Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 60, Number 10, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 November 1917 — Page 3

HELP SOW SAVE PIGS

Farrowing Pen Should Be Equipped With Wooden Rails. Prevent Mother From Crowding Little Fellows to Death Provide Good Shelter From Cold and Rain Have Solid Floor. We are asked by the president to increase the production of our farms. In the face of the fact that the plea came almost too late for some farmers to radically change their plans, the acreage for cultivated crops has been wonderfully increased. The live and ten-acre corners of stump, or hillside, land which had previously been considered not worth the trouble have been broke for cultivation. A few farmers who have every available acre under cultivation must content themselves in trying to raise more to the acre and in conserving all they can. In this connection an effort to save the little pigs at farrowing time is undoubtedly a profitable and a patriotic method conserving the food supply. Contrary to some of the older farmers ideas, do not let the brood sow, which is to farrow, make her bed around an old straw or hay stack. Provide a good shelter, well protected from cold and rain, and, preferably, having a solid floor. Do not let the sow root a deep hole for a bed. She can be given a generous amount of straw for bedding at first, just to satisfy her animal inRails Save Little Pigs. stinct. Later when she starts to farrow it is wise to .remove much of the bedding. The farrowing pen should be equipped with rails', as shown in the drawing. These rails may be made of 2 by 4 pieces nailed so that they are parallel with the floor, with six inches clearance underneath and with four inches or more between the rail and the wall. The purpose of this -rail as well as the removal of superfluous bedding is to prevent the sow from crowding the littlo pigs to death. The rail permits the little fellows to crawl behind and get out. Personally I find that "watchful waiting" is the best policy with farrowing brood sows. They usually start to farrow a few hours after they commence to make their bed. Then an hour or so spent in caring for the animals frequently saves several of the offspring. After two or three pigs are farrowed the mother usually gets up, remakes her bed and turns over. At this time she pays little attention to the pigs that have come and it is best to watch them. After the sow is through farrowing there is little danger of her lying on the pigs. GOOD SYSTEM IS DESIRABLE Few Farmers Make Plans to Dispose of Unprofitable Fowls Cull Out Undesirables. Very few farmers practice a systematic plan of disposing of their fowls after they have ceased to be productive, although it is well known that fowls of the heavier breeds, such as the Plymouth Rocks, cease to produce a profitable number of eggs at the end of their second laying year. This holds true of the lighter breeds, such as the Leghorns, at the end of their third laying year. Consequently, if efforts were made to dispose of all females when their best laying days were over, a large quantity of poultry meat would be placed on the market. All poorly developed chickens should likewise be culled out and used as meat. This way of disposing of unprofitable fowls would allow the farmer to feed his grain to younger and more productive fowls. FAIRS ARE-; GOOD EDUCATORS Fruit Grower Learns How to Produce Fine Specimens and to Improve Hi Own Methods. At a faLv nre exhibited the best products tha Had been grown in a state or county. Fruit growers can easily learn from the exhibitors how to produce steh fine specimens of fruit and he also sees the best and learns the circumstances under which it has been produced. One cannot afford to let such opportunities as the fair pass xmheeded. The fruit grower can inspect the work of others and compare with his own, and if it is better than he has been able to accomplish he learns how to improve his methods. DEMANL' FOR SELECTED EGGS When People Are Convinced That Product Is Choice They Will Advertise the Fact. It should be remembered that it will take time to work up a demand for selected eggs, but when people are once convinced that the eggs can be depended on, they will not only call Jfor such eggs, - but will tell their 'friends about them.

