The Copan Leader. (Copan, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1915 Page: 3 of 8
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COPAN, OKLA.. LEADER
SECRET OF USING BROOD MARES ON FARM
HOSTETTER’S
Stomach Bitters
HONEY BEE IS BENEFACTOR TO OUR RACE
\ GREAT HELP
IN STOMACH ILLS
f you suffer from Poor Ap-
atite, Sick Headache, Bloat-
ng, Indigestion, Dyspepsia,
tramps or Constipation you
will be greatly benefited by
i fair trial of
The digestive system has be-
come weak and Nature needs
assistance right away. The
Bitters has for over 60 years
been recognized as the real
“first-aid.” Try a bottle.
The genuine has our pri-
vate stamp over neck.
Clydesdale Mare
‘Boquhan Lady Peggy,” Champion at the Highland Show,
Inverness.
(By J M. BELI. )
I was on a big stock farm several
months ago, and the owner was cer-
tainly doing things in the matter of
raising mules, that is, he was starting
about it in the right way.
Twenty-six fine, heavy draft mares
were being bred to a sixteen-hand
jack. So far so good.
These mares were doing regular
farm work, some of them having been
on the place for several years, and out
in a large, luxuriant pasture were a
thriving herd of mule colts; a credit
to their mothers.
It was haying season when I vis-
ited that stock farm, and 200 acres of
red clover were being cut, wheat was
also ripe; 500 acres of that was being
harvested. Six mowers in the hay,
four binders In the wheat and the
mules working to all the machinery,
the brood mares working to the wag-
ons hauling the wheat and the hay.
A pair of them to each wagon. A
careful driver and a good harness, the
mares sleek and fat, working from 12
to 14 hours a day under a hot, south-
ern sun; no time to loiter; a steady
rush from rising to the setting of the
sun.
But these brood mares were stand-
ing it all right and were fat enough
for any practical purpose.
In buying these mares, the owner, a
young Cornell graduate, had succeeded
in getting his money's worth.
Many of the pairs were really
matched teams, strong bone, heavy j
muscles, good limbs, no counterfeits j
among the twenty-six. No cripples, few j
blemishes, spavins, ringbones, side [
bones, even splints hard to find. No
mares that could be called aged, so
all likely to drop good healthy colts.
I noticed that the brood mares on
this farm had on good well-fitting har-
ness, and were Invariably handled by
careful teamsters, the majority of
them negroes.
Here lies the secret of working
brood mares on the farm; they must j
be handled properly and by drivers of
experience who understand the dlf- i
ference betw’een a $200 animal that is ■
expected to drop a colt each season
and the $50 plug mule or gelding.
Now on this farm where over one
hundred head of work stock were kepi
and used regularly the hours for work
were “from sun to sun’’ at all season?
of the year—no loitering—everything
carried on in a businesslike manner
but at the same time none of the work
animals, either mules or brood mares,
were overworked or underfed.
Take these twenty-six mares, figur
ing twenty of them drop foals each
spring, that is six out of the lot will
miss—these twenty young colts at
weaning time would be worth $40 each,
or a total of $800, while as three-year>
olds they should, if properly grown,
be worth $350 a pair, beside the three
crops of colts coming on behind them.
There is no trouble about working a
brood mare on the farm, if she is the
right kind of mare and driven by the
right sort of man, but you must cer-
tainly select, for breeding, mares of
the right size and temperament.
High-strung, nervous mares will not
do for farm drudgery, whether they
are draft bred or not.
You want a quiet animal—not slow
or sluggish-—but with an equable dis-
position.
An infusion of draft blood will often
insure a patient, willing farm brood
mare, Just as an infusion of thorough-
bred blood will give a more spirited
an final.
Easy to Handle Bees When You Know How.
(By F. G. HERMAN.)
The extension of bee culture as a
means of adding to the Income has
been rapidly going on since It was
demonstrated that bees could be man-
aged without discomfort to the opera-
tor, and that a profit of 50 per cent,
and even more was easily procurable.
