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ve-S 40C COMBIhE ."AMES AND'COLLAR Nobraska Man Invent@ Device Which May Be Adjusted to Different Sized Necks of Horses. Mr.. Charles Slecker of Waco, 1,14b.. has recently invented a device which provides a uniform combined collar and hames whereby to'disponse with the usual collar and hames, which may be adjusted for different sized necks, and which when in use will I* Combined Hames and Collar. * prevent soreness and chafing, equalize and fairly distribute the draft, and which may be easily placed and re moved, says the- Scientific American. The illustration shows the improve znent in the position it will occupy when in use, and to remove it, it is only necessary to release the free end of a-btrap from a buckle. This free end may be now withdrawn from a loop and a ring, when the improve ment may be moved from the horse's neck. No injurious strain is brought to bear in any part, the draft being equalized. KANSAS HORSE IS KNOWING Animal-Will Open Gate to Pasture by Pulling Out the Wobden Pin With His Teeth. Mr. Thomas Botkin, of Kansas, -owns a horse which he declares has great reasoning powers. The barn .yard is separated from the small pas ture by a fence and gate. The gate is fastened by a wooden pin and auger hole in the gate post. When the -- -stiakfirmn 1 -nimni An Intelligent Animal. trorse wants to enter the pasture he reaches over the fence, pulls the pin 'out of the hole with his teeth, and then shoves the gate open by the -weight of his body. FEEDING SILAGE TO SHEEP dExperiments Have Shown It to Be Desirable for Animals During Win tero pcah Care Needed. -' A serieW6f exhaustive tests at the 1 diana experiment s'sation has dem -o strated beyond -doubt that good .g age used judiciously is an extreme fl desirable feed for sheep in winter. I.has an excellent effect upon the di estive system and upon the general ealth and thrift of the lambs. Ewes 3d during the winter on rations in luding a liberal amount of silage gain n average each winter of 20 pounds, hile those similarly fed without'sil ge gain only 15%A pounds. Those re d elving the silage also consume more 1han 7 per cent less grain and over ~2 per cent less clover hay than those Saintained exclusively upon dry feed. t also had a valuable effect upon the e . ece, those receiving silage having a slightly heavier coat of wool. Of the %ot of fall lambs which were finished is hothouse lambs- during the spring f 1909 those fed on silage rations were considerably fatter and better ~han the ones receiving dry rations. *fIt should not be assumed, however, that an undue amount of silage will provo ~.satisfactory in the feeding ra jtion. Extreme care should also be oh 4jserved not to feed frozen or partially tiecayed silage or silage unusually ~our. Balance the ration up with tplenty of clover or alfalfa hay, or Iother good, palatable roughage and ~dry grain. 1?Ration for Young Porkers. ' The hog grower of the future In pork production as a business propo 'sition, and not using hogs merely as .scavengers in the field lot, must take [cognizance of the fact that the young pigs up to the age of six months need a growing and not a fattening ration, and that their feeding must be tem pered with judgment. Ppod for thA Growing Calf.. Growing calves should have such ., . food as insures growth. Fat is not nui , eeded in the dairy calf. The food in -winter should be clover, hay, oats or inbran; bright straw may be fed also, COl and roots for variety. Keep the calves ui comfortable, .summer and winter, afid growth will follow as a natural r INFLUENCE QI. A POOR SIRE Improv e paT s of;Norses r on Our Farms Of Greatest tim The fact that the sire is concqrned with so many more individual off spring in a given season' than a #tn gle mare, *ilakes it, regily seeV* tltat his influenoe is maroh mdre .t61 e. To improve tho ho'se stock of a 9I' communitytihrugh the . lipe, for instane6 would require th use of fifty or more superg9'mares to ac complish the' bame' tioulti as imight be secured by the use of a single stale lion. Purity of breeding insures prepo tency and sine, ta the grading-up pro cess the pure-bred parent is usually the sie, it- is, essential that he be of such' a character- that the impression which. he stamps upon his offspring shall-be qnly of'the best, Defects in structure cannot be off set by type or breeding of the high est degree of excellency. A horse may be a superior individual in a class by himself, butfie must conform closely to the specified requirements of the type with which he should class. The influence of well-bred sires in any community can readily be seen by observing the horses used in the fields, on the road and particularly in the horse markets of the cities. Certain states that have paid at tention to horse-breeding, now pro duce animals that can almost be told at a glance by dealers, without know ing in advance where they came from, so ouperior is their quality. Other states have exactly the