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Evening journal., 1913-03-15
BUILDING UP A HERD
Robber Cows Should Be Disposed
Of When Discovered.
Cheapest Way to Insure Profits Ia TO
use Common Sense and Good
Judgment In Selection Of Sire
Tester ~ lnfalllble.
ny r. Q. wrArHnRsroNnl

With butter selling 10 the city Gus
toner at 40 cents a pound, and the
price OF feed for dairy COWS soaring
upward every month. the question OF
the robber COW becomes more interest
ing every day. How any man can go
along feeding a lot OF scrub COWS that
cost more than they earn Is beyond
comprehension n you have ten COWS
and the tester shows four OF them do
not produce enough milk 10 pay for
their keep, why not sell them and put
the proceeds into one good cow-one
that will not only save the loss OF the
robber COWS. but earn a net profit OF
from $50 to $50 a year? That Is good
business sense. isn't IL?
Here are some championship milk
and butterfat records that you may
want to refer 10 some time when you
want to know the possibilities OF milk
and butter production; Jacoba Irene.
Jersey COW, made a record OF 15,b03
pounds OF milk testing b.b per cent.
butterfat, 1858 pounds; Rena Ross,
Ayreshire COW. 15.O72 pounds OF milk.
testing 4.26 per cent. butterfat. equal
ing 6,43z pounds in a year; Holsteln
COW. Colantha Fourth's Johanna.
27 1928 pounds OF milk, testing 3.64
per cent. butterfat, equal to s9S.26
pounds in year; Yeksa Sunbeam,
Guernsey COW. 14e20S pounds Of
milk. testing STA per cent. hutterfat,
equal to s5715 pounds IN a year. In
competing the butter yield. add i5 per
cent to the butterfat records These
are possible yields under the best con-
ditions By something less than one
COW IN a million.
OF course. we cannot all own such
COWS as these, but we can buy an oc-
casional bull calf from these strains
and by crossing him with good grade
COWS build up milk profit herd and
never miss the cost The universal
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MEAT RATION FOR THE HENS
Experiment Conducted at West vlr
ginla Station Shows lite Use In
creases egg Production.
Az NJ. Il RILLINasN

The effect OF meat rations for hens
was tested at the West Virginia ex.
pertinent station where one pen OF
fowls received a ration largely Of corn
and other starchy grains, while an
other pen was fed partly on meat and
fresh bone. The meat-fed fowls laid
1855 eggs, while the granted fowls
laid 3,431, or less than one-half as
many as those receiving the nitro
genous ration. The eggs from the
meat-fed fowls we're larger. much
frmer. rather better and produced
far more vigorous chickens than those
of the others. Both lots Of fowls re.
NAMED in a healthy, vigorous condi,
tion.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
CROP OF
LINCOLNS TO COME
Throughout Country Districts
There is Great Call for
Dictionaries

The boy Lincoln, as everybody
knows who has read the First Reader,
was accustomed to walking many
miles 10 borrow a book to study and
return it the same day. The exercise
was no doubt beneficial, and the eff
fort made in acquiring knowledge
certainly played its part in the char
acter-building Of the great emancipa
tor. But the country boy today is not
doing any marathon stunts in search
Of learning.
He merely clips six consecutive
certificates from THE EVENING
JOURNAL, puts. them in an envelope
with postage and the expense bonus
for the brand of binding he wants and
gets by return mail that library in
one book cOver-the New Modern Eng
lish Illustrated Dictionary, plenty Of
material for burning midnight oil and
acquiring greatness.
Present indications are that there
is a glorious harvest of greatness pre-
pairing itself to be CLEANED in the
country districts. The untold thou
sands Of Modern English Dictionaries
have not been consumed by the cities
alone. Many thousands have gone to
the country districts.
The accuracy and truthful detah
of the colored plates in the dictionary,
illustrating poultry, dogs and cattle,
are a most attractive feature.
THE EVENING JOURNAL will send
its dictionary anywhere.
This Dictionary brought up to the
present date in accordance with the
best authorities from the greatest uni
versities.
Start clipping certificates now.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
Turkeys BY Electricity.

