The Comanche Reflex (Comanche, Okla.), Vol. 24, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1924 Page: 3 of 8
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THE COMANCHE REFLEX
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DEVICE STIRS MILK
WHILE IT IS COOLED
Fresh milk In often atlrred In order
to cool It and this Is usunlly dons by
hand which Is a slow and tiresome
task A simple device for doing the
work automatically by water flowing
Into a tank as shown In the drawing
can be made by any farmer from ma
tertals that are available everywhere
The device consists of a shallow
box made of one-inch pine boards
The ends are sloping and the box Is
divided Into two equal parts by
A Simple Rocking-Box for Stirring
Fresh Milk Automatically by Water
Flow
board extending vertically In the cen-
ter about eight or ten Inches above
the aides The box la mounted at Its
center on a wooden axle and a stir-
ring paddle Is attached to each end
as Indicated These puddles are made
from laths planed smooth and hav-
Ing a number of short crosspieces
nailed on In nse Ihe milk cans are
placed in the water lank and the stir?
ring device arranged ns shown In the
drawing the rocking box being lorn ted
tinder a water pipe so that the water
drat flows Into one side and then Into
the other side alternately As soon as
one side of the box Is filled Ihe weight
of the water causes the box to tilt
over anil Ihe other aide of the box Is
then filled — Popular Mechanics Mnga-
vloe
Young Calves Made Good
Gains on Com Silage
Silage when fed to calves less than
three or four months old produced
good gains economically with nrt bad
physical effects In n test made during
the past winter at the Iowa experi-
ment station
Five Jersey and four Guernsey
calves averaging nt the start about
fifty days of age were divided Into
three groups Refore the trial they
received whole milk skim milk grain
and alfala hay After being divided
Into groups they were continued for
eight days on part whole milk and
then changed wholly to skim milk A
grain mixture consisting of three parts
eomineal three parts ground - oats
two parts bran and one part ollmenl
was hund fed Timothy hay salt and
water was available nt all times
Kach group was fed silage for a 40-
day period In addition to the regular
ration and then sliced roots replaced
the silage for a 40-duy period Still ‘a
third 40-duy period was used In which
the calves received only the timothy
hay and grain ration Slightly more
than four pounds of corn silage n day
was consumed hy each calf during the
Ullage feeding period The consump-
tion of sliced beets ran 574 pounds
per calf per day v
It was found thnt the silage or
roots reduced the amount of hay eaten
and that growth was more rapid
Less other feed was required with the
silage or roots and the gains were
cheaper No scouring clue to silage
feeding occurred
Dairy Facts
Speaking of poor relations consider
he scrub bull -
(Jive dairy rows more' clean drink-
ing water and shade
If pastures are short give the cows
larger grain ration
The way to Improve common stock
by using good sires
(lean wafer should be placed tie-
ore the calf at all times
Let the calf suck its dam for the
rst four nr five days or until the milk
fit to use Then wean the calf
Rlood will tell hut not blood alone
he hpst bred cow In the world won’t
ep up good milk production unless
ie has plenty of feed rich In inate-
als that produce milk
Culling the cows Is a constant 3°h
mutter how good your herd there
always a chance to Improve When
u get high up the scale of prodtic-
m the culling process may he verj
ufitnble
Tuberculosis control must be regard-
as a long-time problem Irseradlca-
cannot be accomplished In one
an sweep A very gradual reduc-
ts all that can be expected and
will tuke persistent and consist-effort
Returns in 1923
Slightly Better
(1020 Average Return Made
for Use of $17400 Capi-
tal and Labor
(Prer4 by the Ualtrf IIh
I Artoitur
Aa average cash balance of $860 was
returned to owner-operatora In 1623
on 18183 farm surveyed by the
United State Department of Agricul-
ture In addition to tbla margin of
cash receipts over cash expenses these
farms Increased Inventories of crops
llvs stock machinery and supplies
$130 making an avsrsge return of
$1020 for the use of $17400 of capital