reverse repu tation and as soon as a lot is an nounced as coming from such a state, dealers will desert the sale ring. Horses coming from such localities where farmers are averse to paying a decent service-fee, but prefer to use scrubs, are of poor type, vary widely A "Grade" Shire Staillon. in color, form, size, and weight, and possess few qualities which fit'them for long and useful service. So important has been the influence of scrub sires in some states, that the legislatures have 15een'prevailed upon to pass laws to improve the situation. SUCCESS WITH MARCH PIGS Begin to Fatten November 1 on Corn, Apples and Milk-Ready to Kill in Two Weeks. (By J. B3. JOHNSON, Pennsylvania.) I have best success with young pigs farrowed about the middle of March. When about a month old we wean them and put them in a pen by them selves and feed on sweet skim milk. They learn to drink quickly, We add a little middling to the milk. About the first of May we turn the pigs into the orchard on grass and clover pasture, We feed twice daily with bran and middlings mixed with milk or water, giving them all they want. We begin to fatten November 1, on corn, corn fodder, apples and milk, They are ready for killing about the middle of November. To be profitable, sews must be sure breeders. Examiine the collars of your work horses often. Don't let the nursing sews run down too much in condition. Do not disturb the sow for at least 24 hours after farrowing. Don't feed the young pigs intended for breeding purposes altogether on corn. Ashes have good effect on the pigs' digestion, besides killing intestinal worms. Your horse may intend to please you, but does not understand your wishes. Don't neglect to commence feeding the colts some grain before they are weaned, The pure-bred draft breeding mare will do as much work as a grade, and her colt will be worth much more, Cold, exposed sleeping quarters that compel the mows to pile up in order to keep warm are usually re sponsible for the dead pigs at this time. If you are suspicious that some of your,- cattle are affected with tuber. culosis, the sooner you have your herd tested and made free from the trouble the better it will be for your pocket book. When you get a good brood sow. one that always farrows a fair-sized litter of strong pigs and raises a large per cent. of them, better hold on tc lier as long as she continues her good W 7 A TFMPORARY Rr/GtZA FROMf 7NZ'NA, I/f A LO&DO/Y PAR' PoQt. , HE h(t wave of the past sum- Ji mer which caused much suffer- Li Ing and many deaths all over 1( the country has had many sim- d4 ilar and it would seem even Y more disastrous predecssors, and in delving into the records of the past the somewhat surprising fact is dis closed that the old world has suffered. eE much more than the new. -n In the years 1303-4 the Rhine, Loire and Seine rivers went dry. The heat cl in several of the French provinces in 1705 was equal to that of a glass fur- C nace. Meat could be prepared for the table by - merely exposing it to the sun. No person dared to venture out r of his house between the hour of noon t and 4 p. m.P In the year 1718 many shops had to close all over Europe. Not a drop of rain fell for four months. In 1773 the d thermometer rose to 118 degrees. In 1778 the heat in Bologna was so in- ] tense that scores of people were stifled. h In July, 1793, the heat again became intolerable. Vegetables were burned up and fruit dried on the trees. The furniture and woodwork in dwelling c houses cracked and split and meat be came tainted in an hour. The French revolution was then at the height of its bloody carnival, and many super-e stitious persons thought that the wave of heat following this mighty upheaval was the curse of God.d In 1800 Spain was visited by a swel- I tering temperature. Madrid and othera cities Were deserted and the streets became silent. 1 Another disastrous hot wave sweptc over Europe in 1851. In the Champs do Marse Paris, during a military re view, soldiers by the score fell vic time to sunstroke, and at Aldershot, 9 England, men dropped dead while at drill, compelling the officers to Bus pond the exercises. - In This Country. e The summer of 1853 was exception- c ally hot in many parts of this country ti and in New York the thermometer " ranged for seven days from 95 to 98 a degrees. In one week 214 persons 5 died of sunstroke in the metropolis. ti The year 1854 was hot and dry and fi the heat seemed to concentrate in the c: southwest. In Missouri from June 17 ti to the following year not a drop of h rain fell. In 1872 Now York experi enced a torrid visitation of fearful hi intensity. On July 4, 155. cases of 'i sunstroke occurred and of these 72 fi proved fatal. The principal thorough- p fares were like fields of battle. Men dl fell by the score and ambulances were v in constant requisition. Dumb beas c lay down by the wayside and panted their lives away. Sleep for two or three of the hottest nights was well- v nigh impossible, and in the tenement