A successful attempt to hatch tur-
keys by electricity was made by Prof.
R. L. Blanton of Virginia. Two eggs
out Of ten laid by wild turkey we're
found 10 be fertile and were put in
basket flannel lined, and suspend
ed over electric globes, and in a few
days the turkey chicks broke their
shells. Professor Blanton is a well
known raiser of domesticated wild
turkeys and is now engaged in pro-
noting the crossing OF wild turkeys
on our tame birds, claiming for the
progeny immunity from the blackhead
malady.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
.LENTEN SEASON
NEARLY ENDED
Palm Sunday, Tomorrow, Be-
gins Holy Week---All Pre-
pare for Easter
SOLEMN SERVICES
ON MAUNDY THURSDAY

Holy Week, which will be ushered
in tomorrow, viii be the signal for
final preparations of two widely dif-
ferent kinds.
First, from the standpoint Of the
church, final arrangements will be
made for the most solemn services Of
the year, which will bring to a close
the penitential season. and then,
week from tomorrow, to fttingly COM
memorate the resurrection of the Sa-
viour 1t will, indeed, be a week of
prayer.
The other preparations are thosu
which will be made at the last minute
by the dressmakers. milliners, flor
lists, confectioners and egg dealers,
and the thousands of customers OF
these tradesmen.
Although these preparations are OF
entirely different natures they both
make toward the same object-the
celebration of the coming Easter
time. All over ChristendOm the same
scenes will be enacted.
Inc most solemn CnuICu heiNttco
will begin the fifth day of the week,
known as Maundy Thursday. The
following day. Good Friday, will be a
day of continuous prayer and SER
vices. In many of the churches be-
tween the hours of noon and o'clock
The three hours agony Of Christ on
the cross of Calvary will be commem-
GRATED. Hundreds will flock to these
churches, Join in the prayers and
hear the priests and ministers dwell
on the passion of the Saviour.
Then come the services Of Holy
Saturday, which officially marks the
closing Of the Lenten season. Easter
Sunday the services will be much
more elaborate and viii be Of an en-
hrely different tone The dark vest
ments and bare altars and chancels
Of the preceding three days will be
replaced with vestments of white and
the affairs and chancels will be bank
ed with flowers of all kinds.
Tomorrow, the beginning Of Holy
Week. will be Palm Sunday. and in
all Of the Catholic and Episcopal
Churches palm will be blessed and
distributed. Special services will also
be held.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
KEEP FARM FLOCK HEALTHY
Sheep Thrive Much Better When Thelr
skins Are clean--cood Dip
Also Improves Wool.

Dipping IL essential to good hoch
management No farmer should at
tempt 70 raise sheep without planning
to dip them at least annually and in
most cases twice a year, according to
the advice Of II. H. Allen OF the Ind-
ana Agricultural college. When sheep
are brought to the farm from other
nocks. and especially when trans
ported there by railroads. they should
be thoroughly dipped before allowed
to mlngle with the rest OF the flock.
Experience has taught sheepmen
that sheep thrive much better when
their skins are clean, and It has been
clearly demonstrated that a good
dip increases the quantity and inn
proves the quality OF the wool It is
impossible for lambs infested with
ticks OF other parasites 10 thrive prop
erly, owing to the constant irritation
set up. In trying to get relief lambs
often nibble at the fleece and swallow
small portions Of wool with fatal re
suits. A good and regular system OF
dipping the entire flock is money well
expended. Hence most OF the leading
fiockmasters dip twice in the year--
once in the spring and again in the
fall.
The object OF dipping IL TO destroy
the parasites IN the fleece. such an
scab mites and sheep ticks and
lice. and TO prevent Subsequent al
tacks from the same In England.
where sheep raising has attained It's
highest state OF perfection, dipping la
required by law az least twice year,
While dipping may not be done at
any season. II should. n possible, bo
avoided in cold weather for obvious
reasons. The most favorable time for
the spring dipping is a few days
after Hhearing time. BY this time the
ticks will have largely transferred
from the ewes to the lambs. At thls
time comparatively little material is
needed. II the flock is badly infested
II is important TO repeat the operation
In ten days In order to destroy the in
sects that have hatched during tho
interval. Tho fock should again be
treated in the fall. 30 as to go into
winter free from parasites.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
TO KNOW IF HORSE is SICK
Among Most Important Things to Be
Noted Is Temperature, Says Orc
eon Veterinary Bulletin.

