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Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01

The greStest leak in American az
ficuIture is that Of barren mares.
That the horse breeding industry can
stand such a waste OF energy. money
and time Is positive proof that the In
dustry can be made one OF the most
lucrative OF any carried on in connec-
ton with the work OF the farm. The
loss In my state, Nebraska, resulting
from mares that do not reproduce
themselves, exceeds $26,000.0OO every
year. In all OF the United States. the
loss from this source will exceed $780,
10000. In the United States slightly
less than 40 foals are produced from
every 100 mares bred. A small frac-
ton less than 20 foals are produced
by every stallion owned In this coun-
try and II requires nearly four SER
vices OF q stallion for every live foal
added to the horse population OF this
country. These facts are small credit
70 our breeding intelligence, writes
DR.. @. L. Carlson in the Farmers
Mail and Breeze.
n iCCOfO hCpt VI mduy AAPOi tCo
stations. covering period OF many
years. gives the following results:
The Suffolk stations left SO per cent
OF foals. Belgians 81. Percherons IS,
Clydesdales 81, and the Shires 40
per cent. Feed is an important factor
in the case of stations. Data gath
cred in several states. and covering a
period Of several years. teaches US
that corn diet does not produce q
high per cent. Of foals. Oats mixed
with corn increased the foal crop by
per cent Oats gave an increase OF
IA per cent. as compared with corn
Wheat bran added to the oats ration
resulted In per cent more foals
while grass or alfalfa, with no grain
gave 81 per cent. of foais. Here we
learn that the nearer. We get to q
corn ration the smaller number OF
foals produced, while the nearer we
get TO a grass ration with no grain
the larger the number OF foals pro
duced. In other words. the nearer we
approach natural conditions the more
foals we viii have.
Data along these lines secured from
different angle, show quite as con
clusively that corn is not good fol
breeding stallions< The foal crop IN
Missouri from the best stations is but
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01

allied; so the best way Is to use hives
If large size. or those OF ordinary size
,ne piled on top of the other: the bees
and queens should be given plenty Of
room.
At the beginning of the season. one
story Of a hive will be enough Just
before fruit-blooms open up. another
story should be added. containing
empty cones or frames OF comb foun-
dation. and as the season advances.
more stories added az required
large entrance should be provided
at the bottom OF each story so AZ to
keep the bees inside the hive, for II the
bees cluster out In front they will be
sure to swarm: 80 there should be
enough room to keep the bees inside
the hive and at work.
Colonies worked this way may store
from so to 200 pounds Of fine honey.
Some colonies handled In this way
may swarm. but they will not be very
many. In such cases put over the en-
trance an alley trap. This viii allow
the worker bees to pass In and out
but when the queen comes out with q
swarm she is trapped because she can
not go through the same slot the
workers go through.
While the swarm is in the air the
trap containing the queen is taken on.
the old hive Is removed and q new
one containing frames or combs pat
In its place The trap is then placed
In front OF the new hive. now on the
old stand and in 20 minutes or one
half hour the swarm In the air will
return and 20 into the new hive The
queen lie then released from the trap
when she will go into the swarm
The bees will then start house
teeping anew.
In this way YOU avoid climbing
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01