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KEEP TOOLS UNDER SHELTER

Practice of Leaving Harvesting Machinery in Open Results in Considerable Damage. Usually there are many who leave their harvesting machinery out In the weather for some time after all harvesting is over. Such a practice results in considerable damage to the binders and other harvesting machinery. All farm implements have advanced in price, and carelessness in taking care of them will cause considerable loss. At no time has the use of labor-saving machinery been in greater demand on the farms, and every farmer who has such machinery should by all means take the very best care of it. Just as soon as one has finished using an implement it should be put under shelter and where it will be kept in good condition for the next crop. Binders are easily broken if left in exposed places, where wagons and other" farm equipment are jammed into the same corners. Quite often mowers, binders, wagons, etc., are all found in one tangled mass In one corner of the shed, along with the drills and threshing machines. Such carelessness can only result in some of the machinery being damaged. By caring for such machinery properly the lifetime of the implements can be doubled. BEST GROWTH OF ASPARAGUS Plant Favors Soil Rich in Vegetable Matter Get Field Ready During Fall Season. Asparagus makes the best growth in soils abounding in vegetable matter. The field should be got ready in the fall. . This means that manure should be used with the greatest freedom, and if clover sods are available, they should help materially in the starting of the plantation. Xiand of any kind to be planted with this crop should be heavily manured and plowed in the fall, repeating the operation and adding more manure the following spring. The plowing should be as deep as possible, although care should he exercised to avoid turning up too much of the sub-soil. Disk and cutaway harrows may be used to good advantage in preparing the soil. Effort should be made to get a fine bed to the full depth of the plow furrow, with all vegetable matter thoroughly incorporated with the soil. USEFUL CORN HUSKING RACK Device Shown in Illustration Affords Convenient Seat for Husker Place Stalks Crosswise. Mans' who husk their corn by hand find it very tiresome to sit on the floor or ground in a cramped position. A Corn Husking Rack. rack ''made as shown will hold two or three shocks and gives a better place for the husker to sit. Place the stalks crosswise of the bench in front of you. CORRECT WAY TO MILK COWS Scrape Droppings Into Gutter and Work Teats and Udders Clean Keep Hands Smooth. Before commencing to milk the droppings of the cows should be scraped into the gutter and the teats and udders worked clean aud wiped dry. Always milk with clean hands, and if your hands are hard and rough keep a cup of goose grease or hard and sweet oil at the stable, and once a day, or before milking, rub a little on the inside of your hands; just enough to make them feel smooth. Some of the grease should be rubbed on the teats if they are rough or cut with briars. An expert will milk a cow giving two gallons of milk in five minutes. A steady, even motion, filling the teat with milk at every pressure of the hands, is the most rapid way of milking and the most agreeable to the cow. LACK OF SUFFICIENT TEAMS Many Failures Traceable to Poor Animals and Improper Implements Make Plans Ahead. The lack of sullicient teams to prepare land, plant, cultivate and gather crops has cost many a farmer heavily. In fact, many failures and partial failures could be traced to poor teams and lack of suitable implements. Do not make such a mistake. Now is the time to begin to plan for the next crop. SHEEP MUST BE PROTECTED Animals Are More Susceptible to Cold and Dampness Than Any Other Kind of Farm Stock. Some farmers seem to imagine that just because a sheep has a fleece to protect it, that shelter from cold and storms is not necessary, but they should know that sheep are more susceptible to cold and dampness than

1 any other animal on the farm

f New York Club's Aim

NEW YORK. There are various classes of clubs in this city, ranging all the way from those with purposes strictly political to those whose aim appears to be nothing more serious than giving a dance and dinner once a year. Perhaps the most jiovel club in New

.xork is the Rodgers Loyal club in Fifteenth street, with a membership of between three and four hundred men and hoys between the ages of sixteen and thirty, every one of whpm has done time in the reformatories for offenses sufficiently serious to bring them into the clutches of the police. This club was organized by Henry S. Rodders, the chief parole agent of this city. The members of this unusual association "chip in" 25 cents a month

for the maintenance of a relief fund for men and boys who come out of prison practically "broke," and each year every member is required to report at least one bona fide employer who has room for a man or boy. When a prisoner is released from a reformatory he is given .$10, but out of this he must pay his railroad fare to his destination. Consequently, he lands in this city with but a few dollars and but little chance of obtaining a position quickly; and when his funds become exhausted he naturally returns to crime to supply his needs. The club is on the lookout for just such fellows. They take him into the organization, thereby giving him the human comradeship which a man or boy most needs when he leaves the dark, grav walls, see that his immediate wants are supplied from the fund and obtain for him a place at the earliest possible opportunity. If a member of tho Hnh lonmc