That one must be thoroughly IA
miilar with the normal condition OF
the horse in order to be able to recog-
nize the abnormal conditions indicat-
ing disease is pointed out in a veter-
mary science bulletin which was dis
tributed to visitors 10 the animal hus-
bandry classes in the short course at
the oregon Agricultural college.
The more important things which
must be noted, says Dr. B. w. Hollis
in his bulletin. are the temperature
1905 to zoos F. in the normal horse
the pulse-2S to 40 a minute-the
heart beat, respiration, conditions of
digestive and urinary system, condt
tion OF mucous membranes, appear
ance of coat and expression Of eyes.
There are many other important
facts to be kept in mind. but these,
the chief ones. If thoroughly mastered,
will make recognition Of disease much
less difficult.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
DELWARE AYE. SERYICES.

In- Delaware Avenue Baptist
Church tomorrow morning the Rev.
n. c. Lassiter will preach on the sub
JEST "The School of God" and at 7.30
o'clock, "The Great Gain and the
Greater Loss" Leslie Cook, the or
ganist will play "The Palms." for
the morning prelude, and at his SER
vice two noted singers of the city
will favor the congregation. Mrs. r..
w. Mcclellan will sing, 20 Divine
Redeemer," by Charles Gounod, and
by special request Frank p. Mitchell
will sing "The Ninety and Nine" In
the evening. "Come Unto Me" will be
sung by Mrs. A. S. Green.
Wednesday evening prayer and
praise service will be held when the
pastor viii give a short talk on, "The
Gentle Believer Who Made Jesus
Marvel" Matthew ,S;5-13. Come and
help 10 make this an inspiring meet
ing.
On Monday evening the Christian
Endeavor Society viii give a social
at No 522 East Eighth street. On
next Friday evening, at Christian En-
deavor meeting. the Easter lesson will
be the topic considered, with Mrs. n.
c. Lassiter as leader.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15

any reason the first wash water looks
milky, a second washing may be
necessary.
One very important factor to be
considered IN washing butter Is the
temperature OF the water II the
churning temperature has been right
and the butter has come in good con-
dition, the temperature OF the wash
water should be the same as that of
the buttermilk II the butter comes
soft, 1t may be necessary TO use a
lower temperature, and II too hard a
higher temperature. Extremes should
be avoided IN all cases. as too warm
water will cause a soft, greasy butter,
while too cold water will make the
butter appear brittle and tallowy and
cause difficulty In getting the salt well
dissolved.
The salt should be added before
working is begun, then II is possible
to get the salt distributed evenly with
a minimum amount OF working.
AS a rule, one ounce OF salt 20 each
pound of butter is sufficient. The use
of cheap, coarse salt should be
avoided, as It often contains chemical
Evening journal., 1913-03-15

impurities and dissolyes with din-
Guilty. The salt must be stored in
clean, dry place, as It readily absorbs
moisture and foreign odors from the
air.
The object Of working butter IS to
uniformly distribute the salt and give
the butter a plastic consistency. The
old primitive method OF working but
ter by the hands is still In vogue in
some places. II is very undesirable In
oil cases to get the hands directly in
contact with the butter. It is not only
highly unsanitary, but It spoils both
the grain Of the butter and its appear
ance. When the hands come in con-
tact with the butter It melts, making
1t oily and greasy, at the same time
giving Il a dead. dirty gray color.
Many farmers making only a small
amount OF butter use bowl or tray
and paddle. which is a great deal
better than using the hands.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
TO KILL AND DRESS POULTRY
Neat Appearing Fowl VIII Always
Bring Top Prioe--Do Not Brulse
or Frphten Birds.

The manner IN which poultry is
dressed determines largely the price
It win bring in market. says writer
in the Kansas Farmer. An IN looking
specimen, ragged and torn. viii be
passed for a hetter appearing bird by
nine people out OF ten. even though
the hard looking specimen may In
reality be n larger and fatter bird.
It is not a hard matter to dress them
to look neatly, and as the price is
what all growers are after, It pays to
do the work we'll
All poultry to be Slipped should bo
dry picked. Attach a small, firm
cord, double, to hook overhead, just
long enough to slip moose around the
birds legs at a convenient height for
picking. Provide a receptacle for
blood, another for feathers il they are
10 be saved.
The bird should have had access to
neither food nor water for twenty-four
hours, and should be caught carefully
so as not to brulso OF badly frighten
it. This is easily done by darkening
AA1 BlaNS NHNtt lhNg al toAhnNu VI
catching with a crook similar to the
old-time shepherds crook.
Suspend the bird and with a double
edged poultry knife cut each side OF
the throat 10 sever the jugular, then
up and backward through the roof OF
mouth into the brain to destroy the
sense OF pain. Place a hook in lower
beak with weight attached. and be-
gin to pick the wings, as these cool
quickest. The breast feathers come
of very easily, and there is small
need OF tearing the skin If care is ex.
ercised.
When picked remove the hook and,
where the market requires it, cut of
the head and draw the skin over the
stump and tie neatly. remove en-.
trails, cutting as small a place around
the vent as possible. When the head
and entrails are left, simply wash all
blood from the beak. Press wings and
/ legs close to body and tie string
+ around to hold them. See that feet
/ and shanks arc clean, and cool them
in as compact a shape as possible
This gives them plump appearance
and they also pack for shipment much
better.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
W0MAN'S SMALL FARM
What May Be Accomplished by
Pluck and Perseverance.
Many Early Vegetables Sold and sufH-
Client Supply for Home Table
Use--Found to 30 Much
Easier Than Housework.

