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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
KEEPING EWES FLEECE DRY
OF Great Importance That Sheep Be
Protected From Winter Rains
Salt and Water Essential.

The protection OF breeding ewes
from falling now is important, espe-
cially Is 1t important when it falls in
the form of rain. Winter rains and
also sleet are always cold. II sheep
OF the open-wooled breed are long ex-
posed to these they may do great
harm. The closed-wool breed, as the
mefinos, will be harmed much less,
as the water cannot readily enter the
wool that they carry. The shelter
provided up to the Landing season
may be of the simplest kind. providing
1t will protect from storms and rains.
The ain should be to give the
breeding ewes large liberty in winter,
II the ground is bare, or even partial
ly, for 1t will do them good to give
them large liberty. They will make
excursions to the fields in search Of
grass, and the exercise will do them
much good. They should be allowed
to lie in a well bedded yard at night,
il a shed or house adjoining, as they
prefer.
The other necessary attentions in.
clude regular feeding. a supply Of salt
at all times accessible, and an ample
supply Of pure water and a yard
apart from those of horses and cat
tie.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
MUST HAVE EYES OF BLUE
Children Are Most Particular
As to That Point.

A Dlue-eyed, c~urIy-nalred. blonue,
baby girl TO adopt-that's what thou
sands OF people in this country want,
and it seems to be the one holiday
commodity the markets have failed to
provide. All day long, says a Chicago
newspaper, the telephones ring at the
F%oundlings' home and at orphan asy.
lums, and all day long officers are
forced to refuse requests for blonde
girl babies, because curly haired fe-
male infants done in the color scheme
of Burne-Jones angels are scarcer than
hens teeth. Such as are left without
parents are instantly appropriated by
aunts and uncles and cousins and
friends. Only once n twice in a gen
Grafton does n appear in an orphan
asylum. Then she's almost pulled to
pieces by would. be foster parents.
C or these talks herself hoarse III
an effort to show the superintendent
that she can offer the child the best
home.
There are Just two classes OF chill
dren, according to the persons who
ring my telephone all day" declares
the head of the child placing depart.
ment Of the Home and Aid society, In
the great metropolis Of the middle
west. First, blue eyed, c~urly-haired
girl babies; second. all other children.
Everybody wishes TO adopt the first.
Almost no one has any interest ia the
second.
1--WE use all our art to urge the
charms OF the babies on hand. I'm
out Of adjectives descriptive OF brown
eyes, dimples and sweet dispositions
When | was new in the business, sey
eral times | had the temerity to sug-
gest a dear little boy instead. But 1t
didn't take me long to learn the utter
scorn foster parents have for boy ba'
bies. You might Just as well suggest
adopting a white elephant to most OF
them.
The oriental idea about the glory
Of a man child is exactly reversed
when it ONE TO adopting children.
Our receiving home Is full Of likeable
youngsters who want some one to love
them. But they're almost a drug on
the market when 1t comes to getting
adopted, Just because they happen to
be boys, or brown.haired, brown eyed.
little lasses. Can you explain IT. 1t
certainly is beyond me-"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
LOOKING AFTER YOUNG SOWS
Best Plan Is to Have Them Farrow A.
ter Grass and Glover Start to
Secure Good Pasturage.

In nearly all cases the first litter is
the hardest draft on the system OF the
dam and for this reason, II no other,
the young sows should have special
care. 1t is best, so far as can be done
to have the young sows farrow after
grass and clover have made a good
start, as there are few things better,
than plenty of good pasturage, to en-
able a dam to produce milk, and a
young SOW II she is to suckle her lit
ter of pigs well, must have food we'll
adapted to milk production. A SOW
should always be so gentle that in
case ii becomes necessary, she a be
handled without unduly exciting her.
1t Is never good policy to disturb a
SOW at narrowing, unless absolutely
necessary. AS a precaution against
Lrf eating her pigs, she should have a
light opening ration for a few days be-
fore narrowing and then a bucket Of
warm slop ready for her whenever she
gets up. Be careful about over-feed-
ing her for the first three or four days
and then gradually increase her ra-
tons until she is given all that she
will readily eat up clean. After the
pigs are a week old. she may be al
lowed the run of a pasture, feeding
slop regularly at least two times a day
and three times is still better. Be
careful to feed regularly. Stop stuff.
milk or wheat bran, oil meal and milk,
are hard to beat and are all good
foods for breeding sows.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
DETENTION ROOM FOR PESTS
Method Adopted BY Government for
Excluding Entry Of Bugs Injurious
to Farm Crops.

