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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16

trouble. and should form part of thG
daily ration. Exercise is necessary
to keep the bowels in good condition.
Small feeds of roots are good. Heavy
feeding of roots is often the cause
of weak or dead pigs at birth. Feed
ing frozen roots is likely to cause abor-
tion. The pregnant SOW should be
fed, sheltered, exercised and handled
in such a way as to keep her in good
flesh and health. Everything that ia.
cilitates this condition tends to secure
pigs with greater vigor and more
profitable as feeders.
A blow or a strain of any kind to
the belly of the pregnant SOW is like
ly to result in pigs dead at birth, or
pigs born the wrong way, or her
death. Sows had to step over six
inch board in passing through an
opening between their yard and pas
ture. There were many dead pigs at
narrowing, and some of the sows died
from trouble while giving birth. The
ground next to hog pen was eight
inches lower than the floor, and the
brood sow had to climb over this step
dead pigs and dead SOW at farrow-
ing time were the consequence. Pota-
toes were dug with plow and the
land left in ridges. Pregnant sows
had to travel over these to get to
a field. At farrowing time there were
many dead pigs, and two sows died.
A boar allowed to run with sows that
are bred will frequently knock them
around and bring the same trouble.
Horses or cattle running in a lot
with brood sows will often iniure the
sows the same way. Not over five
or ten bred sows should be allowed
to sleep together. as crowding in cold
weather many result in losses at far
rowing time. Pregnant sows should
not be allowed to run with fattening
hogs.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
DISTINCTLY A "WAR BABY"
kitten's String of Names Left No
Doubt as to the Sympathies of
Its Small Owner.

certain little Philadelphia girl is
distinguished chiefly by her fondness
for cats and kittens, which she much
prefers to dolls.
Several days ago she was sitting on
the sunny steps of the front porch
tenderly nursing on her lap a coal
black kitten; very small as yet, but
sturdy and full of promise.
What pretty kittenl" remarked a
neighbor in passing. What do you
call him, my dear?"
Il call him Allies" was the reply.
ALLIES! | think you must mean
Alice, do you not?" suggested the lady
with smile.
"Oh. no. not Alice, His name is AL
lies" corrected the child. His right
name" proudly, is George Albert
Nicholas Peter Victor Emmanuel Jof-
fire; but father says that is heavy
load for such little fellow to carry,
so l call him Allies for short"
AS the lady proceeded up the
street she heard childish voice say
tenderly: Come. Allies, we must go
in. 1t is time for you to have your
rations."
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
How to Live on
Farm Is Problem
By MARY l.. OBERL-IN. Colombo Agricultural
College. Fort Collins. Colo.

knows how live farm while how to make living
problem there after ALL doubt which the
problem.
Successful living any place depends primarily upon the spiritual
attitude sympathy with the natural
which he himself The family the have
feeling believe it the best place for
place where the children have
the best opportunity develop strong bodies sound minds and the cha
eic that make for efficiency They be opnmnded and try
learn whatever they that will improve farm conditions They must
believe in wholesome recreation for themselves and member of
their household They realize that all the really worth while things
of the household and bovng devices opp
unit for deuaon for the enjoyment of music literature and
the Others within their reach and
forms When they convinced these things and have learned
o love the wind and the the growing things the birds and all the
the the early odors and find each of the
twilight nightfal filed will
and how make living farm will be less of
problem.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
DISEASE OF STOCK
INDUCED BY ERGOT
Farmer Should Avoid Grazing An
imals on Infested Areas-NO
Effective Remedy.

OBy W. w. ROBINS. Colorado Expert
ment Station)
Ergot is a name applied to one
stage of a fungus that works III the
heads of a number of grasses. 1t
causes one of the oldest known stock
diseases, the so-called "ergotism."
Ergot forms purple-black, straight
or hornlike, hard structures about one
fourth to one-half inch long. These
structures occupy the position of the
grain in the head of grass. This hard
mass is not a degenerate kernel of
grass, however. The black ergot
masses vary in size and shape, de-
pending upon the plant attached.
They are largest in rye. Ergot de-
velops upon a number of grasses. chief
of which are cultivated rye, wild rye,
wheat-grass, meadow grass, timothy
and redtop.
There IS no effective remedy for
ergotism. Hence, one should become
familiar with the appearance of ergot.
and always avoid grazing stock on
badly infested areas and also avoid
cutting infested areas of grasses for
hay.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
LAYING HENS NEED
MORNING DUST BATH
By Its Use Fowls Are Enabled to
Rid Themselves of PeStifer-
GUS Little Mites.

