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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

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FEEDING PLATFORM FOR HOGS.
Aim Should Be to Keep the Animals
as Clean as Possible.

Where hogs are maintained and fed
out of doors all seasons of the year 1t
is not only advantageous but very es-
sential for the promotion Of best sani-
tary condition, that some arrangement
be completed whereby the feeding
may be conducted upon clean, whole
some basis. The farmer who feeds
his hogs anywhere there is a dry
place about the hog yard, Is likely
sooner or later to notice an unthrifty
appearance among some members of
his animals. Hogs when maintained
In pen out of doors will not do their
best unless they have some perma-
nent and sanitary feeding place
whereby they can receive their meals
regularly and In an acceptable con.
dition,
We handle all our hogs in yards dur
ing the entire year and find with
proper arrangements we are able to
keep our animals cleaner and health
Ter than under any other system OF
management, says a correspondent OF
| Prairie Farmer. We find that by pro
viding proper conveniences for feed
ing we can maintain a larger number
of hogs upon our farm without loss
or disease.
The diagram herewith shows one Of
our feeding platforms. This platform
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
FACE POWDER SHOULD BE APP
Piled ARTIsTlcALLY.
Care and Thought Necessary In the
Performance Of This Toilet Rite
Cream or Oils Must Be
Used In Removing the
Powder.

Probably nine women out of every
ten use face powder, but 1t cannot
be said that all of them use 1t artis-
tically. While there can be no objec-
ton to the iudicious use of a good
powder, 1t does not enhance beauty
II applied in a manner to render
1t conspicuous.
1t is a mistake to suppose that the
application of face powder is a mere
matter of dabbing 1t on. On the
contrary, 1t is a toilet rite to be
performed with care and thought.
Leaving out the question Of looks,
powdering must be carefully done for
the health of the skin, which is often
injured by the too frequent use OF
cosmetics injudiciously applied.
The proper way to use a powder
Is to work it into the skin so as to
give a natural appearance. And the
woman who possesses this art is en-
We'd by her sisters.
Actresses are necessarily the great.
est of all artists in the use of cos
metics. Observe an actress make
up" She never puts a cosmetic on
her face without first applying a fin.
fishing cream. The cream is worked
into the face with the tips Of the
fingers, by the rotary motion, until
the substance is absorbed. Powder
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

has been In use for ove FIVE years
and has repaid for itself many times.
The platform was made by laying
down oak 4x4's and pianking over
with pine two-inch stuff of fair quail
ity. The trough is V-shape made Of
2xS-inch stun. The platform fronts
up to a fence whereby a slanting
board vas fitted SO that all the feed
ing is done without interfering with
the hogs while eating. Stats four
inches wide are firmly nailed nine
inches apart to prevent the hogs from
getting into the trough. The trough
is SO arranged that with a broom 1t
can be thoroughly cleaned before
each feeding.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
LITTLE HINTS.

The bull can be kept at a distance
with a staff, and that is therefore the
safest way to lead him.
Feeding and milking the cows regu-
larry are very important. No work
In the dairy can be more important.
The milk cows mission being to
convert food into milk, not into fat
and beef, it goes without saying that
she should not be fat.
The COW must have health, vigor,
constitution and disposition before
she is MIXED the first time, What she
really is will be determined before she
drops her first calf.
Whether one has a herd or only one
COW, he should have something grow
ing during the cool portion of the year
that will furnish s~ucculence. And il
will save buying mill feeds.
II the COW is not healthy-has gar
got or inflammation of the udder, or
any other sickness that is noticeable
her milk should be drawn into a pail
not generally used in milking and fed
to the pigs, If used at all.
Neither sorghum cane nor common
corn that was green when the frost
hit them should be fed to COWS and
horses. 1t is not certain whether
frosted peavines contain this forage
poison" or not, but 1t would be best to
go slow in this line.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
WINTER EGGS.
How to Manage So AS to Get Them
Without Fail.

When pullets intended for wintey
laying are put in their winter quar-.
tiers, see that there are no drafts,
that the floors are dry, and that the
houses may be well ventilated from
the south rather than from the north
or west.
An excellent plan for insuring
warmth is to have heavy curtains
around the roosts, and when the
nights are very chilly let these cur
tains down. In this way the natural
heat of the fowls will be conserved,
and there will be little danger of
frosted combs or wattles.
For the hens that are to lay during
December and January, provide a
good dust bath, see that oyster shell
and grit are constantly within reach,
and that the fowls are supplied with
pure water and plenty of grain-wheat
being best for day feeding and corn
for night, especially during zero
weather.
Secure plenty of clover, says the
Farm Journal, keep it where it will
not become musty, and see that the
pullets have all they will eat.
Give a feed of meat scraps at least
once a week and %oftener, If there is
a market neal enough where it may
be secured.
Charcoal can be purchased at a
hardware store, or a kiln can be made
and any desired amount burned. Give
a handful of this powdered, mixed with
table scraps or mash; or it can be left
in a box in the pen, where the hens
a help themselves at will.
In addition to this, an occasional
cabbage can be fed; compel the fowls
to tear it apart for themselves.
Never feed sloppy foods in winter
Tor any other time, for that matter)
Even bran mashes are best if made al
thick as possible.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
HARVESTING CORN WITH SWINE.
Il 10 Economical and Wise Under Ger
tain Conditions.