o districts women and children were d found dead on the roofs, to which they h had clambered in the hope of getting d a breath of cool air. The scenes ira a the morgue were appalling. Dozens of g bodies were on the stone slabs, under n the splashing water, awaithig the roe- n ognition of friends or relatives. c: The next serious visitation took e; place 1ir 1877, and about .Iuly 9 began f= to make its power felt throughout the d middle and southern states, as well as ii New York. In Washington the heat d was particularly oppressive. The car d rails became so expanded by the ac- i tion of the sun as to rise up in curved lines, drawing the bolts. In one in- v stance the rails burst away from the t1 bolts and left the track entirely. The 1 thermometer marked 104 degrees. s The summer of 1879 will long be re- s membered for its torrid atmosphere. t1 The situation will be better under-n stood from the following record: Nor- 4 wioh, Conn., June 2, 100 degrees' New 9 'tork, June 28, 98 degrees; Ch' ston, U at Mn r jWOM J . Ye'N/G ov/A IIy 11, 101; on the same date St. MuIS, 100; Knoxville, Tenn., July 13, 13; Charleston, July 14, 111 (16' aths); Detroit, July 16, 102; New ork, July 17, 101. Thought the End Had Come. In 1881 it Is said the hMat through it the United States was the great t on record, the thermometer in any places registering 105 degrees the shade. In England the mer try ranged from 90 to 101 degrees, id In Parts 93 degrees. The heat mntinued with brief Intermission rough July and Agfgust Into Septem )r. In Richmond the thermnometer gistered 105 degrees; in Washing n 104; In Baltimore, Wilmington, hiladelphia, Rochester and elsewhere om 99 to 100; yet on September 7 low fell In Deadwood, S. D., to the 3pth of fDte inches, and at Bald ountain the snow was two feet deep. uring the month of September the ermometer In places registered as igh as 106 degrees and great forest reroh July and ageds in diertent arts InRihmf the conr.Otembeer7 gdayre of0darkessgre ine Wahg ntry,; bIng watiore, WilmitoeNw nladptates Roc hean sewstereu ere 99adly00 fregtn ThepCoember utW elinatueadwood, S.lDef toa the all oerfprea tnhe hes, and sol aurkned the montht of Setember that emomtnr gas ples rigted aoos ndh fasc106egrceosd and gmuatitudes rote bgokeant and rageritiousfe erts ofa the onty On Septme 7a Evetrythbing ore chane the nw nandal sTates fando the speropition tleislaetuwrei gatlief th at te ad the orsaprofashing, yed >uedere astrane andrcenris elo ar'nd il lightthun of the sta nown and gas eren lihdvntscghl red factoriraes ofworsh, and liue ftinoryantad su aperanios e 1eed. hTthe dayrk dywas more Everthing lookae cangued an mos thela steinstgedn, hnging yl iw, wer gass whte ncer abons he;c >wlisen tosando the secta reon mst Saen Avenetst myth fed in t heomaenof worhi andhe afdnver aeowaitsed. perneo ae Lord Tht dtark dny sdoI asndas lgh nd the ntr.esl a awa 'om wiethehe hole asunnatual ap ngarin of ngren mostgn likeen )uel toe thermmestan foethes animal fee byan phnomenon parth as the adtne er ot Vitatos. Ah curoutsfete of unean umyn1882 asa Jlight unidr tile treew asr away le om th e fctsofe henat.a Cr 'ores ragin in thenr ptses thie ropdfOther Vsetatsontrck Tes monsatofl Jupnde uy,182 eren oablyopprssieece. Thet Julyd88 pairenof NewYork onte led mtet seffcs ofere fheaed wth rmies fellin their traead, adiver eraker wan throadway rousk as read tanspaenty-rae ofitte. nesid essn thas partiallymdiee su per-ed an iance workshop ere e. h Thwed pats of Newst 189r, onash 'rst and west sie er o file with Lmelthermomennter nedo and uto an edeeec Hunrevied. deve ofhun troed.n Theveny-ar littl was died orcer. Fo thehe ayiMy Thee mnthne 15of Jl7i August 6 a eyoand for a S ptmer-a o of day ayte thermometer ranged fromt 00 degrees. uparunddacs didofen troke. The ye ark.0 asds g, hEATBELLS OF THE WORfPO Tar Kol.okel the Largest, but "Llbt 04I" Is Dearest to Hearts of Americans. Philadelpbia.-In the great drama of history bells have played a very prominent role. 'The bell most his torical and most dear to all Americans is the "Liberty Bell" now in Philadel phia. The other nations of the world have bells as famous and dear to them in historio memory as our "Liberty Bell." In Belfast, Ireland,. there is a bell reputed to be 1,352 years old. It is said that the bell was bequeathed to a church in that city by St. Patrick. It is carefully preserved and orna. World's Largest Bell. mented with precious stones and filli gree of gold and silver. The largest bell in the world is known as the Tsar Kolokel. There is an interesting history surrounding it. When it had been cast, attempt was made to hang it so that it might be rung, but, by an unhappy chance, it broke from its supports and fell to the ground, wherein it made a great hole into which it sank and lay for many years. Finally, aftre more than a hundred years of oblivion, It was raised and placed in a public square in Moscow, where it now stands. This bell weighs more than 440,000 pounds, and