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Coal Improved by Sea Water.

Work which has of late years been
accomplished in recovering cargoes of
coal from sunken vessels has tended
to show that the combustion of the
product is improved by submergence
in salt water. Coal subjected to the
action of sea water for number of
years has been found to burn almost
entirely away, leaving only a small
amount of ash and no clinkers. Some
time ago several cargoes of coal were
recovered from old vessels which were
apparently lost about century ago.
The combustion of this material was
found to be excellent. Crates OF coal,
each holding approximately two tons.
were submerged by the admiralty in
1903, and at different times since GER
tain Of them have been raised and ex-
periments conducted. The tests all
have been in favor Of the saltwater
treatment.
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not deep enough to form gutter but
sufficient to collect the water after
cleaning, and to lead it out through
the back or farther door.
The floors of the pens are sloped SO
they drain into the center alley and
the manure is taken out this way by
means of manure carrier. The In
tention is to use some kind of stable
absorbent to take care of the liquid
manure and the slop water that col
dects around the troughs. The drain
through the center alley is for remov-
ing wash water when the pens are
washed out with the hose. Some damp
ness accommodates around the feeding
troughs with the most careful manage
ment. The easiest outlet is in front.
In practice this plan works the best
because It keeps the dampness away
from the nests it is in plain sight
where the men are likely to be remind
"a az the necessity Of keeping the
house clean. This arrangement keeps
10 bsdding dry with little labor.
Al concrete hog house floors should
ave raised wooden platforms for the
.neets. These platforms should be made
y rnafched Boarding nailed to 4xfs
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MAIN ADVANTAGES
OF "HOGGING" CORN
Practice to Be Profitable Must
Be Rightly Managed-TriaIs
at Missouri Station.

(By L. A. WEAVER. Missouri Expert.
ment Station.)
It will pay to hog down corn. This
has been shown by the Missouri agri-
cultural experiment station and has
been done profitably by large num-
Der of feeders.
The main advantages are: ~ The
hogs make rapid and more economical
gains; (2) it saves the labor Of har
vesting; (3) the manure is returned
to the land without loss and without
labor; az the place of feeding is
more sanitary than the ordinary feed
lot; (5) the grain is harvested with
out waste.
Eleven trials with hogging down
corn at the Missouri agricultural ex-
pertinent station have shown that
there is no better way of finishing
hogs than by allowing them to do
their own harvesting. To be profit
able, however, the practice must be
rightly managed. The hogs should be
given access at one time to what they
will clean up in ten days or two weeks.
This fnsures fresh forage and they
will clean it up well as they go. A
cheap, efficient, temporary fence Is
made with woven wire.
Get the hogs on a full feed of new
corn before turning them into the
field by cutting few stalks at first
and increasing gradually. The corn is
in good condition to turn into when
the dent has Just formed In the
kernel.
For best results the hogs doing their
own harvesting should receive soml
feed in addition to the corn. This
supplement may be supplied with
crops like rape, soy beans, ETC., which
should have been grown in the corn.
field that Is to be harvested II no
such crops have been planted . small
Of Sons lsed IKE tankaSs
should - ted.
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/ close-bui1t hog house. This plan pro
vides ten windows and seven doors, al
or any of which may be opened to lei
the fresh air in and the foul air out
While ventilation is necessary in hog
house a draft is bad thing. To pre-
vent drafts the sill is imbedded on the
top of the wall in fresh cement NOR
tar; the mortar is troweled against the
stills both inside and outside. A draft
coming through under the sill is just
the right height to do the most dam
age.
The wooden walls above the stills
are made carefully by using building
paper on the studding and the paper
is covered with drop siding. On the
inside the work is done in the same
way, except that matched ceiling
boards are used
Between the pens the partitions
should be tight boarded with matched
stuff to protect the young pigs when
the house is not fully occupied.
Some hog raisers make pen parti-
tions of hog wire, which is all right
if the house is kept full.
There is considerable body heat
from hogs when the house is well
filled, which keeps the place comfort
able even in cold weather, but there
are times when such hog house on
the ordinary farm will be nearly emp
ty. At such times the solid partitions
between pens are warmer.
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| developed under similar environment
until they have become accustomed
to that kind of treatment more than
the refined and more delicately organ
| lied breeds of dairy cattle.
On the other hand the man who
has rich and luxuriant pastures and
keeps his herd up to very near their
full capacity at all times of the year,
and who is producing milk for the
general market, faces different propo-
sition, and will find that the Holstein
breed, or grades of that breed, the
best adapted for his dairy needs.
1t is useless for me to continue to
present evidence in favor of keeping
better COWS. But one thing worthy
to note is the fact that the man who
has built up a profitable herd is at
all times alert to secure better COWS
to increase his income.
On the other hand the man with
the improbable herd has but little
ambition to inform himself in regard
to his business or improve the quality
of his COWS.
He does not believe in dairy litera-
ture, or that other COWS might do bet
ter on his farm than his own. This
class of man is doing more to dis
courage the dairy business than any
other
One of the most severe losses con-
nected with the dairy business is the
loss which comes from discarding I'M
profitable COWS. The man who de-
ponds upon buying COWS to take the
place of those that he finds unprofit-
able is up against one of the knot
tiest and most perplexing problems
connected with the management of
the dairy-that of going out and buy
ing good cows to take the place of the
ones sold from his herd.
In the production of milk for the
city trade, I have found that, the pur-
chase of COWS is attended by risk and
disappointment even by men who are
qualified to make selections.
Cows are sold for some reason and
I have found to my sorrow that among
these are lack of constitution and
vigor; lack of capacity as feeders;
bad habits, such as holding up their
milk; defective udders; hard milking.
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| turned on edge. Each nest should
have a rail Of 2x4's to keep the ped
ding in place and this rail should be
set in from the edge of the floor about
three inches, to form a step for. little
pigs. The nests should be movable
for easy cleaning.
1t Is common practice to raise the
nests above the floor at cleaning time
by placing them on top OF the division
fences. They are then entirely out OF
the way of cleaning, so a thorough
Job may be done. Sometimes perma-
nent cleats are nailed to the walls to
hold the nests when lifted. The bed
ding, of course, should be renewed
often enough to keep it clean and san
itary-
It is better to run the bedding
through the cutting box, especially for
sows with small pigs; but it pays to
cut the bedding for other hogs, be-
cause the short lengths of straw get
scattered around the floor and absorb
LIQUID manure much better than long
straw.
We are learning the value of liquid
manure from numerous experiments
at the various agricultural experiment
stations, and we are often surprised
at the splendid results.
Winter hog houses for breeding
stock are rooted somewhat differently
from other farm buildings. 1t is de-
sirable to have the sun shine into the
nests at narrowing time. This perspec-
tive shows that the roof of this hog
house is pitched to catch the rays of
the sun at the proper angle during the
fall and spring narrowing seasons, at
about AZ degrees of latitude.
The size of this winter hog house is
80 by "a feet. The pens are nearly
6 by feet, which is considered about
right for a SOW and her litter
Such pens also are large enough to
hold four or five shoats for fattening
in early winter. Four or five growing
hogs will live together in a pen with
out injury to each other, but a larger
number are likely to pile up to keep
warm and the smaller ones are in dam
ger of being smothered. Such losses
rarely occur when the number is linn
tied to five, especially when they are
the same in size. There is
no criticism against making small pens
in a winter hog house.
Ventilation is another necessity in
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By w. MILTON KELLY.)

