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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
CRUDE OIL DESTROYS VERMIN
Oilers Are Cheapest and Most Efficient
Means of Kidding Hogs Of
Harmful Lice.

Hog oilers are the cheapest and
most efficient means Of Kidding the
hog Of lice, says the veterinary de-
partment OF the Nebraska College OF
Agriculture.
One application Of crude oil kills
both lice and nits. The most con-
venient method of applying the oil is
by means OF a hog oiler, of which there
are several good types. They are al
ways ready and require little atten-
ton. The best oiler allows the pig
to rub the oil on any part of the body.
The oiler can also be applied with
a sprinkler, spray pump, broom, oI
brush. II there is any indication Of
skin disease, the parts may be
scrubbed with q broom or brush so as
to get the oil well into the skin. When
crude oil is used, the appearance Of
skin and hair is greatly improved.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
Nuxated iron viii Increase Strength OF
Delicate, Nervous, Rundown Peo-
pie 200 Per Cent in Ten Days
in Many Instances.

New York, N. Y.-Most people fool
lshly seem to think they are going to
get renewed health and strength from
some stimulating medicine, secret nos
trum or narcotic drug, said DR.. Sauer,
O specialist OF this city, when, as a mat
ter of fact, real and true strength can
only come from the food you eat. But
people often fail to get the strength out
of their food because they haven't
enough iron in their blood to enable it
TO change food into living matter. From
their weakened, nervous condition they
know something is wrong, but they
can't tell what, so they generally COM
mence doetoring for stomach, liver or
kidney trouble or symptoms Of some
other ailment caused by the lack Of
iron in the blood. This thing may go
on for years, while the patient suffers
untold agony. If you are not strong or
well, you owe it to yourself to make
the following test: See how long you
can work or how far you can walk
without becoming tired Next take
two five-grain tablets OF ordinary
nuxated iron three times per day after
meals for two weeks. Then test your
strength again and see for yourself
how much you have gained. I have
seen dozens OF nervous, rundown peo-
pie who were ai1ing all the while
double and even triple their strength
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
INCREASE FLOCK OF LAYERS
Well to See That Fowls Are Worth
keeping-Poor Hens Are LiabiI-
ity-keep an Account.

The average farmer might find it
desirable to increase the size OF the
flock of hens. While most farmers
have little ttime to devote to poultry
raising yet their families may attend
TO the fowls and see that they are
well cared for and protected.
The usual advice" TO poultry, rails
ers to begin with a few hens is sound.
But on most farms the women and
girls have had the responsibility Of
the flock for years and most OF them
could well afford to increase the num-
Der of laying hens.
Range is very important for pou1-
try. But range alone is not enough.
The fowls must have feed and shelter
when they need them.
When one is about to increase the
number of hens it is well to see that
those kept are worth keeping. Poor
hens are not an asset; they are gen
orally liability.
1t may not be possible to tell when
hens are worth keeping and when they
should be sold. In fact this will be-
impossible unless records are kept
But no chances should be taken on
very old hens or hens that have never
shown their worth as layers. 1t will
be safer to keep pullets.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
Just MATER OF PERCENTAGE
Legislator Had Figured Out Metres
by Which He Voted Right in Ma
jority Of Cases.

During the last session OF a western
legislature one member, a tall. ang8-
lar man with a white mustache OF the
walrus pattern and the faculty OF BE-
ing able to throw both his thumbs out
Of joiat at viii, made himself cOnspic-
uous by voting mo" on every bin. res
olution. or other form of business that
came up. However innocent q meas
ure might be, this man voted against ie
StentoriouSly.
Finally a legislator weakened under
the strain and approached the gentle
man with the walrus whiskers.
why is itI" asked the man, that
you vote No on everything"
"Tn tell you" said he Of the sEalrss
mustache, with confidential air Sew
enty-fve Of those bills and resOiUti01s
are bad and ought never to be passed
And / figger that any man who votes
right IS per cent OF the time is pretty
burned good legislator"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
SUNSHINE IN CATTLE STABLE
Animal in Sunlight Takes on Flesh
More Readiiy-Southern Expos
ure Is Favored.