Experience has taught the officials
Of our national government the advis'
ability Of guarding against the posi-
BILE Importation of injurious or undesir
able plants and animals. Well mean
ing but carelessly inclined friends liv'
ing abroad send home specimens OF
beautiful or peculiar plants or flow
ers, strange and unusual insects, small
animals as pets. and SO forth, not
knowing that they are aiding in the
spread Of what may be extremely
harmful pest Often, too. seed" OF
some variety of fruit or vegetable is
sent to home friends for planting
which contains the eggs Of some in
sect pest or the germs Of q disease
(which may sweep away thousands OF
dollars worth of valuable homegrown
plants or trees.
To prevent any Of these disasters
the government has provided a quar-.
antine ROOM" to which all specimens,
living or dead and preserved. must
4irst go for thorough microscopic in.
spection before being passed on to the
recipient. says the New York indie
pendent. The first shipment received
after the establishment of this room
was Q lot Of potatoes from the Andes
of South America. They were found
to be thoroughly infected with a small
brown bug harmful enough to have
created an endless amount Of mischief
among the potato interests Of this
country had they been allowed to en-
ter unobserved.
The inspection room is carefully pre-
pared to prevent the escape Of micro
scopic germs. II is simply q glass in
CLOSED cage about eight by twelve feet,
placed in n Of the regular ONCE
rooms In the department Of agricul.
kure, and is absolutely bug proof.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
TO RENEW STRAWBERRY BEDS
Go Over Bed With cuItEvator and
Thoroughly Tear II Up.

The first thing to do Is to run .
mower over the bed, cutting all the
leaves and weeds as closely as pos
sible, and then burn. After this diff
ferent methods are followed. some go
into the bed with a cultiyator and
thoroughly tear it up, finally leaving
the bed in rows as II was originally,
and cultivating out all vines between.
Others use a pillow and pillow between
the ows leaving each row about Q
foot in width, and thinning out the
plants in the row with a hoe. The
cultivator seems more satisfactory as
a rule. In burning the bed, wait until
the tops and weeds are thoroughly
dry. SO they will burn quickly. other
wise the crowns Of the plants are like
ly to be damaged.
II only new plants are desired, pillow
out the old after runner have set and
cultivate. The advantage of this IL
that the plants will all be from the
earliest, strongest n
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
HOG CHUTE MADE PORTABLE
Handy Device Is Easily Arranged by
Taking Couple Of Old C%lutlvator
Wheels and Axle.

Here is the handiest hog chute we
ever have seen. and 1t a be ar
ranged out Of an ordinary chute. by
taking a couple OF cultivators or any
other small wheels and putting them
a little over midway OF the floor from
the rear end. says the Iowa Home
stead. While any piece of strong tim.
Der will make a suitable axle for bear
ing up the chute. an axle from some
old, discarded spring wagon or buggy
will last practically a lifetime and
and prove much more satisfactory
than a wood axle. When 1t is desired
to move the chute. all that is neces-
sary to tilt the rear end and push
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
SILAGE GOOD FOR POULTRY
OF Material Assistance In Keeping Up
Egg ProduetIon-Fowls Are Crazy
for S~ueculence.

Cows and sheep thrive or silage; 1t
is a little too bulky for hogs to eat a
great deal; horses and mules eat small
amounts with profit. and a writer to
Hoard's Dairyman tells that 1t Is the
best ever for poultry. He states: I'VE
have tried it for two years and find the
birds are crazy for 1t and will clean up
all given them. or course, we give a
grain ration. oyster shells, grit, ETC.,
besides the ensilage." Since poultry
require some green food in order to do
very well and lay best when they en-
Joy their food best, II can be seen that
ensilage will help a great deal to keep
the egg production up to the standard.
al well as stimulating the milk flow Of
dairy cows or putting beef on steers
and mutton on sheep.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
new ZEALAND HAS SUFFRAGE
Numerous Uplifting Laws Have Been
Passed Since Women Began
Voting, 20 Years AGO.

