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onward the diary record &c tha. bitter
pludding in hunger and nclincsS and
cold is very brief, nothing subjective
IN the entries. for he had passed be-
.'ond thought o. suffering. merely the
sCantN record NJ geographical detail
so that his work would not be vain.
lnut,d il chance that searching par
ties long aftcrw1ri might find his body
frozen On the ice. At last he stag
2cred down to base and learned that
Ne was just too late: the Aurora had
s"t firth to relieve the western party.
The ship was stu in sight: she was
recalled 10y acrogrIph, which was re-
,civcd aud acknowledged, hut the
demon wind blew ON her ami she could
MOI return to the littl" harbor. Nav
3 IL was left with five volunteers who
iHId undertaken to rcmain behind ana
to conduct u search for him a second
.yintcr closed down upon them. a win
t.: - ::~wlinC wini.
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ON THE CARE OF BOOKS
''BrcaksnG tn"-Irotrctjou r,om
ucnt. jus aud DnmnnrA

Many persons give little 10. g.. ...,
To- the proper ire itmcut of pna.. H.,
this Indifference bad habits nrf..
Perhaps the cumnunrst Of tines, s.
Is breaking the bach OF . book
Voluinc fresh f.oul IL, bui,r, 5,.
natural tendency to STAY closed -.
usual way to Ov. come IL s nu fl.
tho book opcn iu tho middle. u..t .''
comes - crcikiug brcts ,,r.v ,r
nc binding Ni.,r t.t' t'c .u.
npen. hui before ,lInl month. 9. ...
b"gin 10 loosen from tho tIf,t!-
The proper way So "Oroat tr. ,,
SAYS the loUib'S Coujnri ON. .,
it on its back oa a table. aud ,,,. ....
but q few leaves at & tjw, .'t... 81,
al the 'front.' aud az IN" u.UL. i.tf .,,
reach the middle uf ',c ..iu.t..
In Other ways. too. tho u..l..c
frequently rackcd. Som. .r.,l,.. -
their rla'" 10y npcuirp tr ,.u. ...
the covers meet. and ircu ftt.s 10 I.,,
Sttll open. Limp iortHo. foot. ...I.
will stand such Treatment. .u, .S.
hound IN boards will NO.. NI..
bad is the trick or ho,pf,s t,f. D.,
by putting between The loa.,.
bulk object. such 49, a utl u' ,.,,.
q i%lckknife.
individual leav.s # many .J,.
mites. liasty cutting has loft Y.,.,
''-' ltl NJ. bisfT4N M|frt. "a
save CROSSING the room. Il hu, 1850.
mcneil. or q girl the handy n..-,,
Turning down tho corner OF reg. =,
mark a certain passage leave. j..
OF dog cared unSight,iues.. s.. r.- -..i
ing with hands that leave i.uu, p...,
that II objectionable.
II a volume ~ loft Ion. t e. % ..us.
'ial heat. shrinkag" and |.ogi... ...,
ening will ensuo Just $50 ,rr.I
Win n piece Of furniture I..t,...
book constantly IN ~. ~u.,l. 90
hav tho same bad cfc.'. anI f.
ton will fade the covers. na.p. p
should also he avoided Iioy iY
undue moisture may no X iii &c.. ,
known by persons who have '-..H q,
keep q library IN good cpu4''.. COL
foggy coast.
Fad packing. either for t,a,,, co.. 60
storage, has been tho death ~ .,..
volume looks should he ltt,I t., .,s
trunk or the packing case Tightly o.,r.
to prevent shifting and tne ...ll' .,,
cross strains. Where g,p g.. y.,.ott
able. stop it with raper II possible
wrap tho books Ia paper % f'." ..l t,,-'
them. Newspaper serves tho uu.oass
well.
Most hook cases arc mad, V...,r.
doors hut a curtain viii ,.,p 40.
astonishing amount of dust N..s's.
less. busting should lc both %. qt,'. 81
thorough. NJ one should leave fs '.o'.
long IN a slanting position GO. f. s.o'
unless he Is willing that they s.ol.l &.
permanently "lopsided"
tndeniably. paper coy.t. a.. 80 rr.
aid in pres rving the fresh trp.artr.e
Of books. bur neitho. tho arr.t-I~-.
nor tn" feeling Of 70 cf'..,I ...'
agreeable. sim. for thos. Vn "tt.
GpIgFttDn IN .Napr ..,s.r- Us
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ate. The system" Is Uu;gTown.
Where shall reform begin? The case

