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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07
SOME CONDITIONS
WITH POULTRY

"Going light is term applied to
fowls which persistently lose weight.
become emaciated. anenic. weak ana
unproductive. Fowls go light" from
different causes Sometimes 1t Is the
result OF being severely infested with
ice and mites. at other times IL Is que
TO intestinal worms. and at still otner
times to chronic forms Of infection.
with aspergillosis, cOccidiosis. tubercu-
losis or cholera. When. therefore, the
fowls are not thriving an Investigator
should be made to determine the
cause. 1t should first be ascertained
whether the birds have been receiving
a sufficient quantity OF sound ana nu-
tritious food Then the birds ana the
houses should be carefully examined
for lice and mites Then examine the
houses. take out the roosts and exam
inc carefully. especially on the under
sides and at the ends: also the wood
work on which the roosts were sup
ported If no defect is found In the
rations and the birds and houses are
free from lice and mites. Kill one OF
the highest birds and carefully open
the intestines for their entire length to
learn If the birds are harboring suf-
ficient number Of intestinal worms to
account for their condition. few
worms would not have such a PERM
cious effect. but If there are many they
would certainly be partly. and PROB
ably would be entirely. responsible for
the cancellation II the fowl Is found to
have few, If any. parasitic worms. the
cause of the trouble is probably
chronic infection.
II this condition is found to be due
TO insufficient food or food Of bad quail
ity. proper ration must be provided.
II il is due to lice and mites or to in
testinal worms these parasites must
be combated If it results from chron-
ic microbian infection an effort should
be made to overcome this by thor
ough cleaning and disinfection OF the
houses by feeding sour milk or butter
milk with the ration and by giving an
occasional purgative. such as epson
salts or castor oil In any event the
food must be abundant, the fowls must
have plenty of exercise and the houses
must be kept in dry and sanitary
condition go Bulletin. United States De-
partment Of Agriculture.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07
FEEDING Yound Pics.

When the pigs are large enough to
eat from trough have low. fiat
trough for feeding them just little
dry feed or warm milk several times
daily During this time feed the SOW
liberaly-in fact. have her eat all she
can Of slop food and produce as much
milk us she WILL for there is no subsu-
tute for her milk that will develop the
youneSter rs fast. Keep them thriv-
ing every day If yon do not intend
to breed the SOW for a fall litter let
the pigs run with her until she weans
them. which will he between two and
three months If YOU intend to have
the SOW produce a fall litter let her
s,ckle the pigs until they are eight or
ten weeks old Then remove the sow
from the pigs leaving the pigs in the
pen they are accustomed to- and they
will not worry rs much. - National
StOcklnan
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07
Peace Treaty for Balkans Signed
Bucharest, Aug. 6.--Peace was conclude today
at meeting of the delegates of Serva, Greece
Montenegro Rumana and Bulgaria.

And even race suicide is charged up to the
high cost of living. A young man said to
us few days since: Il can
RACE suicide not afford to raise a family on
ChARGABLE salary of 500 per month,
it costs too much to live.
Does eh? Well, thousands and thousands
of families of from three to five children
have been raised by parents who did not have
of their own in actual cash 500 per year, but
they did not live out of grocery bags, they
produced what they consumed, and not on
ly that, but surplus, which they sold, fed,
clothed and cared for their children, and alA
were as happy as larks, but those days are
gone. You may reply in self-defense that
it did not cost so much to live then. Let's
see. Well 90 back to I868-45 years
and we find that wheat was So per bushel,
flour S. per hundred, "C' sugar pounds
for 81, coffee 3 lbs. for ST. bacon IS cents,
cotton and wooden goods in the bolt were as
high or higher then as now, but mother,
yes, mother, God bless her, she made most
of the cloth and clothes then. She'd spin,
weave, knit and sew, and delighted in doing
so, all the caressing and caring for her little
ones. How different now. It's a burden
now for two with no little one. There was
no pink teas, smelling matches, and gossip
parties and poodle dogs then. Daughters
were taught to cook, wash, iron, spin, and
do all manner of work Then it might have
been said: Everybody works but father
and now: FEATHER has to work all the
time What is home without a mother?
What is home without the babies? It's
mere stopping place with far, far too many.
Give me the roicking, rowing girls and boys
with all their noise and clatter to stiffness
that prevails in too many stopping places,
commonly called home that is seldom bro
ken except by the rustling of the leaves of
light, trashy literature or the barking of the
poodle dog Plain talk, but true.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07

