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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
DESTROY vERMlN IN NESTS
Powdered Sulphur Is One Of the Best
and Cheapest Extermlnators--In-
sect Powder Is Good.

One OF the best and cheapest lice
exterminators is the powdered sui
phur of the druggist. 1t is the best
powder yet discovered for killing
lice that infest setting hens and lice
on young chickens. Before the
weather turns mild and any hens are
set the henhouse should be given a
thorough cleaning, the nest boxes
and the roosts taken out in the yard.
all straw removed from the boxes.
Spray the roosting poles and boxes
with coal oil, then give thick coat
Of hot lime wash to the entire house.
Work the lime In the cracks of the
wood partitions, there is where the
lice are. Dust each nest box with the
sulphur and make fresh straw nests.
Before hen is set dust the hen
well with the powdered sulphur. open
the feathers with one hand and ap-
ply the powder. SO 1t will reach the
skin. All parts of the hen should be
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
TAKE CARE OF THE MANURE
Shallow Concrete Pit Affords Practical
Means of Taking Care of Soil
Fertilizer.

The shallow concrete manure pit out
of doors is a practical means of TAX
ing care of manure and is to be rec
commended.
Where a manure shed is used it
should be so arranged that stock may
have free access thereto. In this way
the manure will be kept well packed
down by the animals tramping over
it, and the danger of loss due to burn
ing and excessive fermentation very
materially decreased.
Barnyard manure, however, is not a
balanced fertilizer for ordinary farm
crops; it is relatively high in nitrogen
and potash and CORRESPONDENCE low in
phosphorus.
Experiments conducted by the Indi-
ana station show that most clay soils
of the state are deficient in that same
element, phosphorus. BY adding some
phosphate material to the manure as
1t is produced. we are able, not only
to supply the lacking element, phos-
phorus, but also to fix the nitrogen, to
some extent, and thus prevent its es-
cape in the form of ammonia gas.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
SLOW IN TAKING ADVANTAGE
Certain Loss Due to Bad Roads Made
Apparent When Shedding Is Good
During Winter.

The heavy SHOWS and excellent sled
ding serve to emphasize what might
be accomplished IL good roads pre-
vailed all over the country. Farmers
can take their hobs and put on twice
as heavy loads as is possible at other
times. It is not argued, of course.
that with roads as smooth as a dance
hall floor the teams could pull on
wheeled vehicles the loads they do
now on hobs. But there is a certain
loss due to bad roads that is made
all the more apparent by the ease
with which transportation is made
when the shedding is good, says South
Bend Tribune. And to think that for
all these years nature has been show
ing us the advantage of good roads
and we have been so slow to take the
hint! It should make us ashamed Of
our blindness and stupidity.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
PRACTICE or CREAM GRADING
Better Material Is Secured for Cream.
cries and Insures Better Product
for the Consumer.

tBy R. MCANN. State Dairy Inspector
of Colorado)
The old system of spelling good
cream with bad by mixing the two
is practice to be relegated to the
past. Consumers, manufacturers and
producers alike should demand and ex-
pect that progress or lead be made
in products and manufactures of their
respective community and state.
While cream grading is a compare
lively new measure in many of our
bordering states, 1t has apparently
proved beyond doubt its value in many
respects, the foremost of which are:
Securing a better material for cream
cries; placing an incentive and reward
for the production of good cream by
difference in price received for first
grade cream over that for second
grade, and insuring better product
for the consumer, thereby increasing
consumption and demand for products.
manufactured.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
CONCRETE HENHOUSE
Correct Methods Of Making Good
Quality of Material.
Building Can Be Made Ratproof With
Little Trouble and Slight Expense
Perfect Drainage Is I'm
portant Requisite.

With the rapid decrease of our tim
Der supply and the resulting increase
in the price of lumber there has come
a necessary demand for a new build
ing material. Nowhere has this de-
mand been felt more keenly than on
the American farm, where lumber has
till now been practically the only
building material.
In concrete building material has
been discovered that in many instances
has proved to be far superior to lum-
Der, brick or building stones on ac-
count of its durability. economy and
safety from fire loss. Moreover. 1t
can very often be used at the most
convenient time by the farmer himself
with a very little assistance.
Frequently cement users have made
costly mistakes by not informing
themselves properly before starting
their work concerning the correct
methods of making good concrete. For
this purpose the following materials
are necessary: "a cement; (2) sand;
ca gravel or crushed stone, and (4)
water.
Cement Is, therefore, only one part
of a concrete mixture. A far greater
proportion Of sand and gravel than
cement is required. The quantity of
cement to be used and the strength
of the concrete depends entirely on
the quality and size of the sand and
gravel, and it is of the utmost i'm.
portance that these be of the right
kind. With, an equal amount of &C.
ment a far stronger concrete may be
made If the sand and gravel are of
the proper size and correctly pro-
portioned, 1t is sometimes thought
that any kind of soil of sandy ma
ture, mixed with small percentage
of cement will make concrete, but
this idea is incorrect.
In the selection of sand great care
should be used, and attention should
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
HIGHWAY
IMPROVEMENT
FIGURE COST OF BAD ROADS
Hauling Produce More Expensive
Here Than In European Countries
Total HauIase Expense.

