1914. 
lirlhC KUKAL NEW-VUKKER 
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Mobilizing the Family Against the Pig 
(i'll T E are all tired of salt pork, and 
VV it is pretty near gone anyhow. 
The nights are getting chilly, there is 
corn husking and a lot of good hard 
work yet to do, and we need some fresh 
meat.” When mother says this, she has 
spoken “law.” One little fellow says he 
wants a piece of sparerib, and all shout 
tenderloin, even though dinner may be 
delayed until the middle of the afternoon. 
The old iron kettles are rolled out from 
the shed, and every butcher and bread 
knife on the farm is found and sharp¬ 
ened. The oil barrel is leaned up against 
the flat sled, and everything is ready. 
Then is when the sadness of the mobili¬ 
zation of the whole family. The little 
girls run to the house and cry, for they 
do not want to hear piggy squeal, moth¬ 
er even stops her ears, while the older 
boys try to look brave. As the father 
slips over in the pen he says: “Old fel¬ 
low, you’ve had a pretty easy time, you 
haven’t had anything to do, we have fed 
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Summer-Itch; Buckwheat Straw. 
W IIAT is a cure for Summer itch 
caused by Filaria irritans, a germ, 
so a veterinarian tells me, if there 
is any known cure? Is well-cured un¬ 
thrashed buckwheat straw fit to feed for 
roughage to a horse that has scarcely 
work enough for exercise, also feed other 
grain with the straw? w. c. R. 
Vineland, N. J. 
The treatment for Summer itch caused 
by Filaria irritans infesting the skin of 
horses as given by a report from the U. 
S. Bureau of Animal Industry is to rub 
the surface of the wound with iodoform 
and cover it with a layer of collodion, 
repeating the applications every twenty- 
four hours for fifteen days, or until the 
sores heal up. Ether or chloi’oform may 
be used in the place of the iodoform, 
pouring it onto cotton wool and apply¬ 
TIIE FAMILY ARMY LINED UP AGAINST MR. PIG. 
you, and it is a pretty easy way to die.” 
The modern way is to can a part of the 
meat as we have described. 
Freaks of Fashion. 
I T is amusing to read the current fash¬ 
ion notes. The fashion makers take 
themselves so seriously. Dutch collars 
are deader than a door-nail; loose floppy 
waists are defunct, and everybody that 
is anybody is wearing a basque and a 
flaring collar of some sort. I have a 
friend who is a joy to the eye in a Dutch 
collar, while in one of the flaring sort 
she looks like a pig in a poke. I have a 
blind friend to whom I try to describe 
the latest freaks of fashion. The new 
skirts I tell her look like the old-fash¬ 
ioned pantalettes. That pantalettes were 
not worn in my day rejoices my heart 
when I look at the photographs of some 
cousins who preceded y advent to the 
world of clothes. Poor innocents, vic¬ 
tims of the hateful tyranny of fashion! 
Somewhere (out in Kansas I think) a 
movement has been started to encourage 
individuality in dress. How delightful it 
would be if everybody were to wear be¬ 
coming clothes. I have a conviction that 
pantalettes and some other creations of 
fashion never had an excuse for being. 
They couldn’t possibly be becoming to 
anybody. Why in the name of sense 
does anybody wear what is unbecoming? 
c. 
ing it to the sores for two minutes be¬ 
fore covering them with the collodion. 
Buckwheat straw makes fair roughage 
for idle horses and may, of course, be 
supplemented by grain for those doing 
hard work. If fed. unthrashed, a bun¬ 
dle should be shelled out so that some 
idea of how much buckwheat grain the 
horse is getting in it may be had. Buck¬ 
wheat straw for cows and horses has 
never enjoyed a high reputation as a feed 
but necessity has taught many farmers 
that it is by no means to be despised 
when better roughage is not at hand. 
M. B. D. 
I T seems a sin that these golden days 
of October should find anyone idle 
with half the world likely to he in dire 
need before another harvest. Here we 
are two of us on a farm that furnishes 
ample work for four people. Where are 
the other two? One of the daily papers 
in a nearby city is calling for increased 
taxation in order to furnish work for the 
unemployed. I have tried various times 
to get help from this same city, but the 
city dweller looks with disdain on the 
country job. Scarcely a day passes that 
we are not asked to give something for 
somebody. Are we to be taxed lean and 
give ourselves poor that these “I won’t 
work at anything but my regular job at 
full pay” gentry may carry their point? 
