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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12

A horse should be watered before
feeding. and never given large guam
tity of water after a meal, for the
simple reason that the water will wash
the food out of the stomach before
stomach digestion has taken place,
and the food win not be well prepared
for absorption; and besides it is some
times the cause of collie.
There is popular idea that warm
horse should not be allowed to drink
and, unlike a great many other popu-
lar ideas, there is little truth In it.
If you water warm horse in the or
binary way, letting him drink all that
he will, you are likely to have a foun-
dered horse on your hands. This Is
especially so If, at the time, the horse
is fatigued. Nevertheless. 1t is always
safe to allow him from six, to ten swal-
lows, no matter how warm he is. II
this be given on going into the stable
and he be allowed to stand and eat
hay fer an hour and is then offered
water, he win not drink nearly SO
much as he would had none been
given before
The danger is not In the first swal-
low, as we often hear 1t asserted. but
In the excessive quantities he will
drink If not restrained.
John splan. the great trainer.
writes:
"As to water, / think that horse
should have all that he wants at all
times. A man says: Why; will you
give your horse water before a racer
Yes, before the race, In the race. and
after the race, and any other time
that he wants to drink. When / say
give your horse all the water he wants
before the race. I do not mean that
you shall tie him In a warm stall
where he cannot get drink for FIVE
or six hours on a hot day. and then
take him to the pump and give him all
that he wants. What I mean is to
give him water often and, In that>way,
he will only take a small quantity at
time"
After long, continuous exertion the
system is greatly depleted of fluid.
Nature calls for its replacement, and
this Is the cause of thirst which
is so intense that, II the animal is not
restrained at this time, he may drink
much more than he needs.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
EXHIBITS AT ROAD CONGRESS
Complete Demonstration OF Govern
ment's Work on Public Highways
VIII Be Shown to Farmer.

An interesting exhibit at the Ameri-
can Road congress to be held next fall
will be presented by the United
States department Of agriculture. Sec
rotary Wilson Of the department has
authorized Director Logan Waller
Page OF the ONCE of public roads to
give q complete exhibit Of the gov
ernment's work on the public roads Of
the country, showing how unimproved
roads hurt the farmer and how Inn
proved roads aid not only the farmer.
but the consumer.
Four Of the biggest associations
which are working for the improve
ment Of public roads are consolidating
their forces In order to make the next
American Road congress the biggest
affair Of fits kind In the history of this
country; they are the American Road
Builders association, the American
Association for Highway Improve
ment. the American Automobile asso-
citation and the National Association
Of Road Material and Machinery
Manufacturers. All Of these associa-
lions have previously held separate
conventions. It Is expected that farm
ers' associations and other associa-
tons interested in the Improvement OF
public highways win likewise take
part In the congress.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
PRODUCING GOOD
CREAM AND MILK
Farmers Not so Much 20 Blame
for Their CareIessness as
Price Paid for the
Poor Article.

The education of dairymen in the
way of producing good cream and
milk is progressing. Some of the
large creameries. particularly those
of the west, are paying for cream &C
cording to its real value and are care
fully grading It
Time was under sharp competition
when the creameries took all kinds OF
cream just as it came and paid the
same price for good. bad and indiffer-
ent 1t was not long before the
creameries found out that this did
not pay and now many Of them are
separating the cream and grading II
according to condition. For instance.
number one consists of separator
cream which is delivered twice a
week in winter and three times a
week In summer. This must be rea-
sonably sweet and in good condition
and test at least 30 per cent butter
fat.
Cream graded as number two in
cludes all hand separator cream de-
livered not less than once a week in
winter and twice in summer 1t must
be reasonably clean, in good condition
and test not less than 20 per cent
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
BEDBUGs IN CHICKEN HOUSE
Roots and. Nests Should Be Removed
From Building and WhItewash
Spray Thoroughly Applied.

