The Ames Review. (Ames, Okla.), Vol. 5, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, August 29, 1919 Page: 4 of 8
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CHOOSING BEST
BREED OF HOGS
Whichever One the Farmer De-
cides Upon He Should Develop
to Highest Standard
LARD TYPE HOST POPULAR
At Present Time Animals Weighing
From 175 to 250 Pounds Command
Highest Prices — Bacon Hog Is
Not Raised Extensively
TTepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture)
There Is no best breed of swine
Some broods nre superior to others in
certain respects and one breed may
be better adapted than another to cer-
tain locul conditions The essential
point is thnt after the farmer has once
decided upon the kind of hog to raise
lie should stick to tills decision and
develop the chosen breed to its highest
possible standard It Is not feasible
for one individual to raise several dif-
ferent breeds and bring them to per-
fection In making his choice too the
farmer should be guided by the kind
of breeds already established in his
locality If lie selects one of These
he is not likely to muke a mistake
Two Types of Swine
There are two distinct types of
swine namely the lard nnd the bacon
types Swine of the lard type far out-
number thO'O of the bacon type in the
United States The lard type is pre-
ferred by the people of this country
consequently tlie majority of feeders
produce a rapid-fattening heavy
fleshed lard type The bacon type Is
not raised extensively in the United
Stntes The production of choice ba-
con is more general in tiiose sections
Purebred Poland-China Barrows
where the feed of the hog is more
varied and where corn is not relied
upon ns the principal grain for hogs
The principal breeds of the lard
type are the I’oland China Berkshire
Chester White Puroc Jersey and
Hampshire The lard type of hog is
low set and compact with a very
wide ami deep body The shoulders
should lie full although not coarse
witli full hind quarters nnd hams car-
ried out straight to the tail and thick-
ly fleshed down to the hock Ttie flesh
should he thick and evenly distributed
throughout the body
The size and weight are largely de-
termined by market conditions At
present pigs weighing from 173 to 250
pounds ordinarily command the high-
est prices
Best Bacon Types
The principal breeds of the bacon
type are t lie Tnmworth and large
Yorkshire both of TIrit isli origin The
bacon tjpe is very different from the
lard type being longer In leg and
body with less width of bark nnd
lighter in the shoulders nnd neck The
first impression thnt this type conveys
Is one of leanness and lankiness
Much emphasis is laid on the develop-
ment of tide because it is the side of
the hog that is used for the produc-
tion of bacon On the other hand
large heavy hams are not desirable on
a bacon hog
COMMUNITY LIME SPREADER
Farmers of Otsego County N Y
Solve Problem of Spreading Lime
at Proper Time
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture )
Members of the fnrm bureau In one
of the communities of Otsego county
New York have combined anti pur-
chased a lime spreader and have thus
taken a long step In solving their
problem of applying lime at the proper
time of the year and In suilicient quan-
tities to get results The spreader Is
to be rotated among the members
Nonmembers may also use It b pay-
ing 25 cents an acre In the early
stages of the use of lime In a com-
munity especially in a small way
Sowing Seed for Tree
Bow the seed of eurly ripening
trees such as elm and muple as soon
as the seeds are ripe Stratify lute
ripening seeds In sand or suwdust so
thut the may not dry out
GRAIN CONSUMPTION
VARIES DURING YEAR
Feeding of Oats Is More Uniform
Than That of Corn
Barley Wheat and Rye Approach
Monthly Uniformity In Degree Lea
Than Oats — Silage Reaches
High Point in February
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture )
Whether the supposition Is that the
consumption of corn by live stock on
farms in the United Stntes varies
little from month to month or that
the summer consumption is relatively
small the fact ns uscertained by the
bureau of crop estimates United
Slates department of agriculture is
thnt during the six months from May
to October nearly three-elgliths of the
year’s corn ration is eaten nnd front
November to April five-eighths The
warm-weather fraction will seem large
or smnll necording to the size of the
guess Oats more than corn Is the
feed from April to September nnd the
monthly consumption of oats is more