In these days of scarce and expen-
sive labor, where the harvesting OF
crops can be done by animals, this
method of handling them should be
given due attention. The practice OF
hogging down corn, as 1t Is called. Is
growing in favor. But the present
practice can possibly be improved
upon. II some short variety Of corn
were grown which produces ears
abundantly, and IL a crop Of pumpkins
were grown at the same time In the
corn. the combination should be a
good one. The corr being low OF stat
ure would not hinder the growth Of
the pumpkins as tali corn would.
There is a decided advantage In
grazing or feeding of these two to-
gether, says Orange Judd Farmer.
One advantage is, that the pumpkins
feed well along with the corn for
pigs that are being fattened, and espe.
cially along with new corn. They ex.
ercise a healthful influence on the
digestion. A second benefit is the in
creased nutriment obtained from an
acre by thus growing the two crops
together, and a third benefit resulting
is the harvesting of the pumpkins as
well as the corn, without labor.
When growing this crop it will pay
well to have the land well enriched.
Pumpkins, II they are to grow well,
must have a rich soil. The yields are
usually proportionate to the high con-
dition of fertility ia the land.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
The Hog House Door.

half-inch iron rod is fastened across
the upper batten with y bolts. This
gives the door free play to swing in
and out. The ends Of the rods run
into the door-frame on each side, and
to prevent the door from binding an
iron collar is slipped on the rod each
side of the door. 1t solves the prob
lem Of cold or drafty sleeping quar-
ters. says Montreal Herald. Hogs a
go in or out at will and the door is al
ways shut after them. II lots of air
is wanted the door ia easily propped
open.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
WARMING and COOKING Feeds.

In cold weather the value of warm
food is easily noticed, but the cost is
more than the increased value when
compared with the increase of the
flow OF milk. Silage may be fed warm
without much additional expense, and
prove valuable. Cooking feed for
cows was strongly recommended 40
years ago, says Farm and Home. but
recent experiments have proved the
fallacy of this doctrine. Cows have
never been bred up to appreciate
warm feeds. Actual experience In
cooking feeds has shown that the un-
cooked feeds proved to be more d.
gestfble, the average in different feeds
giving a loss of six per cent. by cook
ing.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
ICE ron or FOODS.
A Plain, Practical Talk on the Schemes
Of Feeding.

ut is not what is eaten, but what
is digested. that nourishes,' is an Ak
iom of the medical doctor, and this
applies with equal force to the animals
of the farm, although many breeders
and rearers of stock display a much
greater interest in what to feed thar
in the question of "how to feed" One
authority says that ut is not suffi-
Client to know that certain substances
possess great nutriment, and that 9TH
are are practically useless, but 1t must
be known what foods are most suited
to the varying conditions of the or
ganism, in what form these should be
administered, and to ascertain how h
best feeding can he obtained in the
most economical manner" The ar
rangement of the digestive apparatus
of animals has an important bearing
on their system of feeding, and what
Is right and proper for one Is quito
unsuited 20 the other.
The small and single stomach Of the
horse, its ~capacious bowels, and the
absence of the gall bladder, are in
mdTkeu "ulSllnCtlOn tO JHe eHoTiloub
stomach of the OK, the small intes-
tines and the presence of a gall blad-
der, and thus the feeding Of cattle and
sheep differs much from the feeding
Of pigs from either.
The object of food Is to build up and
repair the tissues and maintain a re-
serve for the body requirements, says
the Montreal Herald, but food as re-
ceived is quite useless for the purpose
of the body, and before 1t car be uti-
lized 1t must form part OF and parcel
of the animal, either in the solid or
liquid tissues. The digestibility Of q
food is its power of undergoing alb
sorption into the body for the purpose
of nutrition, and in every food giveH
to animals there is a distinct diges
ton Of the proteid. fat and carbohy'
drate In 1t. The amount of these
which are absorbed under favorable
conditions is fairly definite, but under
~unfavorable conditions, such as the
food being badly cured" or there be
ing too much carbohydrate present, OF
too much or too little proteid in thu
diet, the amount absorbed departs
from the normal, and less Is extracted
or less stored up than would have beer
the case had conditions been favora
BILE.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
Pink and White Striped F%Iannelette
Best Material to Use.
ss-N0r~~~Ne~~V

