The Muldrow Sun (Muldrow, Okla.), Vol. 8, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, November 9, 1923 Page: 4 of 8
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Handling of Hogs
' Causes Big Loss
Annual Waste That Is Un
necessary and Most of It
Due to Carelessness
(Pr-lxr-d by th Unit'd SLle Department
I Anrleulture1
Low through Injury to bogs ship-
ment to market ta an Importaut Item
affecting the profits of the farmer and
shipper During the past year In a pe-
riod of als months there wero received
at nine of the principal stock yards of
- the country a total of 28373 dead hogs
and 88708 In a more or leas crippled
condition according to reporta re-
ceived by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture These figures
Indicate clearly a waste that Is large-
ly unnecessary most of which can be
attributed to carelessness on the part
of those handling the anlmuls at the
points of origin of shipments
Do Not Hurry Hogs
Aside from the wrecks and extreme
weather conditions there seems to be
no logical reason for so many hogs dy-
ing between points of origin and des-
tination Much fault In this respect
Is attributed to Improper handling of
awtne Just prior to shipment Quite
often hogs about to be shipped are
rushed to some small Inclosure
penned up In a crowded way and fed
a very heavy ration preparatory to
being hauled or driven to a stock car
In getting them to a loading point
frequently the animals are prodded
kicked and hurried until worried Into
a highly nervous condition Such
hogs are often loaded In cars contain-
ing sharp pieces of broken timber
nails sticking out of boards and In
which the flooring Is covered with mud
and rubbish no precaution being taken
to remedy these dangerous conditions
Often no bedding of any kind is pro-
vided Under such circumstances
many of the animals reuch the yards
badly crippled the injuries commonly
Involving the hind quarters resulting
In lowered quality of the most valua-
ble cuts — the hams
Avoid Crowding Animals
When ready for market nogs should
be assembled a sufficient length of
time prior to the dute of shipment to
allow them to become rested' They
should not be crowded Into small pens
or houses nor fed heavy rntlons If
they are driven to the loading point
they should not be rushed on the
way if they are hauled too many hogs
should not be crowded Into the truck
or wagon The loading chutes should
not be too steep should be made se-
cure and should have the sides pro-
tected so that the animals will not
fall off Crowding too many hogs In
a car particularly In hot weather Is
likely to result In a number of them
dying In transit Loading hogs after
a heavy feed Is Injurious to them A
little hunger Is far better for them on
the Journey than Indigestion There
Is nothing to be gained In added
weight of the animals by forced feed-
ing just before shipping The aim
should be to get as many hogs as pos-
sible to the stock yards In good con-
dition Rat-Proofing Interest
Is Aroused in Oregon
The effect of anti-rat campaigns In
Oregon has been notable in the con-
tinued Interest taken In rat-prevention
und rot-proofing measures One
of the largest owners of real estate
In the public market of Portlund was
so favorably Impressed with the work
done Inst year under the leadership
of the biological survey United Stutes
Department of Agriculture In destroy-
ing ruts und In establishing rat-proof
conditions that he has torn out the
entire Interior of two of the largest
buildings und Is finishing them wholly
with concrete with a view to making
them completely rat-proof
In Little Hock Ark ns a result of
the nntl rat campaign which was
launched there steps were taken for
the Inauguration of n general clean-
up campaign In the city und for the
establishment of more satisfactory
ordinances governing the construction
and repair of buildings the disposal
of gnrhnge and the screening of food
products
Tough Fowls Cut Prices
and Discourage Sales
Tough chicken Is not only u dis-
tasteful dish but It discourages the
consumption of both live and dressed
poultry In cities and towns where the
old-fashioned futtenlng coop has been
removed from the back yard by people
who now depend upon the farmer or
poultry plant owner to fend the birds
and put them In shape for the pot und
pan
The skinny birds sent to the mnrket
hot only get a "cool reception" when
they ure displayed on the tnble but
the family Is not likely to request
chicken again soon Repeat orders
are Just os essential to the poultry-
min ns they nre to other merrlmnts
In this field the flock owner can do
much to Increase his business aqd
revenue
Little to Employ Labor
Unless Live Stock Kept
After thefihenvy full work on crops
la eompleted there Is little to profit-
ably employ the labor on a farm tin-