(By C. S. ANDERSON. Colorado Agricul-
tural College, Fort Collins. Colo.)
Laying hens must have their morn
ing dust bath if they are to lay the
maximum number of eggs through
the winter. 1t is a necessary luxury
for them. By its use they are enabled
to rid themselves of mites and to re-
move all scales and dirt from the
skin.
Lice and mites do their greatest in
jury to the fowls at night while on
the roost. Instinctively they look for
a place to dust in the morning. Do
not force your hens to dust in the
dropping or feed litter. During the
summer they will usually find their
own busting place such as the road
or in the shade of trees and shrubbery,
but in the winter it must be provided
for them. Nail an old grocery box
in one corner of the house. Elevate
it above the floor so that it will not
get filed with straw or litter and put
in six or eight inches of dusting ma
telial. During moderate weather
their box may be placed ont in the
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
SPORTlVE CAREER NEAR END
Mr.. PpwlIow Was In Position to
Prophesy With Confidence as
to kitty's Future.

Mr.. Pipwillow looked at his gar
den. shook his fist at his neighbor's
cat, then, humming hymn of feline
hate, made his way to the nearest
drug store.
Ten minutes later he was tempting
the offender to his garden once more
with saucer of .uilk and something
which came from d bottle bearing a
red label.
"Halloa!" came his neighbors voice,
blithely, over the fence. MY cat been
troubling you again. eh? It's play
ful little way o. cats to make rae
ing track O. next-door's cabbage
patch"
Il suppose it is" said Pipwillow.
gently, as tabby was purring over the
saucer. Perhaps yours has nearly
finished his training gaIlops.
wouldn't be surprised if he's doing his
last lap now,"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
ONLY KIND OF cow
THAT PAYS FARMER
Animal Must Produce 200 Pounds
of Butterfat or $500 Pounds
of Milk Yearly.

(By FRANCIS w: PECk. University
Farm, ST. Paul, Minn)
From several years records of milk
production and cost of maintenance it
has been found that COW must pro-
duce at least 200 pounds of butterfat
or about 5000 pounds of milk annually
is she is to pay her way. This means
10 pounds of milk daily for 800 days.
The annual cost of maintaining
COW is close to $65, if man values
his labor at Is cents an hour.
If a man wants more than market
price for feed and this bare wage, he
must put his time on COWS giving more
than 200 pounds of fat.
The larger the increase over this
amount the larger his pay will be.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
Didn't Need the Ball.

Two neighboriug football clubs had
been drawn together. Local rivalry
ran riot with the feelings of the play
ers, and hard knocks were the order
of the day. At the end OF the first
half each side had scored a goal. and
several men had beer wounded and
winded in the fray.
Neither side being able to add to
the score, the game resolved itself
INTO a free fight. At last ths ball col
lapsed. and someone volunteered to
go for a new one.
"Oh, never mind a ball." shouted a
player from behind bundle of ban
dages; Tets go on with the camel"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
(By II. NJ. COTTRELL)

(By H. NJ. COTTRELL)
While pregnant, the SOW should be
given muscle and bone-making feeds
that will develop in the unborn pigs
size and strong vital organs. When
the SOW has good alfalfa pasture, only
a small quantity of grain is needed.
but not fat. A heavy condition of
flesh is favorable If it is put on with
muscle-making feeds and the SOW
has been given ample exercise. Under
feeding is extremely detrimental. The
pigs from a half-starved SOW are weak
and understood at birth, and are stunt
ed while sucking from lack of sufii-
cient milk.
Sows fed much corn while pregnant
make poor mothers, do not give a full
supply of milk, are likely to be clumsy
and the pigs are often small and weak.
Peas, shorts, tankage, skim milk, and
alfalfa, clover, COW peas or peanut
hay or pasture are the feeds to give
the SOW for developing strong pits
at birth.
Corn is deficient in the bone, mus
cle-making and blood-making mate
rials necessary to develop the unborn
pig. If the SOW does not have these
materials in abundance. the pigs are
small and weak and the supply of
milk is poor. A SOW fed corn with
out enough bone and muscle-making
feeds to supply the demands OF her
unborn is often so feverish and un-
satisfied that she eats her pigs when
they are born. All the alfalfa hay
she can eat daily or a goodly supply
of skim milk, are cheap feeds, and
unequaled as balance to corn.
Constipation in the SOW while she
is pregnant or sucking must be avoid
ed. Pig-eating is often caused by
constipation. Laxative and bulky feeds,
such as pasture hay, will prevent this
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
VACCINATION CURE
FOR CHICKEN P0X
Interesting Report Made by Ex-
pert of California AgricuI-
turaI College Station.