American farmers have begun to
figure the matter of roads a little diff
ferently than in former years." says
President Claude s. Briggs of the
Briggs-D company of Detroit.
when the good-roads movement was
in its infancy they used to ask them
selves How much will good roads
cost meT Thanks to the intelligent
propaganda Of the daily and farm pa
pers as well as other agencies farm
ers are now asking themselves How
much are bad roads costing me?'
According to government experts
the cost of hauling ton of farm prod
uce a mile varies from seventeen
cents in localities where fairly hard
gravel roads exist to thirty-five cents
a ton in parts of the country where
the roads are in poor condition. On
the other hand, in those European
countries where hard roads prevail
the cost is as low as nine cents ton
a mile. The department OF agricul-
ture has estimated that the total haul.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23

trench, or putting tile in the bottom
is not necessary. Where the subsoil
does not allow the free passage of
water, however, the trench should
reach below the frost line and line
of threeinch tile placed in the bottom,
connected with proper outlet. The
lower part of the trench is then filed
with fiat stones, placed so as to give
chance for the free passage of water
Smaller stones or cinders are placed
upon them, I'D up to within few
inches Of the ground surface. Stand
boards on edge so as to make form
for the concrete of proper width, say
six or eight inches. Next prepare your
concrete by mixing Portland or other
good cement, one part, with three
parts sand, and water enough to make
puttylike mass. with which the
board form is to be evenly filed up.
This makes practically indestruct-
ible foundation
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
FEEDING PUMPKINS TO STOCK
Worth Approximately Two-Thirds as
Much as EnsiIage for Cows or
sheep-Sows Like Them.

Pumpkins are worth approximately
two-thirds as much as ensiIage for
COWS or sheep. Brood sows will make
good use of them" writes H. p. Mil.
Ter in Ohio Farmer.
In the ration of fattening hogs they
should occupy about the same place
as grass. Perhaps so per ton would
be a fair money value to place upon
held pumpkins for feeding cattle,
sheep or hogs.
It will be noted that they contain
SO much water that no animal should
be confined to pumpkins alone
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
CUT UP LONG CORN STALKS
Much Waste May Be Avoided and
Cows VIII Eat Them Up Clean
Bit OF Grain Is Relished.

Don't try to make your cows eat
long corn stalks. They will surely
waste lot of good feed. Cut the stalks
and they will eat them all up clean.
Let them lie in box or even in the.
alleyway for day or two after they
have been cut and they will heat and
soften up good deal. If too dry lit
tie water poured over the pile will
help to moisten them up. A bit of
grain sprinkled ever each ration will
make its licking good.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23

may be that if they were accustomed
to a temperature of so degrees or
lower they would do fully as well.
1t may be said that cattle under Of
fetal and semiofficial test, where they
are invariably fed large amount of
feed, may be kept at a much lower
temperature than so degrees Fahren-
heit and seem to appreciate it. 1t
should be remembered. however, that
the feeding at this period is far be-
yond the amount the animal can
handle to the best advantage, and she
would not be capable Of eating so
much year after year. In other words
she is full of fuel.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23

be given to its quality, for sand con-
tributes from one-third to one-half of
the amount Of the materials used in
making concrete.
The largest part of concrete is the
gravel or crushed stone. This should
be clean; that is, free from loan.
clay or vegetable matter. The water
used for concrete should be clean and
free from strong acids and alkalis.
In building poultry house with a
concrete foundation, a little extra
trouble and slight expense will also
make 1t absolutely rat-proof. OF
course, perfect drainage is the first
requisite. In a deep, gravelly soil,
where we do not meet with water
proof clay subsoil, digging a deep
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
BEST FARM BUILDINGS
Too Little Thought and Study
Given to Details.
Not Generally Understood That clrcu-
lar Structure Is Much Stronger
Than Rectangular Form Cost
of Material Is Less.
CBy w. ]. FRAzER.)

The planning, construction, and ar
rangement of farm buildings do not
usually receive the thought and study
these subjects warrant. How many
dairymen have compared a circular.
40-cow barn with the common rec
tangular building containing the same
area? How many understand that
the circular structure is much the
stronger; that the rectangular form
requires 20 per cent more wall and
foundation to enclose the same space;
and that the cost of material is from
"a to So per cent more for the rec
tangulsr building?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
BEST TEMPERATURE FOR cow
Hoard's DaIryman Expresses Opinion
That About Fifty Degrees Fab
renheit Is Right.