lesa live stock Is kept Cows hogs
and chickens use time that would not
be otherwise occupied In the winter
and consume feeds thnt could not he
marketed otherwise Returns for this
feed nnd labor Increase the net pmflt
to tho business by their amount
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Anchor Fence Posts
Against Frost Power
Method Illustrated Has Sev-
eral Advantages
The accompanying ' diagram Illus-
trates a tested method of anchoring-
fence posts In the ground against the
lifting power of frost
"It has the advantages" says the de-
signer “of being easier to set a post
takes less material and when the time
comes to reset the end post It will
take only a fraction of the time and
labor to remove the old post that It
does to remove a post set with ‘dead
man and cross anchors With the
material on the ground and favorable
digging conditions one man can set a
ten-foot post In half a day that will
stand all the strains put on it in or-
dinary fencing This method Is espe-
cially aultable for gate posts
"In setting the post it Is best to dig
the hole so that the post sets firmly
against the front bank and then tamp
the dirt In up to the lower notch be-
fore putting In the lower nrace We
dig a trench two spades deep from
the front wall back to where the rear
wall will come In starting the bole
This gives room to put In the rear
brace as well as making It easier to
dig the rest of the post hole which
need be only big enough to allow
tamping room
"The brace block can be either a
rock of a else such as one man can
move or better a cement block about
sixteen Inches square by eight Inches
Bract-1" Hr
Hack or cement
block
To Prsvsnt End Post From Moving
thick and should be set to come level
with the top of the ground Both
braces are tightened by pounding
down Into place with an ax or maul
and will stay In place without fas-
tening If the top brace Is put in after
the post Is tamped Care should be
used pot to force the top of the post
too far back but It Is best to have the
top back Just a little to allow for the
brace block settling”
Club Work Was Started
in Oklahoma in 1909
Fifty boys were pioneers In Okla-
homa In the boys’ and girls' club
work carried on by co-operative agri-
cultural extension agents these boys
Joining corn clubs In 1900 to learn
new and Improved methods of produc-
tion Now Oklahoma has more than
35000 of these young farmers and
home makers according to reports to
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture and in tjielr club work they
are carrying on some 51000 demon-
strations In crop vegetable and fruit
growing live stock production can-
ning sewing food preservation and
heme management These figures and
other Interesting facts regarding club
work In that state were made the
basis of a pageant shown at a short
course given In August at the state
agricultural college in which scenes
portraying the main club activities
were followed In each case ny lantern
Rlldes giving Information about that
line of work
Storing Sweet Potatoes
Pumpkins and Squash
Pumpkins sciunsli and sweet pota-
toes should not be stored In the same
way as most other vegetables They
must he taken In from the Held before
freezing weather A heavy frost or a
quirk chill on any of these crops Is
detrimental to their keeping qualities
Pumpkins and squash may be har-
vested placed In piles over the field
nnd covered with hay or other mate-
rial This will keep off the frost As
soon ns cold weather comes they
should he tuken Into the storage and
kept at an even temperature of 05 to
70 degrees Sweet potatoes to be
well kept must be dried at a temper-
ature of 75 degrees for three weeks
after thnt time the temperature may
be lowered to from 50 to 00 degrees
Right Foundation Stock
for Production of Eggs
If your foundation stock Is from an
egg strain of proven worth then the
rure of hens heroines a simple matter
of providing well-vehtllnted dry quar-
ters proper feed nnd sanitation Your
reward will be an abundance of eggs
The best of enre nnd attention will
avail little however In promoting
egg production In n flock which na-
ture Ims limited In egg yield Better
to discard birds of the hitter type
than to go on from season to season
In nn endeavor to develop them to a
hauls where they will pay their keep
Live Stock' and Fertile
Soils Work in Harmony
One of the bright spots In utilising
live stock to consume I ho home-
grown feeds Is the fact that those
who do feed on the farm huvo fertile
soils while those who sell the feed
have poor thills The selling practice
unfortunately causes the soil to gut
poorer and poorer each year'
jiourt klUmately nulllflaa tho voto
BETTER
ROADS
— rrrrrrrmiu i
Means of Transportation
Should All Be Uniflec
How improved highways are ex-
panding the business and Ufe of the