Where shall reform begln7 The case
has gone beyond the limits OF
party politics: national decay Is be-
ginning it's insidious work, so runs the
easy retrospective analysis. ne eIe-
ments Il revival are available in pro-
vincial Italy. the third or outer circle
Of the old Roman polity.' Iut the
Italian ALI $ must not he battered;
and true popular representation : not
yet ready To- take the stage. The COM
mons Is degraded. the executive split
up. What Of tho Senate? Thc field
of Roman influence had been con.
stantiy Widening. - had the gap be-
tween roplluS Huin1nus and the SEN
ate. Tho corimoncrs had been losing
IN" critical political sense iS the de-
yciopmcnt Of a class of expert admin
~istrators proceeded. Through a con-
tract system in public works the SEN
atc acquired a tremendous patronage.
Epis ldcs Of democratic reform had
been CnuntcraCi.d 10y the long fight
tor lif" again; Hannibal. Popular
leaders lost Thrasymenc and Gamma {;
thc senate devised aud executed tn"
vigorous policy which began with tn"
battle of Iama Rcgia and carried the
I, man arms to triumph. Then Rome
Numbered along through the second
Macedonian war. and became firmly
established as "A world Power But
"as soon a. tho pressure Of foreign
wars was released the strife of parties
broke out afresh": and 1t never
ceased until the whole system Of re-
publican government was swept away
forever"
The fibre Of younger Rome was
tough. the Romans Of the second
century u. G. were hard: AS we adj
vance in our narrative the instances
of generous impulse and disinterested
devotion such az brighten their earlier
annals will grow rarer and rarer.'
The difference is not merely thai he
tween glowing legend and rigid his
tory. but n very definite progress in
character. Cynicism. extrava gancc,
anarchic and d~isintcgrative forces
have taken the place Of the old sim
plicity. selfishness and Wanting pride
have supplanted the earlier patriotism.
The struggle between the patrlcian MS
and the plebeians has It's parallel in
the Tudor period in English history.
"a nobility Of office succeeding To- the
nobility Of birth" Glass" and mas
were lined up in hostile array. The
"plcbeian nobility were. as Is the ma
turc Of such q class. more o~verbearing
than the proudest patricians. The
commons clainored for new men 10
represent the cheated and forsakcn
rupulus." Rome had travelled far
from the honorable battle-ground of
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Imperial Spain was al the height
Of its power and glory in tho lifetime
and reign Of the monarch who is m
record in 4 PLAYMATE Of Phiiip H..
Lady MoREToN's history l.ane) OF Don
Martin of Aragon. Duke Of Villa
hormosa and Of Donl l.u sa Ms piuus
wife. II was IN 1870 that Castle and
.Nragon were united 10y the marriage
of Ferdinand and Isabella. Not until
liG2 were tho Muors driven out. Ora
NADIA taken and Boahdil sent fly.nr
for his life down the road that is
still called Tho Last Sig OF the Moor.
leaving Los Reyes catollcos 20 ruic
over a uni; d SPAN. Their son wss
tho Emperor Charles Y, and his son
was Philip II. 1527-aS. Since tho do
parturo from this life ~ his royai
grandparents Spain had waved even
miehticr. 50 that Philip came into q
most soolly heritage: Spain and part
NJ ItaiV. MeNICo aud Ut cr New Word
appaUaE : ara flanders burgundy.
Arro.- and L~d.x"mhurg. lie Lad
nucn ma aided 20 II ny conquest,
Ne was ar odu u!Ntur- ~ generosity
and St"rl. j3st.ce, no. craze fo" the
sake Of power 3yt merc.l"ss n the
operation NJ MS si:titua dominion;
Hru'yd. mo-os. d aiis;i- or,. vision
ary. bat no. the monster sanc fu'ks
nave thought k'm-espe".a.ly those
Who g,t "a the way Of 20 lnuIis.tion
=" y "a omitted, lie le:' Spa4n deep in
q 1t.
Dow Nons, ,'eipr ~ Aragor,
Count o' ~iHhlsor2', lsth@r of Don
p NdrtiG. VS. , poNcr'G, nob.eman
+ grc~at-rrands1n ~ John II. Kng OF
NrlSon before ,hr SpariSi mon We
rode e s'0fc - the Christening ~
Ih,i,p I'll" Emperor Charles was
then N The fun flush of rs marn.f.
cent career, with no nsion o,
that carly decay which was Ia cause
4 mis- ahiiratiun Of empire and. in his ~,
ty-elghth year, his death after a p riol
o' quiet retirement az Nus,e. Mipnct
! SAYS: "Il 6talt maitro de son amc dams
7 les divors"s cVtrcmitcs d. IN fortune
q n'ctai, pas 10 son cs;omar . ,dhlo.'
az your," ne has had other biogr,.
piers and rites 60 defend nm
against charges Of g'uttouy ANA Other
Woes ~ excess. Surely = Is uoi neccs,
Sdrv to CHp'orc tho possible organ
weakness : Of the i,mpcror's ,on>:.
tuition IN order L. explain the wear
ness at tho md az 20 he So fan a
heavy cote and Ceasc'oss activity :
affairs of tho creates mon nj. Bu
when his son p'l..p was C.r.steuc,
u vas done v.ih al IN" pomp an,
ceremony suited 20 tho occasion for
monurl At tNc fan food Of powc.
IlL influence.
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take possession of his land. "y. 81,
has ben identified SKA Ala, do
E3ro,' tn village Of the passes" -.
treat.
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NcpubIicau Outc.

