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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05

Ralph Stuart brings his romantic Rus
sim drama by Right Of Sword TO the
Fourteenth Street Theatre tomorrow.
The hero by that right is young Ameri-
can who has come 70 Moscow in search
Of excitement Development Of the play
shows that he finds it. Mr.. Stuart plays
the hero and has a competent company to
assist him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05

The public continues to like .The Little
Minister 40 much that Maude Adams Is
not allowed to part with 1t. Her new play,
"op O. Me Thumb, to be produced at the
Empire tomorrow night, is a curtain raiser
TO Mr. Barrie's comedy. 1t was written
by Frederick Fem and Richard Pryoe.
1t ia a character play. Miss Adams will
create in it the role OF n London drudge who
after escaping from q workhouse, obtains
employment in a laundry and there encoun-
tens such romance as the reading OF cheap
sensational novels has prepared her for.
The curtain rises at $40 o'clock
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05

Burlesque twice a day at the Dewey.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05

jefferson DeAngelis in 'FantAna' wiz
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05

At Hammerstein's Victoria the pro-
gramme includes John r. Kelly. late Of
Weber d Fields'S; the siI Musical Cuttya,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05

Ward and Vobes begin a short engage
ment at the New Star Theatre tomorrow
In their lively musical farce A Pair Of
Pinks" In this piece they travesty two
Pinkerton detectives and present a few
novel ideas for a comfortable jail.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05

Frank Gardiner and Lottie Vincent pre-
sent the comedy, Winning a Queen at
Tony Pastors theatre this week Moore
and Mrtlefeld are giving their comedietta.
Change Your Act. there too. Some Of the
other entertainers are Maddox and Prouty.
Libby and Trayer, in n comedy. "A Writing
lesson; Pauline Moran. Hoyt and Waller
laugh looseners. and the Saville Sisters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05

Agathe Barsescu will be seen at the Irving
Place Theatre tomorrow night for the
last time in Gullparzer's tragedy 'Medea, '
On Wednesday che will again appear in
"Gyges ind seiu Ring and on Friday she
will sa Y farewell to New York in a revival Of
Eva" The farce die Liebes chule' will
be played on Tuesday and on Thursday
and for the Saturday matinee and In the
evening the German original Of Mr.. Gill
lettcs comedy. All the Comforts of Home.
Maxim Gorky's sNachtaryl' is being re-
hearsed for the following week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05

Lillian Russell win give the hftieth per
Torrance Of Lady Teazle- at the Casino
next Wednesday evening. and the women
present viii receive silver spoons with her
picture in the bowls a. souvenirs. The
end # her engagement here comes on
Feb. rs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-05

The Star Theatre has the Thoroughbred
Burlesquers in the farce Looking for
Duke. and vaudeville into tho bargain. A
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16
Care of Breeding swine.

The foundation on which to build up
successful breeding animal is ample
range, affording an abundance of exer-
else, and rather narrow ration, says
George NJ. Rommel, bureau of animal
industry. Growth should be continuous
and feed plentiful. The pigs should not
be given range so large and so little
feed that they will develop nothing but
bone; neither should they have so much
to eat that they will become indolent
and refuse to take the exercise required
to develop necessary bone and muscle
Exercise will strengthen the si1ews and
develop strong muscles, as well as firm
joints and strong legs, while a well
filled stomach will nourish these, and
from this management we may expect
sow that will be strong, thrifty and
good breeder, and boar that will do
good work in the herd without breaking
down in any respect before he should
gifts should not be served before the
age Of eight months, bringing the first
litter at twelve months This gives
sufficient time for the development of
the reproductive organs.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16

DIR. Salmon. chief of the bureau Of
animal industry at Washington, says
that the government hopes to soon es-
tablish an experiment station for the
production of mutton sheep and lambs
There was once time when sheep
were raised entirely for their wool, but
in late years breeds have been running
more to the mutton type, and now the
mutton quality Is just as essential as
the wool. What the government wants
to do is to experiment in producing a
sheep that Is the best for all purposes.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16