Many poultry houses are infested
with bed bugs and 1t is not an easy
matter to dislodge them.
Some people say that turning the
sheep into the poultry houses viii in
duce the bugs to attack the sheep
where they will be lost In the wool,
but this is a poor remedy.
Remove all the roosts and nests
from the house and spray with boiling
hot ,whitewash to which has been
added pint Of turpentine to q pail
full.
Another good remedy Is to burn the
interior of the house with caroline
mixture which can be bought at any
drug store. Another effective remedy
is half a pint each OF turpentine.
ammonia and kerosene to which add
about four ounces Of gum camphor.
II more is needed double the quantity.
Apply with a brush.
The nests should be burned out over
blazing fire and the roosts should
also be held over the fire and all
should be thoroughly whitewashed and
painted before putting them back.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
PoUITRYNoTFS
(NNh& 81 e3aeao J

Don't raise scrub chickens.
Don't use too heavy a cock bird with
your females.
Poultry constitutes a very good min
or source Of farm profit
Early turkeys are what pay and
these can only be had from early laid
eggs.
Condiments that stimulate egg PRO
duction are very much like anything
that stimulates a human being.
Some tell the sex Of the guinea fowl
by its wattles. Those OF the male are
double the size Of the female.
Feeding the chicks too much IA
worse than waste as feed lying about
viii soon sour and then comes trou-
BILE.
A chickens stomach is not made Of
iron. and the same diet day after day
harms them as much as 1t does a hu-
man.
Running the incubator is Ike most
other things. we get results largely in
proportion to the work we do our
selves.
Keep track Of the chicks that feath-
er out early. The chances favor these
birds becoming the most profitable
ones to keep.
Ventilation In the chicken house il
a very important consideration, and
the health OF the fowls. In a great
measure. depends on It.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
STARTING cueumbers.

The starting of cucumbers and
muskmelons under glass is becoming
an important practice in various parts
of the country. Millions Of plants are
started in frames in the Norfolk dis
trict, many Of them being left in the
frames and forced as long as glass
is needed. The sides Of the frames
are then removed and the vines let
run at viii in the ssrames and between
them. This method should be used
much more largely in northern sec
tons. Greenhouse cucumbers nearly
always pay handsome profits and Gu
cumbers Of almost as good quality
may be grown IN frames, although
they win be later.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12

in butter fat. The lowest grade, mum
Der three. includes all gravity cream
end all hand separator cream which
tests less than 20 per cent. This
grade also includes all cream that is
in poor condition even II 1t should test
more than 20 per cent
The creameries ought to have adopt.
ed some system of this kind long ago
and 1t is their fault largely that they
have not been able to produce better
butter than they have. Much of the
creamery butter on the market Ia
mighty poor STUFF and 1t comes from
mixing good and bad cream.
Farmers are not so much to blame
for their carelessness, as they have
been paid as much for poor cream as
good. OF course this sort of business
did not offer any inducement to send
good sweet. clean cream to market
and to send 1t often. Now that many
Of the big creameries have started
into this campaign Of education the
farmer who produces the best cream
will have the advantage over the care
less and Indifferent dairyman that he
should have. as it puts a premium on
good cream.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
COUNTRY ROADS OF CONCRETE
One That Cannot Become Muddy and
At All Times Provide Secure Safe
Footing 10 Desired.

It 10 becoming more and more evil
dent to farmers and those interested
in. good country roads that more
lasting material than earth or the or
binary macadam must be used. Near
Coshocton. o.. two concrete roads
have been built which have success
fully withstood one severe winter and
show no wear either from tranic or
weather.
The FIRST view shows 1olfoot con-
crete strip laid on the old roadbed.
The second shows an 1s-foot strip Of
the full width Of the road. The lat
ter joins the macadam road which IL
deeply worn and rutted. Concrete In
the first case replaced q block stone
road, which had given away under
heavy foods and travel, and the other.
limestone macadam road, whose life
was only one year. due to heavy traf-
&c. At present the 1S-foot strip road
carries all travel from the concrete
road and also from another brick road
and shows much less wear than the
brick.
A country road which cannot be-
come muddy. which win give at all
times q secure footing for horses and
which win need little or no repairs.
would be the greatest improvement In
farm conditions that has been made
In recent years. Concrete seems to be
the only material combining these
qualities with low cost. A decade
from now, our country roads Of con-
crete may equal our city pavements
in efficiency under all conditions Of
weather.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
Chickens In Summer.