In response to query as to about
the right temperature for dairy barn
Hoards Dairyman makes the follow
Ing reply:
We are not prepared to say what is
considered the right temperature to
keep the barn for dairy cows. 1t is
our opinion that it is not well to have
the barn colder than so degrees
Fahrenheit In very severe weather
the temperature in the Hoard's Dairy
man barns falls to so degrees Fahren-
heit While the milk flow seems to be
about the same under these condi-
tons, yet the cattle seem to show
signs of not being as comfortable as
when the barn is at go degrees. 1t
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23

NHmplnH kno monumental DIVIDE.
age expense to American farmers for
year is approximately 100000, 900.
And every dollar of this sum comes
from the farmers pocket, for he is
the one great producer who cannot
add the haulage expense to his wares,
for the prices he gets are on a de-
livered basis.
Il believe that IL every farmer would
take pencil and paper and figure the
amount in tons of the produces and
stock he markets in year, multiply
It by the number of miles he must haul
it to market, multiply the total by 25,
which is about the average haul
ing cost ton a mile, and then
consider that he could save nearly
half Of this amount every year il
he had concrete or other hard
roads all the way to his market, he
would become an earnest good-roads
worker.
"And this actual dollars and cents
saving doesn't take into consideration
the many advantages of good roads
in bringing neighbors closer together,
in making it easier and pleasanter TO
get to church, school, entertainments,
etc.
with wider interest in better roads
must come more efficient system of
road building and maintenance. This
is work for experienced and compe-
tent highway engineers, just as much
as building a railroad is the work
of highly-trained specialists. 1t is no
plaything for politicians"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23

The making of good dairy COW be-
gins with the calf. Heifers designed
for the dairy should have the very
best of care from the day they are
born until they begin to do service
in the dairy. We too often forget
that the young COW in her first year
of milking has not reached her full
growth and therefore needs extra feed
and care to make up for the tremen.
dous drain upon her system.
II dairy heifers are not bred until
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23

Rows OF COWS Iailed together
The Barn Is Cleaned by Driving
Around Behind the Cows.
area, the two barns should afford the
cows the same amount of space on
the platform. Allowing each COW in
the 60-foot round barn three feet six
inches in width at the rear of the plat
form, 1t will accommodate 40 COWS and
leave space for two passageways. But
in rectangular barn, only three feet
fouI inches Of platform space need be
allowed for each COW, and the 1884,
foot barn, with two three-foot passage
ways across 1t for convenience in feed
ing, will accommodate AZ COWS. While
the rectangular barn has stall room
for two more COWS, the round barn
contains space in the center for q silo
IS feet in diameter.
Owing to the fact that silo is
necessity for the most economical pro-
duction of milk, barn is not COM
plete for a dairyman's purpose I'M
less It includes silo with capacity to
store sufficient silage for the herd.
In the case of the round barn, the
silo is the most economically built in
side, but in the rectangular form would
cause waste of space, and for that
reason is best erected outside. There
fore, in comparing a round dairy barn
with a rectangular dairy barn, silo
should be included 500
The smaller surface on the outside
wall of the round barn requires less
paint and makes a proportional saw
ing in keeping the round barn paint
ed in after years.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
ead-Actino Heifers.

Heifers are not included, as very
often they will be gentle as anyone de-
sires, after the second calf. 1t may be,
as some say, bad COW is simply a.
heifer grown up, that has been ruined
while being broken. However. IL they
persist in tricks after the second calf,
best to let them go and try new COW.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23

busted Persian insect powder may
be used instead of sulphur, but it is
not as effective. When little chickens
are q week or two old and begin
to droop and die, it is nearly always
caused by the large lice which cover
the heads of the little fellows and
suck their blood.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Cow paws for attention.

A good COW, no matter what breed,
Is worth all the care and kindness the
owner can give her, and all the good
feed she can use. No doubt there are
very many cows that would give a
much better showing If they received
the necessary attention.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Dust settlnn Hans

Dust your hens thoroughly with
some good insect powder the day you
set them, also on the tenth and nine
teenth days; this will get rid of the
mites, also grease the chicks head
with oil of citronella, which can be
had at any drug store.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23

Showing How This 6o-Foot Barn May
Be Arranged to Accommodate 40
Cows in StalIs-To' Supply This
Sized Herd and the Necessary
Young Stock With sllase for Eight
Months Would Require a 37o-Ton
silo, or Ono 1s Feet In Diameter and
Sc Feet Deep; With a seven-Foot
Feed Alley and 2Ia-Foot Man.
ger, the Circle at the Sanctions
Would Be SO Feet In Diameter, or
i19 1-3 Feet In circumference; Al
lowing 4Is feet for Two Passage
Ways, the Stalls Would Be 2 Feet
1oLa Inches Wide at the stanehlon,
and Feet 6 Inches at the Drop.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Dairy THE TINES Live stock
PAGE FOR THE FARMER
Crops Farm

In community in which everyone
is engaged in the same occupation,
one person is likely to copy from his
neighbor without apparently giving
thought as to whether or not there is
better way.
In comparing 60-foot round barn
with rectangular barn of the same
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Insura Eertllltv and vItalltx.

