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Absolutely  free  from  adulterants  and  fillers,  just 
like  the  feed  you  would  mix  for  yourself , is  a  special 
combination  of  choice  cottonseed  meal,  dried  beet 
pulp,  gluten  feed. corn  distillers’  grains,  wheat  bran, 
wheat  middlings  and  a  little  salt,  that's  all;  each  in¬ 
gredient  weighed  hr  automatic  scales  and  all 
thoroughly  mixed  in  huge  power  driven  mixers,  so 
that  it  i»  always  absolutely  uniform,  and  always 
good.  An  extra  quart  or  two  of  milk  daily  from  each 
cow  may  turn  a  lass  into*  proflt.Try  1.ARRO-FEED 
for  morn  profits.  Sold  on  "mautj  btek  il  an  utislied" 
plan,  the  decision  being  entirely  up  to  you.  LARRO 
dealers  almost  everywhere;  write  if  none  near  you. 
THt  UKXOWf  MIU-INS  COBia  Ctlliipn  *M».,  Uetrsil.  Mick. 
THAT’S  GUARANTEED 
—to  produce  more  milk  than  any  other  ration 
either  home  mixed  or  purchased  and  do  it 
without  giving  your  cows  constipation  or 
udder  trouble.  Ready  to  use  right  out  of  the 
sack  without  any  mixing. 
Make  Longer 
Cream  Shipments 
This  Sturges  refrigerator  can 
has  a  special  heat  and  cold  proof 
insulation  between  its  inner  and 
outer  walls. 
In  a  test  it  lost  only  eight  degrees  "cool¬ 
ness"  in  twelve  hours  in  a  steady  heat  of 
ninety-two  degrees.  24-hour  hauls  safely 
made.  Just  the  thing  for  sweet  cream 
shippers.  Widen  your  market— save  work  of 
icing,  using  felt  jackets,  cones,  etc. 
Write  for  Booklet  No. 
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HURRY  YOUR  PIGS  TO  MARKET 
Secure  the  highest  prices  and  save  feed  and  labor.  You  can  accomplish  all  tins  by 
feeding  properly.  The  ration  must  contain  phosphate  of  lime  and  animal  proteiu. 
Without  these  your  pigs  simply  cannot  quickly  build  big  frames  and  lay  ou  flesh. 
Grain  Alone  Will  Not  Do  It 
REICHARD’S  DIGESTER  TANKAGE 
^•^m-ovides  for  this  deficiency— insures  most  rapid  growth  and  multiplies  your  profits. 
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and  helpful  literature. 
ROBERT  A.  RE  CHARD 
15  W.  Lawrence  St.  Allentown,  Pa- 
Care  of  Sow  and  Pigs 
I  hegin  to  fit  n.v  sows  as  soon  as  they 
are  bred.  I  feed  bran  and  middlings, 
about  one  part  of  each,  made  in  a  slop 
and  feed  twine  a  day  about  all  they  will 
clean  up.  If  the  sow  is  thin  I  give  a 
little  corn.  I  try  to  get  them  in  good  con¬ 
dition  before  farrowing.  I  shut  them  in, 
until  the  pigs  ere  two  or  three  days  old 
and  then  let  them  run,  if  the  ground  is 
dry  they  will  he  all  right  out.  When 
the  sow  begins  to  make  her  nest  T  take 
everything  away  and  give  a  little  cut 
straw  or  fine  hay.  planer  shavings  are 
good.  Feed  only  little  slop  and  warm 
water  for  the  first  throe  days,  then  a 
little  more  at  a  time,  so  to  get  her  on 
full  feed  when  the  pigs  are  about  a 
week  old.  After  the  pigs  are  two  weeks 
old  I  feed  three  times  a  day.  and  begin  to 
throw  a  few  oats  where  the  pigs  can  get 
them.  Overfeeding  the  sow  at  farrowing 
time  causes  meet  aTJ  the  trouble  with 
stnn’l  pigs,  and  if  the  pigs  fight  over 
the:r  teats  cut  their  corn  a-  teeth  o(T 
with  a  small  pair  of  wire  cutters-  Many 
sews  bill  their  pigs  from  being  bitten 
from  the  pigs  fighting.  Do  not  forget  to 
spr:  the  sow  and  pigs  to  k-ep  them 
free  pe<  n  I'ce.  c.  e.  barnes. 
New  York. 
Crude  Petroleum  and  Cholera 
I  enclose  you  some  clippings  from  the 
Oil  City  Derrick,  as  to  the  use  of  crude 
petroleum,  direct  from  the  wells,  for  hog 
cholera.  I  have  known  that  this  was 
used  in  this  way  for  years,  and  vet  it 
never  attracted  my  attention  until  lately. 
Farmers  who  have  used  it  for  4i>  years 
drive  20  miles  to  get.  it  if  their  bogs  are 
sick.  They  all  say  it  effects  a  cure 
absolutely.  Whether  the  sickness  of  the 
hogs  is  cholera  or  something  else,  of 
course  I  do  not  know,  as  it  is  usually 
th->  ease  if  the  hog  is  cured  he  is  well, 
and  if  lie  dies  the  matter  is  forgotten. 