| trees. or cutting then nabs on d
making that horrid noise Of pounding
the pans.
In this manner the attention the
bees require could BE- given by the
farmers wife or the son or daughter
and II be viii let them have the money
made from the bees. they win get 90
interested In them that they VAL learn
to handle a large number OF bees In
. short time and will be able to lay
aside little ready money.
OF course there n an occasional Sea-
son when bees win hardly make their
own living. Then they should be red
to keep them from starving. but there
may be only one poor season IN four
or I'VE. In the good seasons they VIII
more than pay for their keep.
A good but simple hive may be con-
structed easily. There should be two
rows Of holes. one six inches above
the other. 20 that when shelter is not
provided. and II SHOWS. the lower
holes are usually covered with snow
or ice. the upper ones remaining open
to admit fresh air, which is very I'M
portant Then after q long journey.
bees alighting at the upper holes have
q shorter distance to travel to reach
their store Of sweets.
The hive 10 12x1zx15 inches inside
measurement and when filled with
honey win hold sufficient to keep q
large colony Of bees during any SEA-
son not fruitful Of flowers
For holding the comb. small round
sticks are used. the same a. In the
old hive. the cover IL removable and
the edges beveled to hold In position
small upper hive or upper stories to
be added as needed.
Beginners should not purchase large
colonies Of bees. Begin moderately
and 90 slow.
Colonies placed I'm an open situa-
ton and somewhat shaded BY trees or
vines viii be much more conveniently
handled than when placed In an ordi-
nary shed or out-of-door bee-houses.
The swarming bag IL one of the best
things IN bee culture. II 10 about six
feet In length and one foot in diam
eter and formed OF alternate lengths
Of calico and mosquito-netting. Each
length Of about one foot has . ring Of
wire OF hoop to hold the bag distend-
ed.
When the bees are about to swarm
and are inclined to come outside the
hive. the bag is fastened onto the
front of the hive and the other end
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01

Al per cent. OF the mares bred. and
corn Is the chief ration. In Kansas It
is "A; Illinois, As; Iowa, Al; Nebraska.
40; Minnesota, 81: Ontario, IL; Mon
tana. ~; Wyoming. ~. and Idaho. rs.
Here again we notice that the foai
crop is small in the corn states as
compared with the states producing
no corn, and the large fcal crop Is in
those states known an grazing states.
Overfeeding Is bad. too. regardless
Of what the grain Is. It Is muscle.
rather than tallow, that 10 wanted In
reproduction. Tallow II degenerating 8.
impairing the vitality of ell cells.
glands and nerves around which 1t II
deposited. Everything fed a stallion
should be clean and wholesome. Oats
that have been wet before threshing
and musty or dusty hay should never
be fed q stallion Vigor tablets, ton
les or stimulants should never DO
given q stallion.
The manner OF feeding our mares
has much to do with foal production.
The following includes q large list OF
mares kept on different feeds. and
the per cent. OF foals produced by
them The range kept mares pro
duced 81 per cent. OF foals; those fed
grass in summer and alfalfa In win
ter. 81; hay, oats and bran. 81; corn.
alfalfa or clover. S.: corn. bran and
hay. 81; hay and corn. 40 per cent.
Here, again, the nearer We get to q
corn ration. the smaller the foal crop
and the nearer we get to q grass IA
ton without any grain. the larger the
number OF foals.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01


little fellows soon learn that IL 70,
them.
As soon as they begin to eat II m
clean. add q little corn meal TO the
feed. When three months old one
may add to this an equal amount of
ground oats After that soak shelIed
corn and feed II for slops.
Make slop thick enough to pour
readily and add salt. as this aids di.
gestion. Use old process OIL meal
soaked In Stops for twelve hours A a
substitute for milk.
When being fed heavily. pigs should
have plenty Of exercise. Early spring
pigs grown on wide grass range bav.
Ing skimmilk and small grain ration
costs the owners but little. and ara
the best money makers.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01

fastened to q stake When the queen
enters the bag she bounds to the up
per end and Is quickly surrounded BY
her followers and the swarm In then
captured with ease.
Beginners are very often impatient
for increase. II you increase your
bees too rapidly you will get less
honey unless you have q first-class
strain OF bees. Even then II the sea
son is a poor one or the locality In
which you live Is oVerstocked. the
amount of honey may not be as large
as you would expect
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01

Home. A long pole is balanced across
a post feet high or across a limb OF
a tree. On the short end OF this pole
Is attached a gambrel to which the
carcass is attached as shown. One
man can easily lift heavy carcass
with this device. A good way to hold
the pole in place Is to have q forked
stick in the ground. or one may de
the end down II more convenient.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
MAKING GOOD PASTURES NOW
Step VIII Prevent Loss Of Money on
Poor Acres and Lay Foundation
for Live Stock