We hear a good deal about the high cost
OF living. 1t has been the talk of the day
and the topic of the hour for
HIGH COSl OF ten years and all manner of
LIVING excuses and remedies offered
for and against the existing
conditions. Rents, wages, ETC., have gone
up from time to time, based on the high
cost of living, but it seems to us that as long
as everybody tries to live out of grocery
bags and boxes, it's useless to kick about the
high cost of living. The grocey stores can
now furnish you with good substantial
and ready to serve meal for any hour of the
day, all complete save coffee, tea or milk.
Bread, cakes, pies, canned fruit, canned
fish, canned beans and peas boiled ham,
pickles, etc, in fact, a swell paper bag meal
and how many of us are indulging in that
manner of living? Well we imagine the
percentage is astonishingly large, Judging
from our every day observations. We see
people coming into the grocery and buy
boiled ham and breakfast bacon at 40 cents
pound fruit both large and small onions,
CdDDdSc CdllOlS, ItlluOC, DCdIS, peas, GU,
that ought to be producing all those things
to sell, if not to sell, at least enough for
home consumption, and when buying, eX
claim with emphasis: ''Oh my! 1t costs
SO much to live - And, sure it does when
we produce nothing that we consume. Is
it saying too much, or Is it impertinent to
ask Is there any excuse for any farmer in
kittitas valley having to buy hams bacon.
lard-or anything they can produce on the
farm No. Are they doing that? There
is no excuse for the farmers of Kittitas val
ley living out of paper bags and boxes and
Just so long as they do the cry of high cost
of living will be heard in the land. We
can produce at nominal figure well, then
at reasonable figure, practically everything
needed to supply the table and live like
king, then why buy it?
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07

surplus milk is not taken as fast as
manufactured and nature shrinks the
milk flow to the demand of the calf
and to prevent injury to the mother.
We all know that If the COW is eX-
nected to produce milk TO her full ca
pacit, she must he MIXED clean and
at regular intervals. That is some
thing the calf does not do. We further
know that Il poor mixer will dry off
the COW the same as Il calf Leaving
milk in the udder is a sure way to
dry the COW off. All these are old
and well settled principles.
The efficiency of the cow is due to
two things-lirst. her born capacity
that we try to provide for by wise
and proper breeding, particularly in
giving her a sire that will impart that
capacity to her: second. by intelligent
management Of the COW during her
milking period.
Both are supremacy essential. You
cannot make good COW out Of one
that has no born capacity for milk Civ
ing. no matter how well You manage.
You can spoil n COW of the highest
born capacity. especially a heifer in
her first milking period. by careless
and ignorant management.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07
COST PER POUND
TO PRODUCE PORK

Few feeders of hogs can tell you how
much of the grain they put into pig
turns into flesh and bone. Only in a
general way can many tell how much
their feed has been worth to them, es-
pecially when the grain and the hay
and pasturage are home grown.
\ test WAS made ut the Kansas ex
pertinent station. The hogs were di-
vided into lots of ten each and fed diff
ferent combinations of grain and
roughage. with different results in ev
cry case.
One of the rations fed was what is
called standard" This is composed
of g. per cent corn, 80 per cent shorts
and s per cent tankage. 1t is a bal
anrcd ration. and the hogs do well on
It, 1t may he fed wet or dry. with the
same feeding value either way. If it
is fed wet not much will be wasted,
but If water has to be carried the cost
of labor would soon be greater than
the value Of the feed wasted.
The animals in the test were spring
pigs that had been carried as stOckers.
There were ten in this lot The aver
age weight at the start was 125
pounds They were not fat, but good
healthy hogs. such as might be found
on any farm.
They were allowed no wallow, but
had plenty of clear water to drink, and
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07
Sheep Improve Pastures.

good example of what sheep will
do in Keeping pasture free of weeds
is shown in two pastures on the Kan,
sas experiment station farm One of
these pastures has had sheep in it part
of the time for the last five years.
The weeds are practically eradicated.
although no other measure has been
pasture has had no sheep, and consid-
cradle difficulty has been met in keep
ing down the weeds The old idea
that sheep kill pasture lacks any
definite proof In fact. most expert
ence has proved that pastures continu-
ally pastured with sheep improve from
year to year.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07
YOUNG S0WS RAISE
THE BEST L|TTERS