The  use  of  the  crude  oil  for  swine  is 
so  common  here  that  it  is  scarcely  men¬ 
tioned  more  than  feeding  hay  to  cattle 
would  be.  F.  it.  TAY1.0R, 
R.  X.-Y. — The  item  from  the  Oil  City 
(Pi.)  Derrick  describes  the  use  of  crude 
petroleum  in  hog  management.  It  is 
claimed  to  be  a  cure  for  cholera  and  a 
remedy  to  be  used  on  all  stock.  Prof. 
F.  C.  Minkl.fr  has  the  following  cum¬ 
in  wit  to  make  : 
'“Crude  petroleum  is  considered  a  good 
antipornsitie.  but  there  is  no  evidence 
to  justify  the  statement  that  it  possesses 
any  virtues  that  would  make  it  an  effect¬ 
ive  remedy  in  hog  cholera.  It.  is  agreed 
by  veterinarians  that  when  a  hog  shows 
the  symptoms  accompanying  hog  cholera 
which  are  visible  to  the  eye  the  tissues 
are  generally  so  damaged  that  it  is  prac¬ 
tically  impossible  to  bring  about  repairs. 
A  prominent  veterinarian  advises  me 
that  in  certain  oil  districts  crude  oil  is 
considered  a  domestic  remedy  for  many 
conditions.  Oftentimes  it  is  recommend¬ 
ed  for  rheumatism,  pneumonia,  bron¬ 
chitis  and  other  ills,  while  the  refined 
petroleum  is  considered  a  domestic  rem¬ 
edy  for  coughs,  colds,  frost  bites  and 
all  similar  conditions. 
“It  might  he  reasonable  to  assume  that 
crude  petroleum  has  qualities  that  might 
be  considered  preventive  measures  for  a 
number  of  illnesses,  but  in  my  judgment 
the  facts  do  not  substantiate  the  claim 
that  it  is  an  actual  remedy  for  cholera, 
and  has  any  curative  properties  in  case 
the  animals  are  actually  ill  with  cholera." 
F.  C.  MINKLER. 
Bottling  Warm  Milk 
I  just  bought  a  retail  milk  route  which 
had  recently  been  changed  front  loose  to 
bottled  milk.  The  people  want  the  milk 
early  and  want  it  fresh,  that  is.  from  the 
night  before  or  the  same  morning.  The 
farmers  do  not  get  in  with  the  milk  until 
from  5  :M0  until  7  o'clock  A.  M.  The 
night's  milk  is  cooled,  hut  the  morning 
milking  is  still  warm.  If  I  stop  t ■>  cool 
the  morning  milk  I  lost  too  much  time.  If 
I  bottle  the  morning  ini  log  while  still 
warm  what  will  be  the  result?  Will  it 
retain  a  eowy  flavor  or  snoil  soon?  I 
sell  the  milk  just  as  I  get  it.  from  the 
farmers.  If  I  try  to  sell  loose  milk  I 
may  lose  trade,  and  if  the  warm  milk  will 
not  keep  bottled  I  shall  lose  too.  M. 
Warm  milk,  whether  bottled  or  not, 
will  not  keep  satisfactorily,  and  you  prob¬ 
ably  will  not  satisfy  your  customers  if 
you  attempt  to  bottle  milk  warm  from 
the  dairy.  The  germs  which  cause  sour¬ 
ing  and  other  forms  of  deferioraton  of 
milk  thrive  and  multiply  best  in  warm 
milk,  hence  the  necessity  of  cooling  milk 
as  soon  as  possible  after  it  is  drawn.  If 
you  have  ice.  or  even  cold  well  water,  the 
use  of  the  ordinary  tin  aerator  will  en¬ 
able  you  to  cool  milk  quickly  and  will  help 
you  out  with  the  warm  morning  milk. 
You  should,  if  possible,  however,  insist 
upon  your  supply  of  milk  being  cooled  at 
the  dairy,  ns  the  time  that  intervenes  be¬ 
fore  it  reaches  you  is  sufficient  to  start 
degenerative  changes;  and  the  less  clean 
ly  the  conditops  under  which  the  milk  is 
produced  and  handled,  the  quicker  these 
changes  will  take  place.  You  should  also 
try  to  teach  your  customers  that  bottling 
milk  does  not  improve  its  keeping  quali¬ 
ties.  while  storing  it  in  the  coolest  pos¬ 
sible  place  does.  m.  b.  n. 
Concrete  Partitions  Between  Cows 
Several  of  our  readers  have  asked 
about  the  use  of  concrete  partitions  be¬ 
tween  the  cows  in  a  sanitary  dairy  barn. 
