The Press-Democrat. (Hennessey, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, March 30, 1906 Page: 3 of 12
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WITTE M RESIGN
IT IS ALLEGED HE HAD AN AT
TACK OF HEART TROUBLE.
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THE COUNT MAT LEAVE RUSSIA.
JMany Instances Are Cited of Terror-
ism of Local Officials in Preventing
a Free Expression of the Peas-
ants.
Ft. Petersburg:, March 21.—In high
circles the rumor was current that
Count Witte had definitely decided
1o retire from the premiership. The
Associated Press is unable to con-
firm the rumor, ns Count Witte hfls
retired and the chancellery was clos-
ed when the correspondent called
shortly after midnight. From an ab-
solutely authoritative source, how-
ever, it can be stated that Count Witte
at a session of the council of the em-
pire made a statement which is in-
terpreted by many members of the
•council as a cirtual declaration that
career as premier is ended by him and
that he will be succeeded by Privy
Counsellor Kokovsoff, former minis-
ter of finance.
A project for the solution of the
Agrarian problem by the purchase of
lands from the nobles and other large
proprietors through the peasant banks
and their re-sale to peasants on long
term installment payments, was under
•discussion. As the treasury is in con-
dition to advance the money to the
banks for this purpose Count Witte
advocated a scheme tinder which the
banks should purchase the land with
fifteen-year credit bonds, instead of
■cash. A very marked division of the ;
-cabinet developed. Finance Minister I
Shipoff opposed the premier. Sudden- I
]y M. Kokovsoff arose and in a warm j
speech earnestly supported Count ;
"Witte's views. When he had con- !
■chuled, Count Witte closed the debate I
in a few words, rather apologizing for J
Ills seeming indifference and thank- '
ing M. Koliosoff for his support, add- J
ing:
"I also might have adopted a bet-
ter defense had I been as much in-
terested in the future as Alexander
Nicholaievltch," meaning M. Kokosoff,
Bussians, even on formal occasions,
referring to persons by their Christian
names.
On what is apparently reliable au- |
thorlty it is said that the condition i
of Count Wltte's health is quite un-
satisfactory. He Is said to have ex-
perienced a rather alarming attack of
heart trouble a few days ago. His
physician advised him some time ago
to give up work. It is known Count
Witte believing that he had weather-
ed the political storm, formed a de-
termination to relinquish the premier-
ship upon the meeting of the national
assembly. Recently, however, the
strength of the reactionaries increas-
ed, and the premier was obliged to
keep up the fight against heavy odds.
It may be that his endurance was
thus exhausted and that, feeling that
his health was declining, he has
reached the decision to retire imme-
diately.
As the elections proceed there is
more and more evidence of the vir-
tual exclusion from participation of
the radical elements of the popula-
tion. The preliminary stages of the
•elections will rob the national assem-
bly of much of its national character.
Its authority to speak will be abso-
lutely denied by the preletariat organ-
ization which bore the brunt of the
light for liberty. Complaints of inter-
ference in the country districts are
increasing. Many flagrant instances
are cited of the terrorism of local offi-
cials in preventing a free expression
ot the peasants, and often of practi-
cally compelling the selection of
priests and village elders. The seem-
ing apathy of the small land-owners
assemblies, at which an average of
•only ten per cent of the voters were
present, is explained by the feeling
that they were not free to choose.
Carefully collected information
from the outlying industrial districts
shows that the elections were a com-
plete farce. Nominally eleven of the
thirty-nine working groups entitled to
participate elected twenty out of
fifty-seven delegates to the conven-
tion which will select eighteen repre-
sentatives for the city. The conven-
tion will in turn elect for St, Peters-
burg six members of the national as-
sembly.
104 MEETINGS OF PROTEST.
Berlin Socialist Demonstration Pass-
ed Off Quietly.
Berlin, March 20.—One hundred and
four socialist meetings which were
held in Berlin and its suburbs for the
purpose of commemorating the revo-
lutionary outbreaks of 1848-49 and
protesting against the three-class suf-
frage system of Prussia, passed off
with complete quiet. The police au-
thorities took no special precaution,
as the socialists by their demonstra-
tions of February 21 had proven that
It was their disposition to keep order.
The meetings were addressed by Herr
Bebel, leader of the socialists in the
Reichstag. Herr Bernstein and other
members of the Reichstag and several
women socialists.
KING'S DEATH IS POSSIBLE.
