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The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01

Prepared by the United States Depart
 ment of Agriculture)
 There are three general methods of producing hogs for market: Dry-lot feeding; feeding on pasture and for age crops; and feeding on dairy by products. By dry-lot feeding is meant feeding in confined pens; forage crops include alfalfa, Bermuda grass, blue grass, etc, and the crops which require to be planted each year; and dairy by-products are skim milk, whey and buttermilk.
 A ration for young, growing ami nal requires a larger percentage of protein than one for fattening or for mature animals. AS the shote increases in age and size the protein may be gradually cut down until the stand ard for fattening hog is reached. Forage crops have been used more economically as a source of protein than purchased feeds and have the ad- vantage of supplying it in a palatable, succulent form. Alfalfa probably fur nishes the cheapest and best forage for swine when it can be grown. Even during winter alfalfa hay can be fed in racks and with ear corn furnishes a well-balanced feed for almost all kinds of hogs
 Glover, cowpeas, soy beans, pea nuts, rape, rye, oats, wheat, vetch and Canada field peas are all valuable forage crops for swine of any age The proper grain ration to feed with them consists of such feeds as corn, barley, etc., with the legumes, and with the nonlegume plants the use of a small percentage of tankage and oil meal will be found advisable. The amount to feed will depend on the rate of gain desired. If rapid gains are sought, full ration of grain should be used, but if economy is more desirable smaller proportions of grain will be better, while if it is only desired to carry the pig crop over a period of low prices they can be kept on minimum grain ration. It is best, however, to keep them growing, and to do this small amount of grain, two or three per cent
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01

Pigs at Weaning Time on Cowpeas. of live weight, will be found most sat isfactory.
 Dry-lot rations that will give satis- factory returns are not easily obtain able. Corn is most often used as a basis of the ration. Mill feeds, ship stuff, bran, etc., with some protein feed, as alfalfa. tankage. oil meal. soy beans. or cowpeas, should be used to balance the ration. Where milk is available, it can be used to advan- tage, as noted before. It is best to feed full ration. or what the pigs will clean up in a reasonably short time when in a dry lot. For a pig weighing Is to 50 pounds live weight a full ration for one day would be about six pounds of grain per 100 pounds weight, and for the larger pigs the ration will continue to grow small CT in proportion to weight until the 300 to 350-pound pig will only consume daily ration equal to about 2.4 per cent of his weight.
 FoA ACColh6 Oll udliNC smaller percentage of protein is need ed than in the dry lot, but some high protein feed is still needed Pasture feeding is better than dry-lot feeding under most conditions, because it in- duces exercise and gives succulence to the ration, causing the animals to keep in better health in this way Bluegrass pasture is used extensively and is usually considered economical by the farmer. During the early sea son it is valuable feed, and if some forage is provided when the blue grass dries up it can be made to pro duce gains at very low cost.
 Mineral matter should be supplied the herd in the form of hardwood ashes, lime, finely ground rock phos- phate, charcoal and salt. These min erals are of value to the hog in keep ing up his health and general vigor of constitution. They are needed to bu,ld the framework of the body and
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01
MOST OF FALLACIES
 REGARDING ANIMALS
Prevention and Treatment of Dis eases Bound to Result in
 FaiIWe-CaSes Cited.

(By E. R. HABNER, Idaho Experime nt
 Station.)
 There is no doubt that the more complete our knowledge of the cause of disease the more perfect will be our means of prevention and the more rational our treatment of the same. The reverse is equally true If our knowledge is based on a fallacy, our prevention and treatment is bound to result in failure.
 Most of the fallacies regarding ami mals and their diseases have been handed down from one generation to another, and the most of them haven't the least ground for existence. The following ones belong to this class:
 l. That there are certain signs of the zodiac during which castration of animals is highly unsafe.
 2. That there is drug or combina- tion of drugs which is specific for a certain disease, regardless of it's form, intensity or complications.
 5. That we can cure systemic dis eases by such magical treatment as pouring water or other fluids into the ear.
 4. That medicines to be effective must have a noxious odor, taste or origin.
 5. That we have such diseases as hollow horn," Host cud" and wolf in the tail"
 6. That animal life from it's origin to death is in great part influenced by mysteries.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01
REASONS HOGS DIE
 FROM VACCINATION
Much Loss Caused by Treating Pigs With Impotent Serum
 and by Careless Methods.