nation and why all means of transpor-
tation should be unified Into one In-
tegral unit was outlined 4n two recent
speeches by Roy D Chapin chairman
of tht highways committee of the Na-
tional Automobile Chamber of Com-
merce In both addressee Mr Chapin
was chosen as spokesman on good
roads for the automobile Industry
One occasion was the dedication of
the Zero Milestone monument In Wash-
ington D C Speaking In behalf of
Uie National 'Automobile Chamber of
Commerce Mr Chapin said in part
"Time was when all roads led to
Rome The world moves westward—
civilization follows the same path-
way and today we dedicate this visible
mark of a new era — when all roads
lead to Washington From this Zero
Milestone will radiate to the homes In
America — Improved highways over
which will pass dally tens of millions
of our people and a vast proportion of
our commerce
"Billions will be expended on our
roads in our lifetime that highway
transport may adequately serve ua
Partly from economic but more large-
ly from human reasons we must all
give pause and study this newly pow-
erful agent of marching civilization"
Just previously Mr Chapin advo-
cated a unification of air rail and
water transportation in a speech to the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States1-He said In part:
"We of America stand In the trans-
ition stage of the greatest develop-
ment of transportation in all of the
history of the world
"In the past it has been said that
transportation has been the pawn of
kings in shaping the course of em-
pires “Today it has become the tool of the
Individual In working out the problem
of the family
“Turning then to tho immediate
question of co-ordination of all our
facilities of transportation It seems
to me the dominant theme must be
service The form or type ofcarrler
used Is secondary to the demand for
efficient and completed transportation
Even cost is secondary because effi-
cient service is always the least costl
In the long run"
Highway Leads to Long
Extinct Mexican Volcano
Of the many spiral roads built for
ascending steep mountain summits one
of the most interesting Is that which
has recently been completed to the
crater of the extinct volcano Macunte-
pec In the vicinity of Jalapa a city of
the State of Vera Cruz Mex 70 miles
by rail from the port of Vera Crua
says Popular Mechanics Magazine
Jalapa Is picturesquely situated on the
slope of the sierra which separates the
central plateau of Mexico from the
Oulf coast at an elevation of 4300
feet To the south of it the peak of
Cofre de Perote rises to a height of
13410 feet and still farther south
that of Orizaba 18700 feet the high-
est peak In Mexico and the second
highest In North America
The new road starts at a point on
the national highway to Mexico City
thnt is about a mile and a quarter
from the center of Jalapa For a dis-
tance of about half a mile to a gate
at the entrance of the hill the road Is
on private property and here it Is
about thirteen feet wide with a 0 per
cent grade From the hill entrance to
Its summit the rood Is lift feet wide
with a maximum grade of 4 per cent
excepting In a few spots where nn
Increased grade of 6 per cent was nec-
essary This purt of the road Is all
on sldehlll cuts excepting a short
stretch of about 328 feet at the end of
the -first complete circuit of the hill
where It was possible to build the rond
on the surface without any cutting
For reasons of safety it was decided
to make two one-way roads one for
ascending and the other for descend-
ing Tho descending rond starts with a
grade of 8 per cent’ and nearly paral-
lels the last part of the ascending rond
until It strikes the crater the edge of
which It follows until It reaches the
point where the ascending rond enters
the crater the whole being n distance
of 1050 feet the last 280 of which Is
In the crater with a 10 per cent grade
Deposit of Asphalt Is
Discovered in Alabama
A deposit of asplinlt Is reported to
have been discovered In one of the
Tennessee valley counties If the re-
port Is true nnd the deposit Is of nny
value It adds another Item to the won-
derful resources of this state and In-
cidentally means great things for road
building In the state— Fort I’uyni
Journal
Highway Bridge Construction
Since 1010 more than thirty miles of
bridges hnve been hullt under the fed-ernl-nld
highway program One of the
largest of these- bridges that from
Mandnn to Blsmnrrk N D Is more
than three and one-half miles long
nnd cost 91428000
New Read In Pennaylvanla
The Feimsylvnnln department of
highways will build 275 mltea of dura-
ble hlghwnya In 1023-24 The atata hai
815000000 available for the new con
atructlon
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i® llllTWutsri Nsvspipsr Union
CIRCUIT RIDER bAYS AND
WAYS
tours was not a man-msd tempi