Let us make good pastures at once.
This step will prevent the losing Of
money on the poorest acres. II will
lay the foundation for the raising In
future years Of large numbers Of live
stock Let us make q beginning with
improved live stock now. Recollect
that the growing Of improved stock
viii be a matter Of absolute necessity
In q few years. Remember that one
can best 60 into live stock gradually.
and that experience gained this year
and time gained. and even . few
breeding animals collected. will make
future success with live stock much
more certain than II the beginning II
postponed for another year.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
PIMPLEs COVERED HIS BACK

MY troubles began along IN the
summer In the hottest weather and
took the form of small eruptions and
itching and a kind Of smarting pain.
It took me mostly all over my back
and kept getting worse until finally
my back was covered with a mass Of
pimpies which would burn and itch at
night so that I could hardly stand It.
This condition kept getting worse and
worse until my back was solid mass
of big sores which would break open
and run. Ny underclothing would be
q clot Of blood.
Il tried various remedies and salves
for nearly three years and was not
getting any beneflt. II seemed / was
in eternal misery and could not sleep
on my back or lean On q chair. I was
finally given set Of the Cuticura
Remedies and inside Of two weeks I
could see and feel a great relief. /
kept on using Cuticura Soap. Ointment
and also the Resolvent, and In abott
three or four months time MY back
was nearly cured and felt like a new
being. Now am in good health and
no sign of any skin diseases and !
am fully satisfied that Cuticura Rene
dies are the best ever made for skin
diseases. I would not be without
them" (Signed) w. A. Armstrong.
Corbin, Kan. May 26. 1911. Although
Cuticura Soap and Ointment are sold
by druggists and dealers everywhere,
q sample Of each. with 32-page book.
viii be mailed free on application to
~Cuticura," Dept L, Boston.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
FEW COMFORTS
FOR A PIGGERY
Animal VIII Not DO TIA Best
Unless Kept Comfortable
Food for Pushing
Sprtna PAgs.
CBy sYLvANUs VAN AKENJ

CBy sYLvANUs VAN AKENJ
n the hog Ii not comfortable he
win not do his best The one object
Of hog farming is profit The hog
responding most readily to good care
and that Is capable Of best develop
ment and variety Of foods IL the
most desirable.
A hog viii not make q profit when
shut up In q small pen fed on dry
corn and filthy water.
Be sure to nave good place for the
sows to farrow In. Spring pigs well
cared for win bring the farmer good
money next fall and he win hardly
know how he came BY It.
One viii find the best food for
pushing pigs to be- shorts MIXED with
skinmilk placed in separate pen
iust out Of reash Of the mother: the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
An 0Id-Fashloned Rabbit Trap.

Make a box with sliding door to
work up and down easily Run q
stringer over the center peg and
fasten the trigger. which has Q little
notch IN H. to hook behind the top
board and to hold up the trap-door.
When the rabbit gnaws at the bait
he pushes the trigger back. which
slides through the hole and lets the
slide-door fall This can be made out
Of any strong boz BY q boy who IL
handy with tools In half an hour. and
Il never fails to work
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
Grit Is Essential

Remember that II the hens do not
have full supply Of grit the food
will not pass through the gizzard az II
should. The gizzsrd snd the passage
way from the crop to the gizzard be-
come clogged and many a fowl dies
simply from want Of material to grind
Its food. Keep grit before the fowls
at all times.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
Weevll as Blessing.

It Is an I'll wind that blows nobody
good The weevil win prove a great
blessing to those who have some sur
plus money. Many farmers win hug
the hope that imagination feeds Cd
and continne to farm as they are now
farming until they lose their farms fol
q small part Of their real value.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
Excellent Sheep Practice.