(By DIR. C. C. LIPP, South Dakota Ex-
 pertinent Station.)
 Losses are caused often by using i'm potent serum, or serum not properly tested.
 Giving too small doses, even of good serum.
 Understanding weights; making doses too small.
 Vaccinating sick pigs already infect ed with cholera and which may not vis- ibly show sickness.
 Careless methods. Vaccinating dirty pigs. Unclean quarters after vaccina- ton. Failure to disinfect instruments. Failure to disinfect skin at site of vac cination. Exposure of serum to dirt. Storing serum in warm place. Pour ing serum in unsterilized vessel.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01
KIDNEYS CLOG UP FROM
 EATING TOO MUCH MEAT
Take Tablespoonful of Salts If Back Hurts or Bladder Bothers-Meat
 Forms Unic Acid.

We are a nation of meat eaters and our blood is filled with uric acid. says a well-known authority, who warns us to be constantly on guard against kid ney trouble.
 The kidneys do their utmost to free the blood of this irritating acid, but become weak from the overwork; they get sluggish; the eliminative tis- sues clog and thus the waste is re- tained in the blood to poison the en- tire system.
 When your kidneys ache and feel like Jumps of lead, and you have sting ing pains in the back or the urine is cloudy, full of sediment, or the blad- der is irritable, obliging you to seek relief during the night; when you have severe headaches, nervous and dizzy spells, sleeplessness, acid stomach or rheumatism in bad weather, get from your pharmacist about four ounces of lad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast each morning and in a few days your kid. neys will act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate clogged kidneys, to neu- tralize the acids in urine so 1t is no longer source of irritation, thus end. ing urinary and bladder disorders.
 lad Salts is inexpensive and cannot injure; makes delightful efferves- cent lithia-water drink and nobody can make mistake by taking little occasionally to keep the kidneys clean and active.-Adv.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01
HAD AWFUL
 WEAK SPELLS
Suffered So Much Felt She Had to Have Relief. Says Cardui
 Made Her We'll.

Elba, Ala.-Mrs. M. T. May, of this place, writes: q was not especially strong when I married. ., but after my marriage, l seemed to get very much worse. About two months after I was married. I began to have awful weak spells. Would have bad spells of headache, simply felt bad all the time, could hardly do a thing. I suffered so much pain in my left side and had the swimming of the head and congestion and heartburn very bad. In fact suffered so much I thought I would die. kept getting worse and felt 1 must have some relief. had some pain and difficulty in walking ..
 "Mr. -, who ran a store in
 -, recommended that l take Car dui, and my husband bought me bot tie, which did me so much good that he bought me another, and after the use of three or four bottles was well: was up doing my work after the use of the first bottle. It's the finest tonic I know of. got into better health than l had been since my marriage. l ad- wise all women... who have weak spells..., to take it."
 The thousands of letters, which come to us every year, like the above. certainly are proof of the merit of Cardui. the woman's tonic.
 For sale by all druggists.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01

to develop young animals. The suck ling SOW, young pigs, shotes, and the herd boar each profit from eating these substances.
 A good mixture to keep before the hogs at all times is one composed of
 Charcoal, one bushel; hardwood ashes, one bushel; salt, eight pounds; i; air-slaked lime, eight pounds; sul- phur, pounds; pulverized copperas, two pounds.
 Mix the lime, salt and sulphur thor oughly. and then mix with the char coal and ashes. Dissolve the copperas in two parts of hot water and sprinkle over the whole mass, mixing thorough ly. Keep some of this mixture in 8 box before the hogs at all times.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01
CLOVER BETTER FOR
 WINTER NURSE CROP
Late Pasturing and Cutting Are Especially Dangerous-Give
 Crowns Protection.

