The Coconino sun., 1919-12-05

bottom of his purse for his savings,
 usually finds no money there.
 1 Develop the habit of saving a defi-
 nite sum, small or large, before
 spending any.
 Malady Among Western Horses ! An outbreak of what is commonly
 called the Kansas horse disease" has
 taken place in western Kansas and
 eastern Colorado within recent weeks,
 causing the loss of several hundred
 horses. With the reappearance of this
 malady, which veterinarians designate
 as forage poisoning, or cerebrospinal | meningitis, representatives of the
 Bureau of Animal Industry and the
 Colorado Agricultural College began
 vigorous campaign, which it is be- lieved has effectually checked the epi-
 demic. The fact that in the outbreak
 of 1912 Kansas lost some 10000 hors-
 es, indicates the serious possibilities of such an occurrence and the value of speedy protective measures such as the Federal and State experts have taken.
 The cause of this disease is not defi- nitely known, but it is believed to be due to eating some form of fungous growth. In response to questions in behalf of farmers and others whose animals have been stricken, the Bu- reau of Animal Industry has sent out number of teiegrams informing the owners that work horses in the af- flicted areas should not be permitted to graze, and as far as possible they should receive only hay and grain ra- tions from last years crops.l Horses in pastures should be removed to barns or dry-feed lots, and should like wise be fed only hay and grain ra- tions from last years crop.
 Hens Make Money for Women
 Butter and eggs furnish many farm women with most of the money they spend on themselves and their chill dren. The amount of butter a woman sells depends pretty much on the num-. Der of cows her husband is willing or able to keep. The number of chickens, however, is usually determined by her skill and by the amount of time she can devote to caring for them.
 The woman who belongs to clubs organized by the Department of Az riculture and the state colleges are taught the best and most up-to-date methods of caring for poultry. The members are also helped in organiz- ing egg and poultry circles which<en- able them to obtain better prices for their products. One egg circle in Hernando county, Florida, in three months sold $1 1,840.76 worth of poul- try and eggs. In one month the mem bers shipped 1,080 dozen eggs. Egg circles guarantee their products to be fresh and there is always good mar ket for guaranteed eggs.
 One of the home demonstration club members in Prince Edward county, Va, cleared $500 last year on eggs and chickens, and she buys all her feed. She claims 200 hens, if manag. ed rightly, will enable woman to keep up her table and to dres well. Next year her egg money will be used to send her boy to college.
 A poultry club in Coffee county, Tenn, in 12 months has sold s345 worth of poultry from flock of 1855. The members of these clubs are taught how to weed out poor layers and how to select good setting eggs by the poultry specialists. Often the difference between success and fail-s ure for the poultry man or woman lies in knowledge on these two points. Home Tanning of Skins
 When it is desired to preserve the I skins of wild animals which have been shot or trapped, these may be tanned either with the hair on or off, as desired Hair can be removed from hides by soaking them in tepid water made alkaline by lye or lime. The following recipe for tanning liquor is furnished by the Biological Survey of the United States Department of To each gallon of water add one quart of salt and one-half ounce of sulphuric acid. This mixture should not be kept in metal con- tainer.. Thin skins are tanned by this | liquor in one day; heavy skins must | remain in it longer. They may remain in it indefinitely without harm.
 When removed from this liquor, the | skins are washed several times in a | soapy water, wrung as dry as possi- ble, and rubbed on the flesh side with | a cake of hard soap. They are then folded in the middle, hung lengthwise over line, hair side out, and left to dry. When both surfaces are barely dry, and the interior is still moist, they are laid over a smooth, rounded board and scraped on the flesh side with the edge of worn flat file, or a similar blunt-edged tool. In this way an inner layer is removed and the skins become nearly white in col or. They are then stretched, rubbed and twisted until quite dry. If parts of skin are still hard and stiff, the soaping, drying, and stretching pro cess is repeated until the entire skin is soft. Fresh butter, or other ani- nal fat, is worked into skins while they are warm, and then worked out again in dry hardwood sawdust. or extracted by a nasty bath in gasoline, thus increasing their softness.
 Save Barnyard Refuse
 By Making Compost Heap
 According to the United States De- ,artment of Agriculture specialists, he c0mpost nile is A fertile so,1rce