~ - nav lL . ~ i''F'N W. I'V''
"il,r conuursts. Manners an, iutti-
tuti"n, From the Earliest Time io tho
Death &C Cesar rStuk"sD. is tho .
oud volume. following ~. t. tuttcr-
HIS ".Anci"nt Greece /, IAN attempt
10 tel, the stories of the great nations
from the modern historical stand
point" OF Caesar. the B~ibcrator.' We
read: 1T is a common charge against
ca sar that he destroyed the liberty of
Rome. and thereby committed an act
of treason against his country and
against mankind" II that he actually
"a common charge what was the
nature of tho liberty that Cesar de-
Stroyed? The mobiles, in the last age
of the republic. took unto themselves
n considerable liberty" in tho ac-
emulation of SpOiIa Opima. The
liberty that prevailed in the streets
Of the capital was expressed in
riot and bloudshcd. Tho Senate,
false 10 its fine tradition. was
trcad,ng the ruinous way Of corrur-
ton. The old ideal Of liberty lived
only in. a few exalted but no longer
politically influential minds. Cesar
arrested the process NJ decay. Tended
VIZ NV VI . ' . - ~ NNAA fNhA
ism. He conquered Gaul. checked the
German advance. brought the empire
under the control of one strong. SUI
premo viii: at was. in truth. a fear
ful remedy. involving the sacrifice OF
many cherished ideals; hut as far as
We can judge. there was no other
way. Cpsar marked o Il the main
lines of the system which held 70
gcther the fabric of empire for nearly
four centuries and preserv d those vi
tai germs of development which. after
ages Of darkness, have borne splendid
, fruit in the growth of modern Eu-
| rope"
The Second Panic War. Carthage
is yet to Ice destroyed. Hannibal has
inherited the TrdnSpadarc power es-
tab'i>hci 10y IIamilcar and lilsdruba'.
Scipio has permitted the Ca~rthaE!nian
hosts To- cross the pyrcnees. the l;hone
and the Alps. the invader j. in Italv.
wet bowstrinEs and javehn straps have
helped Scmpronits lose the hattie II
the Trohia. rumprs II the rout and
massac.o at Lake Trasimenus are CIV
ing the Romans on their sevcn hills an
epidemic Of super timulated arrectorcs
/ plorum. Flain!niuS is consul COM
handing jon the field his election WAS
! attended 10y evil portents: q bull that
climbed to the third story II a house
and ,oapcd sllicidally from y window.
| uGhtu.us that struck th" Temple #
Hope. q wolf that moUthcd tho sword
Of a sentry from its scabhard and RAJ
off with .. Livy copied these records
from the archives II the prlestly COL