A thin seeding of grain is the best insurance of good stand of clover. A half bushel or three pecks of grain as nurse crop will protect the young clover plants, and at the same time give them room to grow.
 Winter killing is often brought about by not allowing the clover to make a good growth in the fall. If the farmer cuts his clover late or pastures it down so that it goes into the winter without good protection to the crowns, he often finds much of it dead in the spring. Late pasturing and late cut ting are especially dangerous to the clover field.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01

The average man is willing to get his hands on tainted money for the purpose of removing the taint.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01

WV HANS BROWNING GLORY is her hair. If yours is streaked with ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use La Gre pie" Hair Dressing and change 1t in the natural way. Price $1.OO.-Ady.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01

Cost Time. First ex-Convict-You said you had a diamond pin. What did it cost you? Second Ditto-Six months.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01

Happy is the home where Red Cross Ball Blue is used. Sure to please. All grocers. Adv.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01

'If' and but" are among the little things that count
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01

Harrisburg, Penn" When was single suf- fered great deal from female weakness because my work compelled me to stand all day. I took Lydia R. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for that and was made stronger by its use. After was married took the Compound again for female trouble and after three months l passed what the doctor called growth. He said it was miracle that 1t came away as one generally goes under be without your Compound in the house." = Mrs.
 FRANZ kNoBL, 1642 Fulton St, Harrisburg, PepH
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01

And miss may be better than a male.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01
Unkind.

Does your wife wear spats?" Wear 'em? She starts 'em."
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01
Hardly Able to Move.

Albert Lea For about year had sharp pains my pack and hips and hardly able to around ny head would ache and dizzy and had appetite taking Lydia Pnkhams Vegetable Compound Liver Pills am feeling stronger than for have little boy eight months od ana am doing work all alone would be without your Iemeoles III the house there like mArs E. YOsT, ell Water St, Albert Lea Minn
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01
Unnecessary

Unnecessary. Do you tell your wife everything?" "It isn't necessary My wife knows everything. g."-Detroit Free Press.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01
Three Doctors Gave Her Up.

Pttsburg, Penn.-@ Your medicine has helped me wonderfully When was girl IS years old Il was always sickly and delicate and suffered from irregularities Three doctors gave me up and said would go into consumption. l took Lydia E. f1nkhams Vegetable Compound and with the third ana got strong and shortly after was married
 NOW have two nice stout healthy children and amI able to work hard every day."-M Mrs. CLEMENrINAl DUhRRrNa 34 Gardner St. Troy Hill, Pttsburg PennI che Co.,. Lynn, Mass, for special adyice-it will
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01
Now in Good Health Through Use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Say it is Household Necessity. Doctor Called it a Miracle.

All women ought to know the wonderful effects of taking Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound even on those who seem hopeessy ill., Here three actual
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-04-01

re invited to write to the Lydia E. Pinkham M edi-
 Mass, for special advice,-it will be confidential.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
TELLS JURY ne JUST
COULDN'T SLEEP WITH
LIQUOR IN HIS ROOM
His Excuse Causes Acquittal
of Charge of Violating
Prohibition Law.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 15.-Tim Dur
kin, owner Of a Topeka pool hall. was
being tried on charge OF running q
nuisance. The cops had raided biz
place some time previous and found
a barrel or two Of empties. The only
real evidence, however, was two bot
ties OF liquor found on Durkin's per.
son and two more found in his room
1t was upon the latter four bottles
that the prosecution was based. Things
looked dark for the pool hall proprie-
tor when he was put on the stand In
his own defense.
"I'll tell you how II was, Judge,
began Durkin. Me old friend Miller
came to town. He owned the liquor.
Miller got drunk. | put him to bed in
my ROOM"
"But," snapped George Hayden, city
attorney, what were you doing with
these two. bottles on your person"
"Takin' them downstairs" replied
Durkin.
The city attorney stiffened. Under
tho Kansas statute, liquor in a place
Of business is regarded as prima facie
evidence of prohibitory yialtlons.
"Aha," said Hayden. "Why were
you taking that liquor downstairs
Because" replied Durkin, II could
not sleep with four bottles Of liquor
in the same room with me-"
Durkin was acquitted by jury OF
twelve men.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
SUFFERING AND
MISERY lasted
I LONG YEARS
But Merv-Worth Banished This
Quickly for Mrs. II. Will
Iiams, of First Street.