My butterfly is made Of pink and
white striped flannelette, says a writer
in the Boston Globe. 1t takes two
yards. OF two corners on one SEW
edge edge cut a piece, say ten inches
on selvedge and about IA on the end.
This is to make the collar; then cut
three inches up and make a three-inch
hem on the rest of the straight ends.
Then where you cut the corners off
turn up a three-inch hem Oh the other
side. Mine is feather stitched, and
has a piping of plain green around
the collar edges, and this bias hem,
which is the cuff. Now your ends will
look like this:
Fold in center and cut a piece on
opposite selvedge from the side you
cut the about five inches down
ON fold and eight inches down on
selvedge. This is for the neck. Take
up a small dart to give a little fit on
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Right Use of Cosmetics.

may then be put on. The best way to
apply dry powder is with a buffer
or a piece of channels, for with either
of these the powder may be worked
into the skin until 1t looks natural.
and no woman should be satisfied
until the cosmetic gives the ton OF
real flesh.
In %powdering the ears and neck
the treatment is practically the same
as far as putting on the cream. Cos.
metics-none but liquids. because
they do not brush of-are rubbed
into the pores OF the neck with a
sponge and buffer, but must be
worked into the ears with the fingers.
Never take off powder with water.
for only the surface can be cleaned
in this way, and the pores, the es-
sential part of the flesh, are left clog
ged. They must be cleansed with
cream or oils, so the quickest as we'll
as the most healthful treatment for
the flesh is to emove the cosmetics
by applying cold cream. After this
cleanser has been worked thorough
ly into the pores and wiped off an
other layer of some soft, nourishing
cream should be rubbed into the
pores and left during the night.
There must be no lines about the
ears or neck that show cosmetics
have been put on the skin; instead
the powders should be so buffeted and
rubbed that they blend perfectly as
the skin naturally does.
II the eyelashes and eyebrows are
dark enough to need no paste they
should be freed from all remnants Of
the powder. This may easily be
done by dampening a finger and rub
bling 1t across them, beginning at
the confer or bridge Of the nose
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
WhatI Yes, It's Plaid Button.

Plaid buttons in glass and enamel
are the most original of the many
new kinds hat will be worn this COM
ing season, which is to be pre-
eminently a button season, for no
coat, whether OF fur or cloth, or even
a shirt waist, will be smart unless
trimmed with some kind of decorative
buttons.
The plaid buttons are most unusual,
though quite pretty, and will harmon
lie s~plendidly with the Scotch plaid
suits to be popular this fall. These
buttons are decidedly gay with al
ternate wide and narrow stripes in
deep blues, dark red, forest green,
combined in all sorts Of widths.
All of these buttons are round with
metal backs and most OF them are
quite large, though they can be bought
In any size from the dimensions of a
silver dollar to that of a ten-cent
piece.
In enamel. these Roman and Scotch
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CHARM CAN BE CULTIVATED.
Care and Thought viii Do Much for
Una~ttractive Girl.

The plain girl must not 'e Ill ten.
pered. If she has plain features she
need not have an ugly disposition. She
must be so sunny in her expression
that she makes those who look at her
forget how plain she is.
The unattractive girl can always
have attractive hands. She can take
great care of her nails, and a polish
them until they are as pink as rose
leaves and as glossy as marble. She
can put soothing and identifying
creams upon them to make them
white, and massage them until they
are plump.
The plain girl can learn to walk
well. There is no reason why she
should not hold her shoulders erect
and walk gracefully. She can also
have a good figure, and she a dress
well. The ugly girl can speak prettily
and in this way add charm to her per-
sonality. She a be graceful, too.
The fact that nature did not give her
a naturally pretty face need not keep
her from being graceful.
The ugly girl should have virtues
of heart. says Woman's Life. She
should cultivate a kind heart. A good
heart shines through the eyes. You
can tell 1t the minute you look at
person, and how n loves a person
with a kind heart instinctively and
with a gush of tender gratitude!
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
A CONVENIENT DEVICE.
Putting Foundation Starters in Sec
tons.

The accompanying drawing shows a
device l am using to put starters in
the bottom of sections, writes a cor
respondent of Gleanipgs in Bee Gull
ture. l find that, if l use more than
one-half inch, it will fall over when it
gets warmed up in the hive, and then
you have an awful mess. l also find
that it is almost impossible to put Oh
less than an inch with the Daisy
fastener or any other that have seen,
without burning your fingers and get.
ting it on crooked. / took the plat
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
The WeIl-Bred Fowl.