The report of the agricultural ex-
particulars. of series of experiments
of vaccination as a remedy for chicken
pox made by ]. R. Beach, assistant in
veterinary science. 1t will be of in
terest to poultrymen to learn that he
has made a successful application OF
the method of vaccination against
chicken pox devised at the Wisconsin
agricultural experiment station.
In one flock badly infected at the
time of vaccination a total of 1,177
fowls were treated and only per
cent subsequently developed chicken
pox LESSONS. In the same pens 121
fowls were left unvaccinated for con-
trolls, and III per cent of these sub
sequently developed chicken pox. The
vaccination appears to have a curative
as well as a preventive value.
Vaccine was given to 113 diseased
fowls in addition to local treatment
and 113 diseased fowls with LESSONS OF
the same degree of severity were CIV
en- local treatment of the LESSONS only.
The mortality percentage of the vac
cinated lot wac 25 per cent. of the un-
vaccinated lot "a per cenL- The av-
erage length of time required for re-
covery of the vaccinated lot was four
teen days.
The technique of this vaccination
method is so simple that it is believed
that poultry raisers will be able to
prepare the vaccine and administer
the treatment themselves.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
No Help for the
Panama Slides
BY Andrew Dade. Civil Engineer. Chicago

casns this government took from the French and
of Colonel Goethals
visited the canal the outset the subject
agreed that would be long
of the canal before it would be entirely
thoroughly the work might be done,
foresight could the work of nature
be patient until Gold hill and other great bodies of earth get
through pouring their dirt into the ditch.
Meantime steamship lines operating the awater cotocoast route
by the be expected to lose by the unexpected interrupt
a result of the disastrous slide
the steamship companies nghborhood sOOO0OO by
period With at the
daily steamship
orh at less than ST 500 Of
the cando nothing.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
With Cuticura, the Quick, Sure and
Easy Way. Trial Free

Battle with Cuticura Soap. dry and
apply the Ointment. They stop itch
ing instantly. clear away pimples.
blackheads, redness and roughness. re-
move dandruff and scalp irritation,
heal red, rough and sore hands as
well as most baby skin troubles.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
Oil There Are no Hum
dred Best Books
ByJ.P. WARRINGTON. New York

entitled Comedie Satque nestle there
The life of member the Society of Friends long missionary at
oste ophsty Anae France and when
Crevecoeur delightful etters From
beside William Barnes "Poems of Rural
housandd better pleased than could have been by
anv Intentional arrangement these books together.
What though Nonsene Anthology "Histoy of Wchcraft
Since the Ages "Pnpa Sharps Poetry and Philosophy
rub another just a little rudely?
Such juxtaposon poetry and philosophy lasting harm
and it pleasantly pques of the grotesque.
hundred hest booksno hundred worst
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
Not Gray Hairs but Tired Fyes

make us look older than we are. Keep
your Eyes young and you will look young.
After the Movies Murine Your Eyes. Don't
tell your age. Murine Eye Remedy Co.,
Chicago. Sends Eye Book on request.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
In WiIlie's Dream

Wasn't that a funny dream had
last night?' said little Willie to his
mother.
why, what did you dream, dear?"
she asked him.
why. you know; you went with me
everywhere" was his reply.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
Her Mental Status.

THAT surely was paradox you
brought into the family. my deSr?"
What do yor mesu?"
The cook y0r said you got out of
an intelligence Office"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16

Slides have been more
frequent in the Panama ca
nal in the last year than
before the ditch was opened
for navigation, but that was
to be expected. L have WIS.,
tied the canal on several oc-
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16

Smile on wash day. That's when you use
Red Gross Bag Blue. Clothes winter than
snow. All grocers.. Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
His Way.

