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SELECT EGGS FOR HATCHlNG
Exceptionally Long and Very Short,
Rounded Arc Objectionable
Avoid Maiformed Eggs.

Eggs selected for Matching should
be of n true egg type. Exceptionally
long eggs and very short, rounded
eggs are equally Objectionable. NAL
formed eggs should never be incu
bated. These eggs are usually diff
cult to hatch. White eggs and brown
eggs should not incubated together.
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Attorneys, Bankers, Insurance Agencies
Make your service complete, place
your court and fidelity bonds and
burglary insurance in the 'WORLDS
LARGEST SURETY COMPANY" from
your own office.
We solicit inquiries for agencies
from those desiring our IMMEDIATE
DELIVERY SERVICE,
AGENCY DEPARTMENT,
NATIONAL SURETY COMPANY,
115 Broadway, New York, n. Y.-Adv.
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STALE MILK CAUSES SCOURS
Pals and Utensils Used in Feeding
Calves Must Be Kept Clean to
Avoid Diseases.

Old or stale milk often causes indi-
gestion or scOurs. A calf is better off
to miss a feed than to have a feed of
sour milk Pals and utensils must be
kept clean.
A good rule is to keep the calf pals
as clean as the milk pals. The hand
separator on the farm makes it posi-
BILE to get the milk to the calf fresh,
warm, and sweet.
Calves can be raised on skim milk
where cream is raised by gravity, but
more difficulties are experienced.
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Matching likewise influences early ma
turity and consequently early egg pro-
ductiOn.
Given the same food, care and at
tention, chicks hatched the first OF
March will weigh more when they are
four months old than those hatched a
month later, say the poultry special
lists of the United States department
of agriculture. This likewise holds
true with chicks hatched the first of
April as compared with those hatched
May l. This is due to the fact that
the rate of growth Of a chick is great
er during the first four weeks Of its
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DRINKING WATER FOR FOWLS
Do Not Allow It to Freeze and Do Not
Compel Birds to Eat Snow Dur.
inQ Cold Weather,

Do not allow the drinking water for
the fowls to freeze, and do not COM
pei them to eat snow, but give them
frequently, during the coolest days, q
drink Of fresh water from which the
chill has been removed by adding a
little warm water.
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more prevalent. If for no other reason
chicks should be hatched early so their
growth will not be interrupted by the
presence of lice.
Many farmers realize considerable
money each spring from the sale or
broilers, the price Of which is usually
governed by their size when sold ana
the time marketed. Thus it would
seem that in order to increase the
amount of money from the sale OF
broilers and fryers early Matching
would be employed so as to have
marketable-sized fowl early in the
spring when prices are highest.
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GET FAMILIAR WITH HEIFERS
Handling of Young Animals in Ad-
vance Of Freshening Is Necessity
in Minds of Dairymen.

The best plan Is to pet your heifers,
handle them so they are familiar with
your presence. They soon become do
cile and will follow their caretaker
around to be rubbed and handled, and
all the kicking, timid, shy tendencies
leave them.
The handling Of the heifer in ad-
vance Of the freshening period is a
necessity, in the estimation Of many
of our best dairymen and COW owners,
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Speed Of Carrier Pigeons.

It is estimated that in calm weather
a carrier pigeon can fly at the rate Of
1000 yards minute; with the help
Of O moderate wind it will attain
speed Of 1.540 yards, and before
strong wind, 1000 yards.
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wering the flame of the lamp.

lowering tHe 1IdIHe OI tHe IdIHp.
For the first week the temperature
should be 1O2 to 1O3 degrees, for the
second week about 1O3 degrees, and
beginning with the third week and con-
tinuing to the end of the hatch, 103 to
104 degrees. These temperatures hold
good when the center of the bulb of
the thermometer is about IL inches
above the bottom of the egg tray.
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Al}Y
PREVENT COWS LYING DOWN
iowa Man Has Practical and Inexpen-
sive Device Attached to the
ImmovabIe Stanchion.

In the summer or spring, or at other
times after. rains, the yards around
the barn are muddy. The cows are
driven into the barn preparatory to
milking. They are fastened in the
stanchions. The result is that the
floors become dirty and dusty. The
mud comes off the feet and adheres
to the platform on which the cows
stand. Again, it is not infrequent for
a COW to lie down on the dirty plat
form, and another COW to urinate on
that cows tail. 1t is a rare thing that
two or three cows out of ten will not
lie down before you are ready to
milk. To prevent them from lying
down for an hour or more while you
are milking, is the object of the device
here illustrated, writes J. N. Muncey
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II Annoyed Him.

