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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-06
From Fridays Daily.

George and Alfred Kahle, the
sons of Mr. and Mrs. George Kahle
of Blakely, were drowned yester-
day while skating. They broke
through the ice and tile bodies were
not recovered until late this morn
ing. The boys were six; and twelve
years old.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-06
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Attorney for Petitioner.
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CITATION FOR HEARING ON Pc
Triton FOR ADMINISTRATIONS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF
Blue Earth, in Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Eliza
beth A. Adsit, Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all per.
sons interested in the granting OF
administration of the estate of said
decedent: The petition of W. s
Adsit having been filed in this court
representing that Elizabeth A. Adsit
then resident of the County oil
Blue Earth, State of Minnesota, died
intestate on the 23rd day of Octo-
Der, 1912, and praying that letters
of administration : of her estate be
granted to, w: S. Adsit, and the
court having fixed; the time and
place for hearing said petition:
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05

All litter must be removed daily, and
the frequent spraying of the hogs.
feeding floors and sleeping quarters
with a water solution (two per cent or
more) of a tar disinfectant is neces-
sary part of the care.
Both the sick and well hogs should
be fed light diet of sloppy food,
shorts, bran and the like. Water or
slop must not be left in the trough for
the hogs to wallow in. Copper sui
plate dissolved in the water and slop
In the proportion of four or five
ounces to the barrel may lessen the
chance of infection.
As soon as hog comes down with
the disease lit should be removed, to
the pens set of for the sick animals
These pens should not communicate in
any way with the pens where the
well hogs are kept.
The dead hogs should be burned.
This is not a difficult task II the body
Is placed on top OF pile Of wood that
will burn quickly and make hot fire.
If disposed of by burying 1t should be
well done and the body covered with
lime. However, this is not az salts
factory as burning.
The length of time that the hog
houses and their surroundings will
remain infected will depend on the
care taken In cleaning them. In filth
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
PROPER CARE OF
ALL YOUNG PIGS
Successful Hog Raiser Is Pres
ent at narrowing Time to
Prevent Accidents.

Take care of the young pigs. Give
them close attention from the time
they are narrowed until they are large
enough to take care of themselves.
Personal attention to ones pigs, says
T. R. H. Wright, assistant in animal
husbandry at the Kansas Agricultural
college, Is the most important essen.
tial in successful hog raising.
The man who cares for and feeds the
SOW should be with the SOW at the
time Of narrowing After narrowing
about one-half of the litter, the SOW
will very often get up. turn over and
kill about half the pigs already far
rowed. so the only safe way is to be
in the shed and remove the young
pigs as fast as they are farrowed.
See that the pigs are dried properly
and put them in covered box lined
with burlap. If the weather is cold,
put a jug of hot water or few hot
bricks In the center Of the box to keep
the pigs warm. The jug or bricks
should be wrapped to keep the young
pigs from being burned.
Reduce the feed of the SOW for q
short time before narrowing and give
her a thin slop for the first two or
three feeds after narrowing. Increase
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
BETTER SHEEP may Be KEPT BY FARMERS

