The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 3, 1915 Page: 3 of 4
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THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
KEEP THE SHEEP DRY
Wet Ewe Is Not Likely to Do Her
Best for Owner.
Greatest Damage Resulting From
Wetting Is Discomfort Following
—Water-Tight Shed Will Prove
Quite Satisfactory.
(By E. HENDERSON.)
A few days ago, while returning
from our home town, I was struck by
the sad and forsaken appearance of
a flock of sheep subjected to a beat-
ing rain.
Their backs were humped up, their
heads drooping and the general ap-
pearance gave the impression that
they were the victims of a careless
and thoughtless farmer.
It is true that the fleece of a sheep
is quite long and dense and in an
ordinary rain it is quite improbable
that the fleece should become thor-
oughly saturated, but it is also true
that all rains are not “ordinary” ones,
and we can never tell just when one
of these beating, driving rains will
come to cause misery to the ewes and
loss to the farmer’s pocketbook.
It is at once apparent that the wet
ewe is not one to do the best for her
owner. As long as she is soaked she
will not graze, or if she does it will
be only enough to furnish the actual
needs of the body.
Southdown Is Good Breed.
This .is not enough. The breeding
ewe should secure more feed than
maintenance requires if she is to do
well for her owner—she must be con-
„ tinually gaining in flesh.
Probably the greatest damage re-
sulting to a ewe on account of a rain
is the discomfort that follows the
wetting. Think how unpleasant it is
to work in wet clothes! How much
worse it is, therefore, for the ewe who
is naturally of a tender nature, to
undergo the discomfort resulting from
carrying around a damp fleece. In the
summer time when it is warm it is
bad enough, but in the winter it is
awful.
The fleece, being very dense, it is
days before the water will entirely
evaporate. Then the greatest amount
of the evaporation is caused by the
heat of the animal’s body.
Just try to think of the heat neces-
sary to evaporate the large amount of
water that a thoroughly saturated
fleece would hold. Many sheep have
caught colds from this very cause
that resulted in inflammation, even
worse, catarrh.
Rheumatism is often one of the re-
sults and a sheep once the victim of
this disease is of very little value.
What, then, is the remedy? It is
simple. Provide your sheep with dry
shelter close to their pasture. It need
not be a costly barn. A shed is plenty
good enough provided it is water-
tight, and it need not be especially
warm if it is only dry.
Mongrel Sheep Dogs.
The sheep dog generally used on hill
farms is of the collie type, usually a
mongrel. Intelligence is sometimes
highly developed in oddly bred dogs.
Occasionally one comes across an old
bobtailed sheep dog at work on the
sheep runs and excellently does he
discharge his duties.
| PICKED UP IN POULTRY YARD
Bantams More Than Pay for Keep In
Number of Eggs They Lay—Ail-
ments Spread Rapidly.
Many persons are of the opinion
that bantams, because of their small
size, are valuable only.for ornamental
purposes. They are mistaken, how-
ever, for while they are rather too
small for table use, they will more
than pay for their keep in the num-
ber of eggs they lay.
For those who do not have much
room for poultry bantams are excel-
lent chickens. They thrive well in
close confinement; a flock of a dozen
can be kept in a yard ten feet square,
and a good-sized dry goods box will
serve as a house.
They are small feeders, yet the fe-
males will prodhce on an average 100
eggs each year, and the eggs are al-
most as large as those laid by some
strains of Leghorns. ’
Don’t let disease of any kind get a
start in your flock. As soon as any
disease appears, isolate the affected
birds in a coop kept for that special
purpose, or, if the cases are very bad
and the birds are not of special value
use the hatchet and destroy the bodies.
An ailment will spread rapidly,
hence better sacrifice a few fowls at
the start than run the risk of losing
many. Disease is sometimes intro-
duced into a flock of birds that have
been purchased at other places, so
care should always be used in purchas-
ing additional stock.
Everyone who has ever had experi-
ence with poultry knows, that cleanli-
ness is absolutely imperative if the
flock is to prove profitable.
Fowls will do something toward bal-
ancing their own rations, and they will
take more or less exercise if they have
the chance., But they cannot rid their
quarters of filth and vermin. No
doubt, however, but that the fowls
on many farms would be glad if they
could perform such work. It would
be done then.
The development of the cold storage
business in eggs^has made it difficult
for city people to secure fresh eggs, or
good quality eggs, therefore there is a
good business for the farmer.
CARING FOR THE BROOD SOW
Animals Intended for Breeding Pur-
poses Should Be Matured, but Not
Fat—Induce Exercise.
As the breeding season approaches
it is necessary to have the sows in the
best of condition. Animals intended
for breeding purposes should be ma-
tured but not fattened; if immature
animals are to be used at all, they
should be at least eight months old
before being bred.
During pregnancy, sows should have
abundant exercise and a variety of
feed. During the winter months, un-
less extra care be taken, brood sows
are particularly liable to lie in their
Sow of Good Conformation.
quarters and become inactive. Effort
should be made to induce them to
exercise. This may be accomplished
by having them travel around the
barnyard for feed, or by housing them
some distance from their feeding
place, or by making them root for
grain scattered under litter oh a
barn or shed floor. They should not
be given too much of any one kind of
feed. If excessively fed, corn is par-
ticularly objectionable.
MILK BOTTLE CLOSURE
Improvement in Seal for the
Liquid Container.
Any Danger of Contamination Is
Prevented by New Device Which
Protects Fluid and Encom-
passes Top of the Bottle.
The system of delivering milk In
bottle is a conceded, improvement