& farmer, whose. cattle have always
been kept in q stable on the north side
of the barn, well lighted and venti-
lated, had occasion to enlarge his
stable, building the extension with a
southern exposure, into which the di-
rect rays of the sun were permitted to
enter with no obstruction.
He discovered by accident, what he
subsequently demonstrated b. repeat
ed experience, that the same creature
IN the sunlight took on flesh more
readily, ate less and produced more
than when kept IN the stable where
the direct sunlight never entered
More than this, he proved cOnclu-
sively that creatures suffering with va
riOus diseases, or reduced physical
condition from divers causes recov-
cred more readily when afforded the
energizing influences OF the sunshine.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16

ROOTS FOR STOCK IN WINTER
saanueIs and Turnips act As APpetiz-
ers and Bowel ReauIators-Use
Care in Feeding

Most stockmen realize the worth or
roots IN the winter ration for the cat
tie, but few recognize the fact that
the mangels and turnips may be fed
In such way that much OF their
value is lost, says q writer in an ex-
change. Roots act as appetizers and
bowel regulators rather than as actual
milk producers; hence they should be
fed with care. They are largely COM
posed OF water, and therefore they use
up the heat OF the body. For this rea-
son, in extreme cold weather we cut
down the usual quantity of roots fed,
and on severely cold days We even
skip the roots altogether feeding some
thing else having less water content
Roots should not be taken from
the storage pits or cellars, where the
temperature is not far from the
freezing point, and fed Immediately. A
better way is TO bring them into a
heated room for II to "a hours, after
which they may be cut and given TO
the live stock. We ike to bring the
roots into a warm room in the morn
ing, leaving them until the next morn
ing. when they are cut and fed. Cows
that are giving milk should eat the
roots just after being MIXED in the
morning.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
CAMPAIGN AGAINST
DISEASE OF SWINE
Kentucky Farmers Formerly Lost
100000 on Account of
Deadly HOG Cholera.

Hog cholera used to cost Kentucky
a year. Last year losses
from this disease in the state were
only half that sum, according to DR..
Robert Graham, head of the depart
ment Of livestock diseases at the ex-
pertinent station. For six years this
department has been conducting a
campaign against cholera and has just
got the machinery of control in work
ing order. There are a depots in the
state for the distribution OF serum, %
Of which were established in the last
two years. Due to the rise in hog
prices and the demonstrations in chol-
era control by the experiment station
farmers have come to see that this
disease may be controlled and that it
is worth while TO take. all possible
measures to control it. The expert
ment station has been in touch with
less than half. the outbreaks, and
hopes by extending its activities with
the cooperation OF farmers to reduce
the present miIlion-dollar loss to &
much smaller figure.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
MEASUREMENT OF ROAD WEAR
ingenious Machine Perfected to Show
Effects OF Different Loads at
Various Speeds

A complex and highly ingenious ma
chine has been perfected which runs
over a sample of road surface at the
National Physical laboratory, shows
the wear caused by different
loads at different speeds and in vari-
GUS climatic conditions. In other
words, given a specimen of a new
surface, the machine will tell pretty
accurately what, say the Manchester
to-Wilmslow road, would be like in
a year If that surface were laid on it.
1t seems a pity that so valuable a
wear-and-tear recording device can
not be applied to more than roads,
Manchester (England) Guardian.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16

corn, wheat, steel-cut oats, millet seed,
ETC., or commercial chick food in
light litter, such as hay chaff.
5. Feed a mash rich in protein which
contains per cent beef scraps after
the chicks are two weeks old, and 10
per cent after they are three weeks
old, or give a mash of finely ground
grains, cOrnmeal, oatmeal or wheat
bran.
6. Give an abundance of green food,
as short grass on the sod, young oats
or rye, lettuce or cabbage leaves.
z. Keep the surroundings free from
filth. Clean coOps and yards frequent
ly to prevent drOppings from contain
mating the food.
s. If you can get sour milk regu-
larly, feed it. Do not alternate sweet
and sour milk. This will put the di-
gestive system out of order in a few
days.
9. Keep off lice by a liberal use of
insect powder. Grease the head slight
~ with cottonseed oil, vaseline or lard.
Do not overdO at any one time.
10. Remember you can do more to-
ward making u good fowl during the
first ten days of its life than during
any 40 days afterward.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
EFFICIENT FORCE IS NEEDED
Roads Should Be Looked After at Ali
Seasons Of Year and Kept in
Constant Repair.