Jessie Maekay Of Christchurch,
New Zealand, tells in Jus Suffargii OF
the following laws Of benefit to the
women "of her country, passed since
their reimbursement in 1898:
Infant life protection act.
Act to regulate adoption OF chill.
dren.
Industrial schools amendment.
Juvenile smoking suppression act.
Servants registry act
Shop assistants act Safeguarding
the interests and health OF shopgirls;
shopgirls have to sit down when not
serving, demand sanitary arrange.
ments, meal hours, etc..
Divorce and matrimonial causes act
yequal standard Of morality; divorce
for wilful desertion for five years, for
habitual drunkenness, failure to sup.
port wife, cruelty or for seemingly in.
durable lunacy).
Criminal code amendment act.
Act enabling women to receive com
pensation for SANDER without proving
special damage.
Summary legal separation act, to
safeguard poor women against brutal
nr drunken husbands.
Factory act ~(rscognizes in some
cases equal pay for equal work; not
generally, however,.
Municipal franchise act, extended to
yAte-payers or ratepayers' wives
Iwomen eligible for town boards, hos.
pdtal and charitable aid boards and
nayoralty).
Old age pensions act, which recog.
nizes economic partnership Of hus'
band and wife. Women admitted to
band and wife.
practice law, technical schools giving
girls equal opportunity, scientific tenn
perance instruction in public schools.
Women admitted to practice law.
Technical schools. giving girls equal
opportunity.
Scientific temperance instruction in
public schools.
Testator,s act (testator compelled to
provide for wife and family.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
HUSBANDS FOR SALE CHEAP
Up in Bunehes Like Asparagus
and Sold for Ten Cents.

Some time ago a man was awakened
In the night to ind his wife weeping
uncontrollably.
MY darling!" he exclaimed. what
is the natter"
"A dream!" she gasped. Il have had
such a horrible dream"
Her husband begged her to tell it to
him in order that he might comfort
her. After long persuasion she was
induced to say this:
Il thought | was walking down the
street, and | came to a warehouse
where there was a large placard, 'Hus-
bands for sale You could get beau
tiful ones for $500 or even for $1,000,
and very nice looking ones for as low
as a hundred"
The husband asked innocently:
Did you see any that looked like
me?"
The sobs became strangling.
Dozens Of them" gasped the wife,
done up in punches like asparagus
and sold for ten cents a bunch"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20

NVk
GIVE FARM ANIMALS CHANCE
Fault Of Farmer II Stock Falls to
Make Profit-opportunitles Must
BE Created for Them.

1t isn't the fault of your stock II
they fail to make a profit for you.
They live up to their opportunities.
How few men do!
If the pig fails to grow, 1t is because
you have not let him. If the calf gets
pot-bellied, 1t is not his fault. II the
colt is wild and shy, is 1t his fault OF
yours? II the lamb is a scabby, ticky,
good-for.nothing specimen. don't blame
the lamb. II the chickens nope around
with wings trailing. sit in judgment
on their keeper.
The pig will use every opportunity
for growth you offer. See how quickly
he finds and uses a hole in the fence
30 he a get greener pasture. The
calf will grow into a prime baby beef
or fine dairy COW II you give the OPP
%portunity. The colt will be fearless
and safe IL you introduce him sensibly
to all sorts Of peculiar noises and
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
Renoyatino the Old Orchard.

To change neglected orchards from
q state of wo-thlessness and disgrace
to that Of a evenu producer and a
pleasing plantation. we should begin
by giving the trees as good soil condi.
tions as possible. II necessary, drain
between every row of trees. II the
ground is very hard 1t may be neces-
sary to subsoil a space. say ten feet,
wide, between each row OF trees. Go
over the orchard and note the varie-
ties OF which the trunks are sound,
and which will-Iaake good stock on
which to graft. At the proper time In
April have these grated.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
Oklahoma to Be q Campaign state.

In Oklahoma the suffragists are
now circulating petitions and expect
70 have the necessary number OF sig.
natures by August. Under the law Of
oklahoma, August primary election Is
considered q regular election, SO that
oklahoma is likely to submit the CUES
tion before her sister state Missouri.
even II II has already filed Its petit
lions.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
FRUIT PICKER QUITE USEFUL
Wire Basket on Top Of Long Pole
Reaches Into Branches-No STEP
ladders Required.

