rl aT a YY gm LS 2 2 3% 5 0 22 0 ah a aad] ¢ On the Farm VOD VAVDOADDTRATRDI Hand Feeding for Small Calves. If we start a calf out right in the first year of its life, it"will ever bea profitable animal; but if we do not give him a fair, good start he will, at best, be a worthless scrub, con- suming much more feed than he will ever pay for, writes Mr. Edward C. Glitzke. It is much more profitable for the farmer to put flesh on a young calf than it is to half-feed him when he is young and expect to have him make all the gain when he is fitted for the market. Nature never intended the calf to ¥ raised-by hand, and we must un- derstand the calf'= rhysicil®makeup quite well if we wish to succeed by hand feeding. The calf is not made to consume coarse feed when it is young--in fact, it takes several weeks to' get acquainted with grain. The only nourishment that a young calf takes is milk, and if this does not con- tain the necessary food elements the calf will suffer. Where the calf is hand fed it is only natural to suppose that it re- ceives skimmed milk, because the cream is the one object for which the cow is milked. Now, in taking away the cream, we are taking .away a very import- ant food element--fat. But one need notshesitate to take this fab -- He Was Trained to Keep Away From the Hunter. On the shore of Skilak Lake, in the heart of what is perhaps the best big-game district of Alaska, there is an unusually large moose lick--a wide marshy field abound- ing in mineral springs. Here, Mr. George Shiras, who has contribut- ed an article to the National Geo- graphic Magazine on the game of the Kenai peninsula, built a blind, and spent several weeks in photo- graphing the moose that came down boldly to the salty springs. One of my favorite visitors, he |says, was a little bull moose that came at first in company with a five-year-old. The latter got too much human scent one day, and ran off in alarm, with the other trailing wonderingly behind. A few days later I saw the little bull eome alone from the long point whére the flies were scarce. After filling up nearly to the bursting-point at one of the springs, he lay down 1a the middle of the lick for a nap. As this was the next to my last day in the blind, I decided to try an experiment. As I came out of the blind, he saw me at once, but did not get up--he simply turned his ears my way and expressed great astonishment in his. big, [round eyes. When I got very close, he rose and ran about playfully, showing no concern whatever over the human scent. After taking a few pictures, I" concluded that I would be doing a very poor ser- How if it be supplied in another and | vice to leave him in this unsophis- cheaper form. | cieated state of mind. It was plain For a very young calf the only he no longer feared the sight or desirable substitute is linseed meal. This should be koiled, or rather, only scalded, in hot water and mix- ed with the milk as a kind of gruel for the calf. It should be fed in such quanti- ties as the size of the calf may re- quire. Be sure you get the old process ground oil-cake. This dif- fers from the new process in the fact that in the former the oil is pressed from the seed by hydrau- lic pressure, and, of course, great amount of the oil remains in the meal. The new process is a product that is left after crushing the seed and washing the oil out by a chemical known fs naphtha, fi is praghi- as ti lue cally IB yomxlifel- A ana should pe' avoided. Where any number of calves are to be raised by hand it is best to prepare a set of movable stanch- fons. These are quickly made from one by four-inch lumber, and where they are movable they can be changed from place to place to suit "the convenience of the feeder. After the calves are in the stanchions it is an easy matter to dish but a quantity of milk to each individual without continually be- ing pestered by the others. After they all have their milk they should be provided with finely ground cornmeal in troughs. or boxes, they will soon form a habit of taking their chop after each meal and so forget about the awful habit of ear-sucking. When they have finished their meal they should be turned out on a meadow or alfalfa field to exer- cise and they will soon begin to nib- ble grass and so get extra nourish- ment. The main object in raising calves is to keep them continually grow- ing. It is easier to put on a pound of gain when they are young than when they are older. The Woodlot, sok good come may be obtained 1 a tarmgwoodlot if it is proper- ¥ handleds" The main thing is to petter all the time by elim- g the less valuable trees and #roving the conditions so the other tres may make a better growth. Trees like elms ought al- ways to be cut instead of trees like oak and walnut when they will serve the purpose 'equally well. Crooked trees make just as good firewood as straight trees. Grape vines and all similar pests injure the growth of the trees materially and it will pay big to. cut them. Good management pays in wood- lots. Sate the Manure. In promptly handling barnyard manure, the farmers can save or lose hundreds of dollars annually. A manure heap is a hotbed of bac- terial activities. Some of the nitro- gen is formed into ammonia and passes into the air; this is a clear loss. Some is transformed into ni- trates which are soluble. These are washed out by rains and sink into the soil, or run off into the ditch; this also is a direct loss, Some is formed by bacteria into nitrates and these nitrates attacked by an- other species of bacteria which change into nitrogen, which passes into the air and is lost. a scent of man, and that meant that lhe would soon fall a victim to the party of hunters that camped half a mile down the shore. Selecting a good-sized club, I got as close to him as possible under | cover of an imitation of the grunt- ing of a bull. Throwing the missile with all my force at his well-cover- ed ribs, I gave a piercing yell at the same time. My marksmanship was poor, for the stick struck the ground just this side, and one ead flew up and hit him in the pit of the stomach. That probably had greater effect than a drubbing on ribs,--however much it violated othics of striking below the inmpeg up into the ARIA wilvig His scared cat. When he came down, there was no doubt about his inten- tion or ability to get out of that part of the country. Before I could pick up the camera, he had vaulted over and beyond the fallen timber. Later events proved that the lit- tle bull put his education to good purpose. The following day I heard the sound