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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
The Kind of Ram You Want

In selecting the head of the flock
strive to encourage the development
OF stamina. Males possessing full
cnest development, well sprung ribs.
mead well set upon the shoulder, and
broad forehead with deep, open nos
trll giving plenty of capacity for
breathing, are the most important
qualities in the ram. The flockmaster
wants lambs that show evidence right
from the start they are going to make
q live OF 1t. and, when sold, replenish
the pocketbook. Such lambs are prof
liable, and if more fiocks possessed
THIS quality. far more sheep would be
maintained upon American farms to-
day.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
THE Baking HORSE.
Diverting His Attention May Succeed
In Getting Him Started Again.

A horseman who seems to know
what he is writing about, says if the
attention of a baking horse can be
diverted half of the trouble is over:
yet how few men will refrain from
beating him at such times When
horse in inclined to be balky he should
be put in charge of the best horse
man about the place and not driven
by every one on the farm. If he is
inclined to stop say Whoa" sharply.
Then he will not think he is stopping
of his own free will Get down and
walk about him, lifting up one foot
and then another, tapping them with
stone may answer in diverting his
attention. Pretend to fix his collar:
perhaps his name is under it and
needs attention. There are many
ways of diverting a horses attention
to make him forget his bad habits.
like pouring little water in his ears
or rubbing sand in his mouth. Then
II you speak to the quiet horse along
side of him they may start off togeth-
er or they may not In any event
keep cool. One scheme may work this
time and may never work on the
same horse again. The only alterna-
tive is to be ingenious, patient, long
suffering and kind until you find some
other fellow that wants to take a hand
at driving balky horse.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
A SEAU1ZTZ7Z GOnI7V

a marked feature of the present
season is the novelties which are ap-
pearlng IN the realm of fashion. Con-
spicuous among these novelties may
he mentioned the Japanese outline of
the bodice, which is permitted to
stamp is popularity upon the blouse,
notably upon the lace blouse which
looks very well, indeed. under such
conditions. L would quote a capital
example made in combination of
thick white guipure striped with lines
OF black velvet ribbon over a fine lace
front and destined to be worn with a
fine lace skirt bordered with coarse
lace-a very good dress altogether
Besides this, l would observe the
addition to the lace blouse of more
ordinary detail, of braces of ribbon.
short wide sleeves OF ribbon, and a
belt with sash ends Of ribbon. Such
ribbon could be chine with a satin
border. This needs a slim figure for
Its best success. and those who are
at all stout should trust themselves TO
the simpler belts of ribbon, kid. or
leather, or striped gallon. This last is
comparatively new, and is TO be met
with the buckle covered to match
The elastic belt continues to receive
1t supporters, and shines beneath the
Influence of gold and silver. 1t may
also he found faced with velvet. and
only under one condition could be
Induced to recognize its plausible
charms.
But 20 proceed with my list OF
trities. l comment with joy on the
continued favor shown to the lawn
and linen collar, recognizing that the
former daily assumes a finer aspect
and is traced with finer stitching. no
minute details OF design seeming to
be too intricate to do it service. For
the pTodigal, summer blouses are
made entirely of such luxuries as this
finely embroidered lawn, costing no
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
siLAeE IN FArTENiNe STEERS
Prot. Thomas Shaw Thinks That Corn
Siiage Cannot Be Beat.

III corn growing areas il is my con-
vlcton that no food for growing or
Tor fattening steers will prove cheaper
or more valuable than corn silage. In
saving this l know the opinion ex-
pressed is counter to what many be-
tieve who live in the corn belt. but I
Will not take back or modify the
statement
A steer that is fattening and that
weighs 1000 pounds should be fed
from 80 to 40 pounds of corn siIage
daily. 1t goes well with clover hay
or alfalfa or any leguminous fodder
VI the latter five pounds or about
that much would be wanted per day.
The grain ration, fed ground, would
be about pound Or slightly more per
day for every pound of the live weight
OF the steer. The amount mentioned
IS for steer after he is on full feed
Leading up to full feed, considerably
less would be used The meal should
be fed on the silage When the siIage
is put in the feed box, the meal is
thrown over it and the meal and
s1lage are mixed while they are being
eaten, which means that all is re-
cheWed in chewing the cud, which is
favorable to thorough digestion.
1t will not answer to feed only siIage
as the fodder ration. Some dry fod-
der Is necessary as a safeguard, but
when the silage is sweet and good, it
would be safe to feed somewhat more
than the amounts mentioned Fed in
suitable amounts the succulence ex-
ercises favorable influence on diges-
ton
The day is certainly coming when
there will be great extension in the
building of silos, and it cannot come
TOO soon. Nosother method of saving
corn will compare with it. It.utiIizes
the entire product, stalk and grain.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
THE scAs INSECT.
OF All External Parasites II Il by
Far the Most Dangerous.

