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CARE IN HOG BREEDING PAYS Breeder Must Choose thc Sreed That Most Near!)' Conforms to His Particular Purpose. Hogs are peculiarly susceptible to environment and rapidly impiove or retrograde through the infusion of good cr inferior blood. Recatse of the ease with which they take advantage of improved conditions and the won derful improvement to be noted in form and size, no other class of live stock furnishes more satisfaction to the conscientious breeder. He has many cUfferent qualities to choose from, all .good, but.not all alike suited in tem ipermanent to one locality or one meth-' ?od of management. Then, again, different types attract ?diff?rent tastes, and the breeder must .choose the breed that most nearly conforms to his particular purpose end preference, remembering always lo select animals showing strong in (the points and characteristics of the 'breed chosen, says the Orange Judd tanner. In breeding for Improvement tn any (Tarlety much can be accomplished. {Improvements may be discernible with leach effort if rightly conducted and a ?breeder may reasonably expect satis factory results in molding a hog to his town ideas within three ar four genera tions. With such rapid progrecs swine ."breeding proves extremely fascinating, tbut great danger hes hidden in such rapid progress. Stimulated by each pronounced Im provement of the shape of ear, length *>? leg, color or formation of body, the jbreeder must not overlook the fact fthat the farmer is essentally practical. iHe cares little whether the ear has an artistic droop or stands upright, whether the hair is straight, curly 'black, white or red. He wants a hog that will produce the largest amount ?of revenue in the shortest time with the least expenditure. To this end it .stands the breeder in hand to have for "his ideals a hog large in bize, strong .in bone, with well-shaped hams and shoulders, one that will fatten quickly ?and cheaply. GROW SWINE FOR SLAUGHTER Pasturing Crops for Hogs Should Bs Sown on Specially Drained and Prepared Land. To produce pork profitably hogs must feed and graze continuously on pastures EUC! crops particularly plant ed for them. Very si>:dom Ls the Profitable Type. .growing of hogs for slaughter a source of profit unless proper grazing ?nd feeding methods are followed. In the spring, summer and fall there are many crops for pasturing Tioga, but during the winter the crops to select from are limited. On almost every farm the production and keep ing of hogs in winter is expensive, and generally it is not profitable for the reason that large quantities of corn .are fed without products of green ?rops. More winter grazing is needed. ?for which many crops are adapted. The most reliable are, however, rape, .rye, oats, wheat and barley. For grazing purposes these pastur ing crops for nogp should be sown on specially well drained and prepared land that is either rich or has re ceived a liberal application of ma nure. Good winter pasturage is not obtained except on the best-drained lands. The seeding should be heavy to in jure a thorough planting. The young plants -will grow slowly in the winter And many plants will be needed to furnish plenty of pasture. Crimson clover will do well with rape, rye, oats, wheat and barley, and will mean air Improvement on the land. RESTORE FERTILITY OF LAND .Live Stock Farming ls Surest, Cheap est and Quickest Method Few Crops Sold. Where lands have been "cropped to death," as some plain people aptly term it, live stock farming ?j the sur est, cheapest and quickest method of restoring its fertility. In live Btock farming the crops raised on the farm are grown primarily for the purpose of feeding one or more classes of live stock, and but little is sold except ani mal products. On the other hand, concentrated feeding ?tuffs are pur chased for feeding the farm animals, ?which adds to the amount of fertiliy returned to the land in manure. P?rico ?the animal products s-;!d do not as si general rule, contain large quantities of fertilizing Ingrid . ::: . i: i ; easy tr. rapidly Increase ''. . fer l-Jty ?f ?nu'' pgrthis system of ; EXERCISE NEEDED BY COLT Keep the Youngster Growing From Start to Finish, Keeping lt Fat and Thrifty. While the foal is young and the mare is at work it is best to leave the fod in the stable. See that the mare is not too hot when she is left in the stall at noon and night for the foal to take nourishment. As soon as the foal begins to nibble at dry feed qnd gracs encourage it in eating by placing feed within reach. Whiie the mare is away let it have the run of a lot or pasture, if such lot or pasture ls fenced so that the young animal will not injure itself. Barbed wire is dangerous. The colt, as well as all young animals, must have abundance of ex ercise for its best development and health. For this reason turn the mare and the foal in the pasture as often as possible. Whenever