II fed judiciously. turnips are very
satisfactory as feed for ewes in lamb,
says w. C. Coffey of the Illinois station
in Breeders Gazette. 1t Is best to feed
them in connection with clover hay or
bright oats straw, bran and oats. Such
a ration will keep the ewes in healthy
condition and will prepare them to
nurse the lambs we'll Turnips may be
kept In barn If well covered with hay.
but there is danger of THEN freezing in
extremely cold weather. They will keep
better If stored In cellars or pitted, be
cause they remain more crisp and are
less likely to freeze. Sheep prefer the
fresh crisp roots to the wilted ones.
Care should be exercised not to feed
frozen roots, as they are decidedly In
furious TO breeding ewes
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16
The Rreeding snw-

One of the safest preventives against
the habits possessed by some sows OF
eating their young is to keep the bow
els of the animals rather lax as the
time of parturition approaches, says
American Cultivator Some of our best
authorities attribute this unnatural
habit on the part Of sows to too fe-
verish condition Of the system, and in
order to prevent 1t the administration
of small doses of laxative medicine
given at regular intervals for ten days
to fortnight before the young are
born is often found productive of very
satisfactory results.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16
COST OF BEEF AND BUTTER.
Expert Opinion as 20 which Can BE
More Cheaply Produced.

Answering the question. Can pound
Of butter be produced on the same feed
or at the same cost as pound Of
beer" c. d. Smith of the Michigan
Agricultural college says in Breeders
Gazette:
This question is not easy to answer.
! have watched with a great deal of
amusement and some instruction the
attempts made by idyate persons and
by experiment stations to estimate the
cost of pound of butter or of a pound
of beef The farmer who produces Ell
ther has 10 pay all costs as well of
keeping the COW up to the time of the
birth of the calf which grows into an
animal producing beef or of the cost of
keeping the COW up to the time when
she begins her milking period in which
the cost of the pound of butter is esti-
mated as of the cost of the feed con
sumed.
The problem is therefore very COM
pick, and | do not purpose to go into a
full discussion of 1t here 1t is enough
to say that in most parts of the Union
a pound of butter cannot be produced
on the same feed or at the same cost
as a pound of beef. 1t is possible-in-
deed, some practical feeders claim-that
they can produce pound of dry mat
ter in butter at cost no greater than a
pound of dry matter in beef. But even
this may well be doubted. a pound of
dry matter of milk. including the but
ter fat. the sugar and the albumen,
cannot be produced at a cost much less
than the cost of pound Of dry matter
In beef. But that is not the question
here presented.
My answer is that a pound of beef
can be produced much more cheaply
than pound of butter under ordinary
and average conditions. When an ex-
traordinary producer of butter is COM
pared with an extraordinary producer
of beef the conditions might be differ
ent. Indeed there are so many ifs"
and lands" in the way that careful
man hesitates to answer the question
at ALL because his answer is bound to
be pJlemic rather than certain or final.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16
Management of
Young Pigs

No time should be lost after farrow-
ing in getting the SOW into the open
air. says George NJ. Romnel of the
bureau of animal industry, United
States department OF Agriculture. OF
course if the pigs are farrowed during
the winter months care will be needed,
and II may be necessary To let the pigs
reach the age of two weeks before
turning them out. They can, however.
get considerable exercise in the plggery
or in the lot with the SOW, and there Is
often LOT adjoining a barn that is
sunny and sheltered FROM cold winds
where the new family may be turned
for exercise. Avoid particularly allow
jng the pigs to run out during a cold
rain. They are especially tender dur
ing the first weeks
The appetite for something besides
the dams milk may begin TO assert it,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16
The CROWNS
Of Baby Beef