of an opening he promptly notifies Mr. Rodgers, who does his best to land ; the boy or man in the vacancy. This system is working out well and hundreds of young men have thereby obtained places which they have filled with credit, who, without the club's assistance, might have had to walk the streets until they again resorted to evil ways. Each member is responsible for the

person ne places in a position, and he sees to it that his protege goes straight. Soldier Went to Right Place to Get Mending Done rjETROIT. Artlessly as a little boy coming to mother to have his play-torn mJ knickers mended, a young chap in khaki entered the headquarters of the National League for Woman's Service, thrusting two fingers through holes in

wnere tne machine stitching had come loose, and the little khaki cloth bugle was fraying at the edges. For he was the bugler of the Thirty-third Michigan from one of the companies stationed at Fort Wayne and, having been in need of a little womanly attention, had taken the name of the league "for woman's service" at its word. "You know I can't do any mending myself," he explained apologetically "because I haven't a comfort kit. Lots of fellows in our company haven't any either. "And I haven't a sweater, either," he announced, as he glanced around the room where knitted garments of khaki and gray wool are always In evidence. "Well, you're going to Waco soon, aren't you, where you'll not need a sweater?" said a league member. "Oh, but we could use sweaters down at the fort these chilly nights all right," he answered, and the woman was ashamed of having appeared to doubt his pleadings. In return for having his mending done, the soldier sat down and affixed stamps to a bundle of letters. He was further rewarded by the gift of a sweater and a comfort kit. "We've been told that some of the soldiers sell the sweaters and kits that are given them," said Miss Helen E. Keep, Michigan state chairman of the league, "but when a young fellow is frank enough to come in and ask to be fixed up, we're willing to take a chance."

Embryo Soldier Brought His Overalls Along KANSAS CITY. Slightly early for the arrival of the members of the district draft appeal board, but in time to greet the incoming .clerks was an Atchison county drafted man. He appeared at the board room in the

federal building with a small bundle under his arm and a smile on his face. About six feet two, muscular and altogether about as happy a prospect for a Sammy as any recruiting officer could wish, he fairly radiated good humor about the room while clerks were dusting off the desks preparatory to the day's work. Someone asked if anything could be done for him. Again he smiled. A big hand dived into overalls pocket and brought forth a notice that the

Atchison county young man had been certified by his local board to the district board. Did he desire to make an appeal? No, he did not (indignantly). Did he have an indusfccyil claim for exemption that he wanted to present? Most certainly not (frowns replacing smiles). Silence ensued while clerks busied themselves again. Then someone ventured a question as to what the Atchison county young man wanted. The bundle under the muscular right arm was placed on a table. The big frame of the big man leaned forward; earnestly the voice reported: "Well, I'm here and I'm rerfdy to start training for this fighting business see? Just thought I'd come to town and get an early start for camp. Heard that overalls were in style up at camp and that's what I been a-wearing' for a long time. Got an extra shirt along and the sooner you start me to work the better." The man was sent home by the board, who told him that he would be called in due time.

Gotham Cops "Threatened" With Wrist Watches NEW YORK. Wrist watches for New York policemen? Blessed memories of Rhlnelander Waldo and "Big Bill" Devery, what is the force going to do if it has to don wrist watches? Vast excitement has been caused in police

POLICEMEN TO DON WRIST WATCHES

officers wear wrist watches without in any way detracting from their manliness. "Yes," he admitted, us he held up one enormous hand to halt northbound traffic and beckoned on a long line of cross-town trucks, "but some army officers I see around town are carrying swagger sticks, too. Are they going to have us drop the nightstick for the swagger stick? We'll look fine covering the East side gashouse districts at night with these dinky little canes ! Why, every gang on the beat would be waiting for you to beat you up. "Nix on the wrist watch for mine. When they put that rule into effect I guess I'll ask to be retired. I'm old enough for it and I guess I can't keep np with all these new wrinkles." v