Don't crowd the chickens in warm
weather, and don't put those Of diff
ferent ages together. The smaller
ones viii not have fair chance. and
where they are crowded are apt to be
smothered.
Pullets Matched in May can be
brought to laying by November, II
they are properly fed and cared for.
and crowded as fast as possible.
It cannot be done. however. II they
are half fed. tormented with lice.
short Of fresh water, or allowed to
become stunted for any other reason.
You win be to the expense of rails
ing them. anyway, and the sooner
you begin to get returns for that ex-
pense the better. so give them the
best chance to make good.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
QUALITIES OF
ARABIAN HORSE
Best Authorities Claim There
Never Was One of That
Breed Spotted or Calico
in Color.

The best authorities on the Arabian
horse claim there never was a really
pure one Of that breed that was spot
ted or calico in color. Even the cir
Gus men. however, have not nearly so
much use for the skewbald horse as
they once had. The small supply fills
their demand. They find that horses
Of the draft breeds pull their wagons
better, while for ring uses the tougher
bone and sinew of the thoroughbred
or trotter recommend them. Still
some attractions die hard and few
spotted freaks are always to be found
beneath every big canvass. The
Arabian horse may briefly be describ-
ed as thoroughbred on small scale.
There are many fine specimens Of the
breed in this country but more in
England. It is dificult to get really
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12

The custom, almost universally fol-
lowed, of giving the morning meal be-
fore water, is not very Objectionable.
either theoretically or practically. At
this time there is no depletion of fluid.
consequently the horse is not very
thirsty and does not drink rapidly or
excessively and apparently very little
evil results from this method. How
ever, the writer much prefers that the
horse should have an opportunity to
drink what is good for him before the
morning meal
Personally, l much prefer keeping
horses. both summer and winter, In
an open shed, with large water tank
in the yard, to tying them by the
head In barn.
Not only in giving water to horses
must care be exercised but in every
other way.
Many a good driving horse has his
years Of usefulness cut short by being
left in the hands Of some person who
does not know how to take care of a
horse or does not care what happens
to the horse that happens to come In
to his hands.
One of the most common ways Of
injuring a driving horse is by driving
him hard in cool weather, and when
the horse has been brought into q
sweat, leaving him uncovered and ex-
posed to cold winds or to drafts In
a stable.
It is seldom necessary to drive a
horse so hard on cool day that he
will be in a sweat In warm weather
It is different, as the horse, then
sweats with little exertion-
When the horse has been driven un-
til he is covered with foam and sweat.
he should be taken into a stable, rub
bed down with whisps of hay or piece
Of rough cloth, and then blanketed.
The neglect OF such precautions has
resulted in many a horse catching 4
cold that has proved serious.
Driving Is science itself. and there
are many mature people who have not
learned how to drive a horse. They
have no idea as to the amount of work
he is able to perform without lessen
ing his vitality.
It must be remembered that q horse
as well as man. Is limited as to what
he can do.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12

good specimens out Of the Sultan's do
mains. Not only is their expectation
prohibited by imperial decree, but
rivalry among the sheiks of the no
madic Arabians which own the best
bands is SO keen that good stations
can hardly be bought at first hands
and no one wants to pay much money
Tor poor individual and then go deep
down in pocket two or three times
more to place IL on ship board.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
OUTDOOR LIFE.
VIII Not Offset the ~ EBssp
Coffee and Tea When One cenpA
Digest Them.

A farmer says:
'For ten years or more SUM-.
from dyspepsia and stomach t'',. q.
caused by the use Of coffee sfe. 2.
tains caffeine. the same drus +.
in coffee), until / got 80 bad ! =
give up coffee entirely and alnos ,
up eating. There were times
could eat only boiled mix ana
and when I went to the ted g -. ~
I had to take some bread ana
along to give me strength
'T doctored steady and TOOK
everything I could get for my ..o..
In the way Of medicine, bat 2 u
any better It only lasted . LITE
I was almost walking sksle'o.
zone day read an sd TOT -. 4. 9
and told my wife / would Try n ~
to the following facts VII No.
davit before any Judge
II quit coffee entirely ana pssl J, =
tum in its place. / have re5n'ns
health entirely and can eat az ~
that is cooked to eat ! have in..' ~.
in weight until now weigh nor "a
I ever did. / have not taken any
cine for my stomach since !
using Postum. - /.
my family would stick @ a.
first, but they saw the effects ~
on me and when they were 4
bad they began to use Postum
a time. until now we all use r. ~,
Name given by Postum CO.
Greek, Mich. ..,1
Ten days trial Of Postum "a
of coffee proves the truth, ~
pleasant way. 81. y
Read the little book, ~Ths q.
weIlville," in pkgs. There's
SON." -
Ever read the above l efss- ~
enc appears from time 20 " "a 49,,
are genuine, true, and Nh
interest.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
Protecting Grain.