Under our present system OF county
pike maintenance, roads have been
receiving a quantity of crushed stone
on their mOst-traveled and WORKOUT
sections. This is usually applied
after a grading and scraping of the
surface to fill the ruts. This grad
ing is semiannual affair. The first
grading is done in the early spring
just as the roads are thoroughly
thawed and beginning to dry afterSthe
heaviest of the winter freezes are
safely over. Previous to this grading
they often become long lines of slushy
mud almost impossible to the heavier
loaded wagons. In such a condition
they are easily rutted and hard to
mend. It is the sort of impermanent
roads that have given rise to the ap-
peal for a permanent hard surfaced
road not SO easily affected by the
freeze and thaws. We find crushed
stone superior to the older type of
gravel roads in many respects since
it holds its shape and body longer,
says Indiana Farmer. Yet crushed
stone roads, and even surfaced macad-
ans and concrete or asphalt surfaced
roads need attention after the first
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
SOLUTION OF SOME
PULLING PROBLEMS
Light May Be Obtained as to Nat
uraI PeeuIiarities of Soil by
Experiment Plot.
Ry P. K. EDwARDs9

One way of solving the many inter
esting and puzzling problems in the
soil and plant kingdom is by an expert
ment plot. Here light may be obtain,
ed as to the natural peculiarfties of
soil, or the special effects of fertilizer
on certain crops, or in what degree to
supplement stable manure for fertiliz-
er, or under what fixed conditions the
ambitious garden lover may obtain
the most gratifying results for flowers
and vegetables. In starting this mini
allure farm, then, use substantial stakes
at the corners of the plot and mark
them plainly 1, 2. 3, 4, 5, 6, leaving
a space OF two feet between each two
plots to prevent the plants on one plot
from feeding on the other. Make each
plot by "a feet and plant in the same
crop on all the different plots. Take
winter potatoes, for example. On
plot 1 spread 10 pounds of dried blood
and 10 pounds acid phosphate mixed
(Where the amount used is so small it
can be distributed more evenly by
mixing it with its weight in earth) i;
on plot 2 spread ~ pounds sulphate
Of potash and dried blood mixed; on
plot 3 use no fertilizer; on plot 4 use
~ pounds potash and 10 pounds acid
phosphate mixed; on plot 5 use ~
pounds potash, 10 pounds acid phos-
plate and 10 pounds dried blood, and
on plot 6 use only stable manure. Take
great care not to sow any fertilizer on
the spaces between the plots, and after
the fertilizer has been spread harrow
the plot thoroughly 1engthwise.
The blank plot must not in any
way be overlooked or neglected, for
with it are to be compared all the 9TH
er plots in order to see just what have
been the benefits derived from fertiliz-
ing. To make clear what such an ex-
pertinent may teach, suppose, for In
stance, the yield on plot 3, where no
fertilizer was applied, is represented
by the number 100; the yield on plot
by the number $50; on plot 2, 100; on
4, 40; on 5, 175. With these numbers
it is proved each Of the three fertiliz-
ers is beneficial, for were 1t otherwise
/ the yield on plot 5, where all the fer.
| tiIfzers were used, would not have
been greater than on plots 1. 2 and 4
/ on each Of which only two fertilizers
were used. It is always OF Importance
/ TO keep a notebook, jotting down ev'
erything of interest concerning the
! plots (such as measuring each sepa
rate Yield, and information gained
soon enables the experimenter to bur
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
Important 70 Mothers
nifferent Atmosnhere

I'm looking for employment. sir III
he frank with you. I've just been re-
reased from prison"
"Ahem, One OF the model prisOns7"
Eyes. sir
"Well, I'm willing to give you a
chance, but every man we employ is
expected TO hustle. If you think you
can get down to hard work and long
hours after the life Of elegant leisure
you have doubtless enjoyed in prison,
I'll make place for yOu."-Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
DUCKS PROFITABLE
ON GENERAL FARMS
Fowls Can Be Raised With Sue
cess and Profit, Says Govern
ment Poultry Expert.