Roumanian Monarch Suffers With a
Dis-as?.
London, March 10. — Special dis-
patches received here report the ser-
ious illness of King Charles of Kou-
mania from a brain affection follow-
ing upon an arterial disease.
The Daily Telegraph says that pri-
vate telegrams, however, have been
received to the effect that the death
of the king is possible any moment,
and that in any ease his life cannot be
prolonged for more than a few
months, but that the king intends to
visit L.ugano, in Switzerland.
NEEDS MUCH MORE MONEY.
Russian Government Can't Stop at a
$50,000,000 Loan.
St. Petersburg, March 19.—The gov-
ernment has not yet accepted the loan
of $50,000,000 offered by the Russian
bankers. The government is In need
of a much larger amount and is in-
clined to postpone the negotiations
temporarily in the hope of floating an
interior loan of double the amount
later. Besides the government has
assurance if an agreement is reached
at Algeciras of obtaining $150,000,000
or more from a French, German,
Dutch and British syndicate.
BUFFALO BILL'S HORSES.
CATS PREFERRED TO HUSDANDS.
Chicago School Teicher Gives Rea-
cons for Her Theories.
We forget who It was that coined
the phrase, "all big things come from
Chicago," but \\t' would like to add
that occasionally some big thoughts
are also boiu In that metropolis of
the West.
A Chicago teacher, who we may add
is at yet heart and husband free
evolved the Interesting theory that as
a life companion a cat is far more
preferable than a man.
After enumerating the faults of an
average husband, she proceeded to
tell of the high qualities of a cat. and
when she came to that part in her ora-
tion when comparisons became neces-
sary, poor husbands had not a leg to
stand on.
The three strongest points that she
made were that cats trim their own
whiskers, never complain and, if they
happen to come home late In the wee
small hours, they do not Invent ex-
cuses, and though guilty of misbe-
havior, they never walk diagonally
across the room, chewing a second-
rate cigar and vainly endeavoring to
make themselves understood.
Well, it seems as if the eats had
the better of it, and so far no de-
fender of poor downtrodden man has
appeared on the scene.—Exchange.
IlTVE
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Italians Are Afraid of Infectious Dis
ease in the Stables.
Genoa, March 20. — A conflict be-
tween the brigandans and the munici-
pal authorities has arisen over a bill
prohibiting the encampment of Buffa-
lo Bill's Wild West Show because of
an alleged infectious disease among
the horses. The municipal authori-
ties, local associations and tradesmen
are opposed to this prohibition, say-
ing that it is contrary to the interests
of the city. The members of the
chamber of deputies representing
Genoa are being urged to have the
government interfere and to bring the
question before parliament if neces-
sary.
6!G BANK LOOTED
SECURE NEARLY HALF MILLION
FROM MOSCOW BANK.
THE ROBBERS LEFT NO TRACE.
Key to the Mystery May be Within
the Bank Itself — General Impres-
sion Is Left, That Employe of Bank
Headed the Band.
Moscow. March 22. — The Credit
Mutual, one of the largest banks in
Moscow, was mysteriously robbed by
masked men, the robbers securing
$432,500. It was a daring job. The
facts already developed raise the
question whether the robbery was
committed by or under the direction
of some one at present or previously
employed in the institution. The bank
is situated in Ilinka street, in the
heart of the city. The last of the
clerks had just departed, leaving an
inside guard of three men, while un-
der the porch outside was a police-
man and the house porter. The street
was crowded with people hurrying
homeward. According to the story
of the guards, in the twinkling of an
eye they were confronted with re-
volvers in the hands of twenty mask-
ed men, who had entered silently by
the main door, which had been lock-
ed when the office force left. After
a command to the guards to hold up
their hands not a word was spoken.
The guards were quickly bound and
gagged and thrown into a dark cor-
ner. The robbers then took up po-
sitions at all entrances and the cur-
tains of the windows were lowered.
The chief of the robbers, who direct-
ed the operations of his associates by
gestures and without speaking, show-
ed thorough familiarity with the lo-
cation of the vaults. When all was
ready he went to the heavy burglar
proof safe and with a few whirls of
the knob threw the combination lock,
the heavy door swung open and the
treasure of the bank was revealed.