Baby beef is not the emanation of a
few days feeding. There is no such
thing as warming up or short feed
ing calves, says Breeders Gazette.
Again, it is impossible to buy up lot
of calves, no matter where they come
from nor how well bred they may be.
and then make satisfactory baby beef
of them without the most intensive
care and most thorough pushing for a
considerable period of time Baby beef
or fat yearlings may be said to range
in age from fourteen to twenty two
months. When a man sells calves in
quantity he tries to get his money out
of them when they are from five to six
months old Therefore at the very best
there is a period from nine to sixteen
months in which the finishing process
must extend. Nor can calves be rough
ed through for awhile, allowed to lose
along to the same point which they
would have reached had they been
kept going properly from the start The
making Of baby beef is a continuous
performance, with shows 365 days. in
the ordinary year and 500 in leap year
1t is readily observable then that there
is no such thing as warming up" or
"short feeding" calves intended for the
buyers of prime baby beef.
In making baby beef it should also
be taken for granted at the start that
any discrimination against heifers in a
drove is waste of money. The buyers
will pay just as much for the prime
article of heifer beef as for the steer
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16
FATTENING THE PIGS.
Young stock Put ON Flesh More Eco
nomically Than the Old.

Young stock Put ON Flesh More Eco
nomicsliy Than the Old.
AS soon as II is determined what pigs
are to be fed for market their fattening
should be started without delay. Ex-
periments have repeatedly proved that
young animals always fatten more eco
nomically than old ones snd therefore
any delay in finishing is accompanied
with a loss
In rare instances it may pay TO keep
a pig over winter as IA store hog but
generally he loses the flesh he accumu
lated while sucking his dam, and this
cannot be replaced except at increased
expense Corn will now come into the
ration and should be supplemented 10y
all the variety of feed M the feeders
command To keep the appetite Keen ana
the digestive system in the best conGi-
ton This variety should consist Of
mill feeds, dairy byproducts and succu-
lent feeds and. according 10 some au-
thorities, pasture.
If skim milk, whey and buttermilk
are at command they can be combined
to very good advantage with the ration.
commencing with proportion of about
two pounds of milk to one of grain at
weaving time and reducing the guam
tity of milk until the pigs are finished
on grain alone. A pig gives best re-
turns from dairy byproducts while
young.
The fattening pigs should gain from
one pound to one and half pounds
daily and should weigh between go
and 800 pounds at nine or ten months
of age. Gains made after this weight
are nearly twice as expensive as those
made when weighing from 30 TO 100
pounds, and well bred pig finished at
a weight of about $50 pounds will very
nearly fill the market requirements
and bring satisfactory price. George
NJ. Rommel, Expert in Animal Hus-
bandry.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16
Pntntoea Ear Hogs.

| have fed my hogs on cooked pota-
toes and meal ever since digging time
with excellent results. says a Maine
farmer in American Agriculturist. Rot
ten ones are not fed. always pick up
all sound potatoes. no matter how
small. and feed them to hogs and poul-
try. This is good way to vary the
ratiOns.
l also cook apples (sweet ones pre-
ferred and pumpkins. If these are to
be fed, to hens or growing pigs. mash
them while hot with some bran; IL to
be fed to fattening hogs, cornmeal Is
put In. l have followed this practice
for some years with good success and
always have had healthy hogs and pork
that was good and sweet Apples and
potatoes are as much to hogs as to the
human race
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16

DOUBLE PEN FOR FEEDING SUCKING PIGS.
self by the time the pigs reach three
weeks of age This time will vary, Of
course. some pigs being more preco-
cious than others. They will be noticed
nibbling at grass, roofing little and
even investigating the sow's feed. A
pen should be arranged adjoining that
of the dam and separated from II by a
partition, with sufficient room at the
bottom TO allow the pigs to run under.
The illustration shows pen arranged
with the partition between IL and the
dams pen raised In this inclosure put
a low, shallow trough, and place in 1t
q little skim milk or thin Cruel. This
cruel may be made with any concen-
trate that is free from woody matter.
If ground barley or oats are fed, the
meal should be first sifted to remove
the hulls There Is a great variety OF
feeding stuffs that can be used. The
main point to be observed Is that the
pigs stomach is very easily deranged
at this age and feeds must be given
that will digest readily. The trough in
which the pigs are fed should be kept
clean. No stale feed should be allowed
to remain In 1t from one feed to the
next.
AS the pigs learn to eat the feed may
be increased. Skim milk should be
used literally. using rather large guam
titles at first. from six to twelve pounds
Of milk to each pound Of grain. During
this period comparatively little corn
should be fed, as rule. More growth
can be obtained with narrow ration,
and the corn should be withheld until
the fattening period comes. The pigs
should be kept growing constantly, and
the best results will come with feeding
little under their capacity rather than
all they can consume. To counterfeit
the tendency to become too fat they
should have plenty Of exercise.
Scours and thumps often cause seri-
Gus losses among young pigs. The for
mer Is caused usually by overlooking,
by feeding badly spoiled feed, by an
abrupt change Of feed or by a change
In the feed of the dam that affects her
milk. Thumps are usually caused by
overlooking and lack Of exercise
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16
PURE BRED HEREFORD YEARL1Ne.