Grosbeaks sometimes steal corn
from cribs. but the remedy Is obvious.
A lining Of small-meshed wire netting.
besides protecting the contents Of the
crib from birds. does greater service
by keeping out mice and rats.
Standing grain may be insured
against the attacks Of small birds by
planting few rows Of millet on the
edge Of the field. Millet Is prime
favorite with all grain-eating birds.
and should he sown so as to ripen at
the time the grain is exposed to dam
age.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12

A man who had auddeplf blt'#
very rich went 10 live IN New III
and began to spend money vi'h 3
lisa hand. He decided thsi he n.N'
needed advertising. 80 ~ flt'|| .
genealogist.
II suppose" he said. If psf p.
enough you can trace my fAmi'f ~
to ADAM"
my dear SIR" replied TIE rsr,..e
gist. "if you're willing TO put el e
money we can prove By eroiuiisn e''
your family existed before AenH
Lippincott's Magazine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
Insect Powder for Fowls.

Here is receipt for an insect pow
der and 1t can be made great deal
cheaper than It can be bought.
Take one pint OF crude carbolic
acid and three pints OF gasoline. Mix
In an earthen crock or granite ware
dish. Sprinkle in plaster Of Paris
and thoroughly stir so that every par
ticle Of It will be wet. Use enough
plaster Of Paris to absorb all the H.
guild Spread out on a paper for ex-
ira gasoline to evaporate. then run
through a sieve and the powder is
ready for use.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
system In the FEEDING.

Fowls should have empty crops in
the morning and the crop should never
be quite full until 1t Is time to go to
roost For the first feed grain scat
tered in the litter in the morning is
preferred, the sooner the better. This
induces them to exercise. In the mid
die OF the day a warm. moistened
mash should be given. sbGut what
they win eat. And at night before
they go to roost a liberal feed Of
grain should be scattered In the lit
ter. Fowls should be kept busy.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
Explanatory Sketch.

muslin on one side of frame with q
pleat IN each corner SO 1t viii sag
about inches. Put nail in each
corner Of box inches from bottom
for frame to rest upon. Have about
inch of fine hay chan in bottom Of
box. Put in chicks and cover top Of
muslin with burlap sacks or any soft
material. In warm weather they win
need very little cover.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
Good Roads
GF0I.mNO7eS
Z forget to plant 9 lew pumpkIn

Don't forget to plant q few pumpkin
seeds.
A weedy pasture is an Improbable
piece of property.
A NEEDLESS cornfield is the sign Of a
farmer who is proud Of his calling.
Alfalfa may be put into the silo, and
1t produces fair quality OF silage.
Pregnancy and milk production re-
quire rations relatively rich In pro-
tein.
Celery may be transplanted to the
garden any time from May rs to
July /.
Rape is one Of the best annual for
age crops for temporary spring and
fall pasture.
Hen manure is an excellent fer
tflizer, but It is not the thing for the
potato ground.
The hired man who gets up In tho
morning without being called Is worth
hanging on to.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12

must be at temperature Of between
80 and 70 degrees Fahrenheit, Is kept
there for an hour or more. Two In-
diana men have invented an attach
ment for water spigot or which
may have its own pipe leading into
It The attachment consists of a
length of hose with a sharp. hollow
metal point on the free end. This
POINT can be thrust through the
breast Of the chicken or whatever
fowl or animal 1t may be, and the re-
quisite amount of water injected into
It In this fashion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
Oyster Shells .-r Fowls.

