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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03

Till THE ny
GREAT VALUE OF SEPARATOR
Device Concentrates Time Of Work
Into Definite Hours Of Day and
Saves Much RehandIing.

tBy r. G. wEATHERsToNE)
While the man who has learned the
real value of the separator ia usually
emphatic in his praise, 1t is really on
the feminine side of the house that
many of the advantages are most sig.
nally apparent.
1t concentrates the time Of work
Into definite hours of tho day, and
these are short. There are no heavy
milk cans coming home near the noon
hour rank with the acidity Of their
contents.
All milk utensils may be taken care
OF during the morning hours and
while thorough scalding is necessary
to keep them in order they are sweet
to begin with, thereby rendering the
work less tedious. Then the sun
Bcalding which puts on the finishing
touches may be given through the
entire day.
1t is a great time saver in skim
ming and saves much handling and
rehandling of the milk. This may
SSShh iiho u eIldil ihdttCi, yOS AZ
really a very large one, and much OF
the old.time labor in caring for milk
has been abolished, proved by the
separator wholly useless.
The cream is in much better condi-
ton for churning and Of uniform
quality. One of the prime recon-
mendations for the butter maker is
that her product always may be OF
the same grade.
Few can attain this and only with
the best facilities. The cream gauge
fixes the thickness of the cream abb
solutely.
The rule for sailing may thus be
as rigid as for bread. The cream can
easily be kept at the same tempera-
ture every time by the use of the Ice
or cold water. And thus the butter Is
always alike, consequently Is in de-
mand at fancy prices.
Cream for the table uses Is always
available in the very best form. The
most delicious desserts can be extern.
porized on short notice and time saved
from the once laborious work Of max.
ing pastry.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
DRESSING FOR SHEAR CUTS
Mixture Of T%urpentIne, Tar and OIL 10
Recommended for Healing and
Keeping Flies Away.

The following dressing is recon-
mended by the Shepherds Journal for
sheep wounds:
For clean cuts a good dressing, to
prevent the fly from settling on the
wound, Is a mixture Of one part tur-
pentine. one part Stockholm tar and
two parts salad or olive oil. The tur-
pentine is cleansing and its strong
smell keeps the flies off, but being
very volatile 1t would soon ~evaporate
II used alone.
Tar is healing. and being strong
smelling is Objectionable to the fly.
It also adheres to the wool and flesh
and assists to retain the %turpentine.
Salad or olive OIL tends to soften the
severe effects Of the tar and turpen-
tine. also to a great extent prevents
the tar from injuring the wool.
The same mixture Is very effective
also in destroying the maggots after
the sheep are blown, and In healing
wounds made by them. Amy lubrica.
ting oil OF ordinary fat will serve
as a substitute to mix with the tar
and turpentine.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
CATTLE BROUGHT IN BY DOG
WelLTraIned Animal viii Save Owner
Many stops, While Poor One Will
Do Untold Mischief.

II a dog Is used in driving the cattle,
insist that it walk at their heels In
stead Of their heads; and that 1t walk.
not trot. A poor dog will do untold
mischief. and that very quickly; one
properly trained will save many steps.
The cattle are as quick about sizing
up the driving qualities of the dog
as is the small boy In testing the
mettle Of the young teacher. II they
find that they can drive 1t, the canine
will have a sorry time of it. Better
watch carefully that the pup keeps
its place and becomes master Of the
situation. even though you are com
PEELED to defend Its rights. After the
proper relations are accepted on both
sides there will be little further
trouble.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
PICK APPLES TO SAVE THEM
Fruit Should Not Be Picked Until Il
Has Attained Full Growth-Don't
Shake Trees.
NBy A. CHAPIN.O

(By A. CHAPIN.l
Apples that are expected to 90 In
to storage should be picked Just be.
fore they get mellow or fall from the
trees.
They must not be picked too soon,
however, but should be left until they
have attained their full growth and
color. No orchardist Of any account
now shakes apples from the tree. but
picks them one by n and places
them In a basket or bag suspended
from the picker's shoulders.
Apples should not be packed until
four or five days after they have been
picked. They should then be kept in
q shed until freezing weather comes
on. II the apples are picked when dry,
and in season, they will stand a great
deal Of cold, but Of course. the frost
should not be allowed to touch them.
The boxes or barrels in the shed
should be 80 placed that the air can
circulate freely between them.
When the freezing weather comes
on, the apples should be removed to
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
TO OBTAIN DISTILLED WATER
Device Described Herewith Has Ad-
vantage Of being inexpensive and
10 EeasIIy Constructed.

