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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-11
Pig Feeding in Canada.

Pig Feeding in Canada.
In relation to feeding pigs Prof. Shaw
of Cannda draws the following conclu-
sions:
1. That while (a) pigs fed for 1913
days on suitable meal ration and
housed in summer increase in weight at
a rate Of "a per cent, (b) pigs fed on
two-thirds the quantity Of the same
meal ration, the balance of the food be-
ing made up of green fodder cut and
mixed with the meal, increase at the
rate Of so per cent, and (c) pigs fed on
one-third the quantity Of the same meal
ration, the balance of the food being
made up Of green fodder cut and mixed
with the meal, increase at rate Of
only 1887 per cent, the labor of feeding
being also relatively greater where
green fodder is given.
2. That when the price Of food and
pork are the same as in this expert
ment, the gain from feeding pigs, as in
group 1, for 1923 days in summer will be
but 4.56 per cent on the first cost of the
animals, as in group 2 but 2.71 per cent,
and when fed in group 8 the loss will
be 81 per cent
3. That in pork making the questions
of market values and of the best season
to market are of great practical i'm
pertance.
4. Farmers should study to avoid
marketing their pork in the months of
October and November, when prices
are usually lower than at any other
season Of the year
5. That a ration of which the major
portion consists of green food, as in the
case Of that fed to the pigs in group 3,
will fail to bring them into marketable
condition.
6. That of the ration given to the
pigs in the three groups in this expert
ment, the meal ration fed to those in
group has proven in every way the
most satisfactory; hence,
z. II feeding bulky fodder along
with meal to pigs is any aid to diges-
ton, it must be given in a less proper
ton than that used in feeding the pigs
in group 2 in this experiment.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-11
Some AGRICULTURAL Points.

Tin milk pals are best.
Milk the COWS with dry hands.
Arrange for plenty Of pure water
Never change mixers when it can be
avoided.
Bran will balance fodder better than
corn meal as milk ration.
There is close relation between pure
water and fine, bookkeeping dairy
products.
Wedding out the poorest is the cheap
est way Of improving the record of
dairy herd.
When selecting a dairy COW, look out
for a hearty eater. She must eat il she
milks we'll.
The flesh which indicates fair thrift
also shows good feeding capacity with
out which no cow is worth much.
Commence this spring to improve
your stock by selling off the common
breeds and buying a few thorough
breds.
Keep the lambs in clean quarters and
give them clean food from clean
troughs. Then they will keep healthy
and thrive, but otherwise not.
Grass roots derive their nourishment
close to the surface. For that reason
a top dressing of good manure upon the
timothy field will be quickly productive
Of good results.
We cannot do much toward con-
trolling the prices Of agricultural prod
ucts. Consequently we should use every
effort to economic production, as
thereby we may add to the profit.
Make up your mind this year that
your corn fodder is Il valuable crop,
and that you will take as good care Of
it as Of the grain. In this way you can
make corn-growing pay better than it
has in the past.
A soil well prepared prior to planting,
sound seed, clean and level culture
these are the things that bring good
potato crops. Where all these are OBJ
served-and the bugs kept of-there is
not often a serious failure.
The expenses attending upon market
ing farm products often seriously di-
minish the profits. Good roads and
good teams would help to remedy this,
and often farmers could work together
to advantage in hauling and shipping
their crops.
Keep well in mind the fact that by
increasing the yield per acre you lessen
the cost of production. You do not
have to double the crop to double the
profit, as is the case where you double
the amount of the land in order to ac-
complish the same result.
It is waste of time and money to
fertilize heavily or to cultivate thor
oughly land whose first and greatest
need is drainage. Apply your time and
money to remedy that and it will bring
the best return. The intensive cultiva-
ton may then follow to advantage.
A permanent pasture is an essential
toward successful stock growing. This
cannot be secured by any hap-hazard
method, but is the result only of
definite care and foresight. A rough
field covered with weeds and thiStles
does not constitute good pasture.
The ewes should now have some sue
culent food regularly If you have
neither roots or good ensilage, bran will
be the best substitute. Hay and grain
alone are apt to produce costiyeness,
which is especially to be avoided.
Farmers everywhere just now are
anxious to grow more hogs. We all
know what the result of this will be.
A few wise men are giving instead re-
newed efforts toward producing good
sheep and cattle They are working in
the right direction. e
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-11
The Best Is Cheapest.