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Is Reformation of Felons a pocket of his trousers and asked if he could get a needle and thread to sew them up. He explained that they had been burned in his pocket by a cigarette. He chanced to approach a very motherly sort of a person, and the two managed to have a glorious time. Mrs. E. O. Mullant sewed the holes in the pocket, then the soldier asked to have the buttons on his shirt fastened more securely, and as a last request pointed woefully to the insignia on his sleeve. f I'M READY TO START TRAlillN To UCK TH circles Dy reason or tms rumor, which seems to have originated in the Tenderloin. "It won't be so bad for some of these here rookies," said one big, burly policeman, a survivor of the palmy days of "Big Bill" Devery, the best police chief New York fiver had," since they have sot more or less used to that sort of tiling. But what are us fellows who remember the cops as they were in the old days going to do?" He was reminded that all arrav

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ITALIAN A FAITHFUL TOILER

Doe Not Drop His Shovel -as Other Laborer Do When the Whistle Blows. There is a much lower percentage of criminality, immorality and insanity among the Italians than among many other immigrant races, Willard Price writes in the World Outlook. As for dependency, statistics Cor a representative year showed that our of every 2S,000 Italians in the city of New York there was only one in the almshouse on Blackwell's island. .Tames Forbes, chief of the mendicant department of the C. O. S., says he has never seen or heard of an Italian tramp. There are practically no drunkards amoim the Italians. The immigrant from Italy proves to be a faithful and cheerful worker. When a contractor engaged in building a city sewer was asked why he had only Italians in his employ he replied: "Because they are the best workmen, and there are enough of them. If an Italian down in that ditch has y shovelful of earth halfway up when the whistle blows for dinner, he will not drop it; he will throw it up: others will drop it. And when the lunch hour is over, when the clock strikes the Italian will be leaning on his shovel ready to go to work, but the other fellows will be out under that tree and will be three minutes getting to the job, and three minutes each for 150 men is not a small item." The Italians are industrious, goodnatured, very affectionate toward children, courteous and polite often to the point of dishonesty, generous and selfsacrificing. But the impulse of these excellent qualities is. offset by the Italian's dense ignorance, which sentences him to spend the rest of his life after he reaches America in the drudgery of unskilled labor. JOY FOR THE SCRUB WOMAN Electrical Machine Does All the Tedious Work While Biddy Stands By and Grins. The latest recruit to the ranks of electric labor-saving devices is a scrubbing machine. It weighs about 100 pounds and is entirely self-contained, with the single exception that it takes its current from any convenient socket. The machine wets, sweeps, scrubs and dries the floor at a single operation. It requires only a single attendant, who merely pushes the machine forward and guides it. He v controls the amount of water distributed on the floor by. means of a handle. This water is immediately swept up. by a cylindrical brush which is 16 inches wide and has a circumference of 20 inches. This brush is driven by a one-fourtl! horsepower motor at a speed of 600 revolutions per minute. The brush does the actual scrubbing and carries all of the dirt and soiled water over an apron into a separate receiving pan, so the scrubbing is always done with clean water from the upper tank. The machine is said to have a capacity of nearly 7,000 square feet of surface per hour. Rough for the Slackers. For some time the boys in khaki have been recruiting from the hurricane deck of a half dozen Fifth avenue buses, which take up positions along the curb of the white light section, says a New York exchange. They have been doing good work and have gained quite a few recruits, but at times their tactics border on the rough-neck way of doing things. For instance, the other night the recruiting buses -were stationed at points where the crowds pass, and to the young men who went by, they shouted, "Aren't you ashamed of yourself not to be in uniform?" "That girl isn't decent if she walks with a slacker like you;" "There's another who is robbing his country," and other similar remarks. The intent is to shame the man into enlisting at once. That this is' doing harm is evidenced by the attitude of the lookers-on. several comments of whom left little doubt that those who were insulted would be kept away from recruiting. Just Dream of Love. Turkish girls seem to prepare themselves for marriage in the absence of. lovers. They are wooed by dreams and sweet thoughts; their faces become tender and their voices cooing during the period when their parents are making inquiries for a suitable husband for them. But it does seem a pity that these pretty and charming girls should never experience in any degree that most delightful process of courtship. Perhaps when they emerge into the freer life that seemed, preparing for them until the war arrested progress, that will be one of their gains. Exchange. Distant Friends. A person well skilled in geography asked a loan of a friend, stating that he had been in all quarters of the globe, and had friends in each. He was asked their names and dealings. "Oh," said he, "I have often dealings with Tim Bucto, in Africa, for ivory; with my old friend Ben Gal, for rice; Bil Boa sends me fruit from Spain, and there is Pat Agonia and Sam O'Thracia and Frank Onio, and " "Hold," replied the other ; "you can't be on good terms with friends who keep themselves at sucha very great distance." What Camouflage Is. Camouflage is simply the art of disguising military objects by any meanwhatever painting, shrubbery, smol: screen or any other device. Perhaps the word has been minted from camou flet, a whiff of smoke.