II you have two good males with ten
or twelve females. take one out of the
pen every other day, and by changing
this way you rest the male and 1t In
sures stronger fertility and vitality.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Maintenance of sows.

In the maintenance Of the brood.
sows we have our best opportunity to
make use of pasturage. waste feeds.
fallen fruits etc. Not that these
things are sufficient, but because
roughage, range, bulk, succulence and
variety are good for the sows.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Feed Hens Some Charcoal.

Feed little charcoal in mash once
or twice week. 1t keeps the hens
digestion in good shape and that's i'm
portant in getting eggs and preventing
disease.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
To secure Fertile Enos.

To secure fertile, hatchable eggs,
do not put many females with the
male-with small breeds not more
than eight and with the larger breeds
not more than six
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
oardenlnu rImn comlnn.

Gardening time will be here be-
fore you are ready for it, If you are
not careful, regardless Of the cold
winds today!
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
usInu LInseed Meal.

Linseed meal is expensive but is
excellent for getting fowls into luster
for show and for moulting birds It
has both heat and discriminating quail
ities.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Solve Social Ills.

Ebert Hubbard says that "Good
roads are the most needed thing in the
world. Good roads and quiclf, safe
and cheap transportation are going to
solve most Of our social ills.n
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Meat for the Chicks.

Early Matched chicks should be
Kept in Observation-Disclosures brooder,
lever allowing them to be chilled, as
his will cause you more trouble than
my other stage of their rearing.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Feed pumnkIns.

In the absence of silage, turnips
beets, potatoes, cabbage or pumpkins
make an excellent substitute. Remem-
Der to make change in the feed grad
ually.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Best Produc, 10 MARK.

Butterfat is the best product to
market from the farm because it takes
the least of the farm with it.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23

they are three years old. care should
be taken that they do not lay on too
much fat. as after that time they
freshen up rapidly whenever heavily
fed. The good dairy COW. however,
seldom gets too fat.
Sometimes COWS are condemned as
being of no use in the dairy, when
the only trouble is they are sour.
Every COW should have fair chance.
That means that she should be well
fed
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Keep Up Fight on Germ.

Keep up the fight on the germ
There are many disinfectants which
will work effectively.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Use Home Grown seed.

1t is always better to depend on the
home grown seed corn than to send
to distant points.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
PLANTING Parsley.

Parsley grows from seed, grows rap
idly and continues to grow. 1t can be
planted in a sunny kitchen window In
a box six inches deep filled with good
rich earth.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Many Benefits Derived.

Good roads will decrease ignorance,
poverty, Encouragement, immortality,
profanity, back taxes, sheriff's sales
and grouches.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
sulphur Helps Wool.

Give the ewes little sulphur in
their salt. 1t helps the growth of wool
wonderfully.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Dairy Cow of Future

Remember that the heller is the
dairy COW of the future. Feed her
accordingly.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Drain Wet PIaces.

Wet places are unproductive. Drain
them this season.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Feed All You Raise.

Try and raise all you feed and feed,
all you raise.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
coMs ProperIy Cared Eor,

Five cows properly cared for and
fully fed will return much more than
ten half fed.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Gel Brush and eoIes.

Get the brush for the peas and poles
for the beans when it Is too wet to
work field or In the garden.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23
Enrich Garden Plot.

Enrich the garden plot with the
poultry droppings.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23

Work Together Nicely.
The hog and the dairy COW work
nicely together.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-04-23

Brings Market Nearer.
The good road brings the market
nearer to you.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04
Miner. Fall to Death at silverton.

Silverton.-While striving to rescue
a mucker employed in the mine, John
Vickburg and Oscar Davis, miners at
the Domingo tunnel, nine miles from
Silyerton, fell It's feet to death at the
bottom of the shaft. The mucker,
named Mcconnell, had been overcome
by gas and the men went into the
3OO-foot level after him. Unable to
revive him. Davis carried him to the
2O0-foot level. where he was forced
to leave him while he went TO an air
pipe, as the gas was beginning to suf-
focate him. He went to the first level.
supported by Vickburg. At the edge
of the shaft hs collapsed and Wick
burg, attempting to keep him from
falling. lost his hold. Both men fell
to the bottom. Mcconnell later re-
vived and made his way to the sur.
face.