beef in the same load If the grade, the
flesh and the finish are equal Finally
too much emphasis cannot be laid on
the fact that calves intended for baby
beef cannot take care of themselves
They cannot rough 1t and make prime
yearling beef at one and the same time.
They require better housing and rough
age than mature cattle, but they eat
less and make greater returns for what
they consume than older animals, and
therein the profit lies. They must be
well sheltered. 1t is not necessary to
pamper them, but It is far better to err
on that side than to utilize the barb
wire system, which In olden days was
alleged to make young stock tough.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16

Never under any circumstances put q
hot shoe to the foot so as TO leave It's
mark. but fit the shoe perfectly level
punching out the nail holes, slightly
slanting in so as to get good. deep
hold In the hoof, never driving the
nails higher In the hoof than is abso-
lutely necessary, as nails driven high up
in the hoof deaden the hoof and cause
1t to dry out more quickly, causing con-
traction and many other troubles. In
finishing the hoof never rasp 1t any
above the nails or rasp too deep a
crease under the nails. using the
clinchlng tongs to turn the clinch
down. not hammering any on top of the
hoof, especially on a colts foot. or a
horse that Is tender in the feet.-C. W
Brodhead In Pennsylvania Report.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16
value of Pure nIooded Stock.

1t was wondrous, an overpowering
demonstration Of the practical utility
Of good blood in farm stock that was
presented at the Chicago international
show, says Breeders Gazette. The
steers sired by pure bred bulls from
grade or crossbred cows, the magnif-
cent big geldings got by pure bred stall.
lions of the draft types, the pens of fat
wethers and the barrows, the progeny
Of registered rams and boars, the ex-
traordinary cattle In the car load classes
the west and south, all sweiled to over.
whelming volume the testimony that
II pays to use the pure bred sire. This
blood is within the reach Of every
farmer.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16
Ancient Authority ON sheep.

Four hundred years ago Sir Anthony
Fitzherbert said. "Shepe is the moste
profytablest cattell that any man can
have" There are many Of this opinion
still, and when fat lambs and wool sell
at current figures there isn't much
doubt about It, If Sir Anthony could
say that of The miserable scrubs of his
day, what might he say If he were to
see the almost perfect forms and
fieeces of today ?--National Stockman.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16
FEEDING POINTERS

