Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 26, Petersburg, Pike County, 3 November 1899 — Page 7

GOAT HERDER’S HOUSE. J«»t the Thin* tor Sonthneiten Farmers Who Are Eagacei la ■ the Asian Bastaess. Angora goats are great browsers, eating off th6 leaves of bushes and trees aa high from the ground as they can reach when standing on their hind legs with their front feet Tip in the trees. Such browsing gives a park-like appearance to any area on which they are feeding to any extent, and that is especially true of the vicinity of their bedding ground. It is therefore of great advantage to r 1

GOAT HERDER S HOUSE. change the bedding ground frequently to an entirely new “earth?,” and this is most conveniently done by sheltering their herder in a movable house, as shown in the illustration. I used to have a tent for the purpose, but this has many objectionable features, mainly because it necessitated buildingta fence around it to keep cattle from tearing it. It is also impossible to keep out tramps, who sometimes help themselves to the herder’s provisions or ’’blankets during his absence. The size of the house is six by ten feet and six feet from floor to eaves, and all that is necessary is to load the “camp tricks,” hitch on two horses, and pull it to the fresh camping ground. The herder locks it when taking the flock out to graze in the morning, and I have never yet had it tampered with. It has been in constant use for 15 years. --American Agriculturist. PUMPKINS FOR HOGS. estimates as to Their Value Based oa Experiments Conducted at the Oregon Station.

We did not think pumpkins as valu able for feeding to hogs as we did to . cattle, but when they were plenty the " bogs had some every day, for we could not keep them late in the winter. We never cooked them unless to throw in a few when boiling small potatoes or other roots for ,the hogs, as we thought them too watery when boiled, and they seemed to be relished better when given raw. We notice in a bulletin sent out tb§ Oregon Experiment station j that they tested pumpkins for hogs weighing 140 to 200 pounds each foi four periods of 14 days each. The pumpkins were cooked with shorts. For the first two weeks it took 15.4S pounds of pumpkins and 2.12 pounds oi ' shorts to make a pound of gain. The ‘next two weeks it took 14.95 pounds of pumpkins and 1.3 pounds of shorts. In the third period 14.39 pounds of the pumpkin and 1.79 pounds shorts, and for the last two weeks 14.46 pounds oi pumpkins and 2.54 pounds of shorts. The-average gain for each hog during the whole time was about iy2 pounds per day, "and counting pumpkins at $2.50 a top and shorts at $12 the cost per pound of gain was 2.9 cents. This toay have been cheap enough, but we think it could have been made cheapcx upon raw pumpkins, and by using a little more shorts, or perhaps a mixture of equal parts of cornmeal and shorts After a hog weighs 200 pounds alivw we are not afraid to give him as much corn, meal as he will eat until we get him fat enough to kill. They tried to increase the amount of pumpkin and reduce the amount of shorts, but the pigs objected, and, as will be seen above, they had to increase the proportion of shorts. We never tested pumpkins for sheep feeding, but have no doubt they would work excellently well. We never removed the seeds when feeding them, and nevqr saw that they were doing any injury to either cattle or hogs.—American Cultivator. Green Bones tor the Hens. A mess of green bones at least twice a week will always prove beneficial, as they provide lime iof the shells and serve as a change. Some do not believe in feeding grain at all in the summer season, preferring to allow the hens to work. A pound of green bone cut with a bone cutter, twice or three times a ~ week, given to a dozen hens at night is better than feeding grain, as the hens nearly always come up with full crops when they are on the range. When in confinement in late fall or winter the green bone will continue to be of valuable assistance.—Farm and Fireside Wintering: Breeding: Hog:*. The brood sow or the male hog can he kept very well through the winter at small expense. They will keen fat enough for breeding purposes on a mile j bran mash with a few raw roots and a handful of clover each day. Uusally they are very fond of raw beets and turnips, and they seem to do better on j them than on cooked roots. The latter are too watery, and need some whole corn to go with them, instead of a bran bums or slop,—American Cultivator.

FEEDING IN YARDS. Blrii 1* Confinement. Seed Dtfierent Rations from Those Uarlsg n Free Woodland Ran.