The plunder, consisting of gold, sil
ver and notes, was speedily thrust in-
to sacks. When a clean haul of the
money had been made, not a kapeck
being left, the robbers departed as
silently as they came, making their
exit through the main entrance and
leaving no trace behind them. They
had been in the bank less than half
an hour. Twenty minutes later one
of the guards succeeded in freeing
himself and gave the alarm. The
dumbfounded policeman and house
porter, who had been standing in
front of the bank throughout claimed
they had seen no one enter or leave
it.
An immense crowd was attracted to
the scene by the news of the rob-
bery.
M. Vitchiakoff, the managing direc-
tor of the bank, after a hasty investi-
gation, posted off to consult Governor
General PoubsacofT.
It is the general impression that
the key to the mystery is within the
bank itself.
JUDGE'S KEEN SENSE OF SMELL
Had Suspicion He Could Locate the
Missing Pig.
In a recent case before Judge Fee-
ly of the twelfth judicial court of
Rhode Island, at Woonsocket, a great
dea! of fun was created by the dif-
ferent descriptions of a pig that the
defendant was charged with stealing,
but which he claimed to have bought
and placed in a pen with other pigs
There were such varied descrip-
tions of the pig that finally the coun-
sel for the defendant announced that
tho pig in question was within reach
and could readily be produced in
court. The air in the court room,
which was pretty well crowded, had
become rather foul by this time. As
the lawyer made this announcement,
Judge Feely leaned forward and whis-
pered to the clerk: "Say, Charlie, I
tiiink 1 smell that pig."
Fashions Slow to Change.
Four generations ago it was cus-
tomary for professional men to wear
muffs, so that it was almost a prov-
erb that "a muff its more than half
in the making of a doctor." The
umbrella is an invention of a com-
paratively recent date. A satirical
writer in a women's paper in 1756
remarked that Jonas Hanway, who
had been seen abroad under the shade
of a cotton umbrella, would be well
advised, in order to keep himself dry
from head to foot, to wear the maid's
pattens. Until the nineteenth cen-
tury had almost dawned the umbrella
was practically unknown. In 1797 there
was only one umbrella in all Cam-
bridge, and that was kept at a shop
and let out like a sedan chair by
the hour. In London women carried
umbrellas before men had taken to
them; but the first umbrellas were
heavy, awkward machines, made of
oilskin or taffeta.
Queen Bees Protected.
Modern beekeepers Jo not leave the
rearing of queens to their bee colo-
nies. Left to themselves bees rear
queens only when they want to
swarm, when their queen is accident-
ally killed or when, on account of her
age or from some other reason, she
does not lay enough eggs. In nature,
when the young queens come out of
their cells there is a battle royal
among them, the final survivor being
accepted as queen of the colony.
But this is a waste of good material
which the modern beekeeper can not
permit. So his artificially-reared
queens emerge into little wire cages,
or nurseries, where they can neither
kill their neighbors nor be themselves
killed.
Jefferson's Cheerful Philosophy.
We spoke of happiness, writes
Francis Wilson, in Scribner. "Joy,"
I said, "was the God of our house-
hold. No one was permitted to hang
crepe on the door of our feelings."
"That's the proper way," he made
answer. "Happiness is the religion
of our family. To begin with, we
take all the comic papers. No one
is permitted to read aloud, and he is
begged not to read, even to himself,
about the mangled corpse of the
father and the roasted bodies of the
babies—subjects with which the
daily papers disgustingly teem."
Look for Pleasant Things.
There are women, and men, too, for
that matter, who are constantly on
the lookout for unpleasant things and
who after a while form a habit of al-
ways looking at the wrong side. Such
a trait should be nipped in the bud
as soon as it threatens to gain a head-
way, for it not only leads to endless
unhappiness on the part of the perpe-
trator, but makes life miserable for
those in their immediate vicinity.
Lovers Shouldn't Be Selfish.
Some couples are so wrapt up in
each other that they entirely forget
the rest of the world, then it is the
others that suffer discomfort. That
all should be made absolutely smooth
and easy for them they take as their
right, and if any one suggests that
they have their share of little duties
to do, and that it is unfair to leave it
to others, they only smile and think
what trifles seem to upset folks, for
they themselves would never get wor-
ried over such little matters.—Ex-
change.
The Farmer a Wealthy Man.
A wealthy man if generally under-
stood to be one who has 1
i large amount of money
ir property. Accepting none)
as the proper meaning of wealth we
?annot claim to be equal with men in
•onie other branches of business.