"I have had headaches for seven
years and stomach trouble, with a
bloating that was most distressing.
Always have been constipated also,
so bad that had to be taking medi-
cine for it constantly. During these
years OF suffering and misery l have
doctored with some of the best doc
tors in the state but without re-
suits.
81 have taken just one bottle of
your wonderful Nerv-Worth and have
never had the headache since l be-
gan. In fact feel fine. Wentworth
has done me wonderful sight OF
good and l certainly recommend 1t
to everybody"
These are Mrs. Williams's conyinc-
ing words. Mrs. Williams lives at
1913 First street. Note the fact that
although her ills became deep-rooted
during seven years. single bottle
Of Nerv-Worth made her over. There
Is not a nerve tonic In the world
that would have acted SO promptly
and thoroughly.
Your dollar back at Burke's drug
store, where Nery-Worth Is sold ex-
clusively in Clarksburg, II Nerv-
Worth does not help you.-Adver-
tlsement,
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
WAR HARBOR FROM
REMOTE ANTIQUITY

an early period, and. 245 B. e.. the
Romans made 1t their base for their
conquest Of and communication with
the East. The much mentioned Via
Appia, which was constructed
In the Second Century
before Christ from Rove. over Venusit
and Tarentum ended here. The de.
scription OF this way is given by Hor.
ace in the tale Of his journey from
Rome to Brundisium in company with
Maecenas in 81 B. C. Virgil, ilrst
Of Roman poets. died In this port on
his return from Greece in B. G. 10. In
230 B. c., Brindisi was the starting
point for the Roman troops that tool
part in the first 1llyrian war. and
many Of the foremost soldiers Of i'm.
perial Rome have paced the streets
and squares there while their fleets
lay Quitting in the inner harbor.
1.-THE splitting up OF the Roman en-
pire into the empires Of the west and
OF the east crushed the importance OF
the ancient port. 1t was no longer
the military and naval watchtower
over the submission and peace Of the
lands Of the East. The Saracens cap
tured and destroyed the city In 1886,
and, when crusading became the or
der of European ambition, retribu-
ton upon the Moslems was launched
from the rebuilt city. With the cessa-
ton Of the crusades, Brindfsl went
into a long somnolency and awakened
first with the forging Of a later day
empire Of Rome"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
KANSAS HAs LOWEST
DEATH RATE IN j. S.
Absence of Liquor Heads List
of Reasons for Lack of
Mortality.

TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 15.-Kansas
with rate of 9.S In each 1000 pop
ulation has the lowest death rate OF
any state in the union, because the
people do not drink liquor, because
they have money enough to live right
and because they have the intelll-
gence to read of the conditions that
make for short lives and know how
to dodge them.
That Is the answer Of W. ]. V. Dea-
con, registrar Of the Kansas vital sta
tistics bureau. to Samuel L. Rogers
director OF the United States bureau
OF census. The government official
wrote to Mr.. Deacon demanding an
explanation Of why the Kansas death
rate happened to be so low. In re-
ply Mr.. Deacon wrote:
kansas is almost wholly an ag.
ricultural state: there are only twelve
cities in the state Of more than 10000
population, and there is gratifying
absence of slum districts in the cities
Aside from the southeast corner Of
the state, there is no mining.
kansas Is prohibition state. And
in Kansas prohibition really prohib,
its. / do not mean by this there is nc
alcohol consumed In the state, but the
absence of the saloon means much to
our growing young men, who. in the
absence Of the bar roof, find more
healthful pastimes than loaflng in al
cohol laden atmosphere"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
WOMAN CATCHES FISH
WITH HEAD LIKE DOG
Mrs. Weller Sends Third Known
Specimen Found to Wash
& ington University.