and tht labor of the fanuer and his
family These farms also produced
food and fuel consumed on the farm
estimated to bo worth $250 on th av-
erage Better Than In 1922
This la slightly better than nhown
hy n similar aurvey for 1022 on 6004
owner-operator farm which averaged
n cash balance of $715 Increased In-
ventory of $202 and produced food
and fuel worth $294 oo capital amount-
ing to $16410
The cash balance of $890 In 1923
waa all the average of these farms
made available to the owner to pay
his living expenses take care of debts
and make Improvements Interest
paid on debts during the year 1923
averaged $230 and the reported outlay
for Improvements averaged $140
Sales of crops in 1023 on the aver-’
age totaled $850 or 38 per cent of to-
tal cash receipts of $2240 Sales of
live atock or live stock products were
$1310 or 58 per cent of the total re-
ceipts Miscellaneous receipts were
$80
Cash expenses amounted to $1350
which Included hired labor worth $350
for the year live stock $240 feed
$210 fertilizer $60 seed $40 taxes
$190 machinery $110 and miscellane-
ous $150
Size and Value
The size of the farms was 300 acres
on the average and the reported value
of land and buildings was $14530 the
size and value of the farms being
larger than the average reported In
the 1920 census - The value of crops
live stock machinery and supplies on
hand at the beginning of the year was
$2600 The acreage of the farms re-
porting In 1022 waa 252 acres and
the average capital $16410
The department points out that the
figures apply only -to the farms report-
ing 'and to the farm business In each
year Many farmers have property
besides the farms they work or sup-
plemented their farm returns with out
aide work and many drew on savings
or borrowed to meet expenses not cov-
ered by current receipts It Is prob-
able however that the figures give
fairly accurate pisture of the etate
of the business of owner-operators in
the years covered by the surveys the
department says
Some of Big Essentials
for Sweet Clover Hay
There are farmers who follow the
practice of cutting sweet clover hay
with a binder and cure It In long
shock The farmers who follow this
practice seem to agree that the meth-
od la a good one The practice Is
when dry to put It In the barn or to
stack It In round stacks like grain
The advantages claimed for this meth-
od are that It saves the leaves and
that the labor saved Is a much bigger
Item than the cost of twine Also
with the' binder It Is easy to get the
high stubble that la necessary If one
Is not to kill the plants 4
For farmers who do not have a lot
of corn or potato cultivating to do It
la probably preferable to cut the sweet
clover bay with a mower at about the
same date that the first cutting of
alfalfa would come It should be raked
as soon as wilted If the acreage la
small and labor Is available It may
be put In cocks and hauled to the
bam when dry’ If the hay loaded Is
to be used It should be turned Into
windrows with a aide delivery rake
as soon as wilted so as to sae the
leaves
In any case keep In mind that the
essential for good sweet clover hay
to get It Into windrows or cocks
as soon as wilted so that the leaves
may be preserved The same care In
handling so as to save leaves Is of
almost equal Importance with ordinary
red or alslke clover and alfalfa as
with sweet clover If a mower Is
used some device Is necessary for
raising the cutting bar If one Is to
avoid killing the plants
Sweet Clover for 3eed
Can Be Clipped for Hay
Where second year sweet clover Is
to be cut for seed it should be clipped
for- hay or pastured the first part of
the season or otherwise the growth
111 be so tall that It will be very
hard to handle suggests the Nebraska
Agricultural college Unless this Is
done the growth especially of the
white blossom sweet clove is very
likely to be so heavy -that a hinder
will not handle It
Where It Is clipped unless It Is cut
early in the season and 8 to 10 Inches
high the sweet clover Is apt to be
killed The long stubble makes It
rather difficult 'to handle the sweet
clover hay For this reason and be-
cause of the danger of killing the
sweet clover pasturing Is to be pre-
ferred Let the permanent pasture
get a good start In tha spring by pas-
turing the second year aweet clover
tbe fore part of the season
No Good Reason for
Neglecting Gardens