Keep Yourself Fit You can't afford to be lid tin with sore, aching kidneys in these days of high prices. Some occupations bring kidney troubles; almost Any work makes weak kidneys worse. If you feel tired all the time, and suffer with hme back, sharp pains, dizzy spells, hedaches and disordered kidney action, we Doan's Kidney Pills. It may suve an attack of rheumatism, dropsv, or B right's disease. Toan's have helped thousands back to health.

An Indiana Case Lr. H. Dobbins, cooper, 546 John St. Whiting, Ind., says: "I was in bad shape with weak kidneys, caused by too much heavy lifting. My back was so sore and lame, I could hardly move and sharp, darting pains went through me, My kidneys acted irregularly and the secre "&rr tions were irregular in nnsRfltre. Doan's Ivldney Pills fixed me up infine shape nad l can't praise them too highly." Get Doan's at Any Stor, 60c t Box DOAN'S "p1 FOSTER.MUBURN CO.. BUFFALO. N. Y. Make The Laundress Happy hy making it possible for her to turn oat beautiful, snowy 'white, clothes like new. Red Cross Ball Blue will enable the laundress to pro ducefine, freah-looking pure white clothes instead of the greenish yellow usually obtained. EEI GROSS BALL BLUE always pleases. 5 cents. At all up-to-date grocers. WANTED GOOD REPRESENTATIVE to handle paringjiroposltlon. Kopeat orders. Writ for particulars. VJLN-K1BK CO., REPUBLIC, OHIO LLAMAS MUST BE HUMORED Will Not Endure Force or Threats When Being Loaded They Ar Caressed by Drivers. The South American llama will bear neither beating nor ill-treatment. The animals go in troops, an Indian walking a long distance ahead. If the llamas are tired they stop, and the Indian stops aso. If the delay be too great, the Indian, becoming uneasy toward sunset, after all due precaution, resolves on supplicating the beasts to resume their journey. He stands about 50 or 60 paces' oil, In an attitude of humility, waving his hand coaxingly toward them, looks at them with tenderness, and at the same time, In the softest tones, reiterates, "Ic, Ic, Ic." If the llamas are disposed to resume their course they follow the Indian in good order, for their legs are long ; but, when they arc In ill hnmor they do not even turn toward the speaker, but remain motionless huddled together, standing or lying down. The straight neck and the gentle majesty of bearing, the long down of their always clean and glossy skin, their supple and timid motion, all give them an air at once sensitive and noble. If it happens which is very seldom the case that an Indian wishes to obtain, either by force or even by threats, what the llama will not willingly perform, the instant the animal finds Itself affronted by words or gesture Itr raises its head with dignity and, without making any attempt to escape III treatment by flight, lies down. The respect shown these animals by Peruvian Indians amounts almost to superstitious reverence. When theIndians load them, two approach and' caress the animal, hiding its. head that It may not see the load on its back. Tt Is the same in unloading. : A National Blessing. According to Dr. K. F. Griggs, who has just come back from Katmai, the1 latest "largest volcano," its 1912 eruption will be the last for thousands of years. Wouldn't it be a comfort If some explosive human beings would blow off once and shut up for a like period? New York Sun. No Such Thing. There Is no such thing as solitary happiness. If you object to matrimony, try a dog. WHEATLESS MEALS! DON'T BOTHER me.says fäöSSy: JUST TRY POST TOAST BEST CORN FLAKES EVER!

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