A form Of still, devised for the pur-
pose of providing pure drinking water
on the farm, is here described. This
still, which has been especially de-
signed for use with alkali water, has
the advantage Of being inexpensive
and can be made by any timer. 1t
consists of a water boiler, on the
range, having a capacity Of about one
and one-half to two gallons Of water
and a condenser suspended at the
proper height from the ceiling.
A pipe. two and one-haif inches in
diameter. with s~eparable joint, con-
veys steam to the condensing chamber,
which is kept cool by water In the
upper compartment. The distilled wa
ter collects in the lower part of the
tank-like compartment, and can be
drawn of from time to time or allow
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03

the cellar, where they should be kept
dry. A cellar containing water will
quickly destroy fruit.
The best temperature at which ap-
pies keep, is about 33 degrees F.
OF ours 1t is difficult to obtain
this exact temperature, but two or
three degrees above or below will do
nc harm.
If apples are placed in bins In the
cellar, they should be examined fire.
quently during the winter, and If they
are not keeping well, the entire lot
should be picked v e very carefully
and every apple showing signs Of de.
cay should be taken out, and the sound
apples wiped with a cloth and placed
in a clean bin. .
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
Convenient waterstln for Farm Use.

ed to run into a vessel underneath.
When the water in the top compart-
ment becomes too hot for efficient
condensation 1t a be passed to the
water tank through the small pipe
connecting. or drawn off at the faucet
at the back and cold water added.
The metal used in the construction
Of the still should be well-tinned cop
per and no solder should be exposed
to the action of either the steam or
the distilled water. II 1t ia desirable
for any reason to suspend the con
denser at some distance from the
kitchen stove. the steam pipe should
be wrapped with asbestos paper.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
GOOD RULES FOR OAlRYMAN
Nebraska Station Favors Feeding All
the Roughage That tho Cow
VIII Eat Up Clean.

The Nebraska station gives the fol.
lowing brief and simple rules as an
aid in determining the amount Of feed
required by each cow:
Feed all the r%oughage. such as al.
falfa, corn silage. etc. that the COW
will eat up clean.
Feed approximately one pound of
grain for every three pounds Of milk
produced per day.
Give the cows as much feed as
they will consume without gaining
in weight.
Feed some %succulent feed, such as
corr silage or roots, to make the ra-
ton more palatable.
BE prepared to supplement the pas
lures by feeding silage when the dry
season sets in"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
KEEP DAIRY PRODUCTS FRESH
Large Barrel Sunk In Ground VIII Al.
ford Convenient and S~ervlceabls
Place for Summer.

A very convenient and serviceable
place to keep dairy products may be
made by sinking a large barrel in the
ground. A shady spot should be
chosen, writes G. c. Amb of Beatrice,
Neb., in Missouri Valley Farmer. FIJI
in around the barrel with small stones,
gravel and sand, and dampen. Put a
box over the barrel and bank up with
solid earth, preferably clay. This
drains off the water when It rains and
also puts the barrel further down.
which tends to make 1t cooler. Make
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
Infertlle Eggs Keep Longer.

Some people still think that hens
which run with the rooster lay more
eggs than hens that are kept sepa-
rate. This is not the true state Of
the case at all. as anyone can test
by experiment. But eggs laid by
hens with no male mate-infertile
eggs. they are called-wil keep much
longer and at a higher temperature.
than will fertile eggs. 1t is really
much better for tho hens. for the
ROSTERS and for eggs that the sexes
be separated and kept separate after
the hatch season Ia ovar- :
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
GOOD TOME. MADE IMPLEMENT
Drag, Whom Properly Weighted, An
swers for Roller and Harrow
Puts Soil In Fine Condition.
(By J. W.