"What did the boss say when you
asked him for raise in salary?" "He
couldn't have said more or been mad
der II I had been his wife asking for
more money"
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FLOOR FOR POULTRY HOUSES
Nothing Better Than Earth Where II
Is Practicable to Keep It Dry
Sandy Loan Is Best.

There is no better floor for poul-
try than an earth one, providing it
is practicable to keep it dry. 1t is
also the most economical.
A light, sandy loan Is the best soil
for this purpose, where the climate Is
particularly dry.
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Where Milk Comes From,

Some people buy their milk in tin
cans, some have it brought In bottles,
but the dairyman gets his direct from
the COW by the sweat Of his brow.
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Make Your Own Butter,

Better make your own butter on the
farm and build your herd, than to take
the easier course, sell your skim milk,
and let your herd degenerate.
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NOTICE TO
SICK women
Positive Proof That Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Relieves
Suffering.
Bridgeton, NIL cannot speak too
highly of Lydia E. Pinkham's Veeeta-

Bile Compound for
inflammation and
other weaknesses. I
was very irregular
and would have ter
rible pains SO that l
could hardly take a
step. Sometimes |
would be so misera-
BILE that l could not
sweep a room. l
doctored part of the
time hut felt no
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Present Job.

Present Job.
"Most theatrical peoples ambition is
to have little place in the country to
develop chickens"
'Isn't that what a chorus manager
does, anyhow"
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Takes Less Time Occasionally.
The Highbrow (thoughtfully)-The
tide moves q lot in 20 years.
The Lowbrow (whO got stung on
suburban land scheme)-It moved
mine overnight.-Puck.
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obtain toaer bcag complete written BOOKS OF
Rue Kping. I
mllnary Hon Sell Lady
"Top floor upwards" she indicate
holding Hon. Bundle
resembling Claus Hon Mrs set befront
attempting make herself look Vanderbilt for $zs price,
pointing upwards.
look Sell
away" commit Hon Mrs She try hat with roers dropping
so joyful appearance!" suppose Hon. Lady.
Remove
At lastly
box resembling uk aid this piled top
Thusy homewards
lastly in Porehouse Junction setting depot awaiting
changecar OF suddenly Hon Mrs hola
what vas?" This from me-
Dept Store with immediate
quickness and il pincounter where is"
attach
myself to Hon. and where she
ladies
Store and
While debuting
clasp by
"You a snatch acknowledged glubly
Whereyo Bag?' he snuggle
He belong Hon. thee"1
pententy" he gubbe making dragging movements
wrists .
knock him bargain Then commence eopng away with
footsteps.
next know
Mr. Editor amidst streets redoued
not noticed complete hid amongst flats Then
redheaded trolley SO should meet Hon. Mrs. at
You got my handbag wher
"Yes pleased" gave She look at with disoned
Living and faint off,
By slight watersip her back
Hon. Bag snatch this article Of luggage?"
Pin-Coune," say
Il never seen belong
tainted left enjoy by her
skunk feeling entirely impossible
the same,
.Ytsrs,tni Yours truly nooo
Copyright International Press Bureau9
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Any man who lets his wife get up
on a cold morning and light the kitten
en- fire will never set the world abaze.
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TOGO SAILS FOR BARGAINS

West DeWberry Mass near
dmaity intellect caused by
with Harvard voice and bargain arrange
ment of soul. I
Hon Mrs Sweet
setting with Boston newsprint reading it up
"Oh" This from her.
chvaousy standing respectful carpetsweep
sailing immediate qukness
l must depart one'
you extravagance?" I ask to know.
COSTS she dib with mustard voice
Pretty soony she return backwards wear
Of clothing
smiling like take vacation to day.?
healthy for me-
generously acknowledge "A require
to whatever shopping buy
railroad trolley while
She proudshy
while 1 obtain rearward seat behind her
o
building
resembling Newport Hon. Mrs Boss oh! with
inside
Great Slaughter OF Waists Hon.
bargan Then she make in
while acting like mob
her head
Where you Fatth
Dewberry Mass better place than you ~ Hon.
Fatish making tugerk to
waist
thusly dposed stand
forth bundle.
hola this wide How darest you be rude to
iady?"
Hon. and look at
whd finish that slaughter alone
Again she requesh handbag donate it to her.
with valuable accumula
gave bundle and proceed onwds
ungon and latest fctionbook bar
gain?" Foorwalk.
elevator computate We
making society conversation
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INTERNATIONAL. I.
SUNl6YSC[l00L
LESSON