Neither do farmers include the poor-
est population. There are compara-
tively few millionaires and few who
ire very poor. Taken as a class farm-
?rs occupy a comfortable position be-
tween the two extremes. We all ad
mlt that there are some conditions
which are not favorable to our prog-
ress. but in other ways we have the
advantage. The farmer occupies the
ground floor of the world's great busi-
ness structure. More than most men
he is his own master. In times of bnsl
ncss depression and strikes, when
banks fail and manufacturers close
down and laborers are idle, the farmer
goes right ahead. Land may decrease
in price, but it makes little difference
since it is not usually for sale. The
soil is just as productive and yields
as well as in years of business pros-
perity. At such times we may be com-
pelled to accept reduced prices for our
surplus crops, but there is sure to
be a demand for them. Even granting
that there may be enterprises that
pay larger profits there are none that
are surer of its reward. Agriculture
is by no means the poorest enterprise
and by improved methods it may be
made one of the best. A friend of
mine heard a large manufacturer say
he thought farming must be the most
profitable business or farmers could
not leave their machinery out of doors
and still succeed. Yet this is only,
one expensive farm leak and there
are others no less. The farm is quick
to pay for any extra care that we may
give it. Indeed it is the best care that
brings the best profits. But money
alone is not wealth. Whatever ele-
ments contribute to comfort, health
and true happiness are worthy of our
efforts and equal in value to gold. If
these elements and money enough to
meet our requirements are furnished
by the conditions of our occupation
we are wealthy. To most people
the beauties of nature have value.
Those people who are confined in the
noisy cities are robbed of the full
benefit of these luxuries. Sunshine,
pure air, pure food and exercise are
the best and cheapest medicine. The
country is nature's groat free sani-
tarium. Here is the farmer's home
and occupation, where he may at the
same time add to his health and
wealth.—W. Barker, Hamilton Co.,
Ind., in Farmers' Review.
The Making of Prize Cattle.
The University cattle which won
third prize at the Fat Stock Show in
Pittsburg recently, were the last of
six carloads purchased three years
ago for the purpose of determining the
influence of age upon the cost of beef
production which the Experiment Sta-
tion is conducting in co-operation with
the Federal Department of Agricul-
ture.
One-third of this original bunch of
cattle was finished as yearlings, and
topped the Chicago market for the
year. The second third was finished
*s two year olds, and also topped the
Chicago market for the year. The
third portion of these cattle won third
place as stated above, and topped the
Pittsburg market for heavy cattle,
bringing $7.10 per hundred, the next
best load of heavy cattle bringing
$6.50. They were high grade Here-
fords, purchased in the neighborhood
of Columbia.
In the meantime the Experiment
Station has in the same experiment
matured one bunch of yearling Angus
and a bunch of yearling Shorthorns.
They now have on feed ninety Short-
horns with a view to covering the
same ground with a different breed. In
addition to the test of the influence
of age upon the rate of cost of gain,
these cattle were divided into lots of
eight each and fed different grain ra-
tions on pasture, one group receiving
shelled corn alone, another one-fourth
cottonseed meal and three-fourths
shelled corn, another one-fourth lin-
seed meal and three-fourths shell-
ed corn, another one-fourth gluten
meal and three-fourths shelled corn,
all having access to equally good
grass.
In the case of the yearlings and two
year olds, a more rapid gain, and as
a rule a cheaper gain was made on
the mixed feeds than on corn alone.
It Is also true that in every case the
younger cattle receiving mixed feeds
became fatter, carried a better bloom,
and were from every point of view
more marketable. In the case of three
year old or the mature cattle, how-
ever, the difference in the rate and
economy of gain between straight corn
and the mixed feeds was almost in-
appreciable, and there was not a mark-
ed difference in the fatness of the dif-
ferent groups.
H. J. Waters.
Dean Mo. Agri. College.
Salt for Stock.
Common salt is essential to nearly
all domestic animals, and it
should be given to them fre-
quently. If animals are allowed free
access to salt they eat only what Na-
ture requires; but to animals not ac-
customed to salt it must be supplied
very gradually or they will eat too
much at first and are likely to be
overtaken with indigestion or even
death. Sheep are sometimes poisoned
by eating too much salt when they
are not accustomed to it.—Prof. Nel-
son S. Mayo.
Curing Cheese.
