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9s )pj~ they gnant, rly if litter of eglected er seem the eation of er'she as farrowed uIrd. We should nourished moth oak, sickly litter of of shelter is an Im whether in the northern en states, although in- the e far south especially-very e shelter except at farrowing time needed. At fprrowing time the er should -always be supplied a building that will afford shel from the rain and the wind for both 'the mother and the pigs until *he pigs become dry. If the wind Portable Hog House. -born i e death. c amr-.:akhi Oafeory.- Tch ro p o-r -et htnd a iarihetpit tha- n .m 'ta ot ope Tt te so ro rshin the pigs et arw:?ing t . a scantiag should cA w '-:~ ,eh fsenett _-: Io Isat ofe house ; ch g on t ncie tad an of Construction. e rzter of the pen. The smahl an run under this protection 'and mother from lying upon tyof straw for bed wntime. eeding ve ound, s more ecessary. provided on to the pas will save a great must be rememi must be nourished at the pigs will come strong and healthy. I11 not keep the sow in althy condition, but corn, a good leguminous pasture, vide her with a good ration. pastures are not available, such ds as skim milk and brain should used along with the corn. Not ~more ' than one-hal! of her ration should ever be made up of corn; the other half should be made up of a :eed that will furnish plenty of ash and Le-guminous pastures are the cheap et teeds 'at can be found to go ong wi te corn. With a good Mgudr:*s pa:re the sow will be hainmed i 3. Kh when she is fed a ratier at:r ,quivalent to one qprcent er' ;ife weight. For a 00ound~ ..s ehis would be two ( pounds of cort daily. When no pas 'ture is provided, It requires from six :to seven pounds of grain to mnaintaia a 200-pound sow in proper condition. Feeding Rye. Ry-e should .alr ays be fed grourAd into meal n ied with other grains, like o.never fed whole to any anlim er It be horse, cow, sh It is just as safe to feed m as to other animals. is fed unmixed with s a dangerous feed, be ~ntrated to insure e best use that -to feed it in -zive ratio m Ceiling by Means of astened to Manger it Free Movement. ng dividing pole for dou ble s hich hangs from the celli ing by a hain and has one end fast' tened to the manger by a few links o4 a chain to give it free movement ad shown in the sketch, is much better! than the stationary pole for horses. that like to crowd and kick each other A Swinging Pole. as the swinging pole strikes them If they bump it and they soon stop, says, the Homestead. Try this swinging, pole between such horses that like to crowd. PROFIT IN STEER FEEDING Experiments Made by Pennsylvania Station Show Gains- Made During Period of Six Months. . The results secured by the Penn sylvania experiment station from the experimental work of the winter of 1909-10 indicate that (1) the most - <onomical ration for fattening steers -ennsylvania is one composed of roughage, with a limited c concentrates; (2) the local eo- '>ef Is such that the cat um 1t t !,e carried to too high - le-* In; (3) Increasing the p.p1 0i corn silage in ration or :e ; steers increases thd Sand gains from feeding; *(4) a- from cold is as neces fattening cattle on succulen S as when dry feeds are used Ster feeding was. a profitble ven tur. in Pennsylvania under conditions prevailing at the experiment station from December 15, 1909, to May 3, 1910, the average price received for orn fed to experimental cattle being $1.05 per bushel. The margin neces sary between buying and selling prices to prevent loss from fattening I cattle on a bulky ration was $1.23 per. hundredweight, and on concentrated ration $1.68 per hundredweight. The difference in margin necessary for feeding in the shelter experiment was 17.2 cents per hundredweight in favor of outdoor feeding. ^ Feeding Corn. Corn should be fed with judgment.