It is the custom In Wyoming for
owners Of land. who rent their fields
in the winter to sheepmen. to stipu-
late In the agreement that the sheep
are not to be bedded in one place
more than two or three nights, 20 as
to spread the manure This IL an
excellent practice.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01

II is good plan 70 let the colt
suckle a couple of times per day Al
nrst Then after few days the little
fellow may be cut down to once a
day After a week. II everything r.
going nicely. the mare should be KENT
away entirely. The mare should be
watched and her uddsr MIXED out u
1t seems necessary.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
SEVEN YEARS (
OF MISERY
How Mira. Bethune was r..
stored 10 Health by Lyd;a
E Pinkham's Vegeta.
bic Compound.
Sikeston, No. :" For seven w.,
suffered everything. was IN ~ :.

four or five days ata
time every month
and 50 wesk / soo6
hardly walk. Ih,5
cramps, backache
and headache, and
was 80 nervous au5
weak that ! dreaded
to see anyone Or
have anyone movs Is
the room. The doe
tors gave me med.
cina IA enan -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
Clean the Garden.

Are we going to let the yard and
garden go through the winter with
,ut q thorough cleaning mp? II not.
low IL the time to do that sort Of
york Motbsr and the girls win ap-
sreciats It
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
Precautions Aqaln.. Frost.

Take precaution against apples
frosting in storage. Where there IL
danger from freezing set q large tub
OF warm water in the cellar to raise
the temperature. II freezing occurs
allow the fruit to tnaw slowly.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
FACTS IN BEE CULTURE
Many People Discouraged on Ac-
count Of Swarming Habit.
This Tendency May be curtaIIed to
Great Extent BY Using Hive Of
Double Capacity or One 81
Top Of othsr-esaIn
Slowly.

CBy MRS. A. JOSEPH. California;
A great many people would be glad
to keep q few colonies of bees II they
did not everlastingly swarm. This
difficulty may be overcome to some
extent Bees swarm because Of lack
Of room. II instead Of using . single
hive you use one Of double capacity.
or one on top Of the other. the swarm
Ing tendency will be very much cur
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
seed Law, In Germany.

Germany has good laws In reference
10 the purity and INABILITY Of seeds
that are for sale. and these laws ap-
pear to be well enforced.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure coli
stipation. Constipation il the cause e
many diseases. Cure the cause and you
cure the disease. Easy to take.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01

All the worlds a stage, and all the
men and women are merely kickers
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01

1t is the easiest thing In the world
for man to believe as be hopes
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
An interruption.

cerald-With that end in view
Geraldine-Stop looking at my feet
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
HANDY DEVICE
FOR BUTCHERS
With Assistanee OF Derrick
Shown An IIIustrafion one
Man Can Lift Carcass
from Ground.

For farmer who butchers only
once or twice year II is hardly worth
while to build an expensive butcher
Ing outfit One Of the best devices
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01

FnI-s CURED IN 9 TO Ia nays
Youv druzi ~ win reIund MONEY 81 no 4 ~
MINT fails 10 cure any case VI ht1iAa. bi.s.,l
Bleeding or P'otrioing Piles in GO i4aAss ~
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY II.
THE BOY JESUS IN THE TEMpLE

LESSON TExT-Luks f:so-ka
GOLDEN TExT-"How n II that ye
sought met Visit ye not that I must be
about my Fathers business. Luke 1:49.
MEMORY VLRSES-4s. Al.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-03-01
INTERNATIONAL
SUNlMS0lOOL
LESSON

By Rev. William Rvans, ID. d. Director Bibis oOuns
Moody Bible knsututs, Chicago
The Washington times., 1912-06-18
WHERE LIVING COMES HIGHEST.