I know a farmer who formerly Kept
common stock Of all kinds, says writer
in Q. j. Farmer. His cattle, grazers
and feeders numbered GO or more and
he kept fully 100 hogs. He mad, includ-
ing brood mares, about 20 horses also.
His cattle were fed till 4S months old,
requiring two acres of pasture for each
steer during three years Of that time
and two acres more to grow corn and
fodder for winter feeding. One mans
labor was required throughout the year
to care for the cattle ana hogs. A
half acre a year was required to furnish
grain and grazing for each hog in addi-
ton to the droppings from the cattle.
Thus they were brought to maturity
at 10 months old. 1t required 400
acre farm, and three hired men during
most Of the year to carry his stock.
He now operates 1G0-acre farm, keeps
less than half as many animals and
but one hired man, except for four
months while blowing and harvesting.
He sells his cattle when about -
months old and his hogs at 8 months,
usually The weights of his hogs and
cattle at selling time were nearly equal
to those which he formerly kept. The
prices received are usually ST or more
per hundred higher. His horses sell
for one-fourth more even at the pres
ent low prices, than he formerly re-
ceived The secret of it all is, improved
farming and improved stock. The sires
are regardd as half the herd in breed
ing, and are carefully selected.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-11
A Serious EVIL.

There is a serious and growing evil
in this country, says John Gould, in
Practical Farmer, that is charged to the
dairymen, and yet is as distinct from
dairying, and to be blamed as little
upon them, as the butterine business
and that is the making of filled cheese.
| A filled cheese is nothing more or less
than a cheese made with pure skim
milk and in place Of the natural butter
fats, substituting for them, some kind
Of neutral oil, and bears the same
relation to a prime cheese as butterine
does to pure COW butter, as butterine is
one-fourth good butter and three
fourths animal fats. The effect is the
same in either case, for both are thrust
upon the market as genuine, and the
profits of the sale depends largely upon
how perfect this deception can be car
ried out While the dairymen are up
in arms about fraud butter, little is
said about filled cheese, something in
its way not whit behind the other
in its damaging effects upon the sale Of
good dairy produce. There is work
of reform for the farmers to take up
in regard to this, and while one may
plead for better cows cheaper feed
and finer produce, so long as dairymen
will sell milk to these filled cheese con-
Germs, or join in what they call better
return in money for their milk, the time
will soon come when disaster will over
take this whole filled business, and then
by the hard logic of events, the reac-
ton must be met, and the path of hon
| cSfv token
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-11

The man or woman who is probably EN-.
ployed is generally happy. II you are not
your proper work. We earnestly urge all
such persons to write to B. F. johnson &
Co.. Richmond. Va, and they can show you
q work in which you can be happily and
proftably employed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-11
A Jersey Breeders Views.


If butter cows are desired and we
have only native cows to begin with,
the best sire is Jersey bull. For best
results select cows with large stomachs
and giving good flow Of milk Let
the sire be five years old and one whose
heifers have proved him a good butter
bull; feed the calves well and at any
time after the heifers are six months
old breed them to a mature Jersey
proved liked the first one. would keep
this up. A milk cows business is to
give good milk, and, like the trotting
horse, the earlier in life she gets at it,
if properly fed and cared for, the bet
ter.
A COW consumes about per cent Of
her live weight daily to support life
and repair waste. If large COW will,
when not used for the dairy, make
enough more beef than small one
that makes the same amount of butter
to pay for the great amount of fodder
during the years she is kepe as dairy
COW, she is just as good. But this is not
usually the case; small Jersey that
produces just as much or more butter
fat than larger COW is by far the
most economical.
Breed your heifers SO as to have
them come into milking when eighteen
or twenty months old and when the
pastures are fresh and green.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-11