CBy MRS. J. cRIsr, Madisonvine, ohio.)
To the Editor: Three years ago I
rented three acres Of very good
ground AS soon as it was &c to plow
and its sandy condition enabled me
to work It early-I hired man and a
team to make it we'll ready for the
seed The last Of March planted by
hand and covered with the hoe early
Ohio potatoes, using about one-ffth
Of the ground.
At the same time l planted three
quarts Of peas; these we're for the
early, high-priced market. The latter
part Of April, when the ground had be-
come somewhat warm, put in a few
rows of sweet corn.
The latter part Of May l planted
more sweet corn and the last of June
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profits from good cows secured In this
way will pay for good bull IN a
short time. This is the cheapest way
OF building up a herd and there can
be no falling II common sense and
good judgment are used as 10 the se-
lection OF the bull The Babcock
tester will keep us straight on tho
value OF the COWS, because they can
not dodge the test. II is infallible,
and the poor COW that brings down
the average OF the herd cannot hide
her shortcomings. The tester shows
her up every time.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
PROPER TIME TO SELL HOGS
Expense Of Keeping Animals for Rise
In Market Often Wipes Out
All Margin Of Gain.

AS q general proposition. 1t seldom
pays TO carry hogs long after they
are ready for market. Feeders who
have held their hogs for rise in the
market have found that the expense
for feed wipes out all the advantages
OF higher price later.
Gains must be made or profits will
be materially reduced. Light feed
ing is risky speculation, because
they cannot be carried along without
expensive grain feeds. Heavy feed
ing can be continued profitably to grow
ing pigs as long as supplement feeds
are fed along with the fat put on by
the corn. In this way $50 to ZOO
pound hogs can be continued on full
feed TO weight OF 200 pounds or
more and pay large profits.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15

put In the final planting Of sweet
corn.
In the meantime had been placing
pumpkin seeds among the corn rows.
/ put out 60 tomato plants and set
nice lot Of beets ] hired men and
plows to cultivate twice.
l hired man two days to help me
hoe and used a hoe energetically my.
self. / cut most Of the fodder myself.
but hired a man TO husk the corn; also
had him to help in digging the pota-
toes.
Results: Early potatoes to sell at
s1.60 per bushel. peas at $3.50; the
first early corn at 20 cents a dozen,
then, later, 10 cents, then 12 cents
per dozen; tomatoes, 81 per bushel.
We had all our own potatoes for win.
ter use, and an abundance of every
thing else planted for our own table.
also sold two tons Of hay.
had fodder, 80 bushels Of corn for
the chickens in the crib and 24S fine
pumpkins IN the cellar The cattle
got many of these. l had one which
weighed "a pounds. After all my ex-
penses we're counted out l had In
pocket s95.3s. was willing to count
my own work for the showing 1 had
in store for future use.
This was not accomplished without
labor and strict attention. 1 was
often very tired, but perseverance and
pluck can overcome a great deal.
Some of my neighbors ridiculed the
idea and said that at 60 years l had
enough to do with caring for the cows
and chickens and should take more
rest, but l attempted the 'impossi-
ble;" it was most thorough success
and I never felt at all badly from the
self-imposed service.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
shIpolno Mares and FoaIs.