The contrast between gifts and aged
sows has often been dwelt upon,
writes G +. Williams in the Ohio
Farmer. The man who has bunch
of gifts is too often like the boy be
ginning gramnar--his suspicious and
prejudices are thoroughly aroused. and
he does not expect much luck with
the young sows. We have tried both
young and old and all ages between
Our ideas have changed from time to
time. There are reasons for contend
ing in favor of both young and old
sows.
When young sows are to be winter
ed with the old ones then get ready
for the realization of your fears Gifts
will be driven from the trough, from
the corn and from the nest by old
sows. They will he thoroughly cowed
so as to be pccvish and Ill nourished.
Gifts should he fed differently from
old sows They cannot stand heavy
feeding and do WELL They need
growth instead of fat. They need eX-
ercise. They do not want a 800 pound
SOW cllUll'iHS WI tpI' VI titiii III ,io
nest at night
Five years ago we had spring filters
from gifts only. wintered together
with no old sows. We had better
averages ut narrowing time than ever
since. This spring we have all gifts.
wintered together as before. fed with
moderation and n food designed for
growth. by far more quiet and care
ful than the bunch we said goodby to
last spring. They have as nice ana
even lot Of piggies rs one would care
to see averages good. no runts. no
half dozen extra pigs to be lain upon
and no bad habits. barking and climb
ing over gates or creating disturb
ances
We have found no age better for
raising pigs than gifts bred at one
wear Of age and narrowing when
weighing 300 pounds or even less.
The next two or three litters are pos
sibly ms good. After that the pork
barrel is better place for most old
sows than is the narrowing pen.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07

at above in mentioning sex characters.
These should be pronounced. In the
SOW the quality should be fine. The
body should be long. and the hips
should be wide in order that there may
be room for the pigs to be developed
and to be born. There should be
twelve teats. situated well forward on
the belly, and none of them should be
blind" since such teats usually pro-
duce no milk. The boar should also
be long. He should be vigorous and
aggressive. The head. neck and Shout
ders should incline to roughness, as
indicating well developed masculinity
He should be deep and broad just back
of the elbows because these charac
tiers show constitution. This Is also
true Of the SOW for the same reason.
The importance of constitution and
vigor cannot be overestimated. Both
the boar and the SOW should be long,
broad, deep and low The bone should
be strong and the pasterns straight
and strong. IT these structures be
weak the great weight which fatten-
ing hogs take on in few months or
the great size which boars and sows
attain when fully grown will cause
them to break down The face should
be broad and the expression quiet, ex-
cept for the aggressive look character
istic of good males. The actions In
general should indicate quiet dispo-
sition. as only such make good feed
ers. Above all in selecting for breed
Ing should be put constitutional vigor
Especially should 1t be put above
fancy" points.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07

their skins were treated occasionally
to prevent disease. 1t was found that
they ate 3.12 pounds of mixed ration
for every pound of gain.
These facts being used as basis, 1t
was learned that 1t takes 0.29 of a
pound of tankage, Ill pounds OF
shorts and 2.3 pounds of corn to make
Il gain of one pound. 1t isn't hard,
therefore. t. figure out what your hog
gains cost you, according to the prices
of your own dstrict.-Country Gentle
man
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07
1.-The ONLY
o.mocratic Paper
III
-..-,A, WASHINGTON
WON EN-.

The mistakes of woman re-
suit almost always from her faith
in the good and her confidence
in the truth.
Woman is n charming creature.
who changes her heart as easily
as her gloves.
The man who can govern wo-
man can govern n nation.
In the elevated order of ideas
the life of man is glory. the life
of woman is love.
The Indian axiom, DO not
strike even with Il flower a wo-
man guilty Of Il hundred crimes"
is my rule of conduct.
When women love us they for
give us everything. even our
crimes. When they do not love
us they give us credit for moth
ing, not even for our virtues.
Women are constantly the
dupes or else the victims of their
constituencies.
When woman pronounces the
name of man but twice a day
there may be some doubt as to
the nature of her sentiment-but
three times. : BalZac.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07

