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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-07-31
ANNOUNCEMENT

hereby announce my candidacy for
the office of County Treasurer for
Worcester County, subject to the
Democratic primaries in September. /
earnestly solicit your support.
ROGER w. LANDLORD,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-07-31

! Management of breeding herds is a
big factor in the hog business. This
branch of the work, according to the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, accounts for about one-third of
the cost of producing hogs. One way
to cTes costs is to increase the size of
the litter weaned. A study of hog
production costs in Humboldt, county,
Iowa, covering spring pigs raised in
1924 showed that the net cost per pig
when less than four pigs were weaned
per sow bred, was $500, compared
with only $3.77 when six or more pigs
were3 weaned per sow. bred. Figures
for A922 show greater difference. In
that year the net cost per pig when
less than four pigs were weaned per
sow bred was $5.75, compared with
onlf $2sS7 when-six or more pigs were
weahed from each sow.
It is necessary to consider the
weight and thriftiness Of the litter, as
to its size Good gains before wean-
ing can be obtained only by proper
feedings 1t pays to wean large,
strong, thrifty litters, even at some
Increase in the cost of feeding the
sow. Loss of young pigs before
weaving is one of the largest leaks in
the management of the breeding herd.
About one-third of the pigs narrowed
in the spring do not live to the wean-
ing age. This loss is largely prevent
able overlying Of pigs by the sows
is the chief cause of pig losses be-
tween narrowing and weaving. Losses
from this cause, however, vary great
ly on different farms. The depart
mer1 regards losses from everything in
excess of 10 per cent as reaonably
prevertable.
Other common preventable causes
of loss are chilling and starving. That
a large percentage of the pigs farrow-
ed can be weaned is indicated by the
fact taat 81 per cent of the farmers
covered in the departments study
weaned 80 per cent or more of the
pigs narrowed, while 81 per cent of
them weaned 70 per cent or more of
the pigs narrowed. The percentage of
pigs aved can be greatly increased
by prlper care alone. There is more
to the >hog business Of course than
successful weaving. The cost of fat
tening pigs for market after they
are weaned absorbs about two-thirds
of the entire cost of production. Some
producers who succeed in weaving
large litters fail in their manage
ment of pigs after weaving.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-07-31
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Junior League, Friday from z to 8.
]. w. JONES, Pastor.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-07-31

I was ready to admit right then and
there that you can teach an old dog new
smoke-tricks. When the train pulled in
at the station, I bought me tidy red tin
of P. A. for myself. Since then, I've
thrown away. enough empties to make a
fair-sized tin garage.
Maybe you think that you are all set
ON smoke-program. I just want to
leave this thought with you: until you
have smoked P. A., you have no idea
of how that old pipe of yours can per-
form with real tobacco. Give Prince
Albert a chance in your jimmy-pipe.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1926-07-31
SALEM M. E. CHURCH.

SALEM Ms Es On UNOHs
9 A. NJ, Class Meeting.
10 A. NJ, Sunday School and Bible
Class.
II A. NJ, Preaching by pastor.
tbs P M, Epworth League.
500 P. NJ, preaching by the pastor.
Prayer Meeting Wednesday even
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
Proper Exercise Needed
to Prevent Consultation

After sows are "penned" for safety
and to become accustomed to their
new conditions of housing and feed
Ing, care should be taken to prevent
constipation which condition contrib
utes to excessive feverishness later.
This may be prevented If the sows are
properly exercised and some changes
made In the feeding. Where number
Of sows have been penned and, as Is
frequently the case, do not have fndi-
vidual space for exercise, the desired
results may be accomplished by turn
ing them together for portion of the
day where they may pick over some
clover or alfalfa hay. For several
days before the expected date of far
row, the grain feed should gradually
be reduced to one-half the former
amount and a part of this should be
composed Of such laxative feeds as
bran and linseed oil meal. Where the
SOW is restricted as In penning her
up. she has less need for full ration.
The bran and linseed oil meal and al
falfa or clover hay serve to regulate
the bowels to the right condition.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
Alfalfa Pasture Likely
Cause of Stock Bloat