Ducks can be raised with success
and at a profit on general farms, says
Alfred r. Lee, a poultry specialist Of
the department of agriculture, but
they do not appear to be as well adapt
ed as a source of income to average
farm conditions as fowls, although
they serve to add variety, both OF
meat and Of eggs, for the farmers ia
bic. If the demand for ducks, and
especially for duck eggs, increases,
breeds of ducks which are good lay
ers should be profitable on farms, par
ticularly where there IS good pasture
land continuing a stream or any run
ming water. Farmers rarely give the
necessary care to their ducklings, Ell
Their in feeding or in marketing, to
be able to cater to the trade in fancy
green ducks.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16

few years under the wear of present
day traffic. What we need is an eff
ficient force to look after the roads
at all seasons of the year and keep
them in constant repair. There is no
road material but what becomes worn
In spots in time and if these spots
were kept mended constantly the cost
of the upkeep would not be nearly so
great. After the spring grading and
shaping up the roads are allowed to
run as best they can till fall. "a
stitch in time" can have no better ap-
plication than on our county roads
and their mending.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16

per steer. The cottonseed meal gave
much better results than oil meal and
tended to produce firmer flesh with
silage.
Where there is not an abundance OF
grazing when cattle are fed the silO
will be almost Indispensable to econ
Omy in feeding. The amount saved in
feeding si1age will soon pay for the
silo. It helps utilize the coarse feeds,
and it takes the place of green pasture
when this is not available.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
BENEFIT OF CONCRETE ROAD
Make Travel in Community Quick,
Safe, Clean, Easy and Comfortable
Other Advantages.

Concrete roads are country boule-
wards. They benefit a community in
making travel quick, safe. easy, clean
and comfortable. They extend neigh
bOrhood limits, bring more people
into personal touch with each other,
increase social opportunities and
thereby remove the monotony of iso-
lation; bring greater content to the
youth on the farm, make city and
country near neighbors and increase
school attendance. thus cultivating a
desire for a broader knowledge and
higher standard of living.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16

prepared by the United States Depart
mentsof Agriculture)
By pasturi1g hogs on alfalfa on the
TrucKee- Carson Reclamation project
farm in western Nevada, greater re-
turns were received in 1915 than could
be expected from the same alfalfa
made into hay. The gains made by
the hogs, on the other hand, were
much cheaper than could be expected
from keeping the animals in feeding
pens.
The hOg-raising experiment was be-
gun in May, 1915. One quarter of an
acre of alfalfa was used this plot was
subdivided and the pigs were changed
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
[ 0llJI[llR]T
WORK FOR BETTER CHICKENS
Ten Cardinal Points in Raising Young
FoVIs-GiVe Only What They
Will Clean Up Quickly.

Here are ten cardinal points in rails
ing young chickens:
1. First feed the chicks when thir-
ty-six hours old. Provide sharp sand
or clean grit. Give them dry bread
and sweet milk, mixed with chopped
boiled eggs and dry bread or cracker
crumbs. Feed this once every three
hours for two or three days, then once
day for ten days or two weeks.
2. Don't overfeed. Give only what
the chickens will eat up eagerly in a
few minutes.
8. Exercise aids digestion and as
similation and keeps the chickens con-
tented in confinement.
4. Give a scratch feed consisting Of
finely cracked grains, as well-seasoned
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
You Must Haoe Plenty of Iron IN Your
Blood to Be Strong, Says Doctor

ard endurance and entirely get rid ok
all symptoms OF dyspepsia, liver ana
other troubles in from ten to fourteen
days time simply by taking iron In the
proper form, and this after they had
in some cases been dOctoring fOr
months without obtaining any benefit
But don't take the old forms OF reduced
iron, iron acetate or tincture OF iron
simply TO save a few cents. You must
take ir0n in a form that can be easily
absorbed and assimilated like nuxated
iron if you want it to do you any good.
otherwise it may prove worse than use
less. Many an athlete or prize-fghteF
has won the day simply because he
knew the secret OF great strength and
endurance and filed his blood with iron
before he went into the ARRAY, while
many another has gone down to inglors-
Gus defeat simply for the lack OF irO1-
NOTE-Nuxated Iron. recommends
above by DE- Sauer. is not patent ms1lE-
cine nor secret remedy, but one which
is well known to druggists and whose iron
constituents are widely prescribed by ezel-
nent physicians everywhere OniiEe Us
older inorganic iron products, II Is easily
assimilated, does not injure the teeth
make them black, nor upset the stomscEs
on the contrary it Is a most potent rem
edy in nearly all forms OF Indigestion -
well as for nervous, rundown conditions
The Manufacturers have such great co1-
| hdence In Nuxated Iron that they oner -
forfeit $4,000 to any charitable insdtu-
ton If they cannot take any man or Won
an under sixty who lacks iron and In
crease their strength 200 per cent or over
/ in four weeks time, provided they have
no serious organic trouble They also 0f-
/ fer to- refund your money IL it does not
L at least double your strength and encgr-
| ance in ten days time IT IS dtSpe1ss4
| by most druggists. II your druggist Or
] general store is without a supply, az
| them to get IL for you.@Adv.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16