uniform throughout the year than that
of corn Barley wheat and rye ap-
proach monthly uniformity In degree
less thnn that of oats throughout the
year nnd a concentration of consump-
tion In the colder months is found in
hay silage and mill feed as In the
case of corn
Of the year's en'lre consumption of
corn by live stock on farms the high-
est consumption in one month Is 115
per cent in December and the lowest
40 per cent in August For onts the
highest is 08 per cent in April nnd the
lowest 08 per cent In December bar-
ley highest 100 per cent in November
and lowest 0 per cent In June and also
In July rye highest 103 per cent In
October nnd lowest 71 per cent In
July wheat highest 114 per cent in
November and lowest 58 per cent In
July
Mill feed consumption sags to 48
per cent In July and rises to 115 per
cent In February nnd again in Starch
More unequal yet is hay consumption
with its range from the highest 142
per cent in February and also In
March to 32 per cent in August and
another degree Is reached by silage
tiie consumption of which rises to 108
per cent of the year's total in Febru-
ary and falls to 1 per cent In July and
again in August
SCATTER GRAINS FOR FOWLS
Not Considered Good Practice to Feed
in Troughs — Domineering Hens
Get Too Much
Never feed whole grain In n trough
When so fed there will be domineer-
ing hens which will get more than
their share but when the grain is
scattered each hen must seek her por-
tion and all will have an equal chance
You need not fear to scatter It over
eery square Inch of ground for not
n grain will be wasted It compels the
liens to work Instead ot helping them-
selves PREVENT DISEASE OUTBREAKS
Use Every Preventive Measure and
See That Proper Precautions
Are Taken
(Prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture)
Sometimes we cannot prevent out-
breaks of live stock diseases on our
farms but we can and should always
use every preventive measure nnd see
that proper precautions are taken when
the disease first makes its appearance
Sheep and Goats
Sheep and goats would prove their
right to a place In profitable farming
if allowed recognition on some farms
Community Ownership of a Lime
Spreader Is Practical and Feasible
spreaders are often not available be-
cause single land owners hesitate to
purchase them Even after the use
of lime Is established a single machine
will often meet the needs of several
farmers —
PAINT FADED HAT
Some Effective Hand Touches
for Headgear
Any Number of Simple Designs May
Be Worked Out by Woman Who la
at All Clever With Brush
and Colors
If It’s the old straw hat thnt Is look-
ing pretty much the worse for wear
hut still has possibilities to carry It
through the rest of the summer you
might treat It with the paint brush
Usually the hat that begins to look
seedy so early In the race Is a light
hat So the first thing to do Is to give
It n brand-new complexion Cleanse
It and then let it go at thnt — ns far
as the background Is concerned — or
treat It to any kind of hnt dyes on
the market The painted hnt Is most
effective when It's first of all a bluck
hat ns witness the stunning examples
In the millinery shops So you will
do well to let the new cont be a black
one or nt least a deep blue or purple
One appreciable thing about this fnd
for trimming a bit of headgear with
oil colors Is the effectiveness of big
simple rather splashy designs as corn-
ered with the insignificance of more
tedious decoration particularly If the
hnt be sport and the straw rather of
a coarse variety Colorful conven-
tional fruits and flowers are excellent
choices They may be placed pre-
cisely or with new art freedom on
crown or brim wherever you choose
or wherever they are calculated to be
most becoming
Delightful In an entirely Individual
way are the bird nnd animal motifs
for the brims of hats for the wee people
If you appply them where bat bands
usually go you can make a stencil
band and expedite them with almost
lightning rapidity
But maybe you would like to get a
bit ahead of the season In that case
you will treat yourself to a chapeau In
a pastel velvet and treat the velvet to
some straight-stitch motifs worked up
In tinsel or to a stunning embossed ef-
fect that Is achieved by cording a de-
sign In all-over effect over the whole
surface of the hat
PRETTY THINGS IN FOULARD
Parisian Dressmakers Are Turning Out
“Creations" That Are Much More
Than Ordinarily Attractive
An excellent piece of advice for the
summer Is: “When In doubt choose
foulard” Foulard has again come