The Yorkshires belong to what are
known as the bacon breed of hogs.
They are not common in the United
States. though they are regarded as
the best of the bacon breeds. They
grow rapidly in size. but do not lay
on fat like the lard types. Their
great size, with long. deep bodies.
indicates their bacon producing abil-
ity and their ability to easily carry
and produce large filters. They are
thought to be less liable to attacks
Of hog cholera and other swine dis
eases. and, although they mature
later than the lard hogs. their
products are strongly in demand
throughout the world. The illustra-
ton shows a good type of SOW of
the Yorkshire breed.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07
Hous Hate Hot Sun.

1t is very poor hog lot wherein
shade is not provided. A hog suffer
ing from the heat can grow little. The
ideal place for hogs In summer Is In
a wood lot through which passes a
little brook. In such place hogs
will grow remarkably fast, even with
out large quantities Of grain. Shade
costs practically nothing. 1t means
much IL the profit derived from hogs
National Stockman and Farmer.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07

! h this purpose and can be car
- IL pocket Of the mixer. Only
- nconds are required to wipe the
y = Immediately before begin
I = milk the COW. In my expert
~ dmple expedient has worked
IA
J areful not to allow hairs, dust
. n fall into the milk. They
hden with germs. Germs cause
~ to sour. The greater the
z 4 germs the quicker the sour.
y occur. A pail with a small
: will be very helpful In keep
T. dust and other dirt.
y milk pail for no other pur-
~ for milking. Some dairymen
'ef watering the horses and
- the hogs and then wonder
n 4 milk sours.
ne milk Immediately by rum
over q milk cooler or by i'm
u cold spring or we'll water
"a heat must be removed be-
ndng In cans or bottled for de-
: shipment. II necessary to
= nights milk for shipment un-
m morning 1t should be held
n emperature. Cold springs or
s9 IN a wooden or metal tank
"a ase to hold shipping cans
"a Tor this purpose. n run.
! water is at hand this will
1'rably. In some cases the
uean may be lowered into a
.nu Kept cool until time for
II care is exercised milk
~ sweet without Ice. but a
IKE Is very desirable.
Important point-wash all
aleiully. Examine frequently
,es to sec that no accumula-
'e''ow. Shiny casein material
= this will certainly cause
1iug. After woch;c. il
WIN boiling water and place
nesh air until ready for use.
"a 40, % the sun SO much the bet.
q . sa''sht Is the best germ killer
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07
IIG THE MILK
SHEET N SUMMER

hot weather many farmers M,
3. .s.,hle with sour milk IhiS
rneb loss not only to the farm
..sus one or more cows for
4 = - but especially to the dairy,
stalls bis milk or ships 1t TO
N, 4 the city. The dealer usual.
s,,y oue-half price for. sour
rfuses to accept it at any
d - sntallIns heavy loss 10 tue
MIX can be produced and de-
I mime condition to the Gus
: Z ~ hottest summer weather
. Kentucky dairyman in the the
,.slapd homestead. | have FOR
- shipped milk a distance OF
.,.u miles, the milk being three
= me train, and have not had
!, ,our milk during that time
4 Ailments ranged from sixty to
,sIIous a day. During about
: tlIs time the milk was shipped
4 ~ and ten gallon cans, the re-
IA, q the time In quart and pint
go ,vset milk depends on two
e,eapliness and cold tempera-
N secure these the following
~ loud be observed:
"a, ~ cows udder clean before
IS1e A clean damp cloth can be
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07
Don't Let Saws Eat Their Pics,

4 Wisconsin subscriber Of the Iowa
Homestead says that he has found the
feeding of lime to brood sows will alb
solutcly remove any tendency that
they might show to dcvour their pigs.
Wood ashes answers the purpose quite
we'll he claims. hut mari which Is 30
per cent lime he has found to answer
the purpose lest.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07
SENTENCE SERMONS.