While we believe the number of
sheep in West Virginia should be
largely increased, 1t is perhaps of
greater importance that the sheep we
have should be improved. 1t is posi-
BILE to have a profitable flock without
having registered one, and to the
man who already has common or
mixed flock of breeding ewes, or the
beginner in sheep husbandry, we make
: the following recommendations:
The uniformity of the flock is of first
Importance. They should be as nearly
alike as possible in type, breed and
general characteristics. In order to
secure this result, the shepherd should
first decide upon the type of sheep he
wishes to produce, and we think that
experience has shown that for most
sections of this state one of the Down
breeds will best meet the conditions,
though Merines and their grades have
many friends. Select pure-bred
ram of the type desired and always
keep a pure bred sire of the same
breed at the head of the flock. Keep
in mind always that it is fatal to uni
fornity and Improvement to use any
thing but a pure bred sire. While 1t
may sometimes seem expensive to
stick to this rule, it is well to keep in
mind that the greatest success is pos
sible by no other, and the uniformity
of the flock will more than make up
the difference in cost.
The best and most uniform eve
lambs should be selected from year TO
year to keep up and enlarge the breed
ing flock, and no eve should be kept
until she is more than eight years old,
while every eve that shows inferiority
in wool, form or constitution should be
discarded at any age. With rigorous
selection Of the ewes and carefully
selected pedigreed sire, in very few
years the flock, for all practical pur-
poses, will be as valuable as If 1t had
been pure bred.
The beginner will do we'll to go
slow and grow up with the bust
ness. purchasing few grade ewes and
aregistered ram to begin with and en-
large his flock as he enlarges his ex-
perience.
If left to themselves the breeding
season for ewes is from September to
the end Of the year, and the Landing
period may be strung out over a Pc
Rod of three months which is to be
avoided as far as possible. The gesta-
ton period is from 40 to $50 days, or
few days less than five months. Hay.
ing decided when the Landing period
is desired, for ten days or two weeks
before the ram is to be turned with
the ewes they should be turned on a
good clover or other nutritious pas
ture and fed little grain SO that the
ewes will be in thriving condition.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
(By PROF.. R. A. cRA1c.)


It is very necessary that we recog-
nize hog cholera and swine plague in
the very early stages In order to pre-
vent them from spreading. In some
outbreaks the symptoms are not
typical and we cannot diagnose the
disease by the symptoms alone. In
such cases we should destroy sick
hog and make q careful post-mortem
examination.
II the disease proves to be hog
cholera or swine plague, and It IL
practical under the conditions, the
he d should be divided into small
punches. The sick animals should be
separated from the well ones and all
possible precautions. taken against
the spread of the disease.
Do not move the hogs to different
parts Of the farm, nor scatter the dis
ease over the farm. II the yards and
hog houses are in such condition
that they cannot be properly cleaned
and disinfected we should move the
herd to some convenient place and
build temporary quarters
When the weather is warm the only
protection needed is shade In cold
weather It is necessary to provide
quarters warm enough to prevent the
hogs from .piling up and catching cold
Portable hog houses are very useful
for this purpose. .===s.--..-s.
The ysrds, feeding floors. troughs
and hog houses must be kept clean.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05

the feed as the pigs get older and as
the sow seems to Ebed it.
If the pigs should get too fat, dimin-
fsh the amount of feed fed to both SOW
and young. Pigs that are too fat are
likely to have scours or thumps. The
pigs usually will began to eat when
about two weeks old. Then they
should have some feed in addition to
their mothers milk They may be fed
with the SOW by giving her little
more than she will eat or by provid.
ing separate pen, which the pigs can
enter but the COW cannot. Keep the
pigs trough clean, as sour feed or
milk will cause trouble
A good feed for both SOW and pigs
is mixture of corn, shorts. oil meal,
and tankage The amount Of each to
feed mast be largely determined by
the feeder, because the proportion
that Is best for one SOW and her lit
ter may not be best for another. The
run Of q good pasture should be given
them Alfalfa, clover and rape pas
lures make good feed for SOW and
pigs.
If pasture is not available, alfalfa
hay may be fed instead. as pigs rel
ish this almost as well in the summer
as in the winter, and it can be conve-
niently fed in racks. The yards and
pens should be SO situated as to re-
ceive the maximum amount Of sun
shine, as 1t is one of the best means of
keeping the pens IN sanitary condi-
ton.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05