Alfalfa pasture Is very likely to
cause bloat. In order to at least les
sen the chance of bloat, do not turn
stock In upon the alfalfa until it is
thoroughly dry in the mornings, and
do not put them into 1t hungry. If
you have another pasture for them
to Craze on in the mornings, 1t would
be much better. Or, when accustom-
Ing them to it, feed them well on some
other dry feed and put them on the
alfalfa but a short time, gradually
lengthening the time which they are
allowed to stay each day.
If the case of bleat in the COW is not
extreme, 1t may be sufficient to drive
the cow, or let her walk for water.
In some cases the following simple
treatment may be successful: A rope
of twisted straw Is knotted with pine
tar or wagon grease or other unsavory
substance and is placed in the cows
mouth as bit, being secured by tying
behind the horns. The effort of the
animal to dislodge this brings the
mouth and throat into action which
stimulates the secretion of saliva In
swallowing, thus opening the esopha-
gus which permits the exit of the gas.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
Natural Incubation Is
Most Satisfactory Plan

Natural incubation has proved to be
the most satisfactory method of hatch
ing goose eggs. The first eggs that
are laid should be placed under do
nestle hens for incubation. Large
Brahma and Cochin hens can incubate
seven goose eggs at one time, while
hens of the American breeds will not
be able to cover more than four or
five, depending on the size of the hen
and the size of the eggs. Geese will
cover nine or more eggs. 1t is always
advisable to have smaller number
under domestic hens and geese than
they can cover. The period of incu-
baton for goose eggs is from % to 80
days. Geese are remarkably good sit
tiers and are very successful in hatch
ing their eggs. In order to successful
lys incubate goose eggs, a certain
amount of moisture is required. In
some localities 1t Is the custom dur
Ing dry weather, or when the nest is
located In a place that Is unusually
dry, to dampen the eggs every four
days by sprinkling them with water
warmed to temperature of 100 de-
grees Fahrenheit. 1t is generally con-
sidered, however, that it is better to
moisten the earth around the nest, or
If geese are used, to permit the goose
the privilege of a swimming pool. If
she has the opportunity Of swimming,
she will carry some moisture to the
eggs in her feathers each time she
comes from the water.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
Insure Development Of
Goslings by Right Care

Hens are often given four to six
goose eggs to incubate, but as the
eggs are large, the hen may not give
them enough turning. Turning them
by hand once or twice day helps to
insure the proper development Of the
goslings. If the goose has her nest on
the damp ground, it is not necessary
to add moisture to the eggs.
When goose eggs are Matched in an
incubator, or In a nest that is dry,
moisture should be added. On the
seventh day sprinkle the eggs with
water at about 100 degrees. During
the second week sprinkle the eggs
twice. At the start of the third week
they can be soaked in warm water for
q minute about every three days. Dur
ing the last three days, soak the eggs
for half-minute to minute every
day. Goose eggs usually take about
thirty days to hatch, but the time may
vary from twenty-eight to thirty-thr
days.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
1EfAlRgE
S][,(),ll|K
SANITATION BEST
STOCK SAFEGUARD

Even though the United States Is
now the safest country in the world
In which to own live stock, the great
losses which are being caused by anil
NAL diseases may be expected to con-
tinue until stock owners and all those
interested In the production of live
stock are educated to the necessity OF
careful sanitary measures. This is the
opinion of workers in animal pathol-
ogy and hygiene division of the col
lege of agriculture, University of Ili-
noiS.
Sanitation Is one of the best insur,
ance policies that a livestock breeder
can use to protect his live stock
against disease, the animal patholo-
gists say. Proper sanitary measures
vigorously applied and carried out are
perhaps the best weapons known for
the control and eradication Of conta-
gious and infectious diseases of ami
mails. 1t is true that such measures
will not alone suffice. They would,
however, prevent the outbreak and dis
semination of many diseases and I'M
thrifty conditions, for it is well known
that most, If not all, disease-producing
organisms live in filth and improperly
built, poorly ventilated and undrained
buildings, sheds and feeding lots.
Veterinary medicine is gradually
undergoing change in the methods
used for combating disease. Formerly
1t was the practice to consider as
more important the treatment of the
Individual animal. Today the tend
ency Is to turn more to the develop
ment of methods whereby disease can
be prevented by sanitation.
Hog cholera, which was the scourge
of the hog industry at one time and
made the raising of hogs more or less
of gamble, may be prevented when
serum and virus, properly prepared,
are administered by well-trained and
experienced veterinarians.
The intestinal roundworm of the
hog, which threatened to make hog
raising improbable in many sections
of the United States, is now being
effectively controlled by the use of
sanitary principles developed by vet
erinarians.
Where live stock men have followed
these principles larger percentage
of the pigs narrowed are saved, there
are fewer unthrifty pigs and greater
gains are made with the same amount
of feed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23