Remember to Make Succes-
sive Vegetable Plantings
Dry weather and being behind with
th farm work ara no reasons for neg
lectin i the garden Th fellow who
gets th best pries for hts vegetables
looks ahead and has them when tbs
other fallow baa allowed his garden
to go to waste Remember to makt
nccesslvo plantings and keep In mind
tho surplus needed for canning ad-
vises A El Schllletter extension hor-
ticulturist at Cleroson college who
suggests th following things to do
In tho garden at thla season :
1 Insects ars bad Cabbag and
tomato wonns may b checked by
dusting the plants (when wet with
dew) with a mixture of equal parts
of arsenate of lead and air-slaked
lime Plant lice and pumpkin bugs
may ba checked by spraying with
nicotine Cucumber and squash bor-
ers can be beat checked by clean up
methods and early planting '
2 Spray tomatoes and melons with
Bordeaux mixture and arsenate of
lead to prevent and check diseases and
Insects Keep th grape vines cov-
ered with Bordeaux to prevent black
rot
3 Com potatoes and beans require
good cultivation Keep the top soil
loose and save moisture
4 Lengthen the season hy keeping
the vegetables gathered when ready
for Use Squash okra beens aud
cucumbers cease to bear when al-
lowed to stand on vines
5 Shading the ground with old pa-
pers after small seeds have been plant-
ed often results In better stands Wa-
ter and make a dust mulch about the
plants Immediately after setting them
out In setting out large tomato
plants take up and transplant with
a ball of wet soil
Juries of Farmers Pass
Verdict on Scrub Sires
An outline for conducting scrub-alre
trials recently prepared by the United
States Department of Agriculture haa
been distributed to practically every
state In accordance with several hun-
dred requests While county agents
plan to conduct most of the trials
surprisingly large number are being
planned by school superintendents
live stock organizations business men
debating societies creamery organiza-
tions live stock breeders agricultural
officials of railroads county farm bu-
reaus and In one case by a silo
manufacturer
Judging from the plana outlined
many trials will be conducted before
Juries of farmers In connection with
county-fairs agricultural clubs and
farmers’ picnics although moat of
them will be staged as Independent
affairs In a Minnesota locality the
fate of the scrub sire will be decided
In a town hall debate
Copies' of the outline may be ob-
tained on application to the United
States Department of Agriculture
Carelessness Is Cause
- of Spread of Foul-Brood
It Is best to remove diseased col
onles from the apiary as soon as dis-
covered Carelessness is the effuse of
most of the spread of foul-brood
Never use combs or equipment that
have come from an apiary or district
where foul-brood Is known to exist
When a colony shows disease every
frame connected with It should be de-
stroyed If there is any possibility
of robbing diseased colonies should
not be opened Be careful about
moving frames of honey from one
hive to another The liberal use of
hot lye water Is advised in the Inner
surface of all hives that have been
used Be careful to remove and pre-
vent bees getting at Infected -combs
or honey-
Give the little chicks milk and
plenty of It
A small flock of hens - will Insure
breakfast eggs
Sweet ' clover Is showing Its excel-
lence this season as a useful pasture
crop
You are using the soil to produce
crops of economic value Do not grow
useless weeds this season
The estimated number of horses on
farms In this country the first of the
year was 18263000 and of mules
5436000
If you spend d dollar’s worth of
labor pulling a dollar's worth of fod-
der which cuts a dollar's worth from
the corn yield you have lost a dollar
and your time
Variety of food Is an economical
and practical means of stimulating the
digestive system of sheep and so long
as continued sickness will be practi-
cally unknown in the flock
Fowls that "get bald” or lose the
feathers on the head or back of the
neck are usually affected with the de-
pluming mite A mixture of sulphur
and lard rubbed on the parts will help
Twenty cowa producing an average
of a hundred and fifty pounds of but-
terfat will give three thousand pounds
a year Ten three-hundred-pound
cows will give the tame amount Why
milk tbe extra ten?