For picking fruit that is beyond the
unaided reach, a mar In Montana pat
ented the implement shown In the
sketch. A basket-shaped wire device,
open at one side, is fixed to the top
Of a long pole. Points of the wire
come down in front SC that an apple,
or pear, or whatever the fruit may be,
can enter from the side, but will not
fall out in front. Once the fruit Is
encompassed in this framework a
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
A Portable Hog Chute.

the frame to the desired position, in
stead of the old, cumbersome method
of tugging and dragging it around to
where 1t was wanted. II the wheels
are kept well creased or oiled, and il
the chute is not too heavy, n can
use it for moving heavy articles
around that could not be carried
by hand.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
SMALL FLOCK IS PROFITABLE
Costs Practically Nothing to Keep Few
Sheep on Farms-Animais Eat
Weeds and Enrich Soil.

For the encouragement Of the far
mer who thinks keeping sheep would
be a fine thing II he could carry on
an extensive business as 10 done on
the big western ranches. q Texas
wool buyer says:
1T would be a great thing for the
country II every farmer owned q small
flock Of sheep.
Il buy a great deal Of wool at points
where there are no ranches near, the
produce being grown by farmers who
keep small focks.
Il have been often told by such
FARMERS that It costs practically moth
Ding to keep sheep on farms. They re-
quire very little feed, they eat the
weeds in the fields and at the same
time enrich the land.
Il find that the owners Of small
Hocks, as a rule, keep q better grade
of sheep and the animals are health
Her. than are those OF the large ranch.
man, the woods from the farms always
chasing higher than ranch woois.'-
l.. N. B. -
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
Red ~Rsspbsrries.

Red rasDberries should not be
1ipped. but should be pruned back
from two and one-half to three and
one-half feet before growth starts in
the spring. OF course. the old. dead
canes must be removed and all the
young ones that are weak. With
Schaher and Columbia, the new
growth should be nipped when It at.
tsins q growth Of Is inches. in order
that Q bushy growth may develop.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
Mixed.

The amateurs were presenting the
quarrel scene from Julius Caesar"
Brutus was getting more and more
nervous.
I'd rather be a moon,T he cried in
that fine burst of scorn, land bay the
dog than such a Roman! m.mean.'
he stammered, I'D rather be a bay
and moon the Roman dog-I mean I'd
rather be such a Roman and bay the
dog than be a moon, and-be a dog,
and"
Then Cassius pushed him of the
stage.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
MANNER OF TYING HORSES
Simple Plan Is to Put Double Lines
Through Ring on Stake and Then
Pull Ends Through Loop.

In response to a query for a good
way to tie a horse that can easily be
loosed is given by a writer in the Mon.
treal Herald as follows:
The only hitch | know that
can be united with a pull of the rope,
besides the bow knot is the slip knot,
where the end of the halter shank is
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
Handy Fruit Picker.

smart pull will detach 1t. With such
a tool no s~tepladders are needed to
strip a tree and fruit that hangs high
may be reached without shaking the
tree. Fruit that il shaken down ia
often bruised in its fall. Another ad.
vantage Of this picker is that It
ables n to secure the Identical apple
he may want without knocking down
half O dozen others.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
Tree Protector.

provide a protector by which the tree
can be thoroughly protected. the pro-
tector being adapted to extend from
the ground to the branches OF the
tee, and to hole a cylindrical body OF
earth extending around the tree trunk
at all sides to the crown and among
the branches, as shown In the accom-.
paying illustration.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
GREEN FOOD IN THE WINTER
Turnips. Cabbage, seets and All Such
Vegetables Furnish Change Which
All Fowls Appreciate.