Horticulturists tell us that the orange was
originally pear-shaped berry about the
size Of n common wild cherry. Its evolu-
tiyatiOn,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-11
yyorld.s Columbian Exposition

VIII be of value to the world by illustrating
the Improvements in the mechanical arts
and eminent physicians will tell you that
the progress in medicinal agents has been OF
equal Importance, and as strengthening
laxative that Syrup Of Figs is far in adj
vance Of all others.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-11
Arricu1ture I'm Australia.


South Australian statistics, for 1892,
show that there were 2,533,0OO acres
of land under cultivation, against 1885,
600 acres in 1891. The area under
wheat was 1,552, 900 acres, as compared
with 1,674,OOO acres year before,
while the harvest was 6,4S6,O 900 bush
els, as against 100000 bushels, de-
crease of 80 per cent. The area cut for
hay was 3O4, 600 acres as against 345,-
600 in 1891 There are 1890 acres,
with 7,177,OOO vines planted thereon,
an increase of nearly 5000 acres and
/, 500, 600 vines during the year. There
are 1S6, 900 horses in the colony, $780,
600 horned cattle, 7546,O0O sheep, 3d.
900 hogs and ], 600, OOO fowls. The wool
export was 81, Sc, 900 pounds, valued
at $S,1O0,OOO. During the current sea-
son Of 1892 and 1893, South Australia
has been extremely favored, both as to
and moisture; and all crops
promise heavy yields. By cable It is
learned TINT the wheat harvest has
been Immense, and there will be large
quantity for export.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-11

Indian bones in large quantities are being
uueartheu at Milton, Ind.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-11
August
Flower

lam ready to testify under oath
that if it had not been for August
Flower I should have died before
this. Eight years ago 1 was taken
sick, and suffered as no one but
a dyspeptic can. l employed three
OF our best doctors and received
no benefit. They told me that had
heart, kidney, and liver trouble.
Everything I ate distressed ME SO
that 1 had to throw it up. August
Flower cured me. There is no med
icine equal to it." LORENZO F.
SLEEPER, Appleton, Maine. q
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-11
MEND YOUR OWN HARNESS
WITH
III THoMsoR's 3
SLOTTED 8zzA !
CLlNCH RIVETS.

No tools required. Only hammer needed
to drive and clinch them easily and quickly;
leaving the clinch absolutely smooth Requiring
Riyets They are STRONG, TOUGH and DURABLE.
Millions now in use. All lengths, uniform or
assorted put up in boxes.
Ask your dealer for them. or send DOC
in stamps for box of 100; assorted sizes.
EANUFAcTHs-., BY
JUDSON L. THOMSON MFG. CO..
]
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-11
HOODS
SarsapariIIa
CUR IS

1876 pounds, now balance the scales at l'o
pounds. Hoods Sarsaparilla has been great
benefit to me and have recommended 1t TO
friends who realize good results by its use
GEO W. TWIST, Coloma WauShara Co., Wis.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1893-05-11
All Run Down
Pulling Case-Hov
Health was Restored

Gained from 1875 to l76 Pounds.
"A few years ago my health failed me. and 1
consulted several physicians Not one could
clearly diagnose my case and their medicine
failed to give relief After much persuasion I
commenced to take Hoods Sarsaparilla. Have
taken several bottles and am much improved.
From an all run down condition l have been
restored to good health Formerly Weighed
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-12
English as Written in Japan.