The feeding Of oyster shells is
claimed to supply the birds with grit,
but experiments show that under cir
oumstances in any other manner oys-
ter shells may be utilized by the hens
to supply shells for the eggs. 1t is
not necessary to feed shells, however.
when the fowls are supplied with
varied food. as the food of poultry
contains lime sufieient for all pur-
poses.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12

aged In every possible way to multi
ply and spread over the country.
This little chap who appears so
lonely in the open field or in the rear
of the stable, is one Of the greatest
bug fighters In the world. He is prowl-
ing around the grass after game and
he gets It In vast numbers from the
enterprising ant to the lazy slug that
crawls slowly from beneath damp
stone
1t is estimated that over $500, 100000
worth Of crops are destroyed annually
by insect pests. This great sum
would be doubled II 1t were not for the
toad and his allies, who keep up
constant warfare against the encroach-
ing bug and worm. that are cheating
the farmer out of his just profits as
surely as the middleman is doing in
the cities.
1t is estimated that the average toad
is worth at least five dollars a year to
the farmers, as the creature during that
period has destroyed insects and thus
saved crops that are worth that
amount. A large toad has been known
to devour 100 rose beetles at a single
meal. In the stomach of one toad, 70
myriapods were found; in another. 55
army worms and another IS gypsy
moth caterpillsrs. At another post
mortem 1t was shown that the batra-
chan had just lunched upon 81 ants,
10 sowbugs. 3 spiders. ! caterpillar
and 10 plant lice. At another time one
toad was seen to eat IS large and full
grown celery worms In three hours.
while another accepted So flies. fed to
him In less than 10 minutes.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
Damage by Insects.

The injury to various fruit crops By
insects of all kinds is very great, a.
everyone knows, but Professor Sted-
man says that the damage to truck
crops by insects every year exceeds
the damage to fruit crops. And yet
how few gardeners take steps to pro-
tect their crnns
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
BULB WORM OR STEM MAGGOT
Little Pest Works Its Way Down Into
Grown Of Wheat Plant and
Causes Much Damage.

The wheat bulb worm or stem mag
got causes much damage in the wheat
field. These little green worms change
to pupal form in April and May, be-
coming little yellow flies, much re-
sembling a small housefy, in June.
These flies lay their eggs on the upper
wheat leaves. The eggs hatch into
the little greenish-white worms with
the small black feeding hooks at one
end. These worms crawl down the
wheat leaf and feed on the stalk, caus-
ing the part of the stalk above where
they are feeding to turn white. This
brood Of worms stays in the straw till
July or August. when 1t changes into
another brood Of flies. The flies, by
laying eggs on volunteer wheat and on
grasses, produce another brood OF
flies by September or October. 1t was
this third brood that laid the eggs
which Matched into the little green
worms We speak Of. This brood of
worms tdoes damage by working its
way down into the crown Of the wheat
plant, often cutting OF the central
stem and in this way causing consid-
cradle damage.
If 1t were not for the numerous para
site enemies Of this wheat pest. 1t
might become more dangerous than
the Hessian fly, which It resembles
very much in its general habits. In
one respect 1t is even worse than the
Hessian fly, in that II can feed on
many other grasses beside wheat
There are few practical measures OF
controlling the pest Rotation of crops
and late planting of winter wheat are
not as effective as with Hessian f1y.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
PREPARE FOWLS FOR MARKET
Apparatus Invented by Indiana Men
for Injecting Water Into Body
After Killing.

Experts have discovered that fowls
and animals are better at for food II
about per cent. Of their weight in
water be injected into their bodies
Just after they are killed. This must
be done, before the animal heat has
left the body. and the water. which
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-07-12
QOUHRAss
SUMMER HOUSE FOR POULTRY
Coop Shown In the Illustration viii
Provide Comfortable Place for
Hens in Hot Weather.

Good poultry quarters are needed
and for warm weather the house
shown In the accompanying picture
will answer the purpose exceedingly
well. II is built eight feet wide, IL
feet long, seven feet high In front
and AZ feet at the rear. 1t should
have a light framework, consisting Of
2x4's, for the stills and caps, and sid
ing of inch stuff. preferably matched.