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<,.. - - - mo-.
A. c. -.
I mo,,t". 80 49, nH,ndutn
"r,nnod" ,u,a COO ,rt.,..,, oo.i,s
r,.taI ,h.r -, .rL ,,rno1 thor,
-. r.. r,,. .,r.uaI
n,,i,os r,t.ol .,n.h run,,ry p,choi
rnou,nirr cr h.. ,Lt,Ir,, ,rI ,o-
r,.,n" en- ho ,omf,rtsd ,h,t in nrdc,
,n icon no,,o IN tho lana ,hcy b,,1 f.,
no br,,,,b, b,cL In. vfr,,. s,cms IN
hnvc mn ,ut az tt,n So. tbc nm.
,.,,at oxnori,r,c Ca, ,ho, b,,c ,c,,r
mite r.rnired thcir nr,gi..l plncc N
native regard
Ho,nn1 Ic,h, .ba c,urtr- hc,.unes
,,u,b marc ,,.,r and lin, ~,li,u,.. u,,-,
hruri,a 1bn uc,rlc ,rr az h.,tc,
,h, siu,tc and hinha, moral t,nc tn,n
those in thc cons, lands 4, Z,rin Tho
travellers Lr Tho abroad which hy
Tho v,v varies prc,tly in character as
mn ,ne5r, ring on~t.rurisc If, ,,, ,w,
PARTS of the country. TN. difference
is measured hv the VAR nee IN CON
struction cost. from c5.OOo a milo in
the Lagos district down to II 900 =
mile in the north. At Icbbl the car,
atn ferricd over the Niger on a nat.
but a bridge is in course of construc-
tion. II span the whole river ed
allowing fur the rise of the stream in
splte. the bridge must he a fun mile
in length. From Zaria the expeditions
impedimcnta had 20 he handled by car
riers-thcre are no roads. The carriers
are a distinct clis~. fine. ig. har ~
fellows. who re ]threcpenrc a d,y ON
the rnad and t~hrccpcncC A dlv maid
at ~inurnoy's end As tho travellers
bought provisions ON the way "A
chicken COS, fnnrpeuce. cyrs were
t~hreonencc 49, f~.rrncrre , doz.n Eu,
the rbi,l.r. v.re small and tnuyh
and tho ,.,. moro uk.lv rh,r r,t +,
hc If AN ,a. snmowh,, h.yond Tho
"doub;ful" stains. However Tho
simul, Lc,;hop had an economies or
,hair nvu h9scd an tbc nrin,irIo nf
"all the traffic will bear and the
l.ny,r ,b. ~cxncdf,ior -,,Vej IN ,uc
&c., ,hn ,,n,. q, r.a -, 49, Co..
- " '"' N
f''N'h"'''
ms of the most interesting sights
recorded IN this d~clightfullN chatty
record az , uu.ie unusual .<pcr.,ncc
ga. ma. ~ AN did hunter tr,ininr
u,.t -, . h,. - - sar,
=" 81" ".' ;,
arr ne "N "'FS' VS. "hs""u
ana mace no SOUND on th" dusty
path. I" had ridden "A htt,e ahead
"t IN. rest 4" 'A' pay y me rack
ran 'hI"ueH 'oht 'A-h'r '"''N 'usA'
suddenly the 'ldrr came upon tnc
S'A"o' al WoiN. y '""'' S'ni'I las
l|tt.l nlLHul non - |NMIN.nE IKE Snl1=
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-25
SUPPLY DARK NESTS
FOR LAYING FOWLS
Hens viii Dig Through Hay to
Bottom Of Manger Rather
Than Use One in Light.