and out OF season. Also the appetite
of the fowl Is a very good Indication OF
her laying quality. Very desirable
qualities Of good layer are bright,
full eyes. red combs, and appearing to
be full Of business.
The shape of the bird should be Civ
en- some consideration, but it does not
necessarily hold trNe that those birds
of ideal shape are good layers, or that
those deficient in good shape are not
good layers. It Is reasonable to ex-
pect, however, that those with long
necks, small heads, broad long backs,
wide and springy keel bones, are built
with a form and capacity for produc-
ing eggs.
1t Is seldom that 1t pays to keep
hens for laying after they are two and
one-half years old. Not that they will
not give profit, but that younger fowls
will give greater profit.
Early Matched pullets If properly
grown should begin laying by early
November and continue to lay through
the winter, provided they have proper
housing, feeding, and attention There.
fore the pullets may be depended upon
to pay the fall and winter eggs, while
the price Of eggs ranges high.
Yearling hens seldom begin paying
much before the first of January, and
older hens not until later, when the
price of eggs has lowered. Therefore
the main reason for keeping hens over
is for breeding purposes. The eggs
from yearling or older hens are larger
and the chicks are larger when hatch
ed and have much more constitutional
vigor than the offspring from pull.
let's. The characteristics In year.
ling or older hens are more likely to
be transmitted true to the offspring
than they are from the pullets.
Most farmers or poultrymen are
obliged to retain. one-half of their old
hens each fall in order to have flock
large enough to fill their houses.
Good layers mott late and very
quickly, and commence to lay soon
after they finish melting. While
poor layers mott early and take
long rest from laying, and do not
commence to lay sooner than those
melting late, therefore the early mott
ers should be marketed at the first
notice Of their melting, while the price
of hens is good.
1t should always be remembered
that it is the best layers that turn in
the profit and that a poor layer is more
profitable dead than alive
STUART A. CODY,
West Virginia Agricultural Expert
ment Station.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
RAISING HOGS REQUIRES COMMON SENSE
AND KNOWLEDGE OF DIFFERENT DISEASES
hewash and Dsnfecats Must Be Used Freely About House
and Yards Used for Swne-AnimaIs Affected Must Be
Separated and Watched Carefully.

the germs may live for five months.
All litter about the yards must be
burned or removed to place where
the hogs cannot come in contact with
II.
Z Whitewash and disinfectants must
be used freely about the hog house
and yards. If the cleaning and disin-
fecting is carefully done we may be
able to stock up again within few
weeks after the hogs have stopped
dying and suffer no further loss, but 1t
Is usually best to wait two or three
months before we do this, or depend
on the hogs that have survived for q
fresh start
Where 1t is practical we should
move the hogs to some other part OF
the farm and build new and better
yards.
The pure-bred hog win mature and
come into money more quickly than a
scrub, and bring more money for the
same weight at that.
II sows are closely watched at far
gawing time and the pigs Immediately
y placed in position to suck they
are not so apt to devour them.
The farmer who marketed his corn
in the hog yard and who is now mar
keting the hogs, can look any man in
the face and tell him to go to any old
place.
One acre of alfalfa will furnish
more forage for hogs than two acres
of clover, and it grows faster and
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
Good Nest Box.


can be screwed to the nests and house.
Fig. ] is the end made of one-half-inch
wood. There are two of these Nail
boards on the back of them as long as
the side of the hen house. Make a
bottom of boards or tin, and nail It to
the ends. The cover is made of wealth
er-boarding and Is two inches longer
and one inch wider than the nests.
This is hinged to the hen house. The
partitions which separate the nests
are nine by eleven inches and ten
inches apart. Holes are. cut in the side
Of the hen house, through which the
hens may pass into the nest. In Fig.
8. H is the hen house; A shows the
holes; e is the end shown in Fig. i,
and L is the cover of the nests. These
nests are dark, easy to clean and are
handy when sitting time comes.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05

| keeps on growing as fast as the hogs
eat it down
Pigs will live and grow on rape
without a supplement of grain, but a
small addition of the latter is profit
able. Dry sows will, however, do we'll
on the rape alone
Never feed more than hogs will eat
up freely. Many farmers do not prac-
tice this, but keep a quantity sofvun-
eaten food lying in the lot at all
times
A few Goals from the wood fire Of
the kitchen put into the houses now
and then, where the hogs can grind
them up into charcoal, help to keep
the hogs healthy.
Streaming food for hogs is an easy
matter All that is required is large
box connected with a small boiler by
one-inch pipe. The pipe should con-
meet the bog at the bottom
If you are in doubt kill the bigger
hog, for it makes better meat and the
ham of light hog is hardly worth,
curing, II you are fond of the meat,
for it dwindles far too rapidly.
Southern farmers have learned that
feeding cottonseed meal in large guam
titles is bad business, as it often
leads to fatalities. Fed in small
quantities, however, with corn and
alfalfa, it is beneficial
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
WEST VIRGINIA HENS THAT WILL
LAY DURING THE WINTER MONTHS
Laying Qualities of Hen Are Very Noticeable Matur,
PulIets Should Be Selected Best Layers Turn In
the Profits Layers Are Better Dead

