The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1906-12-01

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not it is rreventable. Treatment is to
give the COW, morning and night. one
| dram of lead acetate dissolved in one
quart of water Give her at noon Two
drains of tincture of iron in one quart
of water. At the State College this
treatment has been used with very
good results.
From Portage, Wash, comes a re-
quest for definition of a lawful fence
for the state of Washington. This ques
ton has been answered two or three
times in The Ranch during the past
two years, but several thousand new
subscribers have been added to our
list since the last publication was
made of this definition, hence 1T is
pleasure TO bring it before our readers
again. In the first place, the law re-
ouires that the posts be set not more
than thirty feet apart, the first wlle
must not be more than % inches from
the ground, the second wire 81 inches,
and the third wire 4S inches; each and
every one of these wires must be
tightly stretched and securely fast-
ened to said posts, and four light poles
or strips shall be fastened between
each two posts to said wires vertl-
cally, leaving no greater space than
about six feet between said posts ana
the poles and strips, or the posts may
be set not more than IL feet apart and
two barbed wires and one pole, rail or
plank securely fastened to said posts,
or one barbed wire and two rails
poles or planks securely fastened To
said posts.
The above refers to the ordinary
fence along highways, between pas
lures. fields, etc. A partition renee Is
given the following definition: "When
anv fence has been or shall hereafter
be erected by any person on the boun-
Diary line of his land, and the person
owning the land adjoining thereto
shall make or cause to be made an en-
closure, so that such renee may aiso
answer the purpose OF lncloslnS Ms
ground, he shall pay to the owner Oh
such fence one-half the value Oh So
much thereof as serves for partition
fence between them Again, Wneh
two or more persons own land aoJoih-
ing. which is inclosed by one renee
and it becomes necessary Tor the pro
tootion of the interests of one party
said partition fence should be maue
between them, the other or otners'
when notified thereof, shall erect OF
cause to be erected one-half OF sucn
partition fence, said fence to be erect
ed on or as near as practlcaple 10 INC
line of said line. If, after notice mas
been given by either party and rea
sonable length of time has elapsed
the other party neglect or refuse 10
erect or cause to be erected the one
half of such fence, the party giving
notice may proceed to erect or cause
to be erected the entire partlcloin
fence. and collect by law one-hail ol
the costs thereof from the otheF
party
information from those who have
had experience would be very wei
come to a large number of our read-
ers. on the subject OF smoking MAINS
and bacon. A full description OF INC
smoke house, the manner OF hanging
nm the hams, how they were salteu
and dried before smoking, what mate
rails are best to use for making tre
smoke. how long the hams should De
hung up in the smoke, etc., should De
given in detail. Many OF our readeiS
have butchered hogs this fall and VIII
want to know how they can cure the
hams to make them most delicious.
, One of our subscribers made an IN
curry as to how he could construct
GOOD seryiceable trap nest for his
hens and the question was submitted
to Mr. blanchard, the well-known poul-
try raiser of Jefferson county. MI
Rianchard sent a very full and compre-