possible let the foal fol low the mare in the field, since the exercise and feed it will secure will help it to grow and become Btrong. Tte horse, by nature, likes the open air find free range. When the colt is weaned in the fall give lt the range of a good pasture with a feed of oats or some other muscle or bone-forming foods morning and evening. Shelter it in bad weather, but keep it In the open pasture as much as possible in good weather, even In the winter. It will not mind the cold if lt is dry and has all it wants to eat. Its future strength and durability will depend to a large extent upon its muscular exer cise in the open air and sunlight Never let it be hungry. The more and better feed you give the colt and the faster you make it grow the more clear money it will make on the feeds and labor given it. Keep the young colt growing rapidly from start to finish. Never let it be come poor and stunted, but keep it fat and thrifty. Feed it oats, corn, wh^at bran, shorts, a little oil meal and good clover and other hay. GOOD RETURNS FROM SHEEP Will Prove Desirable Addition to the Aversgj Farm-Do Not Stock Up Heavily ai Start. A few sheep or. the average farm, if cared fer properly, will give good financial returns. A person starting into the sheep business should not stock up heavily until he has learned Every Farmer Should Have a Few Sheep. how to handle lt, because sheep grow ing is an uncertain business for the man who knows little about it Sheep are sometimes called the plant-scavangers of the farm. They will thrive on more kinds of weeds than will ar.y other domestic animals. They may be used for cleaning up weedy corn fields or small corners and waste patches of graps and weeds. Sheep growing has its drawbacks. Coyotes and dogs cause sheep grow ers much trouble in some localities. To make a success of growing sheep you must give them a great deal of attention, especially at lambing time. The fences ordinarily found on farms are not tight enough to keep the sheep from going where they please. ERADICATION OF PIG WORMS Formula Given Out by Veterinary Col lege at Ames. la.-Does Not Affect the Eggs. The veterinary college at Ames. Ia., has announced the following formula for the eradication of worms in pigs: "Santonin, one grain per thirty to eighty-pound shoats; areca nut, one half grain per pound live weight; four grains santonin Is the maximum dose for a large hog. Keep the hogs off feed for 24 hours. Mix enough of the medicine in a thin slop for 20 hogs. Fetid in a clean trough. Repeat treat ment in 30 days, as eggs of worms in the intestines will not be affected by this treatment and a new crop of worms will result." Profit in Grazing. It does not necessarily follow that because a hog is grazing, that hs is making the owner money. He mus! have mere than the maintenance amount of food if there is profit in grazing. (Cow!ii i-i! i<y the National Woman's rhr?si.ian Temp?rance Union.) SITUATION IN KANSAS. A Une, ruddy-faced, upstanding, deep-chested Kansas farmer, who ap-i peared to Le of Teutonic descent and; consequently could hardly have in nen i ed a bigoted view of the whisky que. rion, put it this way: "Vis; a man can get whisky and get drunk in Kansas if he's bound to. It may be true that some men who are bound to will drink more out of a bot tle than they would over a bar. But, you see, when a man reaches the stage where he is bound to have whisky or bust, you can't do much for him any way. And if ycu a6k that man he'll probably tell you that he got his whisky habit from visiting saloons for sociability. It's the boys we are think ing of. We believe a normal boy isn't very apt to get a whisky habit out of a bootlegger's bottle Nine times out of ten, if he gets the habit at all it will be by dropping into a saloon with his friends for a social glass. So far ae the hardened soak is concerned, maybe our law is a failure; but the hardened soak is a failure, too. We don't want to bring up a fresh crop. Out in my locality resubmission would be defeated two to one." AN OFFICIAL BREATH-SMELLER. Increasingly stringent measures are being taken by railroad officials to pro tect the public from accidents which occur as a result of the use of strong drink on the part of their employes. Recently at the Iron Mountain yards at Dupo, 111., the official breath-smeller charged an engineer about to start on his run with having had a drink that morning, says the Trenton (Mo.) Re publican. "Sure," replied the en gineer, "two beers." Upon inquiring how many "beers" would make the en gineer drunk and receiving the an swer that it took about twenty, the official replied: "You can wait until tomorrow to go out. you are one-tenth drunk now." "We have quit trusting the lives of our passengers with even moderate drinkers," the official who conducted the test said to a reporter inquiring as to the rule of the road. INTEREST OF MANUFACTURERS. Something of the increased interest sho\. n in the temperance cause by manufacturers was evidenced in Co lumbus, U., recently when 2*5 o? the leading manufacturers of that city met local and state officiais of the W. C. T. U. and arranged for thc distribution of temperance literature in their shops and factories, lt h; proposed lo hbjre thi? distribution consist not onJ> of leaflets and pamphlets, but there will I".