The fall is generally the beginning
Of the Poultryman's year and before
the approach of winter he should have
the breeders selected for the following
season. This flock should consist only
Of the best hens and pullets. Strong
individual vitality is the most impor-
tant factor.
As the chicks come from the incu-
bator they should be separated into
two lots. Those which hatch first
scramble to the front, are the most
lively, and vigorous, and will continue
throughout their lives to be stronger
than those which hatch later. Those
with less vitality should be marketed
for broilers. With this attention. selec-
ton in the fall Is greatly simplifled,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
/ POULTRY
&4)|
LAYING CONTESTS BEST HEN
Most Industrious Eowi Of 655 IN Com
petition Lays go Eggs In course
OF Eleven Months.

g4 ~
The hen which has made the high
est record in the national egg-laying
contest laid LAG eggs In 151 consecu-
tive days. and produced $50 eggs In
IL months. she Is the most Indus
trious hen among the 655 In the con-
test,'' writes Secretary T. e. Quisens
berry. 'She goes Immediately from
the roost about daylight each day into
her trap nest She lays the egg and is
released from the nest about eight
o'clock in the morning. She then
spends the remainder of the day In
eating a large amount of food and
drinking lots Of water. out of which
to manufacture eggs for future days.
We can usually tell about when she
is going to miss day. AS this time
approaches she lays little later each
day, that is, II she is to miss soon,
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05

All flock improvement includes
proper housing and feeding and intel
ligent attention. Expensive buildings
are not necessary, but any buildings
used for sheep must possess the re.
quisites, thorough ventilation and free
dom from drafts. 1t should be per-
fectly dry and well lighted Sheep can
stand most any degree of cold if kept
dry and sheltered from the wind.
Plenty of room should be provided at
the feed racks and troughs to avoid
crowding. If the ewes are thin
in flesh in the fall no time should
be lost in putting them in good condi-
ton before winter sets in. If this Is
done little difficulty will be had in car
rying them through the winter on such
feeds as clover or other legume hay,
and little grain. Turnips or other
suceulent feeds should be fed in mod.
GRAFTON, and corn silage is now being
used by many sheep feeders with good
results Timothy hay is poor sheep
feed and mouldy silage should. not be
fed. When the roughage is made up
of corn silage, slower, timothy or 9TH
er non-leguminous hay, very little corn
should be fed, and wheat, bran, mill
feeds, oil meal, cotton seed meal or
other feeds rich in protein should be
supplied The three fundamental ele-
ments in successful sheep husbandry
are Intelligent breeding, careful feed
ing, and perfect healthfulness.
7. C. ATKESON,
College of Agriculture, W. Va. Univer.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05

Good authorities estimate that the
amount OF damage done by rats and
mice in the United States is $780,
100000 year. Nearly every farmer
in the country must bear portion Of
this loss. for there are very few farms
without these rodents. It seems i'm
possible to exterminate them com
pletely. 30 rapidly do they reproduce.
but this should not deter the people in
the cities as well as in the country
from waging ceaseless warfare
against these destroyers and disease
carriers. They are dangsrons a. well
as destructive.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05

During the growth Of the flock there
will be a few showing weakness and
disease. A convenient way to mark
these is by punching small hole be-
tween certain toes. If the pullets
are Matched in April OF May, they will
be mature enough by fall to show wide
difference from which to choose the
ideal typical laying pullets. Those
maturing early and laying early, pro-
vided they qualify as to their shape
and coloring, should be the first
choice.
Those that are eff the roosts very
early in the morning, and busy the
entire day in search of food, are usu-
ally the most apt to lay, both in. season
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05

We have in stock at our yards Lykens
Valley Stove and Nut, free burning
white ash broken, genuine Pocahontaa
lump and run of mine. Wood sawed and
split. Hay corn and clover seed. All
orders left with the Farmers Supply
Company will be fllN day received.
Both phones. A visit to our yard vii
convince you that we have the goods we
advertise. Thanking you for the past
patronage we are, Very truly,
John C. BURNS & Co.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
HANDY NEST FOR HEN HOUSE
Arranged SO That One May Gather
Eggs Without Entering Building
Not Hard to Make.