She-Aren't you just devoted to
animals?
it's well roasted and served with
mintsauce.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16

If the question what is
to be done with our girls ?'
was more carefully consid-
cred and more wisely deter
mined, the other problem,
"What to do with the boys"
would be easier of solution.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16

Someone has said that
the farmers family faces
two problems-how to make
a living on a farm and how
to live on a farm. Although
many people would answer
unhesitatingly that every
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16

I like the way in which
the most incongruous titles
and subject-matters drift
together on my bedroom
shelf. 1t does me good to
see how close a pious trac-
tate and a blasphemous
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16

Very Much So.
What a fresh complexion Miss
Gladys has!"
Yes: she's just put it on
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16

Youth is going to do things to-
morrow that old age didn't do yester-
day.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-09-16
Piles Relieved by First Application

And cured in to u days by PAZO OINTMENT
the universal remedy for all forms of Pusa
Druggists refund money If it fails. soc.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-29
Low Birth Rate Tn
 England Is Alarming


 London, April 29.-f.n the British Empire is to be kept together. infant life must be preserved.'' This note of warning from the head of the Bir- xningham Maternity Hospital in con nectfon with this statement that .tas a result of the war there were be- tween 4.0OO and 1000 fewer babies in Birmingham last year, has been re-echoed by the newspapers and the clergy throughout the country. At tention of EngIishmen is~again call ed to the fact that the birth-rate has fallen to the lowest figures on record and that at the same time the infant mortality rate Is going up
 A man shortage greater than any England has known in it's history is threatening the country, says the Lon don Times medical correspondent who proceeds to compare the conditions here with those in Germany, where he adds lowing to the -sightedness of the Germans the population jump ed from 42,O0O,00O in 1875 to 60,00o.- 900 in 1 905.''
 a.The world at this hour is having an object lesson in the meaning of birth statistics.'' continues the correspon- dent. etThe Germans swel1ed their total population not only by births but also by the prevention of infant death, which is one of the greatest works standing to the credit of a scientific people
 "As a people we must set our house in order lest in the days to come we find it tenantless and so become a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-29
TODAY'S POEM
ONLY A NEWSPAPER GUY.

I see a man strut through the jam in
 a hall, Take seat mid the speakers and chat
 with them all. ''Is this Murphy" I ask, that the
 crowd he defles? ''No,' says some one Ines one of the
 newspaper guys I see a man pushing his way through the lines Of the cops where a fire brightly glina-
 mers and shines. Chief Kenlon ?'' ask, but a fireman
 replies, "oh, no. why. that's one of those
 newspaper guys.'' see a man start on the trail of a
 crook, And he scorns all assistance. but
 brings him to book. ''NIr. Burns ?'' I inquire. Some one scornfuI1y cries Burns? Nav. He's just one of them
 newspaper guys" I see a man walk through the door of
 show Where great throngs are blocked by
 the sign S. R. O. t1s this Goodwin himself, that no ticket he buys?' Well, hardly He's one of those
 newspaper guys I see man knock on a presidents
 door And the sign .'No admittance'' com
 pletely ignore. Is this Morgan, that privacy's rights
 he denies?'' Morgan? shucks. It's just one of
 those newspaper guys
  And some day I'll walk by the great
 streets of gold, And see man enter, unquestioned
 and bold. reply, Well, should say not, he's a news
 paper guy"
 New York Globe RJ
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-29
LITTLE BENNY'S
 NOTEBOOK
By Lee Pape)