Yours no pulpit waaltb-ndowsd
Qod end you spoke In s cabin
Where the humble meekly bowed
There you preached your gypsy gospel
Gave soul-night a nappy dawn
Left them singing songs of Zion
Leaped your hors and Journeyed on
—‘‘Tht Gospel Gypsy” by William
Hsrschall
IF EVER a frontier hall of fame Is
erected this "gospel gypsy" the cln
cult rider is sure of hie niche For
these Itinerant preachers who rod
from settlement to aettlement were
heedless of all perils of weather or
hostile Indiana fearless unselfish and
humble they were fired with the seal
to carry the word of God to the farther-
most border of civilization
The circuit rider must have counted
strongly upon a "reward In heaven"
for hla earthly recompense waa ecanty
enough Perhaps the most famous of
them all was Peter Cartwright but
even hie salary was scarcely In pro-
portion to bis fame The records of a
quarterly conference of the Pulaski
circuit In 1835 show that he received
a three months’ wage of $1097 ft
’quarterage” of 9212 H and 50 cents
for traveling expenses a total com-
pensation of $1060
Cartwright was an eccentric old fel-
low stern of demean qf and caustic of
tongue He believed thoroughly In the
future of the raw Western conntry In
which he served and he had a great
contempt for the narrow provincialism
of the Atlantic seaboard "They rep-
resent this country as a vast waste
and Its people- ae very Ignorant” he
once declared “But If I was going to
shoot a fool I would not take aim at a
Western man I would go down to the
seashore and cock my fusee at those
Imps who live on oysters"
The circuit riders preached in a day
of rough living and more than once
they were called upon to use physical
strength In turning the particularly
ungodly from the path of sin Once a
band of rowdies Interrupted the meet-
ing that was being conducted by one
of these churchmen militant He did
not hesitate for a second Springing
over the pulpit of the rude little log-
cabin church he strode down the aisle
seized two or three of the disturbers
and threw them to the floor Then he
sat on them and as he bumped their
heads together repeatedly he re-
marked: "Well boys If I can't beat
religion Into you I’ll beat the devil
out of you”
And he did It so thoroughly that
they never again disturbed his meet-
ings "THE SUDDEN CHANGE OF '36"
TT WAS in December 1830 For days
the weather had been mild but the
early settlers In the Mississippi valley
shook their heads doubtfully "It’e a
weather-breeder" they said ominously
"It -was like this In December 1830
the winter of the deep snow Look
out for a change I"
Then the change came First a light
snow fell then It turned to rain and
the ground became ankle-deep In
slush Suddenly a cold wind began
blowing from the west Almost Instant-
ly the temperature dropped from 40
degrees above zero to 20 below a
change of eo degrees In a little more
than that many seconds
The whole face of the country was
changed from water to Ice and In some
places the strong wind blew the water
In a series of ripples which froze mak-
ing a stretch of ridges on the Ice In
one settlement group of boys going
home from school enme to a pond
about fifty yards wide The larger
hoys started to wade across and
reached the opposite aide only with
difficulty for the water was freeslng
ahead of them One little fellow held
hack for a few minutes and by the
time he had started the Ice was thick
enough to support his weight the
whole distance
The "audden change" wrought ter-
rlbls havoc over a wide stretch of
country Deer elk and other wild
nnlmnle perished In their tracks The
settlers' live stock seemed to be
driven’ crazy by the sudden cold Chick-
ens cutled up on their roosts nnd fell
to the ground frozen solid Thousands
of horses cattle nnd hogs died before
they could be brought Into shelter
A young boy who was riding home
from n neighbor's cabin was thrown
from his horse which ran away Ills
hoots were filled with water and by
theitlme he had reached home only a
short distance away both boots wert
frozen fast to his feet One man rid-
ing across the prairie realized that
lie would not he able to reach the
nearest aettlement alive If he tried to
push on So he dismounted fcltlod hie
horse dlsineinbored It and crawled In-
side the warm body to escape the
frigid swlnd Weeks Inter paesershy
found hla frozen buJy Inside Ita Icy
tomb
Later Inveatlgetlona of the "audden
change" allowed that the Icy blast had
struck the Mississippi river aettle-
ments about ten o'clock In the morn-
ing By throe o'clock thnt afternoon
It had reached central Illinois and by
eleven o'clock Indlunapolli woa In Ui
grip-
TALES OF-
THE OLD
FRONTIER
I draitlo mutt be done immediately I ute is nearly complete
word to tho wise la sufficient Did
you over notice bow many words poo-
pie ose in giving you advice!
