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vc ?5 |VV|\ ECONOMICAL FEED FOR EWES Circular Issued by Missouri Experi ment Station Gives Results Ob-" tained With Rye and Grain. The feeding of ewes suckling lambs is a factor which materially affects the profit derived from the produc tion of spring lambs. A circular just Issued by the agricultural experiment station at the University of Missouri reports the work done with ewes suckling lambs, fed on rye and blue grass pastures. Ewes were placed in four lots. In one lot ewes received grain on rye pasture. Those in an other lot received only rye pasture. In a third lot the ewes were fed grain on blue grass pasture, while those in lot four received only blue grass pas lure. The grain for both ewes and lanrbS .consisted of equal parts of crushed <iorn, oats, bran and rape. The re sults show that the feeding of grain to ewes on rye and blue grass pasture was not profitable, if the ewes were to be kept. If the ewes were to be marketed with the lambs, the feeding of grain would have been profitable, because the ewes which did not re ceive grain became very thin and were not in condition to sell on the market, while these receiving grain maintained about the same condition of flesh throughout the experiment There was little difference in the .efficiency of rye and blue grass pas tures for ewes suckling lambs. In cases where grain was fed, the ewes on blue grass had decidedly the ad vantage, while in the other two lots In which no {?rain was fed, the rye had the advantage. The difference in each case was small. Rye will come a little earlier tn the spring than blue grass, but will not afford as good a pasture In Juno as blue grass, because the rye heads and the sheep do noi like coarse, woody stems. BEST FEEDER CATTLE TYPES Steer? Intended for Profitable Gains In Feed Lot Must Possess Good Beef Characteristics. How to select steers that will make good gains and return substantial t profits should be well known by the man who plans to market his crops as feed this winter. Steers, if they are to make profitable gains in the feed lot, must have beef characteristics, a wide, strong back and a large heart girth. They must have a strong frame and plenty of room for the vital organs, Prize Cattle. for an animal with a weak constitu tion cannot hold up through the feed ing season. A wide head and muzzle, which U?ually indicate good feeding qualities. Short legs, heavy hindquarters and arched ribs are essential in. the feed ing animal. 1 The skin should be reasonably thick, soft and covered by a heavy coat of lair. The animal should have a straight back and low-set appearance, due to the depth of body and short legs. SAFE AND SURE FOR HORSES Barbadoes Aloes, Four to Seven Drams, Makes Good Purgative j Castor Oil ls Uncertain. In preparing a purge dose for a horse the medicine that ls safest and surest is aloes; and only Barbadoes aloes should be used, not the Cape aloes. A dose will generally vary from four to seven drams. Linseed oil is a safe purgative, but lt is uncer tain. The dose varies from a pound to ? a pound and a half. Castor oil is both uncertain and un- ! safe as a horse remedy, though it ls 1 fine for man. Croton in the form of a meal, made into a ball with linseed , meal, lt: a good purge. Doses vary from a scruple to half a dram. Fatten the unprofitable ewes quick ly and make corned mutton. It ls a fine change for the summer bill of fare. . ss Arrange the sheep pastures so the flock can be changed from one to the other-in this way keeping the bite 'right sss ' The last 200 pounds we can put on a young iraft horse is the most profit able 200 pounds of meat we can pro duce on the farm. HELPS ALL EMPLOYEES EDUCATIONAL BUREAU DOING A REALLY GOOD WORK. Venture Which Was the Idea of the Late Edward H. Harriman Is Like ly to Spread to All the Lines ^of the Country. As a result of the generosity and far?ightedness of the late Edward H. Harriman, a unique plan for the bet terment of railroad employees through out the United States has made rapid progress in the last two years. This plan, which Mr. Harriman conceived and caused to be put into operation on the Union Pacific railroad, was the forming of an educational bureau, through whose offices the employees of the Harriman lines were offered an opportunity to increase their capacity to assume greater responsibilities to fit themselves for promotion. So successful has the venture proved that officials of practically all the railway companies in the United Staten are considering the advisabil ity of adopting similar methods for the benefit of their own employees. As .there are about 365 such companies, employing some 1,800,000 men, the pos sibilities for good, should this educa tional work be extended to each line, are enormous. Through the agency of the educa tional bureau, every man in the em. ploy of the Union Pacific can, without incurring any personal expense, avail himself of the benefits of some thirty courses of instruction,' covering vir tually every branch of railroad work. A central bureau has been established , at Omaha, Neb., under the direction of Mr. D. C. Bu ell, who has a score of as sistants, including traveling represen tatives, instructors, etc. In the words of Mr. BuelL the rail road ls creating a reserve supply of better men, which will make it un : necessary for the officials of the oper ating department of the road to go out side of their ranks for- men to fill re sponsible positions, as was frequently the case in the past The interest of the employees themselves is indicated ,by the fact that in the first year of the bureau more than 50 per cent of them enrolled as students. All instruction ls conducted by cor respondence, thereby giving each em ployee, no matter where he is located, an equal opportunity to obtain the ben ! efits offered. The lessons are special ly prepared, and are approved by the heads of the departments interested ? before they are issued, thus putting the stamp of authoritative Information on each course. After a man enrolls he receives a set of lesson papers, including a pamphlet that explains Just how to proceed with his studies. Each lesson contains a set of questions which the student must answer in order to qual ify on that leeson and proceed with the next. .The answers are corrected at the central office of the bureau, and the report sent to the student, so that he can ascertain whether he has acquired an understanding knowledge of the subject. One of the best things about the plan' is the fact that lack of previous education does not prevent a man from taking a course. Some of the courses can be completed by anyone who can read and write, while others require a knowledge of simple mathematics. In correcting the lessons, writing, spelling, and punctuation are not con sidered. The training of station helpers and clerks is another important part of the bureau's work. For this purpose there has been established in Chicago, in co-operation with the Illinois Central railroad, a class room where young men graduates - of telegraph schools are received and given a practical course in station and other clerical work. Here they are enabled to fa miliarize themselves with the actual work they will have to do when they enter the service. This course aver' ages about four weeks, and when a student has successfully completed it he is immediately placed in a position as station agent's helper. Three months' acceptable service bx this work leads to the position of sched uled telegrapher,, and. from then on promotion depends entirely upon the man's ability and attention to duty - The Sunday Magazine. Lamp Trimmers'-Safety Signal. Arc lamp trimmers frequently find1 lt difficult to lower the arc lamp on a busy street without the danger of hav ing the lamp crashed, into by passing vehicles. The driver of a car ls more apt to keep his eyes on. the road than to look up, and- sometimes the glare of the sun will prevent him- from see ing a lamp that ls hanging just high enough for his vehicle to hit IL Real izing this danger, a maa in Minne apolis has devised a signal consisting of a tripod with two white Bignal wings on which red circles are painted. This the lamp trimmer places on the street under his lamp, and then he may low er the lamp without fear of a collision, -Scientific American. A. A. Pancake Early Engineer. Alfred A. Pancake ot" Harrisburg, who has completed his eighty-sixth year, took the first locomotive from. Harrisburg to Pittsburgh, crossing the mountains by ten inclined planes,, and from Johnstown to Pittsburgh on a canal boat. He was the first en gineer tc run the first train from Pitts burgh to Altoona through the Gallitzin tunnel.-Philadelphia Record. 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