Our baseball team, The Invisfbles, was passing erround notes to eetch uther in skool today to tell eetch uth- CT to be sure to report for some more spring practice after skool, and Miss Kitty cawt Ed Wernick passing one of the notes.
 Edwerd Wernick, you know my rule about passing notes; you will please rename one hour after skool, sed Miss Kitty.
 Ed wernick being our catcher and thawt, G. we can't have any prac- tice without catcher. Witch we coodent, the catcher being important to stop the balls and I looked erround at the uther fe1Ios and they all seem ed to be thinking the same thing. and tfter a vile I felt a jab in the back, be- ing Sid Hunt poking me and handing me a note. being a note to Miss Kitty and saying on it. Miss Kitty, Deer Madam, the undersined, being mem bers of The Invisibles, respectfully re- quest you to keep Ed Wernickf in some uther day insted of today. bekause this is practice day and he is our catcher anw we cant practice without a catch CT, and we respectfully request you to have a hart in the matter, or if you half to keep sumbody in today, we re- spectf1lly request you to keep Puds Sirnkins in insted, bekause he is only a fielder and pritty slow anyhow
 Five names was sined to it already, but not Puds Sfmkinses, and I pass ed it across to Lilly Levy, for her to pass it to Sid Hunt. Wich she did. and Sid was jest sining it wen Miss Kitty quick came up in back of him and took it away frum him and red it. saying, "So, in spite of wat jest got throo saying about passing notes, this has bin going on under my very nose; very welB I wunt the following boys to rename with Edwerd Wernick af- ter skool, Fransis Merfy, John Wilson. Samuel Crawss, Algernon Martin, Sid ney Hunt, Benjamin Potts and Ros- co Smith" Being the names of ev- erybody that sined it, and there was no practice today, the entire teem ex- sept one being kepp in after skool.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-29
MET, LOVED, YET
 DRIFTED APART

M R.. writes: High school girl of 1T asks advice. Last summer at resort I met a handsome fellow a year my senior. Seemed to care for me. If not dancing with others Gas was not a good dancer) constantly we were with each other. I cared for him more than for any other. He resides in Caifor- mia. live in country town. Few men I care to associate with. sent him a plain. simple valentine; a sweet little verse on it. He did not answer. Long to have him as a correspondent. Has he forgetten me or does he not care to correspond with me? I shall always remember him. Summer was happiest spent in my life. Mother approves. She liked him: I wish his friendship and further acquain tafce.''
 Some acqu2intances turn out for the best, others not. He may consider you as young yet. May reason these un- certain times that he wishes better position were corresponding. Times are not encouraging for all young men. They hope they will be. You may meet other nice young gentlemen in the neGr future.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-29
THE IDOL OF
 THE DUTCH

When the army of Holland sprang eo arms at the outbreak of the war, prepared to fight to the last ditch and BvSa= to submerge their beloved coun- Ey rarIsS= than to sacrifice their in dependence, not the least of their patriotic inspirations was supplied by h chubby, roly-poly little Dutch maid an who answers to the name of EAliana Wilhelmina, and who is known es more formal circles as the Princess of Orange This girl is the heiress to the crown of the Netherlands, and she will celebrate her seventh birthday to- morrow. It was not tntily she had been married more than eight years that Queen Wilhelmina was granted a child, and sit si very unlikely that the stork will again visit the royal palace at The Hague The Dutch people fer Vently prayed that the stork would bring a boy, but they have become quite resigned to the idea of being ruled by a queen, and little Juliana is the idol of every patriotic Dutchman. The little Princess of Orange remains In utter ignorance of the great army of Dutch knights who are now patrol ling the borders of Holland, ready to give up their lives if need be in her behalf. The children of the Belgian refugees in Holland have had cause to bless the name of Princess JuIiana, for the Queen has made lavish con- tributions to their welfare and happi- ness in the name of her little daugh- ter. The father of Princess Ju1iana is Prince Henry of MeokIenburg- Schwerin. As German, he naturally sides with the Kaiser in the present controversy. and he is none too popu- lar among many of the Dutchmen on that account If he had his way the Princess would doubtless he incul- cated with many pro-German ideas f1xrs ercverne hut n that mat ter Queen WiIheImina has adopted a firm attitude, and Julian's infanti1e mind has been kept strictly neutral and periodically Dutch.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-29
WAIT FOR THE RIGHT ONE.

L. G. writes: ''I am girl of six teen and have many boy friends who like to call on me. But mother thinks I am too young to keep company. One boy paid me quite little attention until I went to a party with another. Then he fell out with me. Please tell me if I may regain his liking"
 Boys and girls change 1ikings. Old CT ones attract their fancies for the better. Mother knows it is best to wait for the right one till, you are older.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-29
Feel Young Again CERTILAX CThe Certified
 LaxatiVe).

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