Jones said, had made the elk worth
about $S5 head.
Jumping over to Pennsylvania, we
find the deer here making a nuisance
of themselves. This states game pro-
tective measures have been too sue
cessful and have resulted in the accum-
ulation of large number of half-tame
does frequenting settled areas. These
animals have made inroads on farm
ers' crops and orchards, and as re-
suit, law has been passed giving
landowners the right, under certain
rules of the game commission, to kill
such animals when injuring their prop
! erty and to use the carcasses.
In this connection the following
statement by the Pennsylvania State
Game commission, Seth e. Gordon, ex-
ecutive secretary, is enlightening.
LAST winter a committee represent
ing sportsmen and farmers sponsored
legislation to relieve farmers and
| fruit growers from inroads on their
crops and orchards by deer in various
sections of the state. The Depart
ment of Agriculture then reported that
| material damage had been done by
deer in about twenty counties of the
state and urged relief from these
| Expectations.
"The legislature provided several
methods of relief. The old law per-
| hitting landowners to kill deer to send
| to charitable Institutions when mate
rial damage was continued and, in ad-
dition, the state game commission was
required to designate the sections of
the state where deer are committing
serious depredations, in which desig-
/ mated areas the law allows landown-
| ers, under certain stipulated condi-
lions. to retain and use in their own
households all edible portions of the
carcasses Of deer killed instead OF
sending them to charitable institu-
i lions.
"The game commission, after decid-
ing upon constructive plan of action,
on July 13 took the first step toward
relief and designated seventeen coun-
ties and parts of three counties as
! having within their borders segregated
/ or scattered areas In which deer are
] doing sufficient damage to warrant
allowing landowners, whose lands are
open to public hunting and whose
j crops are actually being injured, to re-
tain the carcasses of deer killed as
provided by law, the district game
protector to be the Judge In the mat
ter of damage. This action of the
board does not authorize killing deer
anywhere else in said counties, neither
does it authorize the killing Of any
other kind of game to be retained for
food.
/ During a period of about month
prior to July ID, nine deer, four bucks
and five does, were killed and the car.
casses either sent to charitable institu.
lions or buried because they were un'
fit for food.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23

ARTIFICIAL CHICK
MUST BE CODDLED


Overcoming lack of vitality In the
artificially reared chicken is one of
the chief problems of the modern
poultry producer In the opinion OF
Prof. L. f. Payne, head of the de-
partment of poultry husbandry at
the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege.
1.-The artificial chicken said Pro-
fessor Payne, sis Matched artificially,
brooded artif1cially, supplied an ar
tificial ration, and latest scientific de-
velopments have made it profitable to
supply this type of chicken with arti-
fetal sunllght-light from quartz mer-
curry vapor lamps.
1.-The artificial chicken has little In
common with it's ancestors who were
Matched in small numbers under hens.
They fed on grain around the stack,
grasshoppers from field, and minerals
from the soil. They grew 10 be
strong, robust chickens, able to roost
In the top of tree or in the wagon
shed all winter and be none the worse
for exposure in the spring. They pro-
duced meager surplus for the mar
ket basket and the dinner table, but
they did survive. Health and vigor
were their chief assets.
'The important thing in managing
this new chicken is to make its arti-
fetal life as natural as possible,
recognize its shortcomings, and keep
the poultry house free from drafts
and dry"
The advantages Of the artificial
chicken are that 1t has a more rapid
rate Of growth, loses the maternal In
stinct, and is a heavier producer Of
eggs, Professor Payne stated.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23