(By W. MILTON KELLY
There is no denying the fact thai
too many dairymen are carrying theil
business at loss and occasional in
stances of a parked success in the
business appear to indicate that dairy
ing can be put on paying basis.
There are many things that com
mend dairying to the farmer, among
which may be named certainty OF
getting good prices for the products
of the farm and the elimination of the
speculative element which surrounds
growing and marketing other prod
ucts.
To conduct a dairy farm at a profit,
we must feed good cows. They should
be good individuals and selected from
the breed which is best adapted to
the particular branch of dairying that
is being made our specially and to
the conditions of our farms.
No one breed or type is adapted to
all conditions, else there would be
little need for so much diversity of
size, conformation and quality of prod
hct.
For the economical production of
butter and cream Tor of very rich
milk that is suitable for fancy trade)
it is best to keep Jerseys or Guern-
seys, that is, providing, of course, that
we will give them the care and treat
ment they are accustomed on their
native land.
Jersey and Guernsey cows produce
less milk solids, other than fat, this
enabling them to turn larger proper
lions of their food and energy into the
production OF the desired product
than cows Of breeds which yield
larger quantity of milk deficient in
butterfat.
On certain farms where the pas
ture is scant or where the land is
rough and rolling, and where sum-
mer dairying is practiced, that cow
which is capable of doing the best
work under such conditions would be
the best adapted to the economy of
the dairy.
For such . farm the man would
best select the Ayrshire, or high
grades of that breed. They have been
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dragging sensation across my Ioins,
difficulty in collecting my thoughts
and was troubled with short
ness of breath. Dodds Kidney Pills
have cured me of these complaints.
You are at liberty to publish this let
ter for the benefit of any sufferer who
doubts the merit of Dodds Kidney
Pills"
Dodds Kidney Pills, SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co.,
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodds Dyspepsia Tab
let's for Indigestion have been proved.
SOC. per box.-Adv.
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SIMPLE MATTER TO
STORE The CABBAGE
CheapIy Constructed Bank or
Hillside Cellar Is Only Store
house Necessary.
By E. A. KIRKPATRICK, Minnesota
Experiment Station)