{ Old corn is better than 'new, and therel is a loss In the crib while waiting for ~prices togo up, as corn dries some the older It gets. Corn that is smutty or moldy should not be put in the crib, as It Is Injurious to all kinds of stock, producing a diisease styled by some the "stomach staggers.'' If smutty corn is placed in the crib with sound corn, there is a possibility of the: ound corn being affected. Thesa rule applies' to corn fodder; us -only that which is clean and -e from blemish. WThen cattle rgetuse certain -s of corn fodder tko~ chances are here is-somemlag wrong w ith It. The silo is the sign of prosperity. Choleral usually affects the younger pigs and hogs first. A mud hole Is not absolutely neces sary in a hog pen. Feeding for fat Is a business, b.ut some men go about it as though it was play. Frozen alfalfa may kill a hog as well as a cow or horse. It is usually indigestible. Corn lays fat on a hog, but the best and sweetest meat is made by a va riety of feeds. If the hogs are dying and the cause. cannot be found, have an expert hold a post mortem. At present prices, It will pay well to have as many houses as there are sizes of pigs in the herd. If ever the rams needed a little ex Itra attention by way of nourishing food and extra room, It Is now. A thorough wetting in a cold rain Iwill take off a bunch of sheep the gain of a wee-k's feeding. That's waste. The man who allows his cattle to pick their corn out of the mud cer tainly has a great deal of faith in na ture's aid to a lazy farmer. A heater to supply water for 50 head of cattle can be put in for less han $20. and it will pay for itself in a week of very cold' weather. If you allow the young stock to bump around among the older and stronger members of your herds you ny expect the little fellows to get cheated. A hog needs twice the air space in proportion to his size than does the horse or the cow. yet he cannot stand one-half of the exposure to the wind and weather. Try building a tight board fence on the Lorthi side of the feed lot and make of it one side of the feeding rack. This gives shel-er and feed at the same time. ts ponr b-s'S ts feteria: It ditog: The harmless customer leaned across the cigar counter and smiled engagingly at the new cashier. As he handed across the amount his dinner check called for he ventured a bit of aimless converse, for he was of that sort. "Funny," said he, "how easy it Is to spend money." "Well," snapped the cashier as she led his fare to the register, "if money was intended for you to hold on to the mint would be turning out coins with handles on 'em." Had Money in Lumps. Charles H. Rosenberg of Bavaria had lumps on his shoulders, elbows, and hips when he arrived here from Hamburg on the Kaiserin Auguste Vic toria. In fact, there was a series of smaller himps along his spine, much like a mountain range, as it is present ed on a bas-relief map. The lumps were about the size of good Oregon apples, and as Rosen berg passed before the Immigration -Ioctor for observation, the doctor said softly to himself, "See that lump." Then he asked Mr. Rosenberg to step aside. "You seem like a healthy man," said the doctor, "but I cannot pass you until I know the origin of those lumps on your body." "Ah, it is not a sick ness," laughed the man from Bavaria. "Those swellings is money." Taking off his coat he broke open a sample lump and showed that It con tained $500 in American bank notes. He informed the doctor that he had $11,000 in all, with which he was go ing to purchase an apple orchard in Oregon. He was admitted to the country. New York Tribune. . Why He Laughed. Miss Mattie belonged to the old south, and she was entertaining a guest of distinction. On the morning following his arrival she told Tillie, the little colored maid, to take a pitcher of fresh water to Mr. Firman's room, and to say that Miss Mattle sent him her compliments, and that if he wanted a bath, the bathroom was at his service. When Tillie returned she said: "I tol' him, Miss Mattie, en' he Aaughed fit to bus' hisself." "Why did he laugh, Tillie?" "I dunno." "What did you tell him?" "Jus' what you tol' me to." "Tillie, tell me exactly what you said." "I banged de doah, and I said, 'Mr. Firman, Miss Mattie sends you her lub, and she says, 'Now you can get up and wash yo'selfI"-Lippincott's Mag azine. Where He Was Queer. The negro, on occasions, displays a fine discrimination In the choice of words. "Who's the best white-washer i town?" Inquired the new resident. "Ale Hall am a bo'nd a'tist with a whitewash brush, sah," answered the colored patriarch eloquently. "Well, tell him to come and white wash my chicken house tomorrow." Uncle Jacob shook' his head dubi ously. ,-f h der believe, ~ah, ah'd engage le Hall to whitew sh a chicken ouse, sah." "Why, didn't you saA he was a good whitewasher?" "Yes, sah, a powe'fi good white washer, sahi; but mighty queer about a chicken house, sah, m ghty queer!" - -Mack's National Montb,1y. MAKE UP YOUR NIIND. f you'll make up your mind to be Contented with you~r loti And with the optimists agree That trouble's soon forgot, rou'l1 