(By E. o. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course in the Moody
Bible Institute Of Chicago)
Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union)
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Thermometer in Dairy.
A thermometer in the dairy is useful
In summer as well as winter.
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WHEN LEFT WAS RIGHT.

boy visiting East St. dispute with his
little to mother to settle it.
East st. Louisis s on bank"
The St.
oroke over hisfac am ne
Al
nrnnp o me for years. fairly goved
now7"
swell she makes a pretty showing q bridge"
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LESSON TEXT-John 131-15.
GOLDEN TEXT-And whosoever Of you
will be the chiefest, shall be servant Of
all-Mk. 1914.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
WATER VESSELS FOR CHICKS
Arranged to Keep Dirt Out Dur
ing Summer Months.

The drinking fountains which will
do for chicks during the cool spring
months, when germ life is less abun-
dant, will need watching, scalding and
cleansing by summing, during the hot
months. If they are the kind into
which the chicks climb with their feet,
put brick in, If nothing better of
fers. Shallow milk pans or deep pie
tins make good drinking fountains, if
protected from the chicks. Some breed
ers have wire platform, on wire legs,
which they put over the pan, and the
chicks drink between the wires. 9th
ers use slat or cover the center of the
pan. In the house where chicks are
large enough to reach up or fly up, put
the drinking vessel on shelf.
Whenever the vessel is filed, rinse
it thoroughly. Fine dust settles in the
bottom of any vessel, and this in time
becomes Shiny and germ-laden. Atten-
ton to the cleanliness and the placing
of the drinking vessels is a great help
towards keeping the chicks we'll.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
CATER TO FOWLS APPETITE
Feeding Of Only One Grain Soon Dis
gusts Layer With Her Boarding
House-Nariety Is Best.

Palatability is an important factor
in the feeding of chickens. Many
people think the hen has no sense of
taste. To satisfy oneself regarding
this it is only necessary to watch the
bird at feeding time and note her keen
sense of discrimination as she selects
the kernels Of wheat from among the
rye and barley and the freshly sprout-
ed tender shoots from among the
dried, less succulent green feed. In
the feeding of grain mashes and green
feed the hen has varied preference.
Such feeds as she likes best are best
for her.
1t never pays to try to force any
feed upon the hen that she does not
like or want. The feeding of only one
grain soon disgusts the layer with her
boarding house. Variety is essential
to obtain palatability. An occasional
feeding of wet mash is readily appre-
ciated in preference to the customary
dry form. Sprouted oats will taste
much better than the steady diet of
dried alfalfa or clover, and hot feed
on cold day makes the hens sing
with delight. It pays to cater to the
hens appetite.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
BUTTER PRODUCED ON FARMS
Amount Is Continually Decreasing Ac-
cording to Investigation Made
in Wisconsin.

An investigation made in Wisconsin
shows that the amount of butter pro-
duced in the farm dairy is continually
decreasing and what is produced is
generally sold direct to the consumer.
The market butter is made in the 1856
creameries of the stare, As per cent of
which are owned comparatively by the
farmers. An important feature is that
the cooperative creameries are the
most successful. They pay the farmer
more for his butter fat, pay the but
termaker higher wages, and sell the
product for higher price.
It costs 1.66 cents per pound of but
terfat to get the cream to the cream
cry and 2.33 cents to make a pound of
butter. The shipping charges vary
from OPS to 1.25 cents per pound, de-
pending upon the distance from the
market. The investigation brought out
the interesting fact that for every
pound of butter sold to the consumer
the farmer received two-thirds of the
money and the retailer one-tenth. .
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
Barred Rock Pullet.

are slower in maturity, taking six to
eight months or longer for pullet to
get into egg-laying condition.
General purpose types, such as Ply
mouth Rock, Wyandotte, Rhode Island
Red, Orpington and Dominique, ma
ture more quickly than those of the
meat type and the pullets may be ex-
pected to lay at from five to six
months, although some mature at four
and one-half months. There are cases
on record where individuals of the
early maturing egg breeds have begun
to lay in about three months, although.
this is in special cases.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
PROVIDING cows WITH SALT
One Of Things Easily Forgotten While
Animals Are on Pasture In
Summer Months.