* posters containing in simple lan-j guage the latest and greatest seien- j tiiic facts relating to the effects of alcohol on the human system. Th? W. C. T. I", is planning to ex tend ? is educational work until it shall coyer the entire country. Al ready a number of railway officials have expressed their interest. I_ PRCFERTY-OWNER'S VIEWPOINT. "In the last, six years I bad to put five families out because they did no:, pay their rent." writes a Chicago land lord in ihe Chicago Tribune. "The husband in each family was a man in his prime, well educated, but a hope less drunkard. I am a very kind land lord and. of course, I lost a good deal of money on them. Now if there were no liquor to be had we would all be happy and healthy. I know it by ex perience. Even if the taxes were high, a property owner would not object to paying them because he would not lose so much rent." ENEMY OF WHISKY. The result cf extolling beer as the mightiest enemy of whisky and brandy has been that the consumption of dis tilled liquors has changed very little, while to these liquors has been' added beer, the use of which' ha6 led to a great and still increasing beer alco holism.-Dr. Hugo of Koenigsberg, Nerve Specialist. CURIOUS CHINAMAN. A Chinaman at the World's Chris tian Citizenship Conference at Port land, said, "Whisky sends a man home to kick his wife; opium sends a man home so helpless his wife kicks him." and then asked the question. "Is that the reason why Americans keep the whisky traffic and oppose the opium traffic ?" HARRY LAUDER'S VIEWS. Harry Lauder, so well known on two continents as an entertainer, de livered a temperance address in a Bristol (England) church, and In it surprised many by speaking of "the sham sociability of drinking," and by declaring himself a total abstainer. NO LEGAL SALOON. "You have never seen a legal sa loon. The liquor business has never submitted to legal restraints any where. The regulated saloon !s a myth and the Model License league is a fraud."-Governor Hooper of Ten nessee. MUST CUT IT OUT. Milton H. Hershey, the chocolate, manufacturer and industrial prince of j Hershey, ha6 served notice on his em- ! ployes and the world at large. "You i can't drink whisky and work for me." Guard Your Children Against Bowel Trouble Many children at an early agc become constipated, and frequently serious consequences result. Not being abie to realize his own con dition, a child's bowels should he constantly watched, and a gentle laxative given when necessary. Dr. .Miles' Laxative Tablets arc especially weil adapted to women and children. The Sifters of Christian Charity, 531 Charles St., Luzerne. E'a., who attend many cases of sickness sa}- of them: "Some ti:n0 apo we b'g.m using Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets and lind that w? I Ute them very much. Their action ls excellent ar.d we are gratqfuf for having been made acquainted with them. We have had good results in every c:i.*e nnd the Sisters are very much pleased." The form and flavar of any medi cine is very important, no matter who is to "take it. Thc trifte and appearance are especially important when children are concerned. All parents I now how hard it is to give the average child "medicine." even though the taste is partially dis guised. In using Dr. Miles' Lax ative Tablets, however, this diffi culty is overcome. The shape of the tablets, their appearance and candy-like taste at once appeal to any child. with the result that they arc taken without objection. The rich chocolate flavor and absence of other taste, mike Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets thc ideal remedy for children. 3 If the first box fails to benefit, the price is returned. Ask your druggist A box of 25 doses costs only cents. Never sold in bulk. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. ^3 GEO. F. MIMS OPTOMETRIST Eyes examined and glasses fitted only when necessary. Optical]! work of all kinds. EDGEFIELD, S. C. A<1 mi mst rater's Notice All persons who arc indebted to the est.1 % of Giles Butler deceased, will como forward and settle the same. And al! persons holding ! claims.against said estait.', will po sent them itemized and sworn to On or before the 3rd of Inly r.'l4. GILES KUTLER, Junco, 1U14. Administrator. I Make the O?d Suit ? jj Look New 8 ? ? T i I 1 We are bettor prepared t than ".vcr to do first-ciass S work in cleaning and press jj! inLr ot' all kinds. Make yonr g old pants or snit new hy h-t ?ing us clean and press them. 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