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struction will be well spent. AS shown,
the trough is twelve feet long, sixteen
inches WIDE. twenty-five inches high, ia
pered as shown. With the exception of the
Stats which are one-half inch thick and
two and one-half inches wide the trough
Is made of inch lumber. The sides. which
are nailed on the edge of the bottom are
six inches wide. The end pieces or legs
are three inches wide and extend six
inches below the bottom of the trough, as
shown. These legs are, of course. fastened
securely to the trough after the latter is
built and are Independent of the rack it
self. The rack is built by mailing the
Stats one foot apart on pieces three inches
wide and twelve feet long and are then
hinged to the sides of the trough so that
they rest in the edges of the trough when
closed. Two hinges or each side (strap
hinges of course) will be sufficient. AT
about the middle of the racks a bent hasp
is fastened so that when the racks are in
place they may be held so by turning the
hasp over the othe other side over a staple
and holding it in place with a bit of wood.
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let down and the trough thus filled from
either side.
How Oleomargarine Has Failed.
When the oleomargarine bill was before
ongress it was claimed by those who
fought against it that the attempt to tax
it was nothing more nor less than an ef-
fort 10 throttle a promising industry in the
interests of rmer Its defendants
claimed, on the other hand, that they had
no objection to the manufacture and sale
of oleomargarine as such, but decidedly
objected to its being colored in imitation
of butter without being labeled as an imi-
tation. To the credit of the national law
makers, be it said, the bill was passed
which provided that oleomargarine col
ored to initiate butter should be taxed at
10 cents a pound and when not colored at
one-fourth of 1 cent a pound. The just
ness of the law as passed is shown by the
report of the commissioner of internal rev.
enue to the effect that at the close of a
fiscal year after the law went into effect
no manufacturer or dealer had qualified,
as the law directed, to manufacture or
market colored oleomargarine and pay the
tax. This is conclusive evidence that the
claim made, while the bill was before con-
gress, that the consumer would rtSther
have oleomargarine than butter was false.
A few more victories like this and both
farmers and consumers will be on the road
to moderate prosperity; the one because
he obtains a fair price for his product,
the other because he is not, unknowingly,
filling his stomach with adulterated foods.
Care for the Trees.
The storms of winter are likely to make
trouble with trees in orchards and else
where SO 1t is a good plan to have a sup
ply of grating wax on hand to dress the
wounds to limbs which may result. Have
also a narrow blade but sharp saw SO that
the injured tree limb may be cut off and
lawn q cp,oofh .c1Jr,fa 10 to ha povara5 with
the healing wax. A good wax is made
by melting slowly in an iron kettle four
pounds OF rosin, two pounds of first class
tallow and one pound of beeswaX. When
melted and thoroughly mixed turn the
mass into a kettle of cold water. When
cool the mass may be pulled and stretched
in the same manner that candy is manipu-
lated. Oil the hands with sweet oil SO
that the mass will not stick to them. In
applying during the cold weather the wax
will be hard unless kept in rather warm
water and applied quickly with the hand.
The formula as given is for grating wax
to be used under ordinary conditions, but
an additional half pound of tallow should
be used for the wax to ba used during the
winter weather. The wounds of the trees
thus protected will heal over nicely and
the tree not be injured so greatly as it
would if the wounds were left exposed.
Does Summer Barn Feeding Pay?
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asked for Information regarding the grow
ing tendency in some sections to bran-feed
the COWS the year round. In some locali-
ties this plan has been found profitable,
but under normal conditions it is not like
ly to pay. If one is farming high price
land and help can be had both winter and
summer at fair prices, and the prices OBJ
tanned for milk and butter are good, then
barn feeding the year roundi is undoubtedly
profitable. Any dairyman will know what
the work involves without being told and
will realize that it is an entirely different
proposition from turning the COWS onto
a good permanent pasture for several
months with but one small feed of grain
daily. The feed for the winter is to be
grown as usual and enough more for sum-
mer as we'll to carry out the barn feeding
| plan, so thai the question is one each
dairyman must decide for himself upon the
conditions under which he is operating.
The Great Turkey Failure.
AS is generally known the demand for
high grade turkeys this winter exceeded
the supply and the city consumers nave
been wondering what the trouble with
farmers was Turkeys are not so easily
raised as chickens, perhaps, but by proper
care they can be raised If one has the
proper range for them. but the scarcity
was not due to any lack of skill in raising
the birds, but to carelessness in breeding
them. For some unaccountable reason
farmers who raise turkeys do not under
stand the necessity for keeping up the
vitality of the flock by the Introduction
of new blood. They understand this prin-
ciple in chicken raising better than they
did and are proiiting accordingly, but they
do not apply the same principle to turkeys.
Too much inbreeding was undoubtedly at
the bottom of the scarcity of turkeys this
winter, for where there should nave been
a dozen turks matched and raised there
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a turkey raiser and make selections for
the breeding pen from among the best
hens, then buy a new tom turkey to head
the flock; do this two years in successian
and a decided Improvement will be noticed.
Keeping Poultry Houses Clean.
There is more or less objection on the
part of some poultry keepers to removing
the drnNninpS from the no11ltr.,- ba..a.