One Of the things SO easily forgotten
in the summer months while the cows
are on pasture, is to provide them
regularly with salt. The easy way
not to forget 1t is to place rock salt
where they can get at it every day,
either in the stall while they are be@
ing MIXED or in trough or box in the
pasture where they can lick it when
ever they have the desire to.
Studies made at the Wisconsin sta
ton by Professors Babcock and Car
lyle showed that cows actually re-
quire salt to thrive properly, the
amount required depending upon the
character Of the feed which they re.
ceive.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
GRAIN FOR LITTLE PORKERs
Placed in Creep Away From Mother
Makes WEAVING Easy-Best Time
for Castraton.

If the young pigs have been taught
to look for little grain in a creep
away from their mother, weaving will
be easy. With sweet skim milk as the
basis of their ration at this time their
growth need not be interrupted at all.
While still on the SOW, and prefer
ably a couple of weeks before wean-
ing is the easiest time to castrate the
young bOars. Cleanliness and not too
awkward handling in the operation are
all that are necessary at this time.
If the pigs are older when castrated
more skill is required and the shock is
much, greater on the pig.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06

similating feed as indicated by the
following points: Great length from
withers to hip bone; full crop; well
sprung ribs that are broad, deep and
wide apart.
When judging the capacity Of q
COW, it is important to notice the eff.
ficiency Of her digestive organs BY
studying her handling qualities. SEQ
whether her hide is soft, loose, phi.
able Of medium thickness, and covered
with a soft, silky coat of hair, which
indicates that the organs Of digestion
are in perfect working order.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
REMOVING HORNS ON CALVES
Application of Caustlc Potash When
Animal Is Two or Three Days
Old Is Satisfactory. ..

Horns on calves may be removed
by an application Of caustic potash.
When the calf is two or three days
old, clip the hair from the spot where
the horn buttons protrude. Moisten
the end Of wrapped stick of caustic
potash and rub on the horn. Care
should be taken to see that, all Of the
horn is removed in order to prevent the
growth of scurs. The calf should not
be turned out into the rain immedi-
ately after the operation, as the caus-
tic preparation may wash down into
the eyes and injure them. Caustic pot
ash should be kept in an alright con-
tainer or it will absorb water and dis
solve.AWisconsin College of Agricul-
ture.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
EGG-LaY!NG AGE OF PULLETS
Where Conditions Are Unfavorable Six
Months Is Averaae--Meat Types
Are Much Slower.

Different breeds mature and COM
mence laying at slightly different
times. In general, under utility
classification, pullets Of the egg breeds,
such as Leghorn, Minorca, Hamburg
and Ancona, mature early and begin to
lay eggs at four or five months under
favorable conditions. Where the con-
ditions are not favorable to induce
early egg laying, six months is prob
ably nearer average for the time to
commence laying. Meat types, such as
Brahma, Cochin China and Langshan,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
LOSS or CHICKEN FEATHERS
Trouble Is Usually Caused by Presence
of DepIuming Mites-ointment
for Control.

The loss of feathers from chickens
is usually caused by the depluming
mites. These mites feed on the base
Of the feathers and the epidermis sur
rounding them. The mites also cause
an irritation and frequently cause the
chickens to pull their feathers in their
endeavor to allay this irritation.
These mites cannot be controlled by
busting, but are usually kept in check
by the use Of the following ointment:
One dram of flowers Of sulphur; 20
grains of carbonate of potash, and one
half ounce of lard or vaseline. This
ointment should be applied to the af-
fected parts.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
and II was ralning hal INV rnce. :

