWED IT Effect of Their Warm Drink in the Morning. “A year ago I was a wreck from coffee drinking and was on the point Df giving up my position in the school room because of nervousness. “I was telling a friend about it and she said, ’Wo drink nothing at meal time but Postum Food CoiTee, and it is such a comfort to have something we can enjoy drinking with the children.’ "I was astonished that she would al low the children to drink any kind of coffee, but she said Postum was the most healthful drink in the world for children as well as for older ones, and that the condition of both the children and adults showed that to be a fact. "My first trial was a failure. The cook boiled It four or five minutes and It tasted so fiat that I was In despair but determined to give it one more trial. This time we followed the di rections and boiled it fifteen minutes after the boiling began. It was a de cided success and I was completely won by Its rich delicious flavour. In a short time I noticed a decided Im provement In my condition and kept growing better and better month after month, until now I am perfectly healthy, and do my work in the school room with ease and pleasure. I would not return to the nerve-destroying reg ular coffee for any money." "There’s a Reason.” Read the fa mous little “Health Classic,” “The t Road to Well vllle,” in pkgs. Monopolizing Them. Miss Passay—Many young girls nowadays are positively awful. The idea of one being engaged to two young men at the same time. It’s sim ply shameful! Miss Pert (maliciously)—And it’s aggravating, too, isn't it? Catarrh Cannot Be Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach i tho scat of the disease. Catarrh Is n blood or constl- I tutloual <1 Incase, mul In order locure U you must take \ Internal remedies. Hull's Catarrh enrols taken In- ! ternnlly.and acts directly on tho blood and luucoua I surfaces. Hull's Catarrh Cure Is not a quack medi cine. 1 1 was prescribed by one of the host physicians In this country for years nnd Is a regular prescription. It Is composed of the best tonics known, combined wl/.i the best blood purl tiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination or tho two IntrredleniH Is what produces such wonderful re sults In curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. 1\ .1. CHENEY A CO., Props., Toledo, O. Bold by Druggists, price 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Outspoken Criticism. Somewhat outspoken is the Penang Gazette. It remarked recently: “Never has there been in the world's history such a flabby, herring-gutted parody of an administration as that which is feebly trying to control tho destiny of the British empire to-day.” , Important to Mothers. Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORTA, i a safe nnd sure remedy for infanta and children, I • nil hpi* t hut it and ecu that it In Uao For Over 30 Years. 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It Is the best medicine 1 ever took." 1 positivel^mTeals^C - * /SORE SHOULDERS\ I HORSES MULES 1 ■ IT HE ALS THEM ANYWAY ■ B IN HANNCBS, UNDIR SADDLE OR IDL> ■ B ir nor loio i> iouh in. *i *iu uao <Og B \ free / Rut up In 20c. SOc and *l.OO Cana M % MONEY BACK IF IT FAILS M RemcdvCo.X MINN.^ |% M TrUTP *•«•»■ X. CaUaiaa. Patent Attar- H#l I kN I V «.o>. WK-liiniiton. I* C. At .* ; | M I fall ■ freo. Turin, low. J1 label rut. W. N. Ll. DENVER, NO. 23, 1907.