of a heavy splash down toward the lake, and there was the little fellow struggling out of a mud-hole, his feet working like the blades of a water-wheel. Out he got, and rushed on without a stop or a glance to the rear. Evidently something was after him. I got out the field-glass, and covered his back track for a long distance, and I finally saw the figures of two men, each armed' with a rifle. On their approach, I learned that they were out after a supply of fresh and ten- der meat. They had seen in a dense cover the flanks of a small moose, and to make sure it was not a cow, the killing of which was prohibited by law, they had made a slight noise to bring the head in view. The animal gave a quick glance out of the corner of one eye, and then put down the hill at top speed. Not till he was beyond rifle-shot did the glass reveal the small horns. A month later I heard that the little bull had gone through the hunting- season unscathed. LJ STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. Lucky Thing for Some People-- Case of the Beech and Birch. Our forefathers had many theor- ies about lightning. According to them no one could be struck by lightning while asleep, and no tree struck by lightning could be burnt. Splinters from such a tree, diligent- ly chewed, were an infallible cure for toothache, and were, of course, pleasanter to. the taste than the dentists' forceps, says the London Chronicle. And the old time schoolboy firmly believed that if he were rash enough to mention lightning directly after a flash, the important part of his raiment would be immediately torn off. And many were his attempts to land his fellows in that predica- ment. To be struck by lightning is still a most lucky thing for the Greek peasant--if he is not killed. Such a man, says J. C. Lawson, "mzy indulge a taste for idlencss for the rest of his lire--his neighbors will support him--and enjoy at the same time the reputation of being some- ack" arched like a thing mqre than human. This is an inheritance from ancient days. Ar- temidorus, an authority on occult matters who flourished in the time of Marcus Aurelius, commented on the fact that while a place struck by lightning had an altar erected upon it, and was thenceforth both honored and avoided, 'no one who has been struck by lightning is ex- cluded from citizenship; indeed, such a one is honored even as a god."" The election of Quintus Juli- us Eburnus to the Consulship in 116! B.C. is attributed to his having, been favored thus by the gods. Some have had physical reasons to rejoice that they had been struck by lightning. De Quatre- fages mentions the case of a tele- graph employee at Strassburg, who was struck senseless and remained paralyzed until the next day, but thereafter "enjoyed better health than ever before. In Martinique a M. Roalde was deprived by light- ning of the use of his limbs for three hours, but having previously been a man of weak health, was much stronger from that time on. Sev- eral authors refer to cases in which rheumatism was cured by lightning. And in this respect, also, trees seem to be as men. Arago saw a poplar, one of an avenue of 1,500, near | Tours which, having been streuk, | developed such vigor that its trunk | soon far surpassed in dimensions those of all its neighbors. Lightning 'is said to differentiate between trees as well as men and women. Some years ago Mr. Me- nab, a fellow of the Botanical So- ciety of Edinburgh, investigated in- to the generally received opinion that neither the beech nor the birch is ever struck by lightning. He col- lected information regarding light- ning struck trees throughout Great Britain, and found no single in- stance of either of these species be- ing struck. Investigation in North America gave similar results. He found, indeed, that in the forest re- gions there a beech tree was re- garded as the safest place in a thunderstorm. LJ Ready to Quit. 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The workers at this trade are known as "knappers,"' or flint clippers, and they use the same tools and work in much the same manner as the men of the Neolithic age. The knapper of Ely, says Har- per's Weekly, finds his material ready to hand in the extensive strata of flint lying amid the chalk benoath the surface. Shafts are sunk direct to the floorstone, and from these burrows are made into the chalk. This mining is all done in the Most primitive fashion, as the men, for the most part, work singly, without fear of syndicates or corners. Hach has his own claim, his own workshop. Quite often, though, he employs" help "n getting his wares ready for market. The claim is about a man's length and three feet wide. Generally he digs down about 35 feet, and thence best suits his purpose. His pick is shaped like a figure seven, and he goes down the shaft by toeholes, as- cending by the same means. His workshop, like his mining, is also primitive, being a rude, cheap shed in his garden, the only fittings of which are a block of oak tree trunk, rather smaller than a butcher's block, a seat, a little stove to dry the flint, pails and some old tin vhs. BR md i AE, fiin {-- ; v It might be locks went out of use about t close of the Revolutionary War, but these knappers still find the steadi- est and most important branch of their industry the supplying of flints for this old-fashioned fire- arm. Where do these relics of bygone negroes in Africa. Some are ship- ped to South America and China. As yet there has been no decline in the demand. Another odd ship- ment was made during the Boer War, when 14,000 tinder flints were sent to British troops so that they in a horizontal or slanting line, as) days go! To make muskets forthe | could get light when wet ruined the matches. "Remains of the Neolithic age," now to be found in many museums and private collections, were man- ufactured by this little community in England. They consider their business entirely legitimate, and in a way it is, for it is the shrewd, un- scruptilous middleman who sells for a goodly price these valuable an- tiques to the innocent. A great many schools and public education- al institutions are supplied by these knappers, and, whether the objects are known to be imitations or not, they are much more valuable than diagrams or illustrations in the teaching of history and geology. | SSE The cooing stops with the honey- moon, but the billing goes on fore. ever. . You would probably be surprised if you knew how much good has come out of your mistakes. 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