auu IL was raining III my Iace.
Some regarded the theater as sinful,
but a little boy who came to the Red
Cross headquarters said that the thea
ter saved him.
"Pd a been killed." he assured me,
earnestly, "only was down town to
the second show, and it didn't blow
the theater away"
He did not tell me, hut one of the
workers did, that his home was lit
terally carried away, and both his ia
Their and mother killed. The Red Cross
was supplying him with food and
clothing and neighbor was caring
for him.
The city Of the dead Jared worse, If
possible, than the cities of the living
The most yindfctiye fury Of the whole
storm seemed conferred in DodgesGrove
cemetery
Such trees as were not uprooted or
twisted off short just above the
ground were stripped of leaves,
branches, large limbs7-everything but
the stub of a trunk. Even the grave
stones were thrown about like 50 many
bits of wood, some lifted into the air
and driven deep into the soil, others
shattered to pieces.
In one part of the cemetery a num-
Der of heavy stones were torn from
their places and thrown to the west.
Not ten feet away the wind had picked
up an enormous block of solid granite
and thrown it to the east. It was like
a satire on the old Saxon phrase which
calls the burial ground Goods Acre"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06

of on, their horses would now be much
more popular here than they are. The
breeders of Shires have simply con-
tinued to breed the kind of a horse
they liked instead of breeding what
the other fellow preferred as the
French haye done. When the Amer
lean market demanded a gray Per-
cheron the Frenchman supplied it.
When it demanded black Percheron
he furni shed that color. But the i'm
mutable Englishman has furnished
his trade hairy legs all the time, re-
CARELESS of the preferences of his GUS
toners. Perhaps he will continue to
do so too.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
Coop for Few Hens.

tanned in the small extension at the
back of the covered portion, writes
G. J. Lynde in Farmers Mail and
Breeze. Dry food is supplied in the
box at the back. Wet food is put in
the trough at the opposite end. The
sides of the covered portion are re-
as is the front, and the trap
nest has hinged cover. The roof is
double with an air space between.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06

ured it out to their satisfaction that
whole milk is too valuable to feed to
calves and from the standpoint Of
immediate returns, these figures don't
lie. But if we could in some way es-
innate the ultimate loss in calves that
die from this treatment the deprecia-
ton in value of mature animals that
have been stunted in their growth and
the price that must be paid for mich
COWS, it might look different. Is it
not case of Saving at the spigot and
losing at the bungY
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
kilograms at Half Rates.

All official messages between Red
Cross chapters and the American Red
Cross headquarters at Washington
may now be sent at half rates. This
Is courtesy by the Postal and the
Western Union companies. The next
step would seem to be the franking of
all official mail, not only between
Washington and chapters, but inter-
chapter business. This can come only
through congressional action.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
HAIRY LEGS ARE UNPOPULAR
Breeders of shires Have Continued to
Breed Horses They Favored,
Regardless of Buyers.

Judging from letters which have ap-
peared in the London Live Stock Jour
nal some breeders of Shire horses are
in favor of discarding the hair or the
Feather" on the legs of this breed.
These "reformers" are doubtless in
the minority, but it would be well for
the export trade in Shires if they
could bring about such a change.
Many persons in this country recog-
nize the merits of Shire horses but
don't like their hairy legs If English
breeders had bred the hair off instead
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
SALT is OFTEN OVERLOOKED
All Animals That Consume Large
Quantities Of Vegetable Matter
Require Some Salt.

An important item that is often over
looked in the management of dairy
cows is providing them with plenty Of
salt. All animals that consume large
quantities of vegetable food require
salt. Unless cows receive plenty Of
salt they will cease to thrive, and will
therefore decrease in milk flow. Some
dairymen mix the salt with the feed,
but the better plan is to keep it. in
convenient place where the cows may
have ready access to it when they so
desire. 800
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
DUCKS ARE VERY TRACTABLE
Do Not Give as Much Trouble as Hens
and Are Easily Tamed-keep
Quarters Dry.

Ducks are more tractable than hens
and more easily cared for. They can
be tanned with little care. Those
that are kept over for breeding stock
should have dry quarters, but may be
allowed to run all winter. The thick
down protects them from the severe
cold.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-11-06
RATION FOR PREGNANT sOWs
To Insure Strong, Lusty, Active Pigs,
: Give Mixture Of Barley, Tankaee
and Skim Milk.

| About three weeks before narrowing,
pregnant sOws may be given a ration
consisting of nine parts Of rolled bar
ley and one part of tankage, or three
pounds of skim milk to one pound of
the barley. This method of feeding
will insure strong, lusty, active new.
born pigs.