Professor Henry says that boiled feed
is useful for colts, brood mares and stall
lions If fed two or three times week
and that draft horses being prepared
for sale or exhibition may be given
cooked feed once q day. In his opinion
an excellent feed for horses is made
by boiling barley and oats In kettle
with considerable water and pouring
the mass over chaffed hay. allowing the
whole to stand until the hay is well
softened Bran, roots and small
quantity of oilmeal may be added also.
Value OF siIagc For Winter Feeding.
The Tennessee station has laid great
stress on the silo, has shown to the
farmers how Indispensable is a succu-
lent ration for winter feeding and has
demonstrated the immense profits from
feeding corn preserved in this way.
The whole of the corn plant is utilized.
which In feeding value almost equals
grass in the summer 1t is palatable.
healthful. keeps the system In good con-
dition and adds materially to what
Professor Soule calls the carrying
capacity OF the land"-that is, enables
the farmer to carry through much
larger number Of stock.
Fatteuing steers.
Steer feeding experiments at the Mon
tana station indicate that for that state
profit to be made in fattening two to
three year old steers must come from
an Increase I'm the value of the purchas-
ed weight of the steer.--American Agri-
culturist
Profitable Lamb Ration.
According to Utah test, ration con-
sisting Of alfalfa, mixed grain and
screenings. with or without beet pulp,
is very profitable for fattening lambs
skim MIX and Grass.
In some tests made at the Utah ex-
pertinent station skim milk was fed In
connection with grain and with pas
lures. 1t was found that the largest
total gain was made when the hogs
were fed skim milk and grain, without
grass. There was, however, very little
difference. The conclusion seems to be-
that skim milk b not OF very great
value when hogs are getting grass a.
welI a. grain, and. on the other hand.
& shows that grass y not especially
beae1cial when pigs receive an album
dance Of milk along with their grain.
Grain Ter the Ram.
when the ram n allowed 10 i'm Win
ths ewes be should have grain once !
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16
The Profitable brood sow.

There is a great difference in the
motherly quality of sows, and when a
breeder finds one which produces uni
formly large filters and all fine, strong
and healthy pigs, while she has a con-
slant and large flow Of milk for her
offspring, he should keep her for breed
Ing purposes as long as she will breed
well. and she will be found to be the
most profitable animal on the farm
Farm Home.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16

Rams should be purchased from old
established hocks which have earned q
deservedly good reputation. says Wool
Markets and Saeep. Good breeding
tracing back for many generations Is
to be found in such flock. Such rams
are very apt to prove themselves to be
reliable and impressive sires. The use
of ram lambs cannot be too strongly
condemned, because In most breeds
such use would prove very degrading.
Lambs are not well enough matured
to prove to be good sires.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-03-16
THE HORSEMAN'

The horse not only requires less feed
when idle than when at work, but is
actually injured If the ration is not re-
duced on days Of idleness, says Ameri-
can Cultivator Some feeders of high
standing reduce the feed Of their work
horses ON Sundays and holidays in the
belief that even one days feeding Of
working ration while the horse Is at
rest Is Injurious.
1t is now the belief Of all who have
thoroughly studied the subject that idle
horses are fed too heavily. as a rule.
But no fixed ration can be named since
the food requirements OF individual
horses differ so widely. Close observa-
ton will enable the feeder to adapt
quantity to the needs Of each animal.
Water Required by Horses.
In general, horse will drink from
fifty pounds or less to sixty-five pounds
per day, though under the influence of
warm weather or hard work the
amount may range from 50 to 40
pounds or over In some experiments
in the British army it was found that
when allowed to choose horses drank
about onefourth of their daily allow
ance in the morning, and not far from
three-eiehths at noon and about the
same proportion at night.
Sore Shoulders.
After a horse has perspired freely 1t
is good practice to battle the shoulders
thoroughly with cold water, to which
has been added a little salt. and the
shoulders then rubbed until dry. If,
after this precaution has been taken,
the collar is brushed or scraped until
thoroughly clean before being put on
again and a little trouble taken to lift
1t forward Off the shoulder when the
horse is standing to allow a circulation
Of air and then carefully replaced. be-
ing careful that no name Is allowed be-
tween the collar and shoulder, II is
seldom sore shoulders will result
The Fall Colt.
The fall colt Is almost certain to ex-
Gel In size and thriftiness at six
months. Unless the spring colt has ex-
ira care in the summer the flies and
neat ana snort pasture are most Try
Ing. In the autumn and early winter
the dam and the colt are under the
constant eye of the owner. With reg
ular feeding the colt soon learns to eat
grain with its dam. 1t should very
soon have its own little manger and ra-
tion of ground oats.-Farm Journal.
Mares In Fosl.
Mares that are to foal In the spring
should be very carefully sheltered from
storms. but should be allowed to run
In the yard most Of the day. Light.
regular work will do no harm-in fact.
It IL good for them. They should not
be allowed to slip on the ice. Oats
should be given in preference to any
one kind Of grain