(By ]. w. GRIFF1N.)
This Is n Of the best homemade
Implements; not the best made, but
the best implement that / ever saw.
l have been a close observer, and have
given the greater part Of my time in
the last thirty years. to the study Of
farm. labor, improvements, and short
cuts in practical farming. Under all
conditions, when advisable to use the
harrow, this implement comes in at
first place. 1t has been some twelve
or thirteen years since | first called
attention to the draw and harrow COM
cined. At first / made several with a
roller attachment. The roller was
hitched to the harrow. But after
using this one season, / come to the
conclusion that the drag, when proper
ly weighted, answered for the roller
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
MoltIpd Ia tural

The melting Of fowls is a natural
process and not a disease, and no med
ical treatment is necessary or desir-
able. Feed Noting fowls Just as you
would feed them at any other time.
only remembering that melting Is
done during hot weather and less
carbonaceous food should be given
than when the weather is cool. Oats,
wheat, cut clover or alfalfa or any
leguminous feeds may be used more
because the weather is warm than
that fowls are melting. Any sort OF
green food 10 good: 30 are beets. tur-
nips, bulbs or tubers Of any sort that
they will eat. They should have lit
tie corn or other heat-producing food.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
PROPER PRUNING IN SUMMER
Thinning Out and Cutting Younger
Branches 10 All That 10 Required
Danger Of Sun Scald.

OF late years we have heard a good
deal about summer pruning and its
value Of inducing fruit buds to form
on unproductive trees. The Kansas
station has made some careful expert
ments with summer pruning Of ten
year-old apple trees which have borne
but little fruit and showed few fruit
spurs.
The new wood was cut back and the
heavy growth that shaded the two and
three year old wood was thinned out.
A lighter pruning was given the or.
chard the next summer.
The orchard was in full bloom and
produced a fair crop two years later.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
Cara Of Small Erults.

Fruit of small size on berry bushes
ia not always chargeable to poor vari.
eties, but is usually due to poor cul-
ture and no pruning. Currants are
largely borne on wood three or four
years old. Wood that Is older than
this should be pruned out and enough
young allowed to take their
place. This may be done at any time
after the fruit is ripe. Keep the
plants well cultivated and fertilize
with barnyard manure.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
Stable StalIa.

Something harder than brick Ia Of
course required for the stable stall.
Sets" or paving blocks. either Of
granite or "whin." say 8x4x6-inch,
suit very we'll. Bedding them In lime,
and grouting them in cement. both 10
advised for the brick pavement. make
a strong job. This pavement may be
kept two feet OF so back from the
wall that the horses face against, but
It should be continued to the one side
or other Of the channel behind the
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
USEFUL TOOL FOR PLANTING
Utah Man Invents inexpensive lmpIe.
mont Which Can Be Easily and
Quickly Manipulated.