We are willing to share with those who 
cannot help themselves, but in view of 
the untold misery that is coming upon 
the world, every person able to work 
should be willing to do anything that is 
honest. There is no lack of work. c. 
Unruly School Children. 
A PUBLIC schoolhouse is situated ad¬ 
joining my farm, and I have great an¬ 
noyance from the pupils who attend. 
They do all sorts of mischief, and I have 
tried time and again to correct them, 
also have spoken to the teacher re peated- 
ly, but to no avail. What course can I 
pursue to have them behave? 
New York. mrs. a. s. 
Such things are certainly annoying 
and the more so that one does not wish 
to offend neighbors by complaining of the 
acts of their children. A complaint on 
your part to the trustee of the school 
with a request that he speak to the 
teacher, and if necessary, to the pupils 
warning them against trespassing upon 
your property might have good results. 
The teacher is responsible for the be¬ 
havior of the children while at school 
and the parents are, of course, liable for 
any damage that they do at other times. 
A statement to the parents of the most 
unruly children that they will be held 
responsible might have good effect. 
After all, one has to put up with a good 
deal from thoughtless children, and try 
to take it out in recalling the mischief 
of his own youth. They sometimes go 
beyond the limits of patience, however, 
and something has to be done. I think 
that most parents are willing to curb 
their children when informed of their 
pranks, and it is best, all around, if this 
can be brought about without stirring 
up unneighborly feeling. n. 
Marriage and Birth Certificates. 
A YOUNG man was married six years 
ago. Three children were born at 
inteiwals of two years. Last year 
he undertook to find birth records and 
none were obtainable. The town clei’k 
claims there is no record of such births, 
and to all appearances no marriage cer¬ 
tificate was filed at the time. Is the 
town clerk the proper person to go to, or 
the county clerk? One physician attend¬ 
ed the first birth, and another the other 
two. A letter addressed to the first phy¬ 
sician brought no satisfactory response. 
Are these doctors not responsible for the 
proper filing of these certificates? Kind¬ 
ly inform me how to proceed in the mat¬ 
ter to find these records, as it leads to 
great tribulations to the parties con¬ 
cerned. F. L. 
New Yoi’k. 
The New York State law requires that 
birth and marriage certificates be prompt- 
ly recorded in the office of the town clerk 
of the township in which they occur. 
The birth certificates should have been 
filed by the physician in attendance and 
the marriage certificate by the One per¬ 
forming the ceremony. If they were not 
so recorded, either the attending physi¬ 
cians, the officiating clergyman, or the 
town clerk were guilty of gross neglect 
of duty. A copy of these records is sent 
by the town clerk to the State Depart¬ 
ment of Health at Albany, N. Y., and by 
writing this department you may learn 
whether any such certificates have ever 
been filed with them. There has been a 
very regrettable carelessness on the part 
of physicians and clergymen in the mat¬ 
ter of filing vital statistics in the past 
and the State Department of Health is 
now vigorously enforcing the law cover¬ 
ing this matter. M. b. d. 
Distemper or Consumption in Cats. 
I S there anything that will cure cats 
of a throat disease? We have some 
that otherwise seem healthy. They 
choke and cough when eating or drink¬ 
ing. The kittens catch the disease. They 
are kept in the barn and are fed well. 
a farmer’s wife. 
It should be remembered that cats 
often contract incurable tuberculosis 
from drinking the milk of tuberculous 
cows, so it always is well to test the cows 
with tuberculin, if the cats are milk fed, 
and the cows’ have not been tested. 
Cats also suffer from diphtheria and 
should never play with children when af¬ 
fected with cold, cough or sore throat. 
Distemper commonly is present in cases 
such as you describe, and it often proves 
fatal. It is a contagious germ disease. 
Clean up, disinfect and whitewash the 
stables and make the cats sleep in such 
a sanitary place. Good care and feed¬ 
ing is imperative. A pinch of sulphur or 
of bicarbonate of soda in milk or water 
is helpful at the outset of an attack and 
a drop or two of tincture of aconite may 
be mixed in the drinking water, if the 
fever runs high. a. s. a. 
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