A somewhat cheerful note has been sounded in
the midst of the dismal chorus of the increased cost
of subsistence 1t is hint that the prices will fall
nor that wages will rise, but human nature all the
world over, takes certain amount of satisfaction in
discovering that things worse somewhere else
distinguished citizen of Washington has just
returned from an extensive tour of South America,
and the list of prices he quotes prevailing in some
of the Latin-American republics reads like civil
market report expressed in terms of Confederate
money. Fifty cents in gold for boule of American
beer must have reminded the traveller that he and
the amber brew alike were long way from Vic Ber-
gers home town. There are thirsty partisans of a
cold bottle who will argue that it is sometimes worth
the money right here at home, but what would the
Consumers League think of having to pay SIG for
a pair of shoes? If the Buenos Ayres and Rio
schedule in force in this country large part
of the population would be disposed to get in line
with the little man with cheeks of tan"
In Buenos Ayres again our traveller had to paw
ST in gold for straw hat which he could have pur-
chased here on the Avenue for So, while in meat
yielding Argentina ham was selling at dollar and a
quarter pound. AS the eggs were imported from
Spain, Italy, and Morocco the Washington citizen
probably thought it wiser to give out no specific
prices lest he find himself cassed with that other
distinguished voyage the late Baron Munchausen
Of course, it buffers no parsnips here to know
that swart friends beyond the equator are spend
ing money like Lucullus and getting much simpler
fare, but by benevolent perVersity of human ma
ture the information will contribute to the sum o
our contentment as we sit down TO the dinner o
herbs which wise ling exolled above the stalled OK
The Washington times., 1912-06-18
MRS. ANDREWS MAY
GET VACANT PLACE
ON SCHOOL BOARD
Wife of Treasury Auditor
Likely to Win APP
pointment.

Mrs. w. z. Andrews, wife of the
Auditor Of the Treasury, and president
Of the District Federation of women's
Clubs, is likely to be named a member
of the Board Of Education, as a result
Of the refusal of Miss Mabel T. Board
man to serve. Miss Boardman has
wired here from Chicago that "innumer-
able Red Cross duties prevent my ac-
cepting the appointment to the Board
of Education"
While Mrs. Andrews name is now
being considered by Chief Justice Cla-
baugh. of the Supreme Coure of the
District, and his associates, no formal
action may be taken for months. be-
cause Justice Job Barnard is out Of
the city for the summer, and the ap-
pointment probably will not be made
except by the full court, II Is stated.
Several members Of the present board
will urge her appointment.
The last meeting of the old board will
be held June %. The board as recon-
stituted by the appointment Of John b.
Larner, Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, and
William l.. Houston will meet soon af-
ter and organize. Henry p. Blair is
almost certain to be elected president
to succeed Capt. James F. oyster, who
will not take another term.
The Washington times., 1912-06-18

the trees, for a minimum of $4,000 and maximum
Of $l0o00o and within few days will start in all
the pampered state Of refrigeration for the Northern
markets. Nimbe fingers are at work among the
foliage, fighting away the honey bees and heaping
the hampers as with the golden apples Of the Hes
perides. Elbertan troubadours are singing dithy
rambics to her unrivaled cheeks OF velvet and gold
What far cry it is from the wizened little
Indian clngstones which once passed for peaches to
the juicy richness and mammoth proportions Of this
nursing Of scientific horticulture 1t is cause for
wonder that even the undscriminating appetite Of
childhood could find delight in the lemon peach
which once enjoyed high favor. Even the earlier
freestones, though step along the way Of improve
ment were too often but Dead Sea fruit with worm
at their heart 1t was the humber but persistent
Burbanks who wrought the transformation, and
now the Elberta queens it over the nectarine and
makes the apricot seem as the prune.
The uniformed, when they first discover the
Elberta, make the mistake of serving it with the ira
ditiona sugar and cream. They soon learn that the
great laboratory Of nature has done all that can be
done to bring this Gorana of the orchards to perfec
ton. Within its downy epdermis there is enough
and to spare of the condiments which Of old time
had to be artfcaly supplied The taunts Of parvenu
can no longer dscredit the reigning favorite. She
has come into her own, and each successive year
sees her followers become everengthening train.