The Scientific American in describ-
ing a planting implement, invented by
N. P. Jensen Of Ephraim, Utah, says:
The invention has reference more
particularly to implements which com
prise means for receiving the plant
and then setting It into the desired
place in the ground. The object is to
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
1t Is a well known fact that trees
are subject to injuries, from a great
variety of causes. In a great majority
of cases these injuries are allowed to
remain untreated-often for years.
Reproducing fungi commonly gain
entrance at these places, and eventual
ly the original inconspicuous or unob-
served injury develops into a compare
lively large area of decay. The real
aim Of tree surgery is to repair the
damage, resulting from such neglect
ed injuries and rotted areas, says the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture Year Book.
In most tree surgery work a few fun
damental principles must be observed
in order that permanent good results
may be realized. These may be sum
married as follows: Remove all de-
cayed, diseased, or injured wood and
bark. When on small limbs, this can
often best be done by removing the
limb. On larger limbs or on the trunk
1t may at times meal the digging out
Of q cavity. Sterilize and waterproof
all cut surfaces. Leave the work in
the most favorable condition for rapid
healing. This will often mean the
filling of deep Cavities. Watch the
work from year to year for defects,
and IL any appear, attend to them i'm
mediately and thus avoid loss or ne
cessity of expensive repair in the fu-
ture.
Tree surgery. or. more properly, tree
repair work, is not a mysterious art,
known only to n favored few, who
alone, are fitted to undertake it, as
some interested persons would have
tree wne believe. 1t can be under
taken by any careful man who has a
good general knowledge of the struc-
ture and life history of a tree, its
normal II of covering wounds,
and how insects and decay organisms
damage, provided he can handle
q gouge and mallet, a saw, and a tar
brush. For work in the tops of trees
he will also need a clear head and
ability to climb.
In its simplest type, tree surgery
consists in removing dead, diseased,
or decayed limbs or stubs from a tree
and treating the scar with ar antisep-
tic and waterproof covering to pre-
vent decay while healing. Another
type consists in cutting out the de-
cayed and diseased matter in trees
and filling the cavities with cement
or other material to facilitate the nor
NAL healing-over process. This is oft
en- referred to as tree dentistry" a
term which very aptly indicates the
character Of the work. Filled cavities
do not increase the strength Of the
trunk or limb to the extent that is
generally supposed.
Removing Branches.
For the work of removing branches.
the most essential implements are a
good sized saw with teeth 80 set as
to make a wide cut, d gouge, a chisel,
a mallet, and a strong knife. For cut
ting limbs near the ground these are
the only necessary implements.
A large limb should never be re-
moved by saving through from the
upper side, as this usually strips the
bark and wood below the scar. The
proper way is to make the first saw
cut on the under side, from six inches
to a foot beyond the point where the
final cut is to be made. 1t should
reach from one-fourth to one-half
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03

a light lid for the top Of the barrel,
and q strong lid for the outer covering
of box. Fit the box as Q a alright as
possible. Sprinkle a little dampened
sand over the bottom Of the barrel and
the little cellar is finished. Pals Of
cream, milk and butter may be hung
from nails on the sides Of the barrel.
Air the barrel out occasionally to pre-
vent odors from collecting.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
Nitrate Of Soda.

One of my neighbors lost a good
COW because she ate a quantity OF
nitrate of soda. Last summer he LEFT
his barn door open and nearly lost a
horse, but someone saw 1t In time
and dosed the animal. 1t was a close
call, for the horse was more than q
week getting over the trouble, says q
writsriinss exchanges This suggests
that II ID eSser to prevent such things
than 1t is to dure them.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
SHOE HAS REMOVABLE CAlKS
When Nearly Worn Out These Pieces
or Iron Fall Out and Opening Is
Lett for New Ones.

A new type Of horseshoe recently
invented has calks that are easily
placed and that fall out Of the shoe
when nearly worn out. The calks have
prongs that are a trife too large for
the opening in the shoe, as shown
In the illustration, and have to be
driven in. says the Popular Mechan-
les. AS the thread OF the caik wears
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
Planting Implement.

provide IN inexpensive planting imple-
ment which can be easily and quickly
manipulated, which will set the plant
In any desired position In the ground
without injury to the plant. This i'm
plement Is also intended for pressing
the soil uniformly about the plant set
In the ground.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03

plant dies. Two good illustration Of
this class Of weeds are the bull thistle
and the burdock.
/. The bull thistle Is often mistaken
for Canada thistle. 1t is. however,
much larger and more rugged. This
weed may be eradicated by preventing
the plants from going to seed for two
years. Cutting once or twice in q
season will usually suffice. 1t is not
generally troublesome In welltilled
fields and disappears under good ro-
tation systems.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
Hloh.cIas. Protein Fssd.

An acre Of alfalfa will furnish more
high-class protein feed than almost
any other crop that lie grown in the
section where dairying is followed to
the best advantage.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03

Fewer water sprouts or suckers have
been noticed on trees of similar age.
that were grown on similar soil and
pruned in the summer than those
prunsd In winter and early spring.
There is less danger that the
operator will remove a large amount
of wood in the summer, for he al
readily e the danger Of sur scald.
Thinning out and cutting the young.
er branches is all that is required il
q reasonable amount of care Is given
the orchard. Light summer pruning
appears to be a good treatment for
unproductive trees.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
Poor Eertlllxor

Certain enterprising fertilixer men
in the west r selling ine ground
rock and sand as fertilixer. Some OF
this stun they call stone meal and
stone dust
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
Removable caIks In shoe.

down. the spring action of the prong
Is weakened and 1t finally falls out
or becomes so loose that 1t may be
picked out easily. leaving the opening
ready for the insertion of a new
calk.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03
Abbreviated BLESSING.