SEATTLE, Jan. ia fish, with
out scales and with head shaped
like dogs, the third Of Its species
known ever to have existed and said
to be the only perfect specimen, is ex-
hiblted by Prof. Trevor Kincaid, at
the University of Washington. The
first specimen found is in the National
museum at Washington, D. c., and the
second and third are ut the university
The acrotus Willoughbyi. as 1t is
known scientifically, was sent to Prof.
Kincaid by Mrs. Mabel Weller, who
caught 1t recently at Gig harbor. The
fish was on exhibition at Tacoma for
a few days. but was not identified I'M
til 1t reached the university.
The species is distinct from any
other, according to the biologist. II
has been classed with the raglsh fam
lily. which 1t most closely resembles;
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
URGES BlR TIL INCREASE
BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS

However, want to 60 on record pub
licly as being absolutely opposed 10
polygamy after the present war is
over. | am willing to admit that 1t
is one Of the experiences which may
be adopted to repopulate the bellig-
erent nations, but think 1t would be
the wrong method.
when peace is declared, the ma
tons of Europe will be confronted
with n serious problem One Of Its
phases will include great number OF
unmarried women, who have no
chance Of obtaining a physically At
husband, except through polygamy,
but who should become mothers for
the benefit Of the state.
"How to enable these unmarried
women to perform their duties to the
state, without marriage and without
personal degradation, to my mind, Ia
the great problem for Europe to solve,
The question ia, will Europe go back
to the old time methods Of polygamy
or will Europe turn to the newly dis.
covered processes Of science?
Science has demonstrated that II
is perfectly possible for woman tc
become a mother by process Of arti'
fetal fertilization. Would not WON
an who owes duty to the state pre-
fer that to polygamy? / think 3d."
I Doctor Folkmar said artificial fer
tilization had been practicsed success
fully among human beings.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
Still In Use in Italy and is First
Warport in the Western
World.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-"Brindisi
naval base Of the Italians and the
port from which the Latins are again
sending expeditions into the Balkans
and into northern Africa, has been a
war harbor from remote antiquity. Al
one time 1t was the first war port oil
the western world, when the fleets Of
Rome bore invincible legions to every
region around the Middle sea" be-
gins a bulletin just given out by the
National Geographic Society. "a
people, who ruled along the Adriatic
shores long before the infancy Of i'm
perial Rome, made pirate nest al
Brindisi, and took a rich toll on the
commerce that passed the narrow
gateway Of Otranto. Later, when the
port had become Roman one, Ro-
man soldiers left this point on mis-
sions of conquest for Macedonia, Syria
and northeastern Africa. In the mid
die ages, the Crusaders made 1t one
of their chief ports for embarkation
to the Holy Land. With the rise OF
modern Italy as a naval power and
as a possessor Of colonies in Africa,
Brindlsi has renewed its old time
fame and activity.
1.-THE italian seaport is situated
about midway upon the high Italian
heel, where the Adriatlc narrows into
the strait OF Otranto. 1t is about
forty-fve miles east northeast from
the port Of laramie, and BAG miles
southeast from the port Of Ancona.
1t is builded on rocky promontory,
which almost encloses its roomy bay.
Its harbors, an inner and an outer
harbor, one almost completely land
locked, are excellent. There is room
for the largest fleets within the inner
harbor, and this basin Is sheltered
from every wind and easily defended
on account OF its narrow entrance.
The biggest boats can enter and make
fast to the docks there. A channel
SOS yards long and 165 feet broad
connects the inner and outer basins
Not So Important.
1.-THE commercial importance held
at one time by Brindisi has not been
regained. The large steamers OF the
Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navi-
cation Company, among the most i'm
portant commercial boats to use the
port, stopped calling here in 1898
substituting Marseilles is their west
Mediterranean station. Small mail
boats, carrying express and passen-
gers, however, continued to leave the
port weekly, connecting with the large
Oriental steamers at Port Said. Ur
until the outbreak of the war, con-
siderable business was done through
the port, bringing about the clearing
Of some $500 vessels yearly and the
handling of more than $6,000,000 worth
of goods. Coal, flour, sulphur, tim.
Der and metals made UP the bulk Of
the pre-war imports, which imports
in all likelihood. have greatly increas-
ed since the Italian entry into the
world combat. The exports were wine
spirits, oil and dried fruits.
"Brindisi was a very famous town
among the ancient. Tarentum colo.
nists took charge Of its destinies al