OF all external parasites the scab;
mite is by far the most dangerous and,
troublesome. cnce it is permitted to
enect lodgment upon the sheep. It.
is not a. common ailment upon farms
in the east, but is sufficiently preva-
lent upon the ranges of the westeto
make the danger of infection great.
In fact, upon the ranges, scab and
starvation are the two principal dis
eases among the fiocks.
The scab mite is an insect so small
that it is not quite visible to the
naked eye, lives upon the skin, and by
Irritating the surface, it causes a
flow OF the fluid upon which it lives,
and finally, by continuing this irrita-
ton, scabs or crusts are formed be-
meath which the insect deposits it's
eggs. In the course of two Or thres
days, says Rural New Yorker, these
eggs hatch. The newly-born parasite
becomes adult in Is days. Each fe-
male parasite will lay about Is eggs,
10 OF which will bring forth females
and the other five males.
The new parasites, as soon as they.
are Matched. migrate and infect the adj.
Jacent territory. which makes the scab
patch spread, by the constant advance
OF its circumference, and the eggs OF
new parasites are deposited upon posts
or boards upon which the sheep rub
themselves, and thus are ready to seize
any advantage to again locate them
selves upon other sheep, when they iu
turn become centers of infection. Ger
iach, German authority, computes
that IN three months a single female
scab insect may become responsible
for the existence of 1900, 900 progeny.
thus in As days after infection the in.
crease from one parasite might be
LOW; IN 20 days, 10000, and in 80
days, 100000. As a matter of fact.
1t requires about 80 days for the scab
disease to become well spread and
very troublesome after introduction
into clean flock.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26

Mr.. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
subject of building for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide eXpe-
rience as Editor. Author and Manufac-
turer, he is. without doubt, the highest
authority on all these subjects. Address
all inquiries to William A Radford, No.
1874 Fifth Ave. Chicago. ILL.,. and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
What We need in houses is more
pleasing eXteriOrs and more conven-
lent interiors. l like to notice the
houses as pass along a country road
some look very comfortable and home
like, but there are too many of the
other kind-bare, neglected looking
places, and uninviting, not because of
cheapness, but because they lack care
and the inspiration born of reflection
In town and in the country see both
old and new houses that 1 would not
care to enter just because the outside
appearance is not attractive. An arch
Meet can draw a good design and a
builder can put it up in thorough work
manlike manner, but after it is fin
ished and the family moves in, unless
the family the neighbor will be in
clined to admire the fine house from
a distance
Then, there are a good many freak
houses, houses that are built to suit
some one with fad or fancy of
their own. The fellows have been
experimenting, which is very costly
work. When man decides to build
a house he should remember that the
modern dwelling as it is built to-day
by the best talent in the building line
is the composite work of one inventor
after another for thousands of years.
A man must have an extraordinary
opinion of his own ability who will de-
liberately step very far outside of the
beaten path worn as il is by such a
succession of architects and builders.
There is only one right way for
man who is unfamiliar with building
operations to manage, and that is to
employ man to draw his plans who
has spent years in studying architec-
ture and making house plans, a man
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26

less than eight guineas; and perhaps
their charm is only discernible to the
expert, and nine women out of ten
would be as content with the linen ba-
tlste blouse. bearing hem-stitched
tucks lntersected with small satin
stitched spots. and to these latter I
confess l am much addicted, finding
they look equally we'll with glace
coats or cloth or serge.
There. are some pretty new models
IN glace coats, some taking the
straight Japanese outline and being
covered with silken braid, Others be-
ing in the paletot shape with belt at
the waist and an embroidered lawn
collar round the neck, and a few black
tasselS on the front, and the sleeves
striking a decorative note The most
eXtravagant form of the glace coat.
however. is emil coidered all over with
floss silk, and bears a thickly netted
silken fringe all round it.
The three-Qua:ter coats, fitting al
most tightly, ar | Bearing no fullness
in the basque, are suggestive of the
Directoire period with their large but
TONS ana the sleeves full on the top,
but the absenca of fulness on the
skirt contradic,5 this impression to
some extent.
All the best of the new skirts are
cut on the cross, with a seam down
the center, and fitted tightly round the
hips, while their decoration is either
braid or hatly-stitched bands upon
the hem and above it. Besides this,
the trimming OF the hour is embroid-
cry, and our taste for it grows apace
have just seen an advance sample
of summer millinery, entirely made of
embroidered batiste, this being work
ed into the crown, and a mushroom
shaped brim, and simply trimmed
with scarf Of colored crepe de chine
I can look forward to meeting it again
with much pleasure.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
HOGS AND SHEEP.