Another abbreviated blessing adopt.
cd by farmers, along with the horse
less wagon and plow, Ia the barbless
wire fence.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-03

through the limb. A good time to stop
cutting is when the saw becomes
pinched In the cut. The second cut Is
made on the upper side of the limb
an inch or two beyond the first one
This Is continued until the limb falls
After the limb has fallen, a third cut
to remove the stub is made close to
the trunk and in line with Its WOOD
surface. When nearly sawed through,
the stub must be supported until COM
pletely severed, so. as to avoid any
possibility of stripping the bark below
as II falls. The first and second cuts
to prevent stripping may be omitted
when small limbs which can BIO held
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-02
WHY YOU SHOULD NOT WORRY

Ralph Waldo Urine, writing a very
suggestive article in the May Wo-
mans Home Companion, tells, as fol
lows, why people should avoid worry
Fear paralyses healthy action,
both mental and physical. Worry cor
rodes, poisons and pulls down the or
ganism. 1t is a perverted mental
state that externalizes itself in vari-
GUS physical ailments according to
the peculiar native tendencies or
weaknesses of the one in whose or
ganism its effects find Judgment.
Many death long before its time, in
addition to many a depleted nervous
and general physical condition, is due
directly to it. There Is probably no
agency that brings us more undesir'
able results than worry; and this one
fact should arouse us to allow it alb
rri-taiv. no Mace in our lives"
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-02
TO DARKEN
YOUR GRAY HAIR
YOU CAN BRING BACK COLOR AND
LUSTRE WITH SAGE TEA
AND SULPHUR.

When you darken your hair with
Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can tell,
because it's done so naturally, so even
ly. Preparing this mixture, though,
at home, is mussy and troublesome.
For so cents you can buy at any drug
store the ready-to-use tonic called
"Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Rem
edy." You just dampen sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time. By morning all gray
hair disappears, and, after aonther ap-
plication or two your hair becomes
beautifully darkened, glossy and lux
uriant. You will also discover dan
druff is gone and hair has stopped fall
ing.
Gray, faded hair, though no disgrace,
is sign of old age, and as we all de-
sire youthful and attractive appear
ance, get busy at once with Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur and look years
younger.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-05-02
LITTLE GlFFIN

Out of the focal and foremost fire,
Out of the hospital walls of dire,
Smitten of grapeshot and gangrene
Eighteenth battle, and he sixteenD
Specter! Such as we seldom see
Little Giffin of Tennessee.
Take him and welcomed" the sur
geon said:
Little the doctor can help the dead"
And so we took him and brought him
where
The balm was sweet in the summer
air,
And we laid him down on a whole
some bed
Utter Lazarus, heel to head!
And we watched the war with bated
breath.
Skeleton boy against skeleton death,
Months of torture-how many such!-
/ Weary weeks of the stick and crutch.
And still a CLINT in the steel blue eye
Told of a spirit that wouldn't die.
And didn't. Nay, more! in deaths
despite,
The cripple skeleton learned to write
Dear mother" at first, of course, and
then,
Dear captain" inquiring about the
"men;"
Captains answer: "Of eighty and five
Giffin and I are left alive!"
Word of gloom from the war, one day;
Johnson's pressed at the front, they
! say!"
Little Giffin was up and away.
A tear-his first-as he babe goodby
Dimmed the CLINT of his steel blue
eye.
"Tll write if spared" There was news
of the fight
But none of Giffin-he did not write
| sometimes fancy that, were kinl
Of the princely Knights of the Colder
Ring,
With the song of the minstrel in min,
ear.
And the tender legend that tremble
here,
I'd give the best on his Bonded knee
The whitest soul of my chivalry,
For little Giffin of Tennessee!
DIR. Francis o. Ticknor