Poultry in confinement must be fed differently from those which hove a free run of grass or woodland, in which latter they revel, hunting over all the leaves, and scratching away, around and under old logs for their favorite grubs and bugs. If you have not made it a business to watch your chicks and hens carefully, you do not realize what a large amount of grass and green food they will eat in a day when it is at hand and when they have not been overfed with grain or scraps. Fowls need coarse food or something that gives bulk as well as nutriment. Even though you feed the confined birds the same identical food they obtained for them' selves on a good run it would not be the same, as they cannot select for themselves and they would still lack the exercise so necessary for their health, and, therefore, in confinement the same food would be too much for them. This is why successful raisers of poultry in confinement always throw the grain to their fowls in straw, thus „ compelling them to work for it. Exercise is necessary for their health, but If the food is composed more of nitrogenous elements and less of the carbonaceous (especially of the oils and fats) there wouDBrnot be so many diseases to confront. There arc people who pamper their chickens, both old and young. Com is useful in the poultry business, as lard or bacon is in the kitchen, but not as a regular diet. If you want to fatten poultry or warm them in cold weather, or when a hen is poor, and on that account not laying, and needs a richer food, corn is excellent, but should not be given almost exclusively, especially when fowls are confined. It isx not difficult to incur a serious loss, where a good number of fowls are kept, by injudicious feeding. All kinds should have a sufficiency of food without being overfed. If the birds are kept in a state of semi-starvation the hens lay but few eggs, and those intended for killing become so attenuated that a very considerable outlay is necessary before they can be brought into proper condition for the table, and will lack tenderness and delicacy. To feed too liberally is wasteful, and in the case of laying hens decidedly objectionable; for a hen when it' becomes very fat ceases to produce up to the average, and is subject to various ailments. Fullgrown fowls should^have just as much as they will readily eat and no more. Barley, either in whole or in ground state, is fairly economical used either alone or in combination with other food. Oats and oatmeal are of especial value for fattening for the table. Pieces of bread and vegetables of all kinds may be utilized, and scraps of meat chopped up rather small are of great value in feeding fowls shut up in small yards where they are unable to obtain worms and insects. Potatoes boiled and mixed up with a sufficient ! quantity of coarse bran, when scalded to form rather a stjff paste, are useful for helping out the corn.—Farm and Fireside. PROFIT IN SQUABS. 4 Few Suggestions from a Ladf Who Has Made the Breeding of • Pigeons a Success. I

I have been raising squabs for foui ! or five years, but only recently have j ventured on a larger scale. Have 175 I pairs of birds, common and mixed va- I rieties, writes Mrs. A. J. Smith. My plan is to make each pair of birds take a certain box; for instance, if the birds seem to prefer a high box, give it to them; if a low one, choose one nearer the floor; one can always judge by their actions. All the empty boxes must be kept closed. It is surprising how quickly they will learn their own boxes, and once settled the male bird defies all intrusion. By so doing you learn all your birds by -sight, and if there are odd or strayed ones in the flock, they may be removed. At night it is best to look them over. I have fed little besides corn and wheat, with a box of oyster shells and grit. To avoid disease, clean the boxes from which the squabs have been taken to kill, and scrape the floors once a week or every two weeks. Keep air-slacked lime and carbolic acid scattered about profusely and the disease will soon depart. This must be done frequently the year round, as perseverance and constant attention are the only way to success.—Farmers’ Voice. WARM POULTRY HOUSE. Uthoash Built on a Northern Slope the One Here Ulaatrated la Reaaonably Comfortable. The cut shows an attempt at making the best of circumstances. The poultry house must face the south or the southeast, while the ground where the house should stand slopes toward the north. The floor was dug level into

WARM HOUSE ON NORTHERN SLOPE. the bank and a foundation wall was put in as shown, the top coming up to successive levels to accommodate itself to the rising ground. A drain is laid along beneath the wall to carry off the water coming down the hill. A cement floor is laid the whole length and a large window is Asserted in the south end. Such a building will prove very warm in winter, even though built as it is upon a northern slope.—Farm and Fireside.

CAPTURE OF PRIZE FISHES Be markable Catefeen ml! Tama, a mm Black. Him Bmaa Iw the Soathera Paelhe.