A Toxic correspondent gives some
amusing specimens of English as it is
written by the japanese Among them
are these. from library company's
rules: The Profession of our Com
pany is supplying the all Japanese
Classical and Modern Books or Chinese
aud English language Books to Readers
for receiving duly Lending Price,
The object of our library is for the
Reader who desired to Read many
book at one time for searching useful
matter Therefore all book which is
ready in our Company. is permit to
read; but the prevailing Book at present
Is wished for Reader to be lend from
the proccdeur ut Sending" WHO has
read the book of our Company, above
Three month he the Polish way of the
reading. Thought of our Company will
send the Signature OF Special aud may
he lend by paving Lending Price that
mil eating LILO OF it,"
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-12
NUTS That CAN DANCE.
They Grow In Old Mexico and Are Moved
By an Insect Inside.

A remarkable curiosity is nut
which grows n Hermosillo. Sonora.
Old Mexico. Il i called the agez del
diablo, which means the nut of the
devil. Saturday afternoon Mai Davis,
who is just now holding down Col.
BARRIERS chair az adjutant general in
the department Of Dakota. was sitting
in his easy chair conte mplating half
dozen of the meats Of these nuts, which
had just been sent north By an officer
Of the regular army who is now in
Mexico. The nuts were dancing about
IN very mysterious way. and a
Pioneer Press man and several others
who were watching the strange per-
Torrance were completely mystited.
I'll not tell you what is the matter
with these nuts" said the major. I'm
not going to give away my trick.
When man learns good sleight-of-
hand performance is ne going to give
it away for nothing? 1 guess not"
The nuts continued to dance, and
Lieut. Sturgis. who was as much in
the dark as the reporter. began a crit
ical examination of the crazy objects
supposed to be inanimate
"Oh, yes, think have the trick. 3"
said the lieutenant. There is some
thing alive in these nuts. There is a
strange throbbing in them"
The reporter picked up one of the
nuts. and surely enough there was a
very peculiar throbbing sensation in
it. The major was so thoroughly
amused by this time that he could no
longer withhold the secret. Ii seems
that worm is born on the inside of
the meat of this nut and that it lives
there for some weeks and dies without
seeing the light of day. The worm
eats out the inside of the meat. then
becomes FESTIVE and moves about q
great deal. 1t is in this period that
the nuts become apparently animate.
The moving of the worm causes the
nut to turn about.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-12
Trimming Lamp Wicks.

The proper trimming Of the wick IS
an important point and one which
very many people do not understand.
II IS not necessary nor desirable to cut
of al that portion Of the wick which
has been discOlore1 b. the action Of
the blaze. a little investigation viii
show the operator that the fibre has
for certain distance been burned out,
consumed and reduced TO a mass Of
oily ash. which simply preserves the
form Of the old body. but has no longer
any power Of cohesion or Of usefulness.
II will still burn. because Of the oil
which ii contains. but only in an i'm
perfect manner. The blades Of the
scissors will pass through this mass
without any appreciate resistance.
and this is the portion which should
be removed. Finding the point at
which the firm quality Of fibre ceases.
let the wick be cut of there evenly.
squarely and smoothly. This will be
very easily done by cutting along the
edge Of the metal tube. which will
guide the scissors; the latter in this
case will not require keen edge. and
yet will leave no protruding hbres or
prominent corners to give a one-sided
and smoking flame. There is no dam
ger Of smoking lamp when the wick
Is trimmed in this way, provided the
burner is in good working order.
There are times when the supply of
lamp wicks. especially for homes that
are remotely located. will run out and
a temporary substitute is required.
For this purpose very good wick is
made by taking Canton flannel three
times the width required. folding it
over carefully and oyercasting the
edges. This makes a very good wick;
but care should be taken to have the
width as exact as possible. and il ne
cessary, on account Of The thinness Of
the material or from other causes, adj
ditional thicknesses of the flannel may
be employed, in order to get the best
possible fit Of the wick to the tube. -
Good HouSekeepiag.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-12
Surprising Temperatures.