Bee culture requires no outlay for
land upon which to raise crops, for
as yet there has been no plant dis-
covered that pays to plant for honey
alone.
The honeybee Is a benefactor to our
race, roaming the fields at will, gath-
ering honey and pollen, which she
pays for in the fertilization of the
flowers.
She takes nothing from the fertili-
ty of the soil, but gives to It one of
the greatest fertilizers known, the
clovers, which would become extinct
If It were not for her agency in fer-
tilizing the bloom. No land is re-
quired except a spot on which to
place the hives.
It Is easy to handle bees when you
know how. Undoubtedly a beekeeper
often gets stung; it would be useless
to deny it, and it is scarcely consol-
ing to a novice to tell him he will get
used to being stung; but after a time
a beekeeper really does become inoc-
lst may often be entirely unharmed,
while others a rod away may be stung
by the very bees which his manipula-
tions anger.
His quiet, determined demeanor Is
his safeguard, while the uninitiated
strike at the angry bees until they are
stung.
When you wish to open a hive of
bees, if you wish to be perfectly safe,
arm yourself with a smoker, cover
your head with a veil, and step boldly
to the front of the hive; send the
smoke through the opening for half a
minute, then stop, and repeat the op-
eration after another half minute, or
until they make a steady hum, which
will show that they have given up the
desire to fight.
Then open the hive, smoke gently
and you may lift the combs one after
another.
Many people have kept bees but did
not succeed on account of the worm-
moth, but worms very rarely, if ever,
destroy a colony of bees in normal
condition.
GRADING FARM AND
GARDEN PRODUCTS
Perhaps no other animal on the farm ! swelling, etc.
mentary pain may be sharp, there are
no disagreeable after effects, such as
ulated, after which, although the mo- [ Wh6T6 Work IS DOTIG HOFIGStly
Ready Sale and High Prices
Are Obtained.
is so profitable as the right sort of a j
mare. The price of horses and mules
j keeps up well and is likely to do so.
The small farmer and also the larger
stock farms will use mules In spite
of machine engines and motor cars, j
The city trade useB up thousands of ;
both horses and mules; riding find :
driving horses are always in demand j
if they are of the right kind, and the ]
brood mare on the farm is the source j
from which they are sprung, so in the
selection of them good judgment
should be used.
Work them regularly, feed them reg-
ularly and plentifully. Rest them two
weeks before and two weeks after the
foal arrives, but let them work a
month before and after the colt ar-
rives.
Be light. Never handle them rough-
ly and never overload them.
RAISE GOOD CALVES
OR PIGS ON WHEY
Fed With Oil Meal and Gluten
Feed It Will Give Satisfac-
tory Results.
Whey has a food value well worth
saving. Its chemical food analysis
compared with skim milk, is as fol-
lows;
Skim milk, 2.9 per cent protein;
5.2 per cent carbohydrates; 0.3 per
cent fat. Whey, 0.8 per cent pro-
tein; 4.7 per cent carbohydrates; 0.3
per cent fat.
It will be seen that whey Is not as
valuable as skim milk, but that it
has a very appreciable value, never-
theless. However, whey has a wider
nutritive ratio than skim milk, that
of whey being 1.67, while that of skim
milk is 1.2. This‘fact must be taken
Into consideration in feeding whey If
one gets Its full food value. Oil meal,
gluten feed, etc., food rich in protein
The fear of stings, I think, prevents
many from liking the work, and yet,
when properly protected with a bee-
veil and working only in the warm
part of the day, and never when cloudy
or rainy or cold, and with the use of
a good smoker, one need rarely be
stung.
In many cases the sting of a bee
is attended with much pain and swell-
ing, while in others there are no ill
effects produced whatever, and there
is no doubt but that the system may
become Inured to the poison so that no
bad effects are produced.
The writer recollects the time when
a bee sting was very painful to him
and was always attended with suffer-
ing and swelling. I know there is a
certain current impression to the ef-
fect that bees will sting some people
more than others.