The report of the season’s eateh ot game fish found in South Pacific waters by members of the Tuna eitub of Avalon, Santa Catalina l|)and, Cal., has astonished sportsmen throughout the country. Records for weight of the fish and time consumed in their capture have been broken, and in many instances, where tuns and black sea bass weighing over 300 pbunds were captured with rod and reel, the skillful work of the members was astonishing. The Tuna club announced the decisions of the judges of the year’s catches at a banquet held recently. The club has for its object the encouragement of. rod fishing, the use of the lightest tackle, and the protection of the game fishes of California. The special field of this club, whence it gets its name, is angling for the tuna, one of the numerous branches of the great mackerel family, and closely akin to the bonito and albacore. Although swimming in the Mediterranean and other eastern waters, tuna are not found on the Atlantic coast. On the Pacific, especially the South Pacific coast, tuna are caught in large numbers and grow to immense size. Th« leaping tuna is the particular variety sought by the California sportsmen, but while the leaping tuna is the shining mark for the Tuna club members, this year's announcement of prizes brings to notice other fish of proportions calculated to make the eastern angler envious. * This year’s annua) banquet of the club probably brought together more anglers with remarkable records than ever before gathered around the same board. The list of decisions deals first with the leaping tuna. For beating the record of the president of the club, C. F. Holder. 1S3 pounds. Col. C. P. Morehouse wins a hnndred-dollar rod. For landing the largest tuna of the season, which weighed 251 pounds, and was caught in 3% hours, Col. Morehouse won a number of cups and medals, and was thereby made eligible tc the presidency of the club, to which he was elected at the banquet. The prize fori the second largest fish went to J. M. Elliott, of Los Angeles. The fish weighed 180 pounds and fought five hours before it came to gaff, towing the boat 20 n\iles in thrrf time. F. S. Manning, of Sierra Madra, won medals and cups for exceeding F. V. Eider’s rod record of 327 pounds. He also won a medal for taking the largest black sea bass, a 330-pounder, which was fought for 3*4 horn's and brought to gaff in a heavy sea by pouring oil on the water.

The prize for the largest white sea bass was won by E. M. Boggs, of Los Angeles. Fred F. Gerrish took the first prize for yellow tails, with a 37 pound fish. The prize for the largest yellow tail of the season taken by a lady was won by Mrs. H. \V. Hoyt, of Seattle. A B. Bevans, of Decatur, 111., took a prize for the largest rock ball. The fish weighed five pounds twelve ounces With a 17-pound sheephead, Dr. George Gale, of San Francisco, took first prize The first prize for white fish was taken w ith a 7y3-pound fish. A number of members were awarded j, the club button, given to those who. unaided, bring to gaff with rod and not over 24-thread line a leaping tuna oi 100 pounds or more. . The executive committee called at-1 tention to a remarkable tuna hooked by a fellow’-member, Mr. J. H. Woods, of Lima, O., with a light rod and 21-j strand line. Mr. Woods played his fish : seven hours and fifteen minutes, making little or no impression on it and making the record fight. He then gave up the rod to his boatman, Harry Elms, who played the fish seven hours more, bringing it to gaff after a constant fight of 14 hours and 15 minutes. The fish was estimated at 600 or 700 pounds and-to be nine feet long and to have towed the launch 35 miles. It unfortunately escaped*at the gaffing, about 18 inches of its tail being seen above water, the gaffer then being unable tp reach its head, though reaching elbow deep.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat, The CSolflnir Vice. A Chicago woman who came to New Tork several years ago to lecture on voice culture told the women of her class that New Yorkers naturally had well-modulated voices,, but that they frequently ruined thellr pitch because of nervousness or misuse, and now comes a man who alleges that much golfing is affecting the voices of women. “I have noticed the change in pitch,” he says, “in the voice of every enthusiastic woman golfer of my acquaintance. You can’t expect women to play golf as professionals play whist. They would lose half the fun, and, moreover, congenial conversation is one of the pleasant features of the game. The necessity of frequently discussing a shot at long range in the open air naturally strengthens the voice, and women who spend most of their days on the links forget to lower their tones when they are indoors. I like to hear a woman’s voice strong and clear, but the low, well-modulated voice has its charms also, and my observation leads me to believe that much golfing ruins it. The bicycle face was recognized when the fad for wheeling was at its height, and I believe that the golfing voice will also become recognised as a distinct out* come-of the sport.—Chicago Tribune.

Tktroat)iki«4. A New York society dame, who is an ardent upholder of the Society for the Pre* yention of Cruelty to Animals, owns a little fox terrier of which ahe is exceedingly fond. A man who called on her the other day was admiring the dog and asked her mistress how she, with all her humane theories, could have allowed the cruel deg fancier to cut off Soap a tail and ears to the fashionable de- ***? °* dame drew herself up and replied, with some hauteur: “My dear sir, Soap expected it. Every thoroughbred fox terrier expects to have his tau and ears shortened. And that humbled man went away saying to himself: "That s the first time I ever thought of t nhllffA 9 »a avmtsnn* fo foX. |||h ‘noblesse oblige/ as applying to ners. —Cincinnati Enquirer.

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