from one pasture to the other each
week. Ten pigs were used in the ex-
pertinent, five of them being grade
Durocs and five grade Berkshires.
They were of fair quality. but three
of the lot did not do well. While on
the pasture the pigs were fed daily a
supplementary ration of rolled barley
at the rate of two pounds of grain
for each 100 pounds of live weight.
They also had access to mixture of
condiments, including Stacked coal and
salt
The pasturing period extended from
May 16 to September Is. During the
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
REPAIRS IN FARM WORKSHOP
Little Training and Necessary Tools
viii Enable Farmer to Fix Up
Ordinary Breaks.

The question as to how far to under
take repair work on the farm win de-
pend largely upon the farmer himself.
some farmers are half mechanic and
half inventor while others are not
mechanically inclined at all The econ
omy Of tine Is the deciding factor, and
while repairs In a WORKSHOP BY skilled
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
Uric Acid Poisoning?

The most eminent physicians recog-
nize that uric acid stored up IN the
system is the cause Of rheumatism,
that this uric acid poison is present N
the joints, muscles, or nerves By ex-
perimenting and analysis at the In
valids' Hotel and Surgical Institute IN
Buffalo, n. Y. DR.. Pierce discovered
combination OF native remediC5 that he
called Anuric-which drives out the
uric acid from the system. ana In this
way the pain. swelling and infamma-
ton subside. II you are a sufferer from
rheumatism, backache, pains here or
there. yOu can obtain Aauric at any
drug store and get relief from the
pains and us brought about by uric
acid: or send Dr.. Pierce 1Oc for trial
pkg Anuric which yc1 VII ind many
tines more potent than Hfhia and
eliminates uEie acid as bot wster nelts
saEaR. a shcrt Eiai E1u eqnE5ase go
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
To Avoid Trouble

There's no particular reason why
you shouldn't take a cheerful view of
life"
''Yes, there is" answered the pes
simistic person. 81 complain in self
defense"
81 don't understand"
eff / appeared happy and coDtented
all the time refOrmers would accuse
me OF not having the interests OF my
fellow men at heart, so 1 frOwn and
growl occasionally just to show that
1 belong 10 the progressive element"
New Haven Journal
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
TREAT POULTRY FOR vERMIN
Fowls Should Be Thoroughly busted
With Some Insect Powder When
Lice Appear.

If lice or mites make their appear
ance at this time the fowls should be
well busted with insect powder. Dust
baths are much appreciated by the
fowls. Keep the chicken houses well
cleaned out. we'll lighted and we'll ven-
tlated. The use of coal oil or kero-
sene on all perches and dark places
viii aid materially in getting rid OF
the pests
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
SPOILED OR DEcAYED FLESH
If Eaten by Members of Flock May
Cause Observation-Disclosures
Become Entirely Useless.

Spoiled or decayed flesh, if eaten,
may cause hmber-neck This is pto-
maine poisoning.
The muscles of the neck and body
become useless through the action OF
the poison on the brain and nerves.
and the neck becomes Timber.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
OF BEEF CATTLE
Value of SiIage Strongly Emphasized
by Indiana Standardization for
Substantial Gains.

The value of the silo in fattening
cattle was strongly emphasized by the
Indiana station. In this experiment
substantial gains were made on the
following ration:
% pounds cottonseed meal
"A pounds clover hay.
IA pounds shelled corn.
27.7 pounds corn silage.
When siIage was fed the cost or
gain was One-half cent a pound less
than with dry feed and the increase
in profits amounted to from So to So
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1916-12-16
GOOD FOR HUNGRY CHILDREN

Children love SINNERS Msearoni
and Spaghetti because Of its delicious
taste. 1t is good for them and you
can give them all they want 1t IS a
great builder Of bone and muscle. and
does not make them nervous and irri-
table like meat. The most economical
and nutritious food known Made from
the finest Durum wheat. Write Skin
ner Mfg. Co, Omaha. Nebr-, for beau
tiful cook book. It is sent free 10
motherS-AdY.