fno God, whence duty? There
remains no other source than
blind, brutal, tyrannous force.
Duty never issues from that
MaZZini.
The voice Of all nature cries to
us that there is a Voltaire.
Religion is more of neces-
sity in republic than in a mon
archy, most Of all in republics
most democratic.-De Tocque-
vile (Americal.
God enters by private door
into every individual.-Em Emerson.
Life and religion are one or
neither Is anything. Religion is
no way Of life. no show Of life,
no observance of any sort. 1t IL
neither the food nor the medicine
of being 1t is life essential
George Macdonald.
The feeling of God Is in our
hearts. as his works are before
our eyes. b. de Saint Pierre
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07
EASY TO SPOIL COW
AS A G|vER OF MILK

An agricultural exchange in giving
advice on fattening veal calves states
that with heavy milking cows the calf,
il allowed to suck for two or three
weeks, will not take all the milk the
COW gives We should say not, nor
for several months, says Hoards
Dairyman. A good COW will give at
least thirty pounds of milk day. Yet
1t would take calf several months
old, and lusty one at that, to drink
thirty pounds of milk a day. Right
here are involved several problems
1t is well known that if the calf
sucks the mother continually she dries
Off very rapidly. Why? Because the
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07

Farm Journal:
Get two stakes
three feet long
and about one
inch thick and
[ W o inc b e 8
wide: sharpen
them at one
end. and get
the hoops OF a
nail keg I or
I h e T. n z 8.
Place the low
err one eighteen
inches fro N
the points, ON
the outside OF
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07
Filth Kills Calves,

1t is claimed by Il recognized dairy
authority that so per cent of the calves
that die before they are six weeks old
succumb either to indigestion or to poi
soning caused by feeding from dirty
pals.
Try The Dawn for one year.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07
Green forage has a high value for
lsn In rnn1,, rrndnnii ion

Green forage has a high value for
use in pork production.
Spring sown crops cannot take
the place of earlier sources of green
feed for swine, but should be used
to supplement them.
Data secured by the Ohio station
indicate that the green feeds used
in experiments rank as follows In
order of efficiency: Red clover.
dwarf Essex rape, soy beans, blue
grass.
Seasonal influences have an i'm
portant effect upon the value OF
forage crops. Owing to the fact
that spring planted crops are not
subject to these influences for the
entire year, they have, in respect
to these influences. some advan-
tages over such crops as blue grass
and clover. Blue grass, on account
of its being particularly suscepti-
BILE to drought, is not so useful for
midsummer use as are some other
crops.
The use of green feeds In connec-
ton with corn will diminish the
need for heterogeneous concentrates
that exists in dry lot feeding
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07
Cause of SPAWN

According to the Kansas Farmer. the
causes Of SPAWN are. first hereditary
predisposition: second. strain inciden-
tai to violent movements; third, by
working colts when too young
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07

If you have legal publications of
any kind remember that The Dawn
Dawn will give you good service and
all the promptness that the law re-
quires.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07

In Azucenas Pride II. we have a
young Guernsey COW that has
shown remarkable capacity as
producer says the Guernsey Breed
ers' Journal. With her first calf at
two and half years old, she began
her advanced register career and
attracted no little attention by her
steady work at the pail. Through
out her year, with the exception of
February Ga short month";. she did
not vary 100 pounds Of milk or six
pounds OF butter fat in any two
months from start to finish. In her
thirteenth month from calving she
gave 6l.47 pounds of butter fat, or
over two pounds per day. Her sec
ond years work. as a four year old,
began in March, 1912, much more
unfavorable time of the year to be-
gin. 1t being generally conceded
that a COW freshening in the fall
will give much larger returns than
one freshening in the spring. De-
spite this disadvantage, she finished
her year giving nearly 200 pounds
OF milk and over sixty pounds of
butter fat in the worst month OF
the year Azucena's Pride H. Is
owned by o. w. Post, Ensenore,
n. Y.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07

the stakes. and the upper one at the
top Oh the inside OF the stakes. This
Will nold any vine and also one that
is easy to get around for cultivation
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1913-08-07

II Pullsd cattle originated in the
u 4 England and are an old dual
uDooe breed They are good milk
= "a also take on flesh easily
= quickly when put on fattening
~ he COW shown Is Liza, own
dkA P. Arp Of Iowa. In 1910
= yielded io,sO7.75 pounds Of milk
uulllnins sl5.3 pounds Of butter
+ The next year she gave 9.765
- Of milk with 49, pounds of
IN flt the total for two years
~ 1s7l1 pounds Of milk con-
~ Ms pounds Of butter fat.