Much of the cheese on the market
to-day is only half cured. It is for the
advantage of the cheese interests that
only well-made cheese and well-cured
cheese be sold. The cheeseMuakers
are constantly faced by a double sit
nation. On one hand they know that
only cured cheese is digestible. On
the other hand the merchants are will
Ing to take their cheese when it has
been in the curing room only a few
weeks. They know thai a hundred
days is better than 10 days' curing
Hut since they cannot get a cent more
for the other and since they have lost
something by evaporation they al
most universally sell their cheese as
soon as they can dispose of it at a
fair price We do not believe that it
will be possible to secure well-cured
cheese unless there is some decided
movement in favor of this. Well
cured cheese is one of the most diges-
tible of foods, green cheese one of
the most undlgestlble. This proves
above all other things that the cheese
we have been eating has been mostly-
green cheese. In the curing of cheese
a temperature of about 65 degree is
advisable. Cheese cured at 75 and 80
degrees have bad flavors and are de-
cidedly too sharp. It is hardly pos
sible in the ordinary curing room in
winter to get a temperature above 65
degrees, although this is easily done
In the summer time The cold curing
of cheese means placing It in a room
where the temperature is from 30 to
40 degrees. At this temperature the
chemical changes go on very slowly
and it will take six or nine months to
cure cheese as much in such a temper-
ature as could be cured at 65 degrees
in three months. In the winter time
the ordinary cellar is fairly adapted to
the curing of cheese, as it has a tem-
perature varying from 50 to 65 de-
grees. A large number of tests have
been made to determine the quality
of cheese as effected by the tempera
ture at which it was cured. In all
cases the cheese cured at 60 to 65
degrees have been much better in
flavor than those cured at 75 to 80 de-
grees.
Feeding the Dairy Cow.
There are two common mistakes
made in feeding cows; first, not feed-
ing liberally enough; second, feeding
a ration not properly balanced. It
has been found by experiments that
about 60 per cent of what a cow can
eat is necessary to merely maintain
her without producing any milk or
gaining in weight. This being true, it
is evident that it is not economy to
feed only a little more than this 60
per cent needed to keep up the cow's
body.
Below are given balanced rations
that will furnish the materials neces-
sary to produce milk in about the right
proportions. P.y the term "rations" Is
meant the feed for twenty-four hours.
If a cow will not give a good flow of
milk in the early part of the milking
period, when fed a liberal amount of
one of these rations, It indicates that
she is not adapted by nature to be a
dairy animal and she should be dis-
posed of. The amounts given are
considered about right, for a cow giv-
ing from twenty to twenty five pounds
of milk per day. For heavy milkers
these rations are to be increased and
reduced for lighter milkers. In mak-
ing up these rations it Is designed that
the cow be given practically all of
the roughness she will eat and then
sufficient grain Is added to furnish the
necessary amount of digestible ma-
terial.
1. Clover hay, 20 pounds; bran, 5
pounds; corn, 6 to 8 pounds.
2. Clover hay, 20 pounds; oats, 4 to
5 pounds; corn, 6 to 8 pounds.
3. Clover hay, 20 pounds; corn and
cob meal, 8 to 10 pounds; gluten or
cottonseed meal, 2 pounds.
4. Alfalfa or cowpea hay, 15 to 20
pounds; corn, 9 to 12 pounds.
5. Alfalfa or cowpea hay, 10 pounds;
corn stover, 10 pounds; corn, 8 to 10
pounds, and bran, 2 pounds.
C. H. Eckels,
Prof, of Dairy Husbandry, Mo Agl.
College.
Color of Eggs.
The color of rgns has a great deal
to do with the value of eggs in differ-
ent markets In the majority of the
markets In our small cities, towns and
villages the people do not care whether
an egg is brown or white This is not
'rue, however, in the large cities like
New York and Boston The Chicago
market does not care what kind of
an egg It receives. But New York
wants a white egg; and a white egg,
uniform in size and tint, will sell at
About 2c a dozen over tho price of
brown eggs or mixed eggs. The rich
families of New York evidently like
to have white eggs on their tables.
The opposite Is true In Boston There
the brown egg Is In favor. It may
be a coincidence that the Plymouth
Roek hen. which Is named for a local-
ity near Boston, should lay a brown
egg. The farmer supplying the Bos
ton market is quite generally using
the Plymouth Rocks because he gets
the colored egg so much In demand
In Boston. Pure color In eggs can
only be obtained by pure breeding. As
soon as Plymouth Rocks are crossed
with other breeds they begin to pro-
duce off colored eggs. Now and then
a hen will be found having but little
blood In her other than Plymouth
Rock and yet producing a white egg.