be surprised to end. I guess. Despite misfortune's darts. What constant springs of happiness Li. hid in human hearts; What sunny gleams and golden dreams The passing years unfold, Row soft and warm the lovelight beargs When you are growing old. What This A "Weekly" printed some cr1 claims made for our foods. It not fancy our reply printed in papers, and brought suit for libe some interesting facts came out. Some of the chemical and m differed widely.. .The following facts, howeire clearly established: Analysis of brain by. an unq1 thority, Geoghegan, shows of Phosphoric Acid and Potash co phate of Potash), 2.91 per, cen 8.33 of all Mlineral Salts. This Is over one-half. Beaunis, another authority, phoric Acid combined" and Pa cent from a total of 101.07. Considerable more than one phate of Potash. Analysis of Grape-Nuts sho' and Phosphorus, (which join ai phate of Potash), IS considera one-half of all the mineral salts Dr. Geo. W. Carey, an author stituent elements of the body gray matter of the brain is con by the Inorganic cell-salt, Potass (Phosphate of Potash). This s albumen and by the addition of nerve fluid or the gray matter Of course, there is a trace of < other organic matter In nerve f im Phosphate is the chief f "The landlady says that new board er is a foreign nobleman." "Bogus, I'll bet." "Oh, I don't know. He may be the real thing. He hasn't paid her a cent as yet." More Human Nature. Grouchly-By denying myself three ten-cent cigars daily for the past 20 years I figure that I have saved $2,190. Moxley-Is that so?" Grouchly-Yes. Say, let me have a chew of your tobacco, will you? Thanks to Burnt Cork. "Gosh! But the colored race is a comin' to the front fast!" whispered innocent Uncle Hiram, at the vaude ville show, as the black-face comedian was boisterously applauded. "Yes, indeed," smiled the city man; "anyone can see that that fellow is a self-made negro." '. Lo, the Rich Indian. The per capita wealth of the Indian is approximately $2,130, that for other Americans is only a little more than $1,300. The lands owned by the In dians are rich in oil, timber and other natural resources of all kinds. Some of the best timber land in the United States is owned by Indians. The value of their agricultural lands runs up in the millions. The ranges which they possess support about 500, 000 sheep and cattle, owned by lessees, bringing in a revenue of more than $272,000 to the various tribes besides providing feed for more than 1,500,000 head of horses, cattle, sheep and.goats belonging to the Indians themselves. Practically the only asphalt deposits In the United States are on Indian 'lands.-Red Man. No Slang for Her. "Slip me a brace of cackles!" or dered the chesty-looking man with a .bored air, as he perched on the first stool in the lunchroom. "A what?" asked the waitress, as she placed a glass of water before him. "Adam and Eve flat on their backs! A pair of sunnysiders!" said the young man in an exasperated tone. "You got me, kid," returned the waitress. "Watcha want?" "Eggs up," said the young man. "'E-g-g-s,' the kind that come before the hen or after, I never knew which." "Why didn't you say so in the first place?" asked the waitress. "You'd a had 'em by this time." "Well, of all things-" said the young man. "I knew what he was drivin' at all the time," began the waitress as the young man departed. "But he's one of them fellers that thinks they can get by with anything. He don't know that they're using plain English now in restaurants." The League of Politeness. *The L'eague of Politeness has been formed in Berlin. It aims at inculcat ing better manners among the people of Berlin. It was founded upon the initiative of Fraulein Cecelie Meyer, who ,was inspired by an existing or ganization in Rome. In deference to the parent organization the Berlin league has chosen the Italian motto, "Pro gentilezza." This will be em blazoned upon an attractive little medal worn where Germans are ac customed to wear the insignia of or ders. The idea is that a glaance at the "talisman" will annihilate any in clination to indulge in bad temper or discourteous language. "Any polite person" is eligible for membership. The "Ce-antry Chu'rchyard." 