It is easy to make nest box which
will enable you to gather the eggs
without going inside the hen house,
writes Horace H. Dahl In the Farm
and Fireside. 1t is fastened to the
hen house seven inches from the floor
by pieces of iron shaped as shown in
Fig. 2. These have holes in them and
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05

Where one ram is to be bred to a large
flock, he should not be permitted to
run with them more than an hour
morning and evening, or the flocks
may be divided into small focks OF
ten or fifteen and turn him in with
new flock each day, after which he
may be permitted to run with the
whole flock together.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05

we will not find her in the nest SO
early as usual. She will go on at ten
O'Clock, the next day at one o'clock
and the day before she misses we do
not find her on the nest until about
four o'clock in the afternoon. When
we find her on aslate as this she
then misses the following day, but the
next day has laid by eight O'Clock and
keeps it up at that hour until time to
miss again. She has only missed
laying five days in the past five
months, and this has been true of her
in each case when she missed day"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
Different Dlets.

1t never occurs to the average farm
er that the effect Of long continued
diet of grain is as injurious to fowls
as to cattle. nor that the concentrated
grain food gives the best results when
diluted or mixed with some bulky euc-
cuIent material.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
TELLING Fresh Ena

The fresh egg beats to a froth cas-
Ter than stale one. 1t takes a longer
time to boil a fresh egg than it does
a stale one. The fresh egg. when
boiled, will stick to the shell, while
one a few days old viii peel on
smoothly.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
FooTRor IN SHE.

A sheep that is damp to,the skin Is
never q well sheep.
Keep a sharp lookout for footrot.
and at the very first signs Of Iameness
cut out all the affected parts Of the
hoof and force the entire flock to walk
through shallow trough containing
disinfectants
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
UniformI,IIt = Paw.

The poultry keeper who works for
uniformity in the size, shape and color
Of the eggs that he markets to private
customers is sure. to be well repaid
for his labors.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
carlnc for ParsnIps.

Parsnips for table use will possess
a much nilder and sweeter favor II
covered with some sort OF refuse
right where they grew and allowed to
remain in the ground and freeze be-
fore using.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
etorInu Seed Corn.

II, seed corn is stored properly it
should be thoroughly dry in from
three weeks In the south to eight
weeks in the north, and II kept dry
it win te safe from injury except by
insects and vermin.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
Eeed Tor Colts.

Cut some Of the late-planted or
smaller growth corn for fodder to
feed the colts. calves and lambs; then
endeaVor to feed the little fellows en-
tIrely by themselves.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
More Pr6ntabIIe.,

It is more profitable to have the
hens in laying condoition for the Pc
fied when prices are high than It Is
to attempt to preserve eggs until that
time.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
The Presbyterian OF The
South.
$500 a Year In Advance.

Contains departments for the Sunday
pchool Lessons, Westminster League
Books and Literary, and Church New
and is fully abreast with the Times,
Send for sample copy to show what
wehaven't space to explain. Address all
communications to
The PRESBYTERIAN of the so UTH
Atlanta. Ga.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05

No matter what the style of equip
ment. the poultry house should first be
wind proof.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05

The raising Of poultry is not q get.
rich-quick" affair. It IS business
requiring careful attention and patti.
snce.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05
FRANK /. RUsHoNG
A.torney-A.-Law

viii prac- ice in the courts Of Jefferson
and adjoining counties, Supreme Cou t
Of Appeals Of West Virginia and Federal
Courts. Office: Lawyers Row Charles
Town, w. Va
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1912-12-05

Oats are fine rations for the ewes
until after lambing time next spring.