Hens always prefer a dark nest to
one exposed to light and will dig
through hay to the bottom OF the
manger rather than use ready-made
nest in light.
A good style OF nest is made in sec
tions OF four nests, twelve inches high
and l4xli, with Just room enough be
tween the nests and the wall for the
hen 20 enter. The top can be made all
In one piece, hinged az the inner edge
so that II can be lifted up when eggs
are gathered, but a better way is to
lay the top on loosely so that 1t can
be taken on and the entire contents
OF all the nests dumped out at once.
The nests should be fumlgated with
sulphur and also sprayed with kero-
sene at least once q month
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-25
How Far Soldiers Can See.

Some interesting experiments have
been made in the German army with
the object OF discovering at what
distance the recognition Of one soldier
by another is reliable. For soldiers
with good eyes it was found that a
person seen once before could be rec
ognized at distance OF so feet, while
an acquaintance could be recognized
at a distance OF 300 feet, and an in.
innate friend or relative at a dis
tance of 500 feet.
The various parts Of a mans body
can be distinguished and any decided
movement can be detected by an ex-
pert rifieman at a distance OF 300 feet.
At 1900 feet, a man appears as a
spot on the landscape and cannot usu-
ally be seen IL he keeps still or II his
dress does not contrast with the back.
ground. Sailors. hunters and farmers
can usually see twice these distances
probably on account OF their constant
training in making out the nature oi
distant objects.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-25
IMPORTANT DRY FARM CROPS
New Bulletin Issued by Department,
Of Agriculture Deals With Wheat
Oats, Corn, Etc.

The work with six field crops at the
fourteen field stations operated by
the department in the Great Plains
area has recently been incorporated in
single bulletin. II combines the
salient points brought out in six pre-
vious bulletins dealing with spring
wheat. oats. corn, barley. milo and
kafir. as we'll as the effects OF the time
OF plowing. The new bulletin tells OF
the yields secured by different meth
DDS Of handling the soil in connection
with growing these crops and also In
cludes a chart showing the rainfall BY
months at the stations. The bulletin.
Crop Production OF the Great Plains
Area. No 26s. may be had by applica-
tion 10 the editor and chief of the di.
vision OF publications, Washington.
ID. G.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-25
VALUABLE HAY-FoRAGE CROP
Sudan Grass ls Relished by stock ard
There Is Little Waste-ls Drought
Resisting Plant.

by A. L. PASCHALL. Arizona Expert
ment StatiOnD
have had several years experience
ia growing sudan grass and have
found II to be very valuable hay or
forage crop. II is equal to the best OF
other grasses in feeding value and is
better than many Of them. Il is rel.
ished by stock and there ia practically
no waste in feeding 1t. II is one OF
the best II not the best drought-re-
sistirg and drought-evasive forage
plants known
A receny Texas station bulletin
states that the average yield of sudan
grass hay from 20 tests OF four differ
ent substations was 1855 pounds per
acre In cured hay 1t ranged from two
to six tons per acre. Its acre-feediEg
value is more than twice that Of John
son grass. The Ohio station found that
its acre feeding value Is twice that oi
timothy
This crop is admirably adapted to
Arizona conditions and should be more
extensively grown It is also valuable
as feed crop. yielding from 400 to s1C
pounds per acre.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-25
Curious Italian Ambulance.

There is a vast difference between
real warfare and dress parade. I'm
der the exigencies of a difficult cam.
paign one must put up with makeshifts
improvised from the readiest means
at hand. An illustration in point is
to be found in a recently taken pho
tograph OF a curious ambulance used
by the Italians in the fighting in the
Alps. This is really a large sled, fit.
ted with two small wheels The sled
runners permit of hauling this ambu-
lance over bare stretches of ground.
The sure-footed little donkey is the
best means OF locomotion for this type
OF vehicle. An ambulance OF ordinary
proportions could not be used on many
Of the narrow roads and pathways OF
the Italian Alps.-Scientifc American
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-25
Submarine Treasure.

A boat is now being built to locate
submarine treasure. The new subma-
rine consists Of a steel sphere, eight
feet in diameter and capable OF carry
ing two workmen. II is designed to
be lowered into the water from ten
der, but is provided with electrically
driven propellers by which it can be
moved about in the water as 1t hangs
at the end OF the cable. One OF its
essential features is a set Of four elec-
tro-magnets, which. when energized
by current from the motors within the
sphere, serve to hold It securely TO
the steel hull OF a sunken ship. Cur
rent for the operation is supplied
through a cable running down from
the tender. In addition to this equip
ment It will be provided with electric
drills for piercing the side OF the ship,
and with a powerful searchlight for
working purposes and for exploring
the bed OF the ocean when the exact
location Of a sunken ship is not
known.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-25
SILAGE INCREASES
PROFITS IN LAMBS
Addition Of SheIled Corn and
Clover Hay Reduced Cost OF
Gain at Purdue.