Experiment Station)
Cabbage storing is rather simple
and easy. The shrinkage is small. A
cheaply constructed bank or hillside
root cellar, or a basement under al.
most any farm building, is the only
storehouse necessary. This should not
be too dry and should be place
which could be kept at a temperature
of above 40 or so degrees in the early
part of the season. This is often &C.
complished by opening the doors to let
in the cool night air and closing them
to keep out the warmer air during
the remainder of the day. Later, Of
course, the doors must be kept closed
continuously.
In storing, most growers place the
heads in cellar with all leaves and
roots attached. Many market garden
ers have a better plan. They cut of
the stalk as though preparing the
heads for market, but leave two or
three rough leaves to protect the more
tender parts. They then pack in or
binary cabbage crates and rack these
crates up, leaving gangway every
third or fourth tier for air circula-
ton.
This work is not particularly diff
cult, and will certainly pay the grow
er well If it increases the selling price
of his production eight or tenfold For
the last few years it has been market
ed and harvested at from IS to $3.50
a ton. The purchaser has stored it and
sold it during the late winter for $50
or $50 ton.
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concrete by first digging a trench, for
the outside walls, deep enough to go
below frost.
There are also four concrete piers
each side of the center alley.
piers are the foundations for
s that support the roof; the
s answer for divisions be-
individual pens.
side concrete wall reaches
Jay round the building and
lp to the low caves at the
lis is to make solid concrete
lection against the cold north
le front and at the ends of the
the concrete reaches only
eighteen inches above grade.
re hog house floor area is COW
n concrete surfaced with &C.
Mortar to make it water-tight.
There is slope to the alley floor
and depression through the center,
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Watch Your Live Stock.

II we should take an inventory of
our live stock we might find that 1t
would pay to get rid Of the culls ard
put the feed into those animals tnat
pay for their keep. It is always pos
sible to Gull the herd early Al -
ID Of the poor producers
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refreshing. I felt
heavy and sleepy
after meals, was
always nervous
and tired, had a
bitter taste in my
mouth, was dizzy,
h a d Fl o a t i n g
specks before my
eyes, was always
thirsty. had a
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work Of American scientist.

With a thermo- electric battery of
his own invention scientist of the
United States bureau of standards has
measured the heat from 112 celestial
bodies, including los stars.
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Lucky Animals,

1.-THE animals of the woodland are
preparing for cold weather. They are
growing extra thick coats of fur
They are lucky to be able to do so.
Beats my system of buttoning under
my vest an old newspaper" Louis
vile Courier-Journal. ~
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New Business.

Lighting, the experts say, is mod
eru art: In fact. some avistors haven't
vet measured it completely WASH
ington Post.
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A GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

Mr.. F. c. Case of Welcome Lake,
Pa, writes: II suffered with Back
ache and Kidney Trouble. My head
ached, my sleep was broken and I'M
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-11-26

Dr.. Pierce's Pellets are best for liver,
bowels and stomach. One little Pellet for
a laxative-three for cathartic.-Adv.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1915-11-26

If we had no troubles but real ones
this wouldn't be such troublesome
old world.
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REPORT MADE BY
ACCIDENT BOARD
STATEMENT SHOWS 1899 AccI-
DENTS DURING THREE MONTHS
-$42,s65 COMPENSATION PAID.
COAL MINES INCREASE FORCE
Montana Properties Operating PractL
cally At Full Capacity According
to Report of State Inspector
Preparing to Meet Demand
Helena.

| Helena.
During the first three months on.
Grafton of the compensation law in
Montana there were 1889 accidents and
the total compensation paid out was
S24,865.45, according to the quarterly
report OF the state industrial accident
board. The compensation for loss of
time amounted to $6,25571, for medi-
cal attendance $6S7.74, for hospital
services 1872, for burial expenses 5000,
and payments in fatal accidents s1e,-
800.
There were 20 fatal accidents during
the first three monts, 10 in the mining
industry, 5 in the smelters, 2 on cleo
tric railways, 2 in power plants and 1
in coal mine
In reviewing the accidents causing
temporary total disability, the board
states that practically per cent of the
men working in the mines have been
reported as injured, and that if the pro-
portion continues throughout the year
20 men out of every 100 engaged in
the industry will meet with some kind
of accident. The fatal accidents will
average two and one-fifth of each 1000
men employed.
During the three months operation
of the worlzmen's compensation act
1896 employees are reported as being
under the act" says the report, and
out Of this number 1904 have been
injured. This is approximately 3S per
cent, or on IL months basis Is per
cert
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Hard work brings success-some-
times.
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1t is difficult to dispose of every hog
in the fall to advantage, because in
bunch of hogs there are always some
that are not fat enough to sell.
1t also is difficult to feed such hogs
so they will make profitable gains
after cold weather comes, unless they
are kept in warm house.
Breeding stock also needs warm,
comfortable quarters for winter, where
they may make good use of small
amount of feed and have sufficient vi
tally to develop strong, healthy filters
of pigs. To provide facilities for
handling hogs under these different
conditions we are illustrating a me-
dium-sized winter hog house.
1t is divided into ten pens, five on
each side of the house. There is
center feeding alley between the pens,
and each pen has an opening into this
feeding alley.
The foundation and floor is made OF
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Comfortable Quarters Make for
Contented Animals and Sub
StantiaI Profits.
FlRST-CLASS PLAN OUTLINED
Design Shown by the Illustrations Is
One of the Best That the Ingenuity
of Experts Has Produced-Ample
Ventilation Provided For
by the Builders.
BY WILLIAM A. RADFoRD.