. Beak for beak well bred poultry eat
no more than mongrels. Found for
pound the meat breeds cost no more
to raise, but less. Bird for bird they
cost more; they are worth the differ
ence. Egg for egg the laying breeds
and strains cost nc more to feed but
double, triple or quadruple the profits
derived from scrubs. Everything is
in favor of pure breeds.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
Sort Out the Pias.

II you have a lot of young pigs OF
different ages, separate them into lots
and feed them separately. Don't al
low the young fellows to fight the
larger ones for their meals. Even a
runt pig may be made to grow rapid.
ly II given special attention.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

plaid buttons are even more effective
than in glass, for each stripe is edged
with a fine threadlike piece of gilt
that adds a brightness tnat will be
particularly attractive or a dark cloth
coat or suit. They, too, are round
and most of them are shown In the
extremely large sizes.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
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N34wREES
III SS7S
A HEN HOUSE.
The Advantages of Such a Building
Over the Stationary Structure.

Poultrymen are fast recognizing the
indispensability of portable hen
houses as an adjunct to their perma-
nent system of house arrangement in
profitable poultry raising. There are
always conditions under which a poul-
ltryman must labor at certain periods
of the year that makes any permanent
system of shelter management more
or less i~nconvenient.
1t is only through some intermediate
means, such as a portable shelter that
he can eliminate his difficulty and
conduct his business upon an econom
ical basis.
A portable hen house has several ad
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
DOOR FOR HOG U
One That the Hogs Can Open Them.
selves and VIII Keep Out Draughts.

Here is a plan for a hog door that
has been found very satisfactory. The
door Is made OF. three ordinary boards
with battens on the inside. the wider
one at the bottom. The door Is made
so as to have a quarterback space all
around between 1t and the frame. 4
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
In Black and White.

Black over white is a French touch
that is taking On this side Of the
water. A handsome black gown
trimmed with black lace which has
the black cut away from under Its
most striking patterns. letting a white
lining show through, gives something
the appearance of medallions set on,
Int Is much newer.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
Coarse Fodder for Sheep.

For winter feeding. clover hay, pea
straw, corr fodder. oat hay. oat straw
and millet are admirable coarse feeds.
Their value. based upon palatability
as indicated by the quantity eaten, is
about In the order given.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Make your poultry run the gauntlet
at once Do not let any fowl into the
ihen house this winter unless it gives
promise of immediate or future profit.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
Butterfly Easy to Make.

the shoulder hem and sew the pieces
for collar, letting the points lap over
each other at the back what is neces-
sary and sew ribbons on to tie.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
Feed for Profit.

No doubt the surplus stock, II well
fed, will bring more profit than when
poorly fed. Too many habitat cock
erels are put on the market in the fall.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
The New Color.

Red russell brown is to be the color
Of the winter. both In London and
Paris. Shades of deep claret are also
used.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07
The Filthy Stable,

The filthy stable is the father u
many horse diseases.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-02-07

Fasten the two ends of the bias
hem A and B together to form the
sleeve. This brings the selvedge edges
along the bottom of the back and up
and down the fronts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-14
FITZ Is REAL BRASH.
Declares He's a Daisy and Johnson
Will Not Whip Him.

Special Dispatch To The Star.
NEW YORK. July 13.-"If l had Jim
Corbett in the ring with me today I'd lick
him quicker than | did al Carson City ten
years ago" said Bob F1tZsjmmons today
as he stopped punching the bag In his sta
BILE at Dunellen. y. J. That's how | feel.
and YOU can tell the people who think that
Johnson is going to lick me next Wednesday
that I'll talk like this after the fight.
''On the level piped the freckled one.
wallopiug the bag an awful clout. I'm not
kidding a bit. Pipe me hopping around
here; don't look like a daisy? Come out
here you big buffers. he yelled to two who
were waiting to put the gloves on with him
Come out here till try you out"
One big sparring partner walked out
danced around round or two. carefully
tucked alaw a few of Fits !efts in his sys-
tenn and ret red. The other partner. who was
bigger than Fltz. shutffed out, and after
getting three or four around his feed has
ket pulled off the gloves. saying that his
stomach was out of order and lie couldn't
stand the gaff.
Fitz was tickled to death with his slams
and after Kidding himself of the two coming
champions went back to the skipping rope.
Il m not saying that I'm going to lick John
son. said the grand old gent of the ring,
but you can say for me that I'll bet my
farm he doesn't lick me. After l get
through with this fellow they'll take his
name OF the list of coming wonders Every
one else IN the country is passing him up
and Ill just place MIN where they won't
nave TO worry any more