LIVE
STOCK
MINERAL FEED FOR
HOGS MEETS FAVOR
Mineral feed for hogs getting tha
ordinary corn-belt swine rations has
shown Its dollars and cents value tn
experimental work done at the Iowa
state college Even where growing
pigs had access to good pasture such
as raps or bluegrass the benefits of
minerals have been outstanding The
addition of 20 per cent of tankage to
the ration of pigs on raps pasture waa
not sufficient to supply the necessary
mineral matter In case Ihe protein
supplement should he soy-bean or Hn-
seed ollmeal In place of tankage the
mineral deficiency would he still
greater
John Evvnrd the man In charge of
the Investigation recommends thnt a
sultahls mineral mixture he fed nil
classes and grades of swine If pos-
sible feed It In a self-feeder prefers
bly Inside and easily accessible Such
a mixture may he composed of the
following: Common salt 20 pounds
finely ground raw honemeal or steamed
bonemenl 40 pounds and finely ground
high calcium limestone wood ashes
finely ground oyster shells clam shells
or lime thoroughly air slaked 40
pounds To each 100 popnds of ma-
ture add 10 pounds of sulphur If It Is
desired and from one-half to one-
ounce of potassium Iodide Mix
thoroughly
Resides the Immediate vnlue realized
from feeding minerals to hogs there
has been found to be a cumulative
value In the case of breeding stock At
the town experiment station the first
generation of hows fed minerals
showed hut slight advantage over gilts
fed no minerals The second genera-
tion showed some positive signs of
benefit chiefly in an Increased height
and length In the third generation
the advantages were plainly evident In
added gains In weight It appears that
there Is a tendency for the benefits of
minerals to show up to greater degree
es the generations unfold
For breeding swine the following
minerals mixed together are recom-
mended : Common salt spent bone-
black wood ashes sulphur high cal-
cium limestone glnuher's snlt epsom
salt copperas and potassium Iodide
Vermin Discourage Hogs
From Returning Profit
Vermin such as worms lice and the
like may keep the hogs front growing
and cost the farmer In dollars and
rents much more than the time and
expense of fighting them according to
the New York State College of Agri-
culture at Ithaca
In fact the college goes further and
says that most farms where hogs have
been kept for any length of time on
the same premises are Infested with
parasites which will give trouble If
they are not controlled
‘ There are several kinds of worms
that Infest hogs and each kind re-
quires a different treatment Jf hogs
are suspected of being Infested with
worms' the owners should get In touch
with a veterinarian the college states
" One farmer of which the college
learned had about 70 head of pigs
averaging between 50 and 75 pounds
These pigs became stunted and made
very little gains- pnd some of them
died Upon Inspection they were
found badly Infested with round worms
and with lice They were then suc-
cessfully treated as advised by a vet-
erinarian These pigs were also treated for lice
a prepared dip In a large barrel being
used The pigs were small enough to
be easily handled and were Immersed
tn the barrel of dip This treatment
was repeated In a week’s time to get
the lice or nits that were left from
the previous dipping
They were then transferred to a
fresh pasture where they were fin-
ished for the early full market
Live Stock Notes
Rut spring lambs on the local mar-
kets o o o
Feed the spring lambs grain In a
creep until they are marketed
0 o o
Avoid dust-it is almost as had as
mud wallows
o o
If spring pigs have not been In-
oculated for cholera do Itjnow
Select animals for show and give
special attention until show time
Rape is nn excellent supplementary
pasture crop for the flock especially
-when pastures are short In August
and September One acre Is sufficient
to “flush” 75 head of ewes for breed-
ing When cholera srarts In n herd It
usually shows first on ne or two
hogs
“Meat for Health” has been adopt-
ed as the official slogan of the live
stock and meat Industry of the United
States
“Many farmers saved by pigs hens
cows corn and legumes” Is a line
the one-crop farmer might read over
carefully The above Is the heading
of a recent circular sent out by the
Department of Agriculture
rqa:
PROBLEM OF PAYING
FOR BETTER ROADS I
Never before were th highways ao
thoroughly public property as now
They will become Increasingly public
as they ars Improved and as auto
transportation becomes more general
Who then should pay for their con
tructlon and upkeep? Surely not
wholly or even largely th abutting
property ownera
In th day of the horse and wagon
and buggy people did not go far from
home Itoads were of a mor local
use Now they are of national use
The car from Maine usea the highway
of all the atatea between Maine and
California The car from every lo-
cality use the highway of every
other -locality We ere a nation of
travelers of tourists It Is well that
we should he It I to be encouraged
The ox team and the horse team
could use mud roads Mud did not
slow them up much and seldom
stopped them They moved so slowly
thnt time was not nn object Distance
was always reckoned In ndlea Mud Is
now fatal to transportation A quarter-mile
of mud will block the traffic
on a hundred mile of good highway
All our plana for travel now are de-
pendent upon the statement “If It
doesn't rain” unless the roads are good
In any kind of weather Distance now