stay where there are people. So he
was driven west.
Massachusetts made her game laws
after he had disappeared, hence she
didn't say anything about selling elk
venison. The western states made
their game laws while there were still
wild elk left, so it is against the law
to sell the meat there.
EEK meat is a delicious and profit
able sort of food We calculate that
we can raise elk at from 6 to s cents
pound, production cost. That's
about what it costs to raise beef Elk,
however, are much easier to raise than
cattle. The elk thrives on less food
than any other member of the deer
family, or any other animal near its
size, and 1t Is almost immune to dis
ease. 1t puts on weight faster than
the reindeer, which is grown In Eu-
rope, and which our government Is
growing for meat in Alaska.
ELK will browse on the young tips
of trees and bushes, which acts on the
bushes as pruning does on apple trees.
They do well in pasture land and also
In land covered with scrub growth, as
is the cape White oak tips, of which
they will find plenty here, give a Pc
culiarly delicious flavor to the meat.
'The meat is not so gamy as deer
meat, and it is peculiar in that the
fat is as good as that Of the buffalo's
hump, which Is regarded as a delicacy
In the West. Elk meat has one-third
more nerve and energy building quail
tiles than beef, mutton or pork, and
one-third less fattening qualities"
After the fence is put up, Mr.. Jones
explained, there is nothing else to do
except see that the elk are kept In
side of 1t. They feed and take care
of themselves. They will dig down to
get at grass under the snow, or stand
on their hind legs and browse eight
feet from the ground The cows breed
at two years of age, bringing forth
their first calf on their third birthday,
and one yea from that time on.
The Elk Breeding and Grazing asso-
citation, which Is the name of the Jones
Brothers company hopes to increase
the herd to 900 head, the number
that could be raised on their 1900
acres.
A year ago they brought nine elk
from Rushville, ILL.,, which are now
much at home on the Nemasket range,
and proved the feasibility of importing
more This year the government de
cided that the National Bison range OF
$4,000 acres would soon grow too
crowded IL the 900 to 1000 elk there
were kept along with the 500 buffalo.
The opportunity that the Jones boys
had been looking for had arrived at
last. 1t was not long before Percy and
Maurice Jones and Ike Milton, on their
COW ponies, had rounded up their first
400.
The cost of the work and the carfare
from Montana to Middleboro. Mr.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
BastiIIe Day Torch Race

At midnight Of BastilIe day of each
year begins the annual relay torch
race from Verdun TO Paris. Various
athletic organizations are represented
by runners who bear lighted torches,
racing In relays, on their way to the
shrine of the unknown soldier In Paris.
The runners are stationed every two Of
the 156 miles, and each racer hands
his torch to a waiting companion who
goes On hia way. Through the DARK
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
Decline of Latin Tongue

In his History Of the Later Romas
Empire" ]. B. Bury says that in the
year 400, when Gaul and Spain were
still Roman, the Greek-speaking people
In the empire were still in minority
and the official language of the empire
was still purely Latin. By the year
500, when not only Gaul and Spain,
but Africa, had been lost. the empire
was realm Of Hellenic speech, with
the exception of nlyricum. and. though
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23

Latin still was the official language.
the emperors often issued their consti-
tutions In Greek. Justinian, although
Latin was his native tongue, ISSUES
most of his constitutions in Greek. BY
the end of the Sixth century Latin had
ceased to be the official tongue, ths
actual year of its abolition being $50.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
White Diarrhea Cause

White diarrhea is transmitted
from the hen, which Is carrier of the
disease, through the egg to the chick.
Scientific investigators tell us that
three testings of the flock may be nee
essary to eliminate, or nearly elimi-
nate, the trouble. The fact that the
disease may have seemed to lie DOR
mant one year and then appeared
again may be due to two causes. New
birds may have become carriers. All
OF the carriers may not have been
eliminated by the test.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
Makes Humorous Reoding