When Mr.. Whymper visited the
summit of Cotopaxi he pitched his ten t
for the night on the slope of the ashy
cone, about two hundred and fifty feet
from the rim of the crater With a
great amount of labor he and his men
made a level platform of the ashes
large enough to hold the tent, which
they made fast as best they could.
1--WE had scarcely completed our
preparations, he said, when vio-
lent squall arose. which threatened to
carry away the whole establishment,
but the wind subsidized as suddenly as
it had risen. Meanwhile. however,
another cause for alarm presented it,
self,
a great smell of india-rubber began
to declare itself, and on putting my
hand on the floor on the side nearest
the crater | found that it was on the
point of melting. On placing max
lmum thermometer on the floor it rose
until it indicated 10 degrees Fahren-
heit
AS my feet did not feel at all warm
tried the temperature on the other
side of the tent and found it only 80
degrees, In the middle of the tent it
was 72.5 degrees. These temperatures
were maintained during our stay.
Outside the tent the air was in
tensely cold, even in the daytime, and
at night the mercury dropped to Is
degrees Fahrenheit" - Youths Conn
pu9tOH.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-12
Settled With a Whack.

On one of the late boats from Bay
Ridge recently says the n. Y. Com
merctl AdUsrtiSer, was a well-dressed
man and woman who sat side by side
on the deck talking earnestly.
When the boat was about west of
Governors island the man said in .
loud voice:
Il say it was and that settles it,"
"Oh, well. it does not. said his COM
panion, rising from her seat and bring
ing parasol down on his head with a
bang; "but that does"
Evidently it did. for the man jumped
from his seat and quickly put the
length Of the boat between the parasol
and his head, which. by the way. was
bald on top and bled little from the
blow.
To IA few men who gathered around
him with inquiring faces as he mop
ped his Uranium, he said:
Its all right, gentlemen-all right.
She's my wife. We had little dis
cussion about some music we heard at
the beach. thought | knew more
about it than she did. but | find out
that | didn't.
The pair left the boat arm in arm
ten minutes later.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1893-04-12
FOUR AMERICAN nUnxlEs.
The Remains of -Four Toltees Who Dled
500 Years Ago in Mexico.

The best and rarest of the curiosl-
ties al the California State Mining Bu-
reau's museum are to be on exhibition
at the Mechanics fair. and among
them are many things which have
been seen by comparatively few. Some
valuable new features are also to De
included. according to the san Fran
cisco Examiner
There il the American mummy fam
lily. surprising in interest the Egyptian
mummie.. because the bodies them
selves, in remarkable preservation. are
shown. and the beholder doesn't have
to exercise his Imagination on discol-
ored cloth and painted wood. ne
American mummies are 1oltees, the
race that preceded the Aztecs and
once inhabited Mexico, and. as
near as can he scientifically calcu-
lated, they died 400 years before Co
lumbus discovered the land in which
thew were buried. The family con-
sists of four. man, woman and two
children. All will be shown in the
sitting pastures exactly as they were
found.
The bodies were discovered in
cave high up in the mountains OF New
Mexico. about POO miles from Demlng.
They had been placed there fully so
years ago. probably for protection
against some enemy, and the entrance
to the cave had been sealed with sum
dried adobe bricks and natural rocks,
cemented together with adobe plaster.
The mummiied bodies of the male and
female we're found seated side by side.
faced toward the east, as was the an
cient burial custom. A 7-year old boy
was at the right of the father. and
girl of probably 2 years was at the
left of the mother. No embalming
process had been used, and the petriii-
cation process was entirely due to the
drying action in that high and air.
tight cave. The skeletons are wonder
fully well preserved and the muscles,
nerves and tendons, with the various
internal organs, all remain. The skin
of the faces may even be seen, and on
the head of the woman is yet her
splendid growth of fine dark brown
hair. The clothing remains, though
not intact. The mans garment was
of some rough material that looked
like dried grass plated The woman
was dressed in woven cloth. and. true
to her sex, she had the larger child
clad in finer fabric. while about the
baby was robe of fur. Eight centu-
ries have passed and the Toltecs are
going to the mechanics fair.