3 Those who~ recall Gray's "Elegy in a Country Cihurchyard" will remember' that the pea-eful spot where "the I rate forefathers of the hamlet sleep" is identified with St. Giles', Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. In the pro-. saic pages of a recent issue of the' Gazette there appears an order in t council providing that ordinary inter-. ments are henceforth forbidden in the ? churchyard. About Question Camc Trial foi cisms of the Ilaw of affinity, all thing: evidently did- ture the elixir of life." arious news- Further on he says: ' LAt the trial of the matter is to supp ple, and in molecular fo: dical experts furnishes it In vegetab) To supply deficiencies-t twere quite cure." The natural concluslon stionable au- of Potash is the neede ineral Salts, brain and you use food v bined (Phos- it, you have brain fag be of the toal not supplied. On the contrary, if yc be rich in this element, show 'Tos- life forces that which I hows 7344Pers brain-building. tsh 3.44per In the trial a sneer wa Post anrcunced that he] af of Phos- scarch in this country Europe, regarding the e s: Potassium digestion of food. id make Phos- But we must be pat ble more than sneer at facts they know in:the food. Mind does not work w y on the con- broken down by lack of: says: "The A peaceful and evenly -oled entirely sary to good digestion. ium Phosphate Worry, anxiety, fear, I lt ntes with interfere with or stop th oXY en creates digestive juice of the n ofithe brain. fere with the flow of tl hei salts and stomach and pancreas: udbut Potas- Therefore, the mental to?, end has has much to do (more ct, ly its own digestion. How One Learnea. The mother of a family of three mall children was discussing their :omparative precocity with a friend. 'John was very slow at everything," ;he said, referring to her oldest. "Tom vas a little better, and Edith, the )aby, is the smartest of all. She picks ip everything quick as can be." Master John, who had been listen ng, now contributed his share of the :onversation. "Humph!" he exclaimed. "I know rhy her learns so quick. It's 'cause ier has us and we didn't have us." Economy. The late former Governor Allen D. candler of Georgia was famous in the south fbr his quaint humor. "Governor Candler," said a Gaines ville man, "once abandoned cigars for L pipe at the beginning of the year. Ele stuck to his resolve till the year's end. Then he was heard to say: "'By actual calculation, I have saved by smoking a pipe Instead of :igars this year $208. But where Is It?', Moslem Traditionis. Ramadan is the month exalted by Sloslems above all others. In that nonth the Koran-according to Mos em tradition-was brought down by ;abriel from heaven' and delivered to nen in small sections. In that month, Kiohammed was accustomed to retire rom Mecca to the cave of Hira, for ;rayer and meditation. In that month Abraham, Moses and other prophets -eceived their divine revelations. In :hat month the "doors of heaven are Llways open, the passages to hell are ;hut, and the devils are chained." So -un the traditions.--The Christian lerald. A Medical Compromise. "You had two doctors in consults Ion last night, didn't you?" "Yes." "What did they say?" "Well, one recommended one thing md the other recommended some hling else." "A deadlock, eh?" "No, they finally told me to miX em!" Hard on the Mare. Twice, as the bus slowly wended its ray up the steep Cumberland Gap, the oor at the rear opened and slammed. Lt first those Inside paid little heed; iut the third time demanded to know rhy they should be disturbed in this ashion. "Whist," cautioned the driver, oan't spake so loud; she'll ovefhear "Wh?" "The mare. Spake low! Shure-4f esavin th' crayture. Ever.'y toime he 'ears th' door close,-' she thinks von o' yez is gettin' down ter walk p th' hill, an' that sort o' raises her perrits."-Success Magazine. Exaggeration. On her arrival in New York Mine. ;ara Bernhardt, replying to a compil nent on her youthful appearance, aid: "The secret of my youth? It s the good God-and then, you know, work all the time. But I am a reat-grandmother," she continued, houghtfully, "so how can these many ompliments be true? I am afraid my riends are exaggerating." Mine. Bernhardt's laugh, spontane us as a girl's, prompted a chorus of No, no!" "Yes," said the actress, ,"uncon cious exaggeration, like the French urse on the boulevard. Our boule ards are much more crowded than 'our streets, you know, and, although re have numerous accidents, things .ren't quite as bad as the nurse sug ested. "Her little charge, a boy of six, egged her to stop a while in a crowd, urrounding an automobile accident; P:hase wait,' the little boy said, 'Want o see the man who was run over.' So; hurry,' his nurse answered. I'here will be plenty