Such hens are eliminated from the
flocks when they are discovered. The
color is a fancy point but it is one
that must be considered by the man
that wants to get the most for his
eggs.
Standard Milk.
By standard milk and cream Is
meant that which has a certain known
composition, thus establishing a true
basis for valuation.
Let It be clearly understood by pro-
ducers, consumers, city councils and
everybody, that In these days the
dealer can furnish the customer with
milk of any desired richness, without
regard to the quality ordinarily yield-
ed by the cow, and all milk should be
either so standardized or else bought
and sold according to its natural com-
position.
Selling milk by measure alone Is un-
just to the producer as well as to the
consumer. While the fallacy of the
system is apparent to a few, the
majority of people seem to think that
milk is milk, that one quart is worth
as much as another, so long as it is
still sweet. The reason for this is
partly a lack of knowledge as to what
constitutes good milk, and partly be-
cause milk is an opaque liquid, and it
is difficult to judge of its composition
or food value simply by appearance.
For this reason many unscrupulous
milk dealers dilute their milk with
water or remove a portion of the
cream. W. J. Fraser.
University of Illinois.
Sheep as Manure Spreaders.
Speaking of manure spreaders, there
is nothing so cheap and effectual as a
flock of sheep as handled at "Miller-
ton," where they come Into the barns
adjoining the pasture at will to eat ol
the hay thrown off the mow in the
racks each side the inner walls of the
barn. 1 have just walked out over the
pasture where one flock of 140 have
the run, and It would seem they have
remained but a few nights In the barn
this winter, as the more elevated
places are sprinkled over with their
droppings, just as it should bo to
maintain the fertility of the soil and
a heavy growth of grass during sum-
mer. Some of these fields have been
in pasture twenty years and are Im-
proving or maintaining more grass
than formerly. The sheep are not
"running down" either, as Is often said
to be the ease by those who probably
overstocked their pastures.— I. M. Mil-
ler, Giant Co., Ind.
Bolting Food.
An instructor In an agricultural
college says: Bolting the food
or gulping It rapidly and with-
out sufficient mastication is always
injurious to animals. Some horses
acquire this as a habit, and it Is hard
to overcome. One of the best meth-
ods of preventing it is to spread the
grain over a large area, as on tho
bottom of a manger, so that the horse
cannot easily obtain large mouthfuls.
There are iron feed boxes divided into
small compartments that accomplish
the same results. Smooth round
stones the size of a man's fist can bo
i laced In the ordinary feed box. so
that the horse Is compelled to nose
them over in order to get the grain.
Animals that bolt their feed should
be given ground feed.
Farm Accounts Difficult.
I am sorry to say that the farmers
do not pay much attention
to the matter of keeping
farm accounts. When accounts
are kept they comprise chiefly the buy-
ing or selling of crops, buying or sell-
ing of stock, payment of hired help
and the like. The above is the extent
of my own bookkeeping, except on
January first of each year I take an
invoice. It Is a difficult matter to
keep an account of each crop sep-
arately, yet great benefits can be de-
rived from It. However, It is not gen-
erally done. I do not know that I
could make any suggestions as to the
Improvement in this matter.—C. D.
Smith, Edgar County, 111.
Smuts in Foods.
Grasses and grain often con-
tain ergot, a parasitic fun-
gus, which shows itself among the
healthy grains as long black kernels.
This fungus most frequently attacks
rye and related wild grains. The
feeding of this "spurred rye" to ani-
mals is likely to produce in them a
disease called ergotism. In this dis-
ease the blood vessels of the extremi-
ties contract to such an extent that
the feet of tho afflicted animals fre-
quently slough off and sometimes also
the tails. Corn smut, so far as known,
does not cause disease. If fed in large
quantities, however, It Is likely to
cause indigestion.—The Care of Ani-
mals.
The boy who swaggers about and
says he Isn't afraid of anything Is
usually the first to run from real
danger.
Trap Nests.
The trap nest is a good thing
in the experiment station and
on the large poultry farm where
it is desired to keep track of what
each hen is doin^. On the ordinary
farm, however, the trap nest is of no
value, for the reason that, after she
has laid, some one must be at hand
to release the fowl and record her
number. If the farmer wishes to keep
an individual record of his poultry he
will have to work up some other plan
rather than that of the trap nest.
Don't neglect the calves. They
want the warm side of the barn these
raw days.
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