is more than 19 feet in height and 60 feet in circumference. There is a bell in northern China which has been ringing without inter mission for 100 years. The natives believe that at every stroke of the bell a devil is exorcised from their midst. A special tax has been levied to support those who make a business of ringing this bell. It is rung by a system of relay teams that keep re placing one another. The history of bells is very interest ing. They are usually connected with important periods in a nation's exist ence. They have inspired much of the world's best poetry. One of the most harmonie lyrics, "The Bells," by Ed gar Allen Poe, was inspired by the ringing of church bells near his home, Father Prout's beautiful lyric, "The Bells of Shandon," was inspired by the bells near Cork, Ireland. Della that ring at scheduled periods in cer tain communities become, as it were, a iivin*r "ar' of the community. To MEMORY OF CLEVELAND Native Town is to Bulid $50,000 Memorial Despite Disparage ment of Gossip. Caldweli, N. J.-The proposition of influential citizens to erect a memorial to Grover Cleveland in Caldweli, his birthplace, by expending $5,000 of the municip~al fund, and $45,000 to be col lected elsewhere, promises to be a success, since Mrs. Cleveland has come forward with the assurance that recent gossip to the effect that the jrover Cleveland's Birthplace. late president despised his native city Is absolutely untrue. Mrs. Cleveland wrote to the friends of the memorial project assuring them that her husband always spoke kindly of Caldwell, and her declaration is supported by a letter Mr. Cleveland wrote several years ago in which he referred to the town as a place dear to him. Governor Woodrow Wilson has given his indorsement to the project. White Girl Marries Negro. Chicago.-Mrs. Mabel Arants, 16 years old, white, was forcibly sepa. rated from Robert Arantz, 19 years old, a negro, to whom she was mar ried, after they had eloped from Omaha, Neb. Arantz is under arrest and the girl, who clung to the colored youth's arm when he was being led to a cell, was sent to the police sta tion annex. Deer Feeds With Cows. Plymouth, N. H.-When Charles iS. Milligan, a milk dealer, went for his cows lie was surprised at seeing a young deer feeding with his herd near the pasture bars. The deer followed the herd to the barn, remaining there 'or two hours and atingr hay. I Was Cured by Lyd ham's Vegetable Comp Warika, Oaa f 'dfi bils for seven oars, was all r, and so ne could not thing. _The a treated me fqnp S'St ferent thint -, did me no gIiA3 .g got so bad v could not sleern or night. Whlsna this condition iL, of Lydia E. P "e ham's.Vegetta Com'p6 und, aiai began its u a e an4 wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for advice. In a short time I had gained my average weight and am now strong and well." -Mrs. SALLIE STEVENS, . D., No. 8, Box 81, Waurika, Okla. -Another Grateful Woman. Hluntington, Mass.-"I was in a ner.. vous, run down condition and for three years could find no help. "I owe my present good health to Lydia E. Pinkiam's Vegetable Com. pound and Blood Purifier which I be. heve saved my life. "My doctor knows what helped me and does not say one word against It." -Mrs. MAR JANETT BATES, BoX 134, Huntington, Mass. Because your case is a difflcult one; doctors having done you no good, do not continue to suffer without giving Lydia E. Pinkhai's Vegetable Com pound a trial. It surely has cured many cases of female ills, such as in flanmation, ulceration, displacements, fibroid tukmors, Irregularities, periodio pains, backache, that bearing-down eeling, and nervous prostration, naote , }ta Thompson's Eye Water MEAN MAN. "Now, Johg..A1-S 't,.o~to die you would weejp over m .and foifn-" body what a good wi I was." "No, I wouldn't, believe me." "Well, I would for you, just for de cency's sake. And that shows I'm not half as mean as you are." Twice Convicted. Another lawyer's story arrives, We are told that a man was charged with picking a pocket the other day and that when arraigned he pleaded "guilty." The case went to the jury, however, and the vordict was "not guilty." And the court spake as fol lows: "You don't leave this court without a stain on your character. By your own confession you are a thief. By the verdict of the jury, you are a liar."--Cleveland Plain Dealer., U~p-to-Date. Unclo Mose, a Plantation negro, was being asked about his religious affiliations. "I's a preacher, sa," he said. , "Do you mean," asked the aston ished questioner, "that you preach the Gospel ?" *Moso felt himself getting into deep water. "No, aah," ho said. "Alh touches that subject very light."--Success 14(agazino. A feeling of superiority is about all the satisfaction some peoplo get out of being good. Try For, Breakfast Scramble two eggs. When nearly coolted, mix in about a half a cup of Post Toasties and serve at once seasoning to taste. It's immense!i "The Memory Lingers" Poetum Ceceal Company, Lad. Bantle Creek, Mich.