While this is true, it is not be-
cause they are able to recognize any
peculiar physical condition or differ-
ence, nor is it because one person |
smells to the bees different from an-
other. It is because they notice a dif-
ference in the behavior of different
persons.
Avoid quick motions, do not breathe
upon them, and if there are other be?s
flying about in search of plunder do
not leave the hive open too long.
In case of accidents the smoker
should be used freely, and It ought to
be at hand for any manipulation in
the apiary. It is much easier to pre-
vent the anger of bees than to stop It
after it has begun. If you misman-
age a colony of bees and arouse their
PEW coats are as graceful as the
« loose-hanging shepherd's check,
shown here cut with a moderate flare
and wide capellke sleeves. It is so
roomy that It may be worn over a
tailored suit, but so well adjusted
about the shoulders and so excellent
in Its lines that there is nothing cum-
bersome about It.
About nine out of ten coats of mod-
erately heavy woolen fabrics fail
when it comes to being graceful. Such
coats must be cut on simple lines,
otherwise they cannot possibly be
“smart.” The fault usually lies in
breaking up the design with decora-
tive features added for the sake of
novelty. In the coat pictured here
the desired novelty is achieved in the
shape of the sleeves, the flare of the
skirts, and in the introduction of a
cross-bar pattern in the same fabric
as the coat for an inlay in the collar
and revers and as a border for the
sleeves. This Inlay is shown In black
with white bars, in bright green and
in leather color.
The collar Is cut so that it may
be brought up close about the neck
and, while the coat is not designed
for cold weather, it has plenty of
warmth to fortify one against the
keen breeze of the sea or the morning
chill of the mountain country and
the “norther” that penetrates to
southern climes.
Such a coat is destined to outlive
a single season; it is so sanely fash
ioned that it may be relied upon to
outlast the caprices of style for a year
or so.
(By E. P. SANDSTEN. Colorado Agri-
cultural College.)
Well packed and honestly graded
farm and garden produce will always
command a ready sale and higher |
prices than carelessly packed and dis- I
honestly graded goods.
The greatest asset of the manufac
turer is his commercial honesty, and j
this honesty is evident in uniform j
quality and the careful pack and dis- :
play of his goods. In other words, his j
goods are standardized.
Farm and garden produce may be of
the highest quality, but if the packing
is carelessly done, and in old and
dirty retainers, the discriminating j
buyer will not buy and the producer j
is forced to accept a lower price. The
practice of facing the packages with
produce of the highest quality and
then filling the remainder with infe-
rior goods, is plain dishonesty and does !
much to prevent both the honest and
dishonest producer from obtaining the |
market value. The producer's first 1
aim should be to establish a reputa
tion for his products, and when this is i
accomplished more than half of the
selling problem is solved. Each pro j
ducer should have his packages la
beled with his personal label or trade j
mark. This would indicate that the
producer is w illing to stand behind his
goods.
Odd and Successful Coiffure
pastured from May 7 to November 26
constantly, a period of 198 days. Un-
der average Iowa conditions, alfalfa
pasture Is available for practically six
months of the year.
Being extremely deep rooted, it Is
not greatly affected by drought. In Au-
gust and September, when clover pas-
ture Is dry and hard, alfalfa growing
KEEP LAYING HENS
FREE FROM VERMIN
lent Itching and Pain They
Cause the Fowls.
should be fed with whey, while corn ; beside It Is green, succulent and palat-
meal, barley meal, flaxseed meal, etc., able.
should be fed with skim milk. In this
way one can balance the ration and
get the full food value of such prod-
ucts, while If they are fed alone, satis-
factory results cannot be obtained.
You cun raise good calves or pigs
on whey if you will feed oil meal and
gluten meal with it, but If fed alone
It does not contain the food nutrients
in proper proportion, hence does not
give satisfactory results. It Is safe
to say that whey is worth half as
much as skim milk for feed.
Green Feed Essential.