The best way to ship mares vita
young foals at foot is to build a poH
tition across one end OF car, bed the
ioor we'll with good hay and turn
them in loose. SAYS the Horse Breeder.
We have shipped many in that way
and have never had one Injured. The
mare that is a good mother will never
step on her foal when II is lying In the
car. With plenty Of good hay for bed
ding mares will not suffer for food
even though the train is delayed few
hours. Water in a clean bucket
should be offered them frequently.
Yearlings and two-year-olds may be
safely shipped In this manner.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
Cause Of aMhlts Comb. y

white comb" IN fowls is caused by
decayed food, impure water and over
crowding in dark and filthy houses.
There is scurfy appearance to the
comb, wattles, head and neck. with a
gradual loss OF feathers from the head
and neck. Treatment consists in re-
moving to clean quarters and giving
wholesome food. At night give a tea
spoonful Of castor oil. after which add
daily a teaspoonful Of good condition
powder 10 the soft food and anoint the
head and affected parts with vaseline.
The castor oil need only be given
once.
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not be sowu until the trees are out
in full leaf
They are planted In rows or hills
three feet apart each way and should
be thinned out thoroughly. as they re-
quire considerable space. II Is
good plan to SOW the seed in hotbed
and transfer the young plants to the
garden in the latter part OF April or
as soon as the weather is settled.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
BUILDING A SMALL HOT BED
Sash for Cold Frames With Two Lay.
ers Of Glass Makes Gardening
Easy and Successful.

The newest invention to make cold
weather gardening easy and success
ful Is a sash for hot beds or cold
frames that have two layers Of glass
instead OF one. Between these layers
is a cushion OF dry air about five.
elghths of an inch thick. The glasa
on both sides is lapped and adjusted
to lie as close as possible. but no put
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start In Poultry.

The cheapest way OF getting started
In the business OF breeding fine poul-
try is TO buy eggs and hatch them.
Ten or dozen chicks are often pro-
duced from a sitting OF eggs, which
may be purchased for less than the
cost Of a single first-class fowl, and
any one of the chicks is worth more
than the total outlay.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
Cost Of FEEDING Cows.

The cost Of feeding the average
dairy COW in the United States for 12
months is s21, according to statistics
gathered by one OF the big dairy cattle
societies. There may be COWS in the
herd that do not earn their keep. The
Babcock tester will detect them.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
Carr Of Mares.

In mild weather mares must be
kept in the open sheds outside, both
day and night. Each mare should have
a special place where 1t is tied to re-
ceIve its grain feed. II fed from an
ordinary trough the more vicious
mares may kick the others and COB
BILE most Of the feed. Roughage may
safely be fed from racks in the yard
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TREATMENT OF BUTTER
Important Factor in Washing Is
Temperature Of Water.
Primitive Method Of Performing Task
With Hands Is Highly Unssnltary
and spolls Both Grain and
Appearance.
Rv r. RAsMussnNA

Only pure well or spring water
should be used for the washing OF
butter II the buttermllk is well
drained from the butter, one washing.
filling the churn at least as full OF
water as II was of cream when churn-
ing was begun, is sufficient II for
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ssarsaa,e strange Fowls.

When you add a new specimen TO
your flock. place the strange fowl by
itself for few days and watch for
signs OF lice or disease. A healthy
flock may be ruined by the introduc-
tion OF bird which carries the germs
Of trouble.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
Oats for Poultry.

The value Of oats as a ration fer
poultry is largely Offset by the draw
back due TO the harsh and rough coz
ering. The digestive operation need
ed 70 remove this covering requires
to onset It about all the nourishnent
the kernel contains
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
CLIMBING American Beauty,

The Climbing American Beauty has
been produced by a method Of cross
fertilization which has retained the
charming qualities Of the American
Beauty rose, and yet, by way OF con-
trast, It is hardy and will stand heat
drought almost as well as any rose.
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prlces far Duek.

In the east the lowest prices in the
duck market are from the first Of
July to the first Of September; from
then on TO November the price al
ways goes up from two to FIVE certs
the pound.
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Best for FattenIno.

BY actual experiment It has been
found that by feeding alfalfa hay
with corn the cost OF fattening pigs
has been decreased almost one-half.
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Rve for crazlno

Rye is sometimes sown earl y IN the
spring for grazing purposes. 1t grows
very fast on good soil and under the
influence Of the spring rains and sun.
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perched for two nights. she may be
considered cured. The coop viii &C.
commodate four or iye hens without
crowding, and insures quick results.
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car. nf lnclll,ainr

II you get an incubator, assign the
running Of It to one person. and let
him have sole charge.
Evening journal., 1913-03-15
nsor.asas Eco Production.

Hens win not lay when permitted
TO run about the farm in the wet and
cold.