The addition OF corn silage to
retion OF shelled corn and clover hay
reduced the cost OF gain on a lot OF
lambs fed at the Purdue station 80
cents per hundred pounds. II also
slightly increased the selling value OF
the lambs, and increased the proit
% cents per lamb. When the cnrn
silage was added to the ration, It VAS
found that slightly less OF the shellod
corn was eaten. and at the same time.
the rate OF gain on the lambs was
slightly decreased. The amount OF
hay consumed by the lambs also was
reduced when silage was added, 12l
pounds OF the silage reducing the hay
consumption 0.72 pound daily per
lamb.
Without silage, the ration OF shelled
corn and clover hay produced gain
on proportionately the same quantity
OF grain as did the same ration with
silage added. Considerable hay was
saved. however, as II vas found that
1863 pounds OF silage reduced the guam
tity OF clover hay consumed in max
ing 100 pounds Of gain by 1879 pounds.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-25
KITCHENER AS A PET
ROLE WOULD COME As SURPRISE
TO HIS sUBoRDlEATEs.
Nevertheless, Graphic Picture Has
Been Drawn Of His Friendship
Win Two Elderly ladies
Uniaue Use Of Gift.

Many Of the best friends Of Lord
Kitchener. the great English soldier,
administrator and secretary Of war,
are women. despite the popular belief
that he is a grimly uncomPromising
woman hater. In a recent brief bi-
ography Of X Of K" Harold Begbie
draws a most winning picture Of his
friendship with two Of his elderly rel
atiyes-"two dear. diminutiye old
Scotch ladies who lived in Phillimore
gardens, Kensington, by name OF the
Misses Hutchinson; and Kitchener
was no dearer TO these charming
spinsters than they to him
He wrote to them brightly and boy
ishly by almost every mail. q.
Before he went TO Egypt for his ad-
vance on Khartum. these dear old la
dies presented him with a gold-headed
'swagger' cane; and when the advance
was accomplished and the photograph
er- arrived TO make a picture Of the
general and his staff, Kitchener seated
himself in the center Of the group
with this stick held so ostentatiously
that the old ladies in Kensington could
not fail to recognize it when the pho
tograph appeared in the illustrated pa.
pers. He sent them roses from Cor.
don's grave at Khartum, and coats OF
the caliph from the Sudan"
Their house was always his goal on
his return from distant service. and
In it he was like a schoolboy, running
up the stairs two at a time. whistling
in his bedroom, going and coming as
he pleased, and telling them such sto-
ries Of his campaigns as no one else
in London ever heard. They called
him Herbert. pronouncing it Hair.
BURT in the broadest Scotch, and
would sit on either side Of him study
I ing his bronzed face with their small
smiling. shrewd eyes, teasing MIN
chatting him, adoring him, and giving
I him sound advice.
Later on in his triumphal career
| their "Hairburrt' once wished to make
the little old ladies' a gift so valuable
and unusual that they felt called upor
| to pause and consider before accept
ing it. II was a gold casket-one Of
the many gold ceskets presented tc
TX. Of K" by the grateful corpora
tions Of provincial cities.
DO we need it?" propounded tht
first old lady, pointedly.
NO, we certainly don't need it," re
fectiyely acquiesced her sister.
What could we do with it," pursued
the first old lady. But the second haC
had time to think.
Hum" she suggested contempla
lively, perhaps we could use it as /;
tea caddy. youths Companion.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1915-11-25
By r o wEATHERsToNEj

rBy r q. wEATHERSTOSEJ
Il is well known that the progeny
from mature parents are superior to
those descended from young progeni-
tors. not fully developed Bears and
sows. for breeding. should be kept In
a good. thrifty condition. but not fat
The writer has always been troubled
to keep his breeding sows from be
coming TOO fat. and consequently
farroging a small number OF scrawny
pigs
once took a large SOW 10 fatteD
for one-haf the pork / d.i not
know she was with pig and fed her
all the cornmeal and wheat middlings
she would eat.
Imagine my disappointment and vex-
alton when she had three little.
dwarfed pigs-not only smaller than
pigs usually are when first farrowed.
but emaciated.
Sows for breeding should not be al
lowed 70 run with the fattening hogs
fed on corn. but kept in a pasture by
themselves and given a plentiful
supply OF slop. made Of equal parts
OF wheat shorts, cornmeal and wheat
bran.
Most young sows will breed when
three months old, II allowed to run
with a boar. but eight or twelve
months is as young as 1t is judicious
To breed them.
Not only this, but II stunts or
dwarfs the growth OF such young
things permanently, aad they never
attain good size.
The pigs from large-bodled. old
sows will be more in number, and
frequently double the size Of pigs
from young sows when farrowed-
and this with the same feed and care
and will frequently weigh so pei