more to see urther on.'" Brain SUp in theR -Libel. Sneeded to manufac- This tr!i' 1 he beginning and end That Brain ly the lacking princi m, exactly as nature as the princi es, fruits and grain. men and wat als is the only law of ____ Is that If Phosphate That Grap tmineral element in more than cn hich does not contain cause its daily loss is A healthy "do things" I u eat food known to you place before the A man wh ature demands for best and le; That part wh s uttered because Mr. the Infinite. md made years of re- Mind asks.: and some clinics of act, and Nati fect of the mind on- healthy brait ent with those who Is used up fr nothing about. Nature's w: eli on a brain that is which supplli ourishment. poised mind is neces ate, &c., &c., directly e flow of Ptyalin, the outh, and also inter .e dige"dve juices of ;ate of the individual than uspected) with A Retratlio "You shouldn't have called tha a pig," said the conciliatory ma "That's right," replied the vin person. "There is no sense. in Ing that he's worth 40 cents to anybody." Blissful Ignorance. "Were you nervous when y posed to your wife?" asked mental person. "No,' replied Mr. Meekton, I could have foreseen the. years I would have been." Economy In Art. "Of couise," said Mr. Sirius "I want my daughter to have sort of an artistic education.. I I'll have her study singing." "Why not art -o literature?" "Art spoils canvas and paint literature wastes reams of pa Singing merely produces a tempo, disturbance of the atmosphere. Home Thought. "It must have been frightful," Mrs. Bossim to her husband, who in the earthquake. "Tell me -w was your first thought when awakened in your room at the and heard the alarm." "My first thought was of you," swered Mr. Bossim. "How noble!" "Yes. First thing I knew, a vase o the mantel caught me on the .ear then a chair whirled in my directi and when I jumped to the middle a the room four or five books and framed picture struck me all at once. Even after saying that, he. affec to wonder what made her so angry f the remainder of the evenlng.-Mack' National Monthly. New Process of Staining Glass. The art of coloring glass has b lost and refound, iausly -lrde and maliciousx;'iwien so many tim in the histcry of civilization that i seems almost impossible to say thing new on glass staining. Yet process has been discovered for ma king the stained glass used in windo which Is a departure from an known at the present time. What Venetians .and the Phoenicians kne of it we cannot telL The glass first receives its design mineral colors and the whole Is th fired in a heat so intense that the co oring matter and the glass are solubly fused. The most attracti feature of this method is that the face acquires a peculiar pebbled acter In the heat, so that when th glass is In place the lights are de fully soft and mellow. In ""*dwIn es each panel Is sepatstely moul ed and bent and the sections are sembled in a metal frame. Our Voices. I think our conversational sop as sometimes overheard in arising from a group of youn who have, taken the train at. oneo our great industrial centers, forin stance, young persons of the female sex, we will say, who have bustled i full dressed, engaged in loud, strident speech, and who, after free discussion, have fixed on two or more double seats, which having Eecured, they pro ceed to eat apples and hand round daguerreotypes-I say, I think the conversational soprano, heard under these circumstances, would not be among the allurements the old enemy would put in requisition were he get ting up a new temptation of St. An thony. There are sweet voices among -'e all know, and voices not musi It ipay be, to those who hear the for theg:t time, yet sweeter to 1 than any ~e sliillh~exr unit we to some warbling angel In the ov ture to that eternity of blissful monies we hope to enjoy. But wh should I tell lies? If my friends love me, it Is because I try to toll the truth. I never heard b1.t two voices In my life that frightened me by .their sweetness.-Holmes. E'ood? cent' s demonstratedf s 2nade of Phosphate of Potasb al Mineral Salt, added to albu-. Nuts contains that element as half of all Its mineral salts. rain Is Important, if one would this world. sneers at "Mind" -neers at the t understood part of himself. h some folks believe links us to r a healthy brain upon which to e has defined a way to make a and renew It day by day -as It am work of the previous day. ry to rebuild Is by the use of food sthe things required. aRaonn"