Green feed is essential as a part of
the winter ration. When cabbage and
beets are not available, sprouted oats
can easily be fed. Soak the oats in a
bucket for at least twenty-four hours
and then place in a pile on top shelf
of the sprouter. On the third day
spread them out and let them grow to
u height of not over two inches, then
feed them.
ALFALFA FOR HOG
PASTURE IN FAVOR
Furnished Good Grazing From
Early Spring Until Autumn
at low? Station.
Alfalfa pasture produced the cheap-
est gains on pigs ever secured at the
Iowa station. In 1911 alfalfa pasture,
with a grain ration of ear corn plus a
small amount of meat meal, produced j
gains at a cost of $2.88 per 100 pounds, I
considering corn worth 50 cents a
bughe] j anger, It is quite likely that this dispo-
Aifaifa furnished good grazing from 8ltion wiu remaln wlth them for a Lice Cause Most Damage by Vio-
early spring until late autumn. It was ^ew da>s.
A bee away from home, or laden
with honey, never volunteers an at-
tack. This Is so well known and so
established by apiarists that If I were The estimated offspring from a sin-
not writing mainly for beginners, I gle pair of lice in eight weeks is one
would not think of mentioning it. : hundred and twenty-five thousand.
Thus, in order to render bees harm- Lice are insects which inhabit the
less it Is only necessary to cause feathers of the bird. They have not
them to fill themselves with honey, a piercing mouth, but one that is used
and this is done by frightening them 1 for biting The louse subsists on the
with smoke. When smoke is driven
into a hive through the entrance, the
bees at once begin filling themselves
with honey.
For this reason It is much safer to
i handle bees during the warmest part
| of the day, or at a time when the j
| greater part of the old bees are in
| the field. j may spread through the entire flock
The bees which compose n swarm
are usually filled with honey for the
journey which they expect to take, and
they are harmless unless crushed, or
very much irritated by the anger of
others, and the smell of the poison.
It Is not absolutely necessary to
smoke the colony of bees until all the
bees fill themselves with honey in or-
| der to handle them safely, but it Is
certainly the safest method.
An expert may open a hive without
smoke and without danger, and may
handle the combs, and return (her to
the hive without getting a single
sting by
less.
It is a fact that the fearless aplar-
Heavy pasturing of alfalfa Is not ad-
vised The number of animals per acre
should be so regulated that two or
three small cuttings of hay may be
taken from the field This Is necessary
to Insure tender green growth for graz-
ing.
When little buds begin Bo shoot at j
the base of the stalk the alfalfa should
be cut. In a very few days a fresh new |
growth makes its appearance. Over |
pasturing, without occasional cutting, j
also tends to Injure the crowns of the
plant and evetRually destroys the I
stand.
Direct Road to Eggs.
Warm food and cold mornings go
well together. Direct road to eggs,
and they are what we are all after.
Too Many Shotes.
If the shotes pile up in the pen at
night, the pen is too cold, and there
are too many shotes In the pen.
production of the skin and fragments
of feathers. It Is not so much w'hat
they get as nourishment from the in-
dividual that hurts, as the violent itch-
ing and pain they cause, especially If
present in large numbers.
They also spread as rapidly as they
breed. The lice from one individual
Factors which favor their develop-
ment are poorly ventilated quarters,
Insufficient food and weak stock. The
laying hen that looks poor and sickly
is the one most likely to be infested.
Good Seed Corn.
“Handsome is as handsome does'
applies to an ear of corn if it does to
anything on earth. If the ear is not
a yielder it Is not worth a picayune
for practical purposes.
IN COIFFURES, as In everything
I else pert&ining to dress, the new
: spring season has brought with it a
greater variety in styles than has ar-
rived for many a year. There are the
Victorian coiffures,and that very youth-
ful and original arrangement of the \
hair called the "Bobby." Then there j
are the coiffures in which the hair is j
i uncurled, combed back plainly and ar- I
; ranged in a long soft puff on top of the
l head and extending down over the
| middle of the forehead. This is only
good on youthful wearers.