Ts read the arguments against rail-
ssAds In their early days gives one a
sense Of restful security In these
days of rapid travel. John Bull, In
1885, asked how women would en-
dure the fatigue and misery and dam
ger of being dragged through the air
at the rate of 20 miles an hour, all
their lives being at the mercy of a
tinplate or copper boiler. or the ac-
cidental dropping of pebble or a
brick on the line Of way" Verify the
times have changed
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
Ounce of Prevention

Ordinary colds In poultry will often
develop into contagious roup unless
immediate precautions are taken.
Symptoms of cold involve excretions
from nostrils and eyes and some
wheeling. Cold may be controlled by
removing drafts or damp conditions
in the poultry house or by securing
better physical conditions through
proper feeding and giving of tonic. A
good tonic consists of one part OF
epson salts and one part of sulphur
with twelve parts of dry mash
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23

ness of the night speeds the runner to
the next relay station, where another
member of his organization takes the
torch from his hand. repeating the
operation until the flaming symbol is
passed on to Its final destination
Dearborn Independent.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23

about in Matches" says an authority
'In New York city there is record
of fire caused by mouse, cat and
box Of matches. The cat was watch
ing mouse that ran into match
box. The mouse, scrambling about,
set the box on fire. The cat bounced
on its prey and knocked the box to
the floor. where the fire caught in a
rug"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23

road to AIiddIeboro. To him and his
older brother Maurice the United
States government has sold all but 30
of the herd of nearly 1000 head of
Wapiti deer, or elk, which, up to re-
Gently roamed the National range at
Dixon. Mont.
On a range of 1000 acres on Cape
Cod these animals are now running
wild When they have become plenti-
full enough the surplus animals will be
killed for meat and shipped to the
markets of Boston and New York.
Because nobody else in the country
was prepared to round them up, ship
them in freight cars, and take care
of them as herd, the government
awarded the animals to the Jones
brothers
All through his early years Percy
Jones talked in earnest about the rails
ing of elk, while his neighbors laughed
at him and advised him TO raise vege-
tables for the summer trade.
They continued to ridicule his idea
in>1905 when the brothers quietly be-
gan buying land after reading a De-
partment of Agriculture pamphlet in
which experts called attention to the
raising of elk as food-producing an
finals. Recently the scoffers were
forced to laugh on the other side of
their mouths. On one eventful day a
long train of special express cars
pulled into Middleboro. Gathered at
the station was the entire town. The
elk had come. Through the heavy
wooden bars of their freight car cages,
the great, soft eyes of the Wapiti
looked out, surveying the strange
scene. This was the country from
which their ancestors had been driven
by the Indians many years before the
Pilgrim fathers had come to settle in
Plymouth.
Larger than the ordinary deer of the
eastern forests, the elk has a shaggy
reddish name about his neck, his back
is hghtish brown, with large shaggy
circle of white hair over his hind
quarters, which he raises up as a dam
ger signal to his followers when he
runs. The horns of these animals had
been cut off before they left Montana !;
they are sometimes as much as four
feet high.
The first shipment consisted of 400
head, and 1t was with no little effort
that the shy beasts were detrained.
Great, wooden ladderlike shields were
used to prod and urge the Wapiti
from the cars to the trucks which car
ried them to their new home. At the
range the trucks were backed up to a
dirt ramp, as you will notice in the
above picture, and the tail gates were
drawn. But instead of leaping out,
the frightened animals went right on
pushing each other and stamping
around inside the truck. Sometimes
1t took as much as five minutes before
one of them would raise her beauti-
full head, look out across the ramp,
and then, suddenly with one desper-
ate lunge, bolt for liberty. Soon the
others followed.
''The reason we chose Massachusetts
for our elk raising is that conditions
are perfect there" said Maurice A.
Jones, in explaining their venture.
'sThen, too, it is one Of the few states
without laws against selling the meat
The elk Is not so tame as the ordinary
deer. The deer will live where there
are people,-and come and steal BIT
of food off the back porch when the
winter is rough. But the elk won't
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1926-04-23
Live Stock Notes

Pure-bred live stock scrub treat
ment is a poor investment.
Ability to turn low-priced feed into
enough high-priced meat to show a
profit, spells success for the stockman.
A sow should get no feed for about
twenty-four hours after farrowing-
but give her all the lukewarm water
that her feverishness Graves.