Mr. William A. Radford will answer
questions and give advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
the readers of this paper On account of
his wide experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he is. without doubt. the
highest authority on all these subjects.
Address all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1927 Prairie avenue. Chicago,
Ill. and only inclose two-cent stamp for
reply.
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To Hear Complaints.

To Hear Complaints.
Two hearings were set by the state
railroad commission. On November
% at 1870 o'clock, the commission de-
cided to hear a complaint of Round
up business men alleging that the
dates on electric power are excessive,
unreasonable and extortionate. On No
vember %, the commission will go to
Bozeman to investigate complaints
made against the Gallatin Valley rail-
road with reference to improved train
service.
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Finds Coal Mines Active.

hido wal HStiNCs
Coal mines all over Montana are in
creasing their force of workmen and
are being operated on a much more
extensive basis preparatory to the win
ter demand for fuel, according to
John Sanderson, state coal mine in
spector, who has just arrived at the
state house after a tour of inspection
of the various districts.
Not only is more coal being mined
in the districts which have been pro-
ducing fuel for years, but as the de-
mand for Montana coal increases, 9TH
er properties in new regions are be-
ing developed, and put on a paying
basis.
At the Roundup mines, a force Of
men is being kept busy every day.
The Republic coal mine, which is ow-
ned by the Milwaukee railroad, which
secures a large supply Of fuel for its
engines here, is turning out 1900 tons
of coal per day, while the Roundup
mine No. is producing about 1900
tons per day. Both are being worked
practically at full capacity.
In the Red Lodge district, the coal
mines are being worked five days a
week, while the Bear Creek company
is operating four and five days out
of the seven.
Board Opposes Fountain.
According to the monthly report Of
the state department Of public health
for October, the public drinking foun-
tain has not been found to be the safe
guard to public health that was antici-
pated. 1t quotes the weekly bulletin
of the department of health of New
York city as follows:
If improperly constructed or improp- |
erly used the bubbling drinking foun-
tain may be a greater menace to health |
than the common drinking cup. The
other day an inspector of the United
States public health service took a |
seat beside a bubbling drinking foun- |
tain in a railway station and watched !
the way in which it was used. Forty !
seven different persons, of whom II |
were men, 20 were women and IA |
we're children, used the bubbling foun-
lain. In almost every case the lips |
we're placed almost completely around
he metal ball from which the water |
,purted, and one small boy seemed as
f he was trying to swallow it. Sever
IL of the men obviously were chewing /
,obacco. Of the AZ people, three look
ID as though they might have tuber-
,uIosis, and three had en- eruption up
III the face.
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Wild Game Wasted.

Wild Game Wasted.
Vast assets in wild game, both
large and small, have beer wantonly
wasted Yin the United States, thereby
cutting Sff food supply that could
have been indefinitely conserved, ac-
cording to letter just received by
State GamA Warden ]. l.. De Hat
from w. T.. Hornaday of New York.
who has started campaign for the
protection Of wild life through the es-
tablishment OF game sanctuaries. Mr.
Hornaday declares that big game
should have been maintained indefn
lily on a sound business basis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-02-26
AUTO SHOW KEEP
ING UP COURAGE

Mir. Radweather turned out for the
second consecutive time Thursday to
attend the auto show. His presence,
naturally objectionable TO some, in
terfered with the coming Of other
patrons. but still in spite all he could
do 10 put the damper on things, inter-
est and attendance outdid him, and
made many who had put off coming
until the last Gay, waiting for good
weather. who had to come in spite of
themselves, and then there were
those from out of town, who were led
to believe from early indications that
the weather might blow over and be
pleasant, who had already started and
reached here when the storm again
came up
Ii would be hard to gauge just what
the attendance might have been but
for the weather The statesmen and
exhibitors were not disappointed, how
ever. in the number of sales and the
interest shown. The Waterville Motor
Co. under whose auspices the show
was held, catered just as carefully to
the wants and comforts of the patrons
as il did on the opening day. Friday
the decorators will begin to undo their
work and the various companies will
have their cars removed and shipped
away.