Nearly all the new coiffures show
' the hair waved and curled and follow-
i lng the contour of the head closely.
J They rely upon short curls more than
DECORATIONS IN THE HOME
upon any other one feature, unless It
be ornamental combs, for their elab-
oration. These two are introduced in
many positions.
But exceptions which suit the style
and features of the individual are al-
ways commendable. The pretty coif-
fure shown in the picture is arranged
In rather boyish lines about the face,
with long side part and no curls It Is
wholly redeemed from this masculine
touch by the Psyche knot at the back.
One cannot believe that any other
style would be quite so becoming to
this particular face, and this is the
conviction which makes any coiffure
successful.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
Rheumatism
Just put a few drops of Sloan's
on the painful spot and the pain
stops. It is really wonderful
how quickly Sloan’s acts. No
need to rub it in—laid on light ly
it penetrates to the bone and
brings relief at once. Kills
rheumatic pain instantly.
Mr. Jamee E. Alexander, of Worth
Rarpmcell, Me., write*: “Many strains
in my back and hips brought on rheu-
matism in the sciatic nerve. ^ I had it so
bad one night when sitting in my chair,
that I had to Jump on my feet to get
relief. I at once applied your Liniment
to the affected part and in less then ten
minutes it was perfectly easy. I think
it is the best of all Liniments l have
ever used.”
SLOANS
LINIMENT
Kills Paw
At all dealer*. 25c.
Send four cents in atampa for a
TRIAL BOTTLE
Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Inc.
Dept B. Philadelphia, Pa.
There is nothing more ill timed
than an unreliable watch.
“Pape's Diapepsin" settles sour
gassy stomachs in Five
minutes—Time It!
Feed Greens.
Sprout oats -hang up a cabbage—
being quiet, steady and fear- | steam clover or alfalfa, anything to
provide the needed succulence for your
fowls during the winter. They need it.
Assurance of Health. j Sewage as Fertilizer.
Poultrymen, just as in the case of ] It Is safe to use sewage as fertil-
Btockmen and fruit-growers, find that ! izer If the plant roots are unbroken,
sanitation Is the best assurance of I but a very slight injury to the roots
health In their flocks. No matter how j permits disease germs to enter,
fine the birds may be or how substan-
tial tho house In which they nre quar-
tered, If the building Is infested with
vermin and disease germs, a profit-
able Hock cannot be maintained.
Colors of Eggs.
All heavy layers produce white
eggs, while the general-purpose breeds
lay a more-or less brown egg.
Bad Combination.
Heavy birds and high roosts ar? »
bad combination. Large breeds espe-
dally need low roosts.
Advantage of Concrete Post.
The concrete fence post has tbs
advantage of being the most perma
nent and sightly.
Breeding for Table.
Although many hens are kept solely
for egg production, the greater propor-
tion are bred primarily for the table.
Make Germination Test.
Tt Is better to make a germination
test of your seed corn before planting
tha;- to have to replant It
Not Good for Pigs.
Buckwheat straw Is not good for
ptgs, often causing an eruption or irri-
tation of the skin.
Make Friends With Hens.
Keep on good terms with the hens,
Dick one up occasionally Just to show’
them that your presence does not al-
ways mean slaughter
Money From Dairy Hogs.
The dairy hog brings in the mone;
faster tiiin any other animal on the
farm except the dairy cow.
Weeds Use Much Moisture.
Weeds are greedy users of soil mois-
ture that should feed the crops.
Especial Feature of the Moment Is
the Lavish Use That Is Being
Made of Lace.
I.aoe assumes more and more the
Important place In the domain of home
furnishing. It is so Important that
upholsterers have to employ lacemak-
ers and are obliged to make lace pur-
chases on a considerable scale.
Among other things, pianos and win-
dows are draped with lace, leaving
room for legitimate upholstery to come
afterward. All styles are available.