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect It
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected
Judging from report from drugglsta
who are constantly in direct touoh with
tho public there is one preparation that
has Mm very successful in overcoming
thece conditions The mild and healing
Influence of Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root Is
soon realized It stands tho highest for
Its remarkable record of success
An examining physician for om of tht
prominent Life Insurance Companies in
en Interview on the subject made tho as-
tonishing statement that oat reason why
so many applicants for Iniurtnce are re-
acted is because kidney trouble la so
common to the American people end the
largo majority of thooo whose applications
are declined do not even (aspect that they
have the disease Dr Kilmer’s Swamp-
Root is on sole at ell drug etorae in bottles
of two size medium and large
However If yon wish first to test title
rest preparation send tan cent to Dr
Ulmer A Cb Binghamton N Y- for a
sample bottle When writing be sure end
mention this paper— Advertisement
Trouble Is the thing that showu you
uat bow many fine friend yog really
have v
Many a woman Imagine that all of
her troubles are due to the fact that
he la mlaunderatood
JW Economical
Every Farm
EVERY fora needs two automobiles on of which should
be a dosed model Chevrolet
The open touring car li best for general form use carrying pas
scngcrc or perhaps miscellaneous bulky produce or merchao-
dlse but for cold or rainy weather and tor church or social non
the family needs dosed car either n 2-passenger Utility
Coup a Illustrated or the 3-paisena er Sedan Tha sxtra
large rear compartment 1c a feature of the Coup
Theca doted can an very finely made famished upholstered
and trimmed Tha window am of plat glass and can be
lowered providing ae much air aa aa open car yet affording
fall protection against wind rain snow or cold whan railed
With a second car on a form ona lealwaye available far choc
at homa whan tha other car u out 7
The low price of Chevrolet make
fossibls far most form Camillas
CHEVROLET MOTOR
Division QenCral
fried Effective September 1 192 J
o b Flint Michigan
Otvt
MHini
Clack Tan Whita
Hla Own Idaa
A young blood of dandy of tha
rlod went Into a shop and asked for
pink ehoestrlngs They told him they
had no pink shoestring and -had
never noted any demand for the same
"In fact" stated the head of the
firm "I can’t for the life of me Im-
agine 'what you want with pink shot
strings”
The dandy flicked an Imaginary bit
of duet from hli cuff and condescend
ed to explain: "It la JuBt an Idea of
mine don’t you know I wish to ose
them aa neckties”
’ A Lady of Distinction
la recognized by the delicate fascinat-
ing influence of the perfume she use '
A bath with Gutlcura Soap and hot
water to thoroughly cleanse the pored
followed by a dusting With Outlcura
Talcum powder usually means a cleai
sweet healthy skin— Advertisement
Tin-Can Muile
The milkman was making up Ml
weekly account In the hall and Caro-
line the prlraa donna of the family
waa singing at high pressure In the
drawing room
Her mother waa waiting for the
bill and she thought the man wad
being mixed up In bis flgures by the '
singing "Caroline dear” she said
"kindly stop singing a moment and
let the milkman make up hla account"
"Oh it doesn’t trouble me a bit"
said the milkman "I’m used to tbd
noise of the cans!”
What la the object of driving pern
pie up to face trouble that It la knows
they will dodge! '
Tramartatlcm
Needs Two
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the ownership of two cats
CO DETROIT MICH
Molovi Corporation
Five United Stater manufacturing
planfi seven assembly plant and
two Canadian plants give ui tha
largest production capacity in tha
world for high-grade car and
mas possible our low prices
Deelsrs end Isrvlss lietten Iwnsshsm
0
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Ox-Blood Brown
la tht handy bog that open with a turn ( tha
hay No hrokea atHi or toiled handt Softena
and pratervit leather Shcdt moUture Shot
ahinin with it t nifty thrifty habit
"His Shin for Mine11
I ttstloH B Dial- III KANSAS Uli'l 1 MU
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