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USE CARE IN LAMB FEEDING iChange From Grass to Alfalfa, Corn, Barley, Ensilage, Etc., Must Be Made Gradually. (By GEORGE H, GLOVER. Colorado Ex periment: Station.) A small percentage of loss in lambs ,ln the feed lots is to bo expected, but !this loss In some instances is far great er than it should be. When range .'lambs are placed on a fattening ration 'ithe. cnange of feed is so sudden that Nlieteiic disturbances cause a general 'disorder and several dead sheep are liound in the pens each morning. This Invariably leads to the suspicion that they are dying of some infectious dis ease. In some cases the ration ia not well talanced to secure the best gain3 and Wool and Mutton Type. Reconditions of care and handling might be better, but these things will ;account for only a nominal loss. , The change from grass to alfalfa, corn, barley, molasses and straw, en silage, etc., must be made gradually and herein lies the secret of the heavy losses of lambs in the feed lots in the (early fall. The desire to get the lambs jon a fattening ration as early as pos sible and failing to appreciate the dan ger of too heavy feeding and change (Of ration has helped to make lamb Heeding an unprofitable business in ison e instances. A sudden change of ?feed, or overfeeding, must be guarded ?against in the domestic animals, es pecially is this true with the horse and ?sheep. (FIGHTING WORMS IN SHEEP ilnternal Parasites, Next to Dogs, Are Greatest Detriment to Animals -Change Pastures Often. Next to dogs internal parasites are the greatest detriment to the farm sheep business. The trouble seems to be aggravated by pasturing sheep year after year on the same ground. The best cure is prevention and the prac tical way of prevention is changing pastures as frequently as possible. Scrawny, unthrifty lambs will usual ly be found suffering from intestinal worms, providing, of course, feed con ditions are such that they normally should be in good shape. Gasoline is the best treatment. Mix well one-quarter ounce gasoline In three ounces sweet milk and drench each lamb for three mornings in suc cession. Before the first treatment put them in a pen and give them no feed nor water for 18 hours. Repeat ?the treatment again in three weeks. Be careful not to let the lamb stran gle, and draw the mixture into the Jungs. ?OW HOG CHOLERA SPREADS Story Appears In Little Leaflet Recent* .ly -issued by Experts of the Iowa State College. 1 How hog cholera spreads is less of |a mystery than it used to be, due to ?careful investigations by the experts. 'The exact way is told in z. little leaflet 'recently issued by the agricultural ex tension department of Iowa State col lege. The story appears in the follow ing table, based on a study of 380 tfarms in a cholera district: r~ Per cent Visiting neighbors, exchanging la bor, etc.126 83.3 .Sick hogs on adjoining farms.16 4.5 Infected by dogs . 25 6.5 ^Previously Infected premises. 25 6.5 Escaping hogs .-. 15 4.0 Infected by birds.104 27.5 'Contaminated streams . 31 8.0 Purchasing .new stock-.38 10.0 V Feeding for Beef. With silage as an important part of ithe feed of beef cattle best gains are made at least cost. The old-time hay and grain ration is too costly for the narrow margins on which the feeder must operate and the only way to In sure a profit is to buy h:s cattle as cheaply as possible, then cheapen the ration with silage and cottonseed meal. Good Shepherd Watches. Sometimes a good ewe is lost, or ?her. udder nearly ruined, because the lamb, a little weakly, sucks but one teat. The other soon becomes so full and hard it cannot get at it, or so sore and sensitive the ewe will not let it be touched. A good shepherd keeps an eye open for such cases. WILL INSIST ON COURTESY Raikoad Managers Have Systematic Rules for the Governance of Their Employees. "Courtesy meetings," It appears, are to be organized by one of the great railroad systems of the country. It is felt that rudeness and boorishness on the part of conductors, brakemen, por ters, clerks and- other employees of a carrier are neither essential nor un avoidable, and that neither strenuosity nor efficiency requires the sacrifice of good manners. If "safety first" is a good slogan "courtesy second" is just as good. Time was in this country when busy and energetic men assumed tacitly that in trade and commerce manners were of no consequence. So long as the goods were "delivered," what did mere words matter? Why waste pre cious moments-which any statistician could multiply into staggering periods of time and enormous losses of money -on "please" and "thank you?" Why not leave all such empty and useless formalities to the absurdly ceremoni ous Latins and show the world that business can be transacted in a down right and swift manner? These notions have been relegated to the limbo of crude ignorance. There has been a veritable rediscov ery of manners in business. Efficiency i is being separated from brusque dis courtesy. Statisticians to the con trary notwithstanding, a billion "thank yous" will not "waste" a single sec ond. Manners may take time, but they bring money instead of taking it Politeness and affability pay-and pay on trains and cars as in dry goods stores and restaurants. Public utili ties need not be places of public exhi bitions of vulgarity and rudeness. The negligent and careless employee is a menace; the rude and insolent one a nuisance. All nuisances are bad for business. The time is ripe for schools of manners and courtesy meetings in the so-called hard and practical world. -Chicago Tribune. SHOWING THE NEXT STATION Indicator Designed to Furnish Infor mation for Traveler on Railroad or Subway Cars. An indicator to be placed In the middle of railroad, subway and ele vated cars to tell the next station has just been ?patented by Bernhard Leder' OH HEXT 5TATT0?" 4PVgRnSNG?BSEj A, Buttons for Shutters: B, Shutter Let tered; Bl, Shutter; Blank Lettered Shut ter Shown on Other Side; C. Device to Raise Shutters; D, Space for Advertise ment; E, Next Station or Stop; P, Where Shutters Are, After Dropping. man of Brooklyn. It is designed to be hung where it can be seen by passen gers at both ends of the car. Below a board lettered "Next Sta tion" are metal shutters rising and falling on hinges and operated by a touch of a button from the conductor or motorman. On leaving one station tho button is pressed and this raises Into full view the board bearing the name of the next station and at the same time sounds a buzzer. At the end of the route the shutters are lifted back into place by a lever. Two electric lights illuminate the indicator and a transformer reduces the high current of the train line to the low, vol tage needed for operating the shutters. The whole ls construct ed of sheet iron and when fitted with shutters for 50 stations requires a space only two feet In length. MET ALL DEMANDS OF WAR German Railroads Have Been Superb ly Handled Since the Beginning of the Conflict. Since the beginning cf the war all German railways have been controlled by the military authorities, through the military controllers that are at tached to each line, even In time of peace. In conquered territory the railways are operated directly by the military authorities with the aid of railway men who have joined the army. Movements of troops are usually made on short notlve and they cannot be accomplished punctually unless the military controllers have complete command. This is the essential differ ence between conditions in war and in peace. The first care ?f these officials ia to provide the required trains at tbe proper time and place, the second to assure the safe operation of these trains on short headway. The prob lem of feeding men and horses ott the Journey also requires much fore thought and preparation. These ob jects are accomplished very satisfac torily, despite the fact that a large pro portion of the railway employees, and even of the rolling stock, ia at the front All this is done, according to the Berlin Lokal-Anzeiger, without seri ously interfering wiht ordinary pas senger traffic, even with the fast trains, but freight traffic is subordi nated to military needs.-Scientific American. Barred Smoking on Trains. 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