into Its own kingdom never has this
delightful silk been more lovely never
has It been produced In more delicate
and orlginnl colorings The Pnrls
dressmakers are doing rather wonder-
ful things with spotted foulards They
are using the spots as a groundwork
for silk or wool embroideries and pro-
ducing really amazing results by sim-
ple means For example a little
chemise dress of Mack foulard was
dotted over with large white rings
At the hem for a depth of twelve
Inches these rings were worked over
on the outside with jnponlca pink silk
and covered — that Is to say the inner
round — with a miniature lattice of sil-
ver threads The same embroidery
was applied to the front and back of
the bodice and the sash was made of
Jnponlca pink satin ribbon with black
nnd white tassels It was charming
this little dress and so simple any
one could achieve it Bings or stripes
may be decorated in this way with col-
ored silks and metallic threads Irreg-
ular designs too can be outlined or
filled In
Short Sleeves Once More
A suit with sleeves not quite full
length seen in a Fifth avenue shop
window suggests the coming vogue
for short sleeves in ail garments
DAINTY BLOUSE
Navy Figured White Georgette
Give Us This Dainty Blouse of Ex-
quisite Charm for Mias 1919’e Summer
Wardrobe
All-over stitching appears on the
prettiest of fuacy coats
JUST THE THING FOR CONNER
Pretty Decoration for Holding Flow-
era or Fern May Be Put To-
gether at 8mall Cost
Suggestions for filling up even the
corner of a room In these days ot
high prices will be useful to maoy of
our readers who may be furnishing
and the pretty corner decoration of
which we give a sketch can be made
at a very small cost
It Is composed of eight pieces of
bamboo arranged In the manner shown
and hung across the corner of the
room by means of two picture rings
screwed Into the bamboo at the polats
Indicated by the crosses in the sketch
Suspended from the top bar in the
center Is a smnll pot containing
fern but If preferred of course flow-
ers could take the place of the fern
The bamboo should be fastened to-
gether with thin sharp nails and
where necessary the ends of the bam-
boo should ho plugged with little
Pretty Corner Decoration
pieces of wood The horizontal pieces
too must be cut to fit against the sides
of the upright pieces Into the ends
of the upright pieces small brass balls
are screwed and suitable articles for
this purpose can be obtained from any
hardware store at a small cost
The pieces of bamboo that nre fas-
tened across the corners of the frame
should be about half the thickness of
the other canes The ends of these
canes must be cut to fit luto their
places but can be fastened in place
without plugging them The ends of
all the other pieces must be plugged
with wood
HAIL THE GEORGETTE GOWN
Always More Popular Than Any of
the Sheer Lingerie Materlale
and Launder Easily
A gown or blouse made of white or
light-colored georgette particularly If
It Is a one-fnbrlc affair will usually
be found more serviceable thnn a slm-
llnr garment made of one of the sheer
lingerie materials such ns organdie
cotton voile etc The georgette gar-
ment can be washed with soap nnd
water but It does not require the vig-
orous treatment that a cotton fabric
needs to make It look fresh and new
and certainly the amateur laundress
can handle the georgette more easily
than one of the cotton fabrics
Tunic and tier effects are being fea-
tured in the styles now appearing for
fall and winter These will vie for
honors with the redingote and barrel
silhouette frocks but fortunately
there need he no real rivalry as the
redingote dress especially is distinct-
ly a style thut belongs to daytime ap-
parel Smart Parasol
A good-looking pnrasol of navy blue
taffeta was brightened by touches of
red and white on ribs and handle The
white handle was finished with a large
Ivory ring
GIRLS’ FROCKS TO BE SHORT
Will Continue of Comfortable Width
but Are Not Designed to Reach
Below the Knee
A great deal of satin and taffeta is
being used for chlfdren’s dresses for
next season and there seems to be a
leunlng to dresses thnt are a trifle
short-walsted especially for the young-
er girls Little girls' dresses show
skirts of coinfortnble width and they
are decidedly short One designer
openly Insists that up to the age of
ten no child's dress should reach a bit
below the knees Qulmpe dresses nre
being shown made usually of serge
They are not merely suspender frocks
but have qunlnt little low-necked and
sleeveless bodlccv Natural color pon-