Don't think that a pig eats merely
to live.
A wet, slippery pen often makes a
lame hog
1t is we'll to shift the hog pasture
every year or two.
In crossing, use males from the
smaller of the two breeds.
Have you any animals on the farm
that return such large profits for the
money invested as sheep?
Keep the best pasture for the lambs.
Clover is good, so is fresh blue grass
pasture, but an old one is productive
of worms and possibly death.
Never buy poor sheep; you have
no time to fool with it. Let your neigh
bors experiment and throw away their
feed if they wish Buy the best quail.
ity you can, but try to have the whole
flock uniform.
1t is best to have salt boxes in the
pasture where the sheep can find
them at will, but if not done. make a.
practice Of sailing them every Sunday
morning. You will get acquainted with
your sheep then, and careful shep-
nerds know 1t pays to promote friend
ship between flock and fiock-master.
Parent hogs overfed with corn al
ways produce offspring weak in bone
and muscle. 1t requires bran, mid
dlings and ground oats to make
healthy pigs, and the sooner the farm
er learns this the larger will be his
profits.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
Americans Eatino Mutto,l

The Americans are getting the NUT
ton eating habit Heretofore thew
have been welded to the sirloin steak.
but now they are catching on to the
merits of the mutton chop. This
change in taste means much for the
future of the sheep man, for the sheep
will make good meat out of much food
which is generally wasted on the
farm. while the income from the wool
may be counted anyhow as so much
clean profit.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26

washings and the. happy knack of
neither creasing nor crushing This
quality of cashmere comes in small
checks and other neat effects which
look so well with plain coat and skirt
costumes, and which like so many of
the shirt-waists. is made with or
binary collar band. although this may
be changed to suit. the individual
taste
In the central figure of the illustra-
ton is displayed a waist made of cot
ton material which is exceedingly
smart in its effect. 1t is of white body
ground, patterned with blue stripe
Japleen is a new but very popular
material for shirt-waists; in fact it is
so durable and SO desirable from ev-
ey standpoint of the shirt-waist re-
Quirement that it is being more and
more used. Japleen is a material
made of Egyptian cotton and silk, and
has "a pretty silky appearance which it
retains to the last,A One of these Jap
leen waists is sketched in our illustra-
ton and is the one to the extreme
left The shade is delicate maifve
with a little star-shaped spot in the
same color.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26

CITED both in the drawings and in the
contract. A man may study a plan q
long time, and think he knows all
about it, but while the house is go
ing up he can always find room for
Improvement. This leads to altera-
tons which are generally expensive.
The house shown in this plan is rs
feet wide and A feet long, exclusive
of the porch. The chimneys are so
arranged that it may be heated COM
fortably with stoves, which is helped
by the rooms upstairs coming directly
over the rooms below which gives an
opportunity to carry the stovepipes
through to the rooms above and to
warm them with drums. Houses may
be made very comfortable in this way.
Stoves burn less coal than a furnace,
and great many prefer them. It
is easy to warm any part of the house,
and 1t is not necessary to keep fire
in the rooms that are not used.
The Rouse is modern and sensible
in appearance, and so far as the archi.
tect and builder is concerned, is all
right as shown on the plans and pros
pective. but it will never be complete
as an artistic home until the grounds
are laid out and planted with suitable
shrubs and flowers. No plain bare
house looks right, it shows at once
that there is something lacking. The
only real comfortable homes are sur
rounded with something more pleas
ing than brick, mortar and paint.
A house like this may be built, when
conditions are favorable, for about
$4,000 complete with gas fixtures and
plumbing. It may be that the gas
fixtures are not wanted at first, but It
is better to put in the pipes. Recent
improvement in small gas plants make
it possible and often desirable to in
stall little machine just for home
use. II the pipes are in the fixtures
and burners can be put on at any time.
Another thing that should be remem-
bered in building is the hot air pipes
in the wall in case you ever want q
furance. They may be easily put in
while the building is going up, but It
is an awful job to tear out and put
them in afterwards.
To dream Of funeral Ii an excel
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26

It is the recognized fact in Europe
that American women are the most
extensive wearers and the keenest
critics of the shirt-waist, and for this
reason they are constantly on the
alert for new designs in that partic-
ular article of apparel. The tailor
made shirt-waist is, like all made-to-
measure garments. distinguishable
for its smartness of cut and fit, and
more and more are women appreciat-
ing this fact The two strong points
in favor of the shirt-waist are the null
titude of shades and designs and
cloths in which it may be obtained.
and the comparative cheapness of this
indispensable article of dress Freshly
Hundred what looks fresher or more
attractive than a well-made, well-fitting
shirt-waist The shirt-waist worn by
the lady to the right in our Illustration
above is made in the gauze cashmere,
which, being pure wool, is absolutely
unshrfnkable Other good qualities of
abe goods and which should be sought
for in a garment of this kind are the
smooth. clean surfaces which are re-
.txined even after much wear and many
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
An Iron Tank.