Is a matter of minutes not miles frotv
a given place to a determined dis-
tance Therefore the roads are Indeed pub-
lic highways The public not the
abutting property owners should pay
for and maintain them Property own-
era for some distance back should pay
perhaps a very email tax been use
(hey use them frequently with tenins
and wagons that do more or less dam-
age to the road surface a greater
damage than aoft-tlred trucks and
autos do The abutting property owner
no doubt uses the local road more fre-
quently than any other highway and
more frequently than any other user
Nevertheless he should not pay any
gre$f amount of the reconstruction
cost or upkeep of even Ihe road that
goes mst his fayin The farmer these
days without a car Is hard to find He
contributes to the upkeep at least
when he pays his auto' license Many
states have a gasoline tax which
makes those pay most who travel
most
Transportation Is a national matter
It would he unjust for even states to
pay the entire hill for their highways
much less fair for counties to do It all
even when It la no doubt true that
travel Is a large percentage local
Whatever we may think of the kind of
roads we should build we should de-
vise a means of distributing the cost
over all the people of the nation bear-
ing most of the cost In the locality
that gets most use of them gradually
spreading the tax thinner as the field
Is enlarged The toll-gate system Is
a nuisance It does make the users
pay hut It Is not a sure way of assess-
ing a tax sufficient only for upkeep of
the highway We do feel that a heavy
abutting property tax Is wrong
It Is the road nearest a large town
or city that gets the most wear The
trnffic pours In from distant points and
passes Into the city over roads lead-
ing Into town The greatest upkeep
chnrge Is for these highways The ad-
vantage of living nonr town Is more
than offset If abutting property pnys
most of the highway chnrge Likewise
the city streets are nsed hy country
people and tourists yet the common
practice Is for abutting property to
pay for the streets Some way must
he devised to more equitably distribute
the tost of building city and country
highways — Successful Forming
Factor for Prosperity
Madison county Is one of the richest
agricultural counties tu the state and
when slie gets a system of roads tn
keeping with her agricultural rich-
ness she will he on Ihe rond to great-
est prosperity she has ever known
Good lords do more to make people
happy atid eonlemed than any other
ono tiling la Ihe world They bring
neighbors dose together and eliminate
distances-— Huntsville (Ala) Times
Better Road Facts
Twelve touring cars were delivered
recently to the slate highway depart-
ment of New York for use In the In-
spection of extensile road work being
enrriert on by the state
Contracts for the construction of
new roads In Connecticut covering
about thirty-five miles have been
awarded by the state highway depart-
ment The approximate cost of the
work is $1500000
Along with good roads it takes a
little good weather to make automo-
blling enjoyable
It Is estimated that automobiles
have Increased good roads 87 per cent
and bnrdlls 76 per cent — Jackson
Clarion-ledger
In aD effort to remove the danger
of highway blockades during heavy
windstorms the highway department
of Connecticut plans the removal of
decayed trees bordering mainline
road la the state
Recovery From Influenza
Hastened by
PE-RU-NA
Mr C A Allen R R No 2
Bondurant Iowa givej testimony
to the healing power of Pe-ru-na
Influenza left him much run down
in health with catarrh of the nose
throat and bronichal tubes punct-
uated with attacks of asthma Ho
writes :
“While recovering from the In-
fluenza I was so weak I could not
gain any strength for two months
The latter part of the winter I
bought six bottles of Pe-ru-na and
began taking it My “weight in-
creased to 175 pounds the most I
ever weighed
My usual winter weight Is 155
If you can -use this letter for any
good you are perfectly welcome"
Such evidence cannot fail to con-
vince the rankest unbeliever of the
merits of Pe-ru-na
Insist upon having the old and
original remedy for catarrhal con-
ditions Sold Everywhere
Tablet or Liquid
Cautious Father
Fa 1 wish I had a ctyioe" said
Johnny “Can’t you spare the money?"
“My sou” replied his father “I nni
going to get you a canoe when I can
spare a hoy not before”— Boston
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Value of Companionship
Whut an argument In favor of social
connections Is the observation that by
communicating our grief we have less
and by communicating our pleasure we
have more — Grevllle
Sure Relief
FOR INDIGESTION
Bell-ans
Hot water
Sure Relief
ELL-AMS
25$ AND 75$ PACKAGES EVERYWHERE
To Clean Rusty Steel
Rusty steel ornaments fire irons and
the like may be cleaned by being
nibbed well with sweet oil enough of
the oil being allowed to remain on tha
article to soak In for some time
Cuticura Soothes Baby Rashes
That itch and bum by hot baths
of Cuticura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of -Cutieura Ointment
Nothing better purer sweeter espe-
cially if a little of the fragrant Cuti-
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25c each— Advertisement
Good Cannot Be Harmed
Be of good cheer about death and
know of n surety that no evil cun hap-
pen to a good man either in life or
after death— Socrates
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