gee Is a favorite material for the ac-
companying gulinpe although white
lingerie materials may be used and
some bright-colored silk guimpes ap-
pear x
Girls of over ten are smartly dressed
for school in plain or plaid wool skirts
and comfortable smocks or middles '
THEIR GLORY GONE
Helgoland to Join Louisbourg as
a Memory
Famous French Fortrese In Canada
Has Long Been Demolished and
8oon the German Stronghold
Is to Be Razed
Announcement that the German
forts on the Islnnd of Helgoland are
to be demolished recalls the similar
fate of a glorious landinnrk on Ca-
nadian soil This Is Louisbourg No-
va Scotia once the pride of New
France and now a pile of ruins with
hut a faint echo of Its original Splen-
dor Louisbourg ‘was the remnant of
French power on the Atlnntic const
when the treaty of Utrecht was sign-
ed In 1713 reducing the fortunes of
Louis XIV to a low ebb From 1720
to 1760 It led a precarious hut spec-
tacular existence Its magnificence as a
defense guaranteed by the expendi-
ture of millions of dollnrs by the
French government though millions
were stolen and wasted by dishonest
officials and unhappy officers whose
only ambition was to get rich and go
home
The fortress was Imposing despite
the thievery and mismanagement and
It required a seven weeks’ siege by
Colonel Pepperell and his New Eng-
landers In 1745 to take It from the
French
— By one of those diplomatic Incidents
too plentiful In the history of the new
world Louisbourg was handed back
to France In 1748 by the treaty of
Alx-la-Cliapelle The New England-
ers were furious but ten years later
the British army and navy with such
rising strategists as Amherst and
Wolfe taking part again laid siege
by land and sea and In another cam-
paign of seven weeks recaptured the
stronghold
The days of the great fortress were
now numbered The home of discon-
tent the abode of smugglers the den
of thieving officialdom received Its
death warrant In 1760 at the hand of
George II and Pitt In London So
well was the warrant executed that
for months sailors sappers and miners
v orked until they laid Louisbourg lev-
el with the dust
And there It remains Memorials
recording Its history raise their mod-
est heads above the chaos of stones
and mortar The site on a point three
miles from the railway and the town of
the same name Is remote and forbid-
ding Should the visitor follow the
shore road by the lonely Atlantic In
summer he will hear tinkling sheep
bells from the pnsture where once
stood the French town now complete-
ly obliterated The great area of the'
ru'ns of the fort gives some hint of
the vnln preparation to hold a last
grip agntnst the advancing British and
Colonials
What will he the thoughts of the
tourist as he drops by airplane on
Helgoland a century hence witnesses
ltc ruined forts and contemplates the
futile ambitions of a race that drew
the sword and fought a losing battle
for world domination?
Her Part
The physician had diagnosed the
young woman's case nnd was com-
pounding for her a bottle of medicine
He put two or three drugs Into the
bottle and then took up a Jar of pep-
sin The Jar was almost empty and
there was not enough pepsin to finish
filling the patient's bottle The phy-
sician looked around for another Jar
He didn't find one however For n
minute he was frankly perplexed nnd
then came sudden relief He turned
to the faucet nnd finished filling the
bottle with wnter
"Oh” the young woman's voice was
very cool "you needn't have done that
I can put In the water myself”
Greeks Prize Ruge
Beg making Is as old as Greece It-
self but it was never made a com-
mercial item and It was rare Indeed
that a weaver could be persuaded to
part with hla rug Greek ruga are of
two kinds the heavy ones used In win-
ter nnd the light ones used at all
times In the beginning the designs
were of the simplest but - Inter the
Greeks borrowed floral designs from
the Persians which lonn was amply
repnld with the development of Gre-
cian art Venetian rugs are also very
rare
Ticket Not Filled Out
There was a new baby In the corner
house and the proud pnrents hnd sent
out announcement cards to friends
and neighbors Mary who lived in the
same block was anxious to see the
new baby and was waiting Impntlent-
ly for the time to come when she could
go One afternoon at another neigh-
bor's house she saw that she too bsd
on announcement of the baby's ar-
rival "Oh did you get a ticket to nee
the baby?" she sold “We did but It
didn't say what day to come”
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