The  cows  stand  side  by  side,  and  the 
modern  plan  is  to  have  open  partitions 
between  them,  or  let  them,  stand  without 
part'tions.  The  drawback  to  the  last 
named  plan  is  that  cows  are  often  in¬ 
jured  by  having  their  neighbors  step  on 
them.  M  e  have  seen  a  good  many  cases 
where  the  cows'  teats  or  udders  have 
been  badly  hurt  in  this  way.  One  cow 
will  be  lying  down  stretched  out.  when 
her  neighbor,  frightened  at  something, 
jumps  up  quickly  to  her  feet.  The  first 
cow  is  stretched  out  in  such  a  way  that 
wlnm  her  neighbor  gets  up  the  sharp 
hoofs  are  put  right  down  and  tear  the 
udder.  This  is  the  great  objection  to 
having  the  cows  stand  side  b.v  side  with¬ 
out  partitions.  In  most  sanitary  barns 
where  provision  is  made  for  separation 
the  partitions  are  made  of  metal,  and 
usually  pipes  are  arranged  so  as  to  sep¬ 
arate  the  cows  and  yet  give  free  pas¬ 
sage  of  air.  Most  builders  of  sanitary 
barns  say  that  a  partition  of  concrete 
would  be  objectionable.  It  would  be  cold, 
make  it  much  harder  to  clean  the  stable 
thoroughly,  and  prevent  the  free  circu¬ 
lation  of  air  among  the  cows.  Each  stall 
under  such  a  system  would  have  to  be 
cleaned  individually,  and  the  cows  bedded 
in  the  same  manner.  In  order  to  be 
solid  such  partitions  would  probably  have 
t-v  be  four  inches  thick,  and  this  would 
take  up  a  lot  of  valuable  space.  Ou  the 
whole  the  experts  and  sanitary  barn 
builders  can  see  no  particular  advantage 
in  having  these  solid  partitions,  while  on 
I  lie  other  hand  they  can  easily  find  plenty 
of  objection  to  them.  It  seems  as  if  the 
pipe  arrangement  between  the  cows  will 
be  far  more  satisfactory. 
An  Essay  on  Woodchuck’s  Oil 
I  want  to  tell  everybody  who  keeps  a 
cow  what  to  do  when  the  cow's  udder  is 
caked.  I  use  woodchuck  oil.  and  have 
used  it  for  over  40  years  and  have 
never  found  anything  that  can  equal  it. 
1  pour  some  in  one  band,  then  take  bold 
"f  a  tea t  with  the  other  and  rub  it  in 
thoroughly,  then  change  and  put  some  on 
other  side.  It  takes  more  the  first  time 
than  any  time  after  that.  I  put  it  on 
morning  and  night,  a  few  times.  I  also 
use  it  on  mowing  machine,  rake,  wagon 
and  buggy.  Almost  any  farmer  can  get 
plenty  of  woodchucks  after  haying  and 
harvest  time.  It  is  the  best  harness  oil 
anyone  can  get.  You  do  nut  have  to  use 
any  blacking  with  it,  it  makes  any  har¬ 
ness  soft  and  pliable.  I  use  it  on  my 
shoes,  too.  I  have  sold  woodchuck  oil  at 
*1  a  quart  to  oil  harness,  many  a  time. 
Tt  is  cheaper  at  that  price  fur  it  takes 
less  to  make  a  harness  soft  than  of  any 
other  oil.  ,r.  a.  w. 
Allentown.  X.  Y. 
It  is  good  news  to  learn  that  Mr. 
\\  oodchuck  dead  is  of  use  to  man,  for  we 
all  know  well  that  alive  he  is  a  nuisance 
c" less  it  be  as  a  weather  sign  in  Spring. 
While  we  believe  that  it  is  the  “elbow 
grease”  (rubbing)  rather  than  the  wood* 
el  uck  oil  that  helps  in  garget,  our  readers 
will  be  interested  to  learn  of  the  several 
useful  purposes  for  which  this  oil  may  be 
used,  and  they  will  lie  glad  to  got  even  by 
using  it  as  advised.  By  the  way,  do  all 
of  our  readers  know  that  woodchucks  may 
be  easily  and  surely  asphyxiated  by  the  |  l 
gas  from  the  exhaust  of  an  automobile 
passed  into  the  woodchuck  burrow  by 
means  of  a  rubber  hose?  Attach  the  hose, 
shove  if  into  the  burrow,  block  the  holes 
with  earth,  then  speed  up  the  motor  and 
when  smoke  issues  forth  the  funeral  ser-. 
vice  is  over.  Try  it,  then  try  out  the  oil 
and  use  it  to  lubricate  the  auto.  ‘‘Tit 
for  tat  is  fair  play.”  a,  s.  a. 
Heat 
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KILLS  LICE,  MITES  and  FLEAS. 
FOR  SCRATCHES, WOUNDS.  SCAB, 
and  COMMON  SKIN  TROUBLES. 
Prevents  Hog  Cholera. 
Experiments  on  live  hogs  prove  that  a 
virulent  Flog  Cholera  Virus  in  5  minute* 
by  contact. 
We  will  send  Frr  a  Booklets  on 
The  treatment  of  mange,  eczema  or 
pitch  mange,  arthritis,  sore  mouth,,  etc. 
How  to  build  a  hog  wallow,  which 
will  keep  hogs  clean  and  healthy. 
How  to  keep  your  hogs  free  from 
insect  parasites  and  disease. 
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the  efforts  to  secure 
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