Ut rs possible to make good tank of
cement, using these dimensions. Before
trying such work write TO secretary of
agriculture, Washington, D. c., for Bulle-
tin No. 235, Cement on the Farm.')
with height of at least five feet,
width two feet. The tank shown in
cut corresponds to these measure
ments, and D. H. Stovall, Oregon,
writes has been in use for several
years, giving good satisfaction.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
The Head Of the Herd.

One farmer says that the
poorer the sows are the greater
is the necessity for good boar.
This is true. A medium-uual-
ity boar bred on poor sows win not
lift up the average very fast. The
head OF the herd. is the chief factor In
the Improvement Of the herd.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
Piles in Swine

For piles in swine give sulphur in
swirl, one to two tablespoons a day
per head until better, then every few
days until all right. Keep the hogs
dry as possible. We had much trouble
q few years ago, caused by feeding
too rich, heavy bran slop without salt
Hogs should have salt and sulphur
every week in the year.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26

The matter of specifications is just
as important as the drawings. There
are great many little things to speci-
fly in making contract that a person
unaccustomed to such work will never
think of. person might possibly find
a contractor liberal enough to do all
the thinking, supply all the brains, and
take crude plan and turn out sat.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
DIPPING SHEEP OR HOGS.
Good Tank Which Can Be Made of
Cement or Galvanized Iron.

"A good tank for dipping sheep, goats
or hogs may be made of cement or gal
vanized iron. A good size is 10 or II
feet long at top, eight feet at bottom,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
Warm Weather Hog Shelter.

corner of the hog lot may be erected
four posts in addition to two fence
posts, says Prairie Farmer. Three
strlngers are placed across three pairs
OF these posts and boards nailed over
the top as indicated in the sketch.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
castratinq Piqs.

All castration necessary should be
done when the pigs are six weeks old,
and while they are still with the SOW.
It might be well to add that all males
from common filters should be cas-
frated, as no reliance can be placed on
the offspring of such boars, even
though they were sired by q pure
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26

real size, dimensions and accessible
ity of the different rooms. He may
know in a crude sort of way that q
quarter OF an inch on the plan repre-
sents foot on the finished work, but
unless he is accustomed to a uniform
exaggeration Of that kind, he is sure
to feel disappointed in sorae particular
when the house is
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26
HOGS IN SUMMER.
Shelter from the Heat of the Sun
Should Be Provided,

The sketch shows a simple means
OF providing shelter for hogs. This plan
IS intended to afford protection from
the hot sun and sudden storms. In
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26

who knows how to take advantage of
materials and how to lay out the space
to the best advantage. 1t requires a
great deal of experience just to read
plan correctly after it is drawn.
Plans are drawn to a scale, that is
easy to understand, but there is not
one novice in thousand who can look
at plan and get a correct idea of the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26

isfactory job. But it wouldn't happen
that way more than one time in mil
lion. Contractors are in business to
make money, that is all right enough,
nobody objects to contractor making
fair profit, what you want to guard
against is an unfair profit The only
way of letting contractor know ex-
actly what you want is to. have it spe-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-06-26

To dream Of funeral Is an excel
lent omen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-16

the time baffled his understanding. but which he
interpreted premonitory warnings that God
had set him apart for great mission. He remem
bered too that when still child his mind had been
engrossed by thoughts of God, and that in talking
with his parents he had uttered words which caused
them to declare that the angels spoke through his
mouth. Remembering all these things, he could no
longer doubt that Divinity had actually visited him
in his humble London boarding house, and he made
up his mind that he must bestr himself to carry
the divine command of expoundng to his fellow
men the hidden meaning of Holy Writ
Forthwith, being still fired with the true scien-
lists passion for original research, he set himself
to the task of learning Hebrew. He was, it will be
remembered approaching sixty age when the
acquisition of language is exceedingly difficult
and rare Yet such progress did he make that within
a very few months he was writing notes in expana-
ton of the book of Genesis. And thus he continued
not for months but years, patiently traversing the
entire Bible, and at the same time carefully COM
hitting to paper everything seen and heard in
the spiritual world for his London excursion
beyond the borderand which separates the here
from the hereafter had been only the first of similar
journeys taken not merely by night but in broad
daylight To use his own phraseology: 1.-The Lord
opened daily, very often my bodily eyes, that in
the middle of the day l could into the other
world and in state of perfect wakefulness con-
verse with angels and spirits.
His increasing absorption, absent mindedness,
his friends would call this habit of falling into
frances, and his claim to nterworld communication.
could not fail to excite the surprise of all who had