The "renaissance" combines with lace
of quite modern origin. And. combin-
ing with all and second to none in
fashion or effect, is the old-fashioned
crochet. The present taste for
crochet denotes a remarkable revival
In this kind of thing.
Another revival besides it, and mak-
| ing common cause with house and
especially drawing-room decoration,
Unreasonable Boarder.
Mrs. Smithers, if you are unpatri-
otic enough to hoard your foodstuff,
that is a matter for your own con-
science; but please remember In fu-
ture not to give me a hoarded egg for
breakfast.—Punch.
is the equally old-fashioned netting.
For long years past this species of
handwork has been left almost ex-
clusively to fishermen and their wives.
It served for fishing nets and that j
was about all. But now it is coming
back as fast as it can to the place |
it occupied, let us say, a hundred j
years ago, in the repertoire of fancy ;
work for women.
Then was the time when dainty I
I slipper-cased feet were put forward |
I and used in the service of the kind of j
fancy work known as knitting. Now j
I machinery does a great deal of the |
| work which human fingers aided by j
the foot used to do.
But whether wrought by fingers or i
i machinery, it remains a fact that old- |
j fashioned netting Is a distinct revival i
and that its presence in draw ing rooms
: throws an air of fashion around them, j
The effect of embroidery upon it are !
now more artistic than of yore, na- ,
ture as well as pictures often serving
! as models.
You don't want a slow remedy when
your stomach is bad—or an uncertain
one—or a harmful one—your stomach
is too valuable; you mustn't injure It.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in giving relief; its harmless-
ness; its certain unfailing action in
regulating sick, sour, gassy stomachs.
Its millions of cures in indigestion,
dyspepsia, gastritis and other stomach
troubles has made it famous the world
over.
Keep this perfect stomach doctor in
your home—keep it handy—get a large
fifty-cent case from any dealer and
then if anyone should eat something
which doesn't agree with them; if
what they eat lays like lead, ferments
and sours and forms gas; causes head-
ache, dizziness and nausea; eructa-
tions of acid and undigested food—
remember as soon as Pape’s Diapepsin
comes in contact with the stomach all
such distress vanishes. Its prompt-
ness, certainty and ease in overcoming
the worst stomach disorders is a reve-
lation to those who try it.—Adv.
They are the least desirable bless-
ings which come in disguise.
Have Hanford’s Balsam on hand for
accidents. Adv.
Naturally, a butter-in Is usually a
sorehead.—Albany Journal.
Why It is Hard to Save Money.
The hardest thing In the world Is
self-control, and the saving of money
means the exercising of self-control
In all directions at once. That is
what makes saving so hard for most
of us.—Platt
It’s Foolish to Suffer
You may be brave enough to
stand backache, or headache, or
dizziness. But if, in addition, ur-
ination is disordered, look out!
If you don't try to fix your sick
kidneys, you may fall into the
clutches of kidney trouble before
you know it. But if you live more
carefully and help your kidneys
with Doan's Kidney Pills, you can
stop the pains you have and avoid
future danger as well.
An Oklahoma Case
I* Francis A. I-ewts,
! '• 913 Seventh St.. Law-
JA (1LV ,0TI- Okla., sa>s. I
was in misery and the
'JS9y doctor said I had ca-
Most Likely. Measure of Happiness.
Somebody wants to know why as- A woman is happy when she thinks
trologers and prophets never predict she is better looking than the lady
anything pleasant. Maybe it is be- cashier at the downtown cafe where
cause their predictions would seem j her husband gets his lunches.—Port-
too good to be true. | land Telegram
up ns incurs
hit*. The
pain I endur
yond d*-scrip
tlcn and
tho kidney i
secretions
were in bad
shape. I
lost a lot o
t weight.
too. On a i
advice, I too
Kidney Pills
and they
restored me
health.’*
to good
Get Doen'e at Any Store. 50e • Bo*
DOAN S h;.w.t
FOSTER-M1LBURN CO, BUFFALO. N. Y.
Tourist’s Coat in Shepherd’s Check
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