During spring, summer and fall 1t Ia
not difficult TO supply q variety OF
green food for fowls, as any kind OF
tender growing vegetation Ia relished
by them. but when cold weather sets
In il is very different, and things
must be set aside during the fall sea
son.
Turnips, cabbage, beets and all such
vegetables make good food and fur.
nish a grateful change, which the
fowls appreciate. OF all the vegetables
we have had the best results with
cabbage. 1t is usually cheap in the fall
and well into the winter. We have
paid as much as 5 cents per head for
it because We realize that 1t is to u
advantage to supply the green food to
the fowls. The cost is a small item.
for one head will supply six hens for
a week or ten days.
1t is our custom to suspend the head
so that the fowls will be forced to
jump a little TO get a bite. 1t is left
hanging for two hours each day, and
then is taken down-for two reasons:
First, TO prevent the fowls from eat
ing too much and becoming loose In
the bowels and, second, for the sake
of economy.
Possibly sprouted grain will be
found much cheaper than cabbage.
We always try to, have ~sprouted oats
on hand to feed. but at times We are
caught without a thing in that line
to feed. 1t is then that the cabbage
comes to the rescue. The best place TO
sprout the oats in winter Is in a
warn cellar or cave. Do not attempt
to sprout in the barn, for the chances
are that It will eve sprout. 1t takes
q temperature of about so degrees to
sprout the grain TO the best adyant.
age.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
EASY WAY TO LIFT BARRELS
Simple Device Shown In Illustration
Herewith VIII Be Found to Be
Quite Convenient.

Where many barrels are to be lifted
the following simple device will prove
Of great value: Including the six.
inch hand grips, the handle is about
two feet long. Just below the hand
grip a metal hook an inch wide is
fastened. This fits over the rim Of
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20

the barrel. At the lower end Of the
handle is a wooden cross piece hol-
lowed on the inner side so as to fit
the curvature Of the barrel. II very
heavy barrels are to be lifted the han
die should be from six to twelve inch
es longer, SO as to get extra leverage
when lifting.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20

put through the loop. To unite you
pull the knot through the hole or
ring.
A simple tie where horses are hitch.
ed to a wagon Is to put the double
lines through a ring on the stake
and put the loose ends through the
loop made. Then a little pull on the
end Of the lines loosens everything.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
Feed Box for Greedy Horse.

at the bottom. The feed is put into
the outside half Of the box and runs
through the small opening slowly.
says the Wisconsin Agriculturist.
Grain is thus fed more economically
and to greater advantage. as 1t can-
not be bolted quickly by the hungry
or over eager horse. A slide on the
outside can easily be arranged to reg
ulate the size of the opening through
which the grain passes to the inner
feed box.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
OVERFLOW F0R'BARREL-TANK
Pipe Can Be Removed II Desired and
Water Level Changed by Taking
Out Ono Of Corks, -.

Deeming It unnecessary to add an
overflow to a barrel section which l
had fitted up for a tank and not car-
ing to emove any Of the attached
pipes, l slipped a piece of rubber
tubing over the end of a piece Of pipe
so as to make a water-tight fit, and in.
serted 1t in the outlet In the n
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20

shown, writes James M. Kane OF
D~oylestown. Pa, In Popular Mechanics.
Holes we're drilled In the pipe at in.
tervals and plugged with corks. The
water can be made to overflow at any
height by removing a cork in the pipe
at that level. The rubber tubing can
be discarded and the pipe threaded
to At into the waste nut at the bottom.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
TROUGH FOR GREEDY HORSES
Feed Thoroughly Box May Be
Arranged Like Illustration.

To prevent the greedy animal from
eating SO fast that 1t does not grind
its grain well, the feed box may be
arranged like the one shown here.
The box is built on both sides of the
partition with only a narrow opening
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
Dairy Calf Often Overlooked.

Many dairymen and farmers fail to
appreciate the great importance OF
spending thought and feed In the de-
veiopment OF the dairy calf during
the first SIX months Of its life.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-08-20
STOCK
CWJ NOTES

Close quarters are not the thing for
sheep, summer or winter.
AS the hard work eases up on the
horses, cut down their feed accord.
ingly.
Sheep thrive wherever dry footing
may be found. Keep them off the wet
lands.
A long, rangy SOW is fitted by nature
to care for more pigs than a short,
chunked one.
In the hog yard and pens cleanliness
Ia not only next to godliness, but It is
the price OF profit.
Next to clover, rape and oats pro-
duced the largest number of pounds Of
pork per acre In a test.
Some men get into the sheep bust.
ness by taking a small flock on shares,
II a neighbor has toe many.
Every successful swine breeder ap-
preciates the value Of good, strong
and well matured breeding animals.
Many farmers will let the steer
trample 800 worth of feed into the
mud rather than spend $25 for a feed
rack.
Good feeding during the breeding
period Is one Of the essentials to the
production Of sound and Vigorous
lambs.
Never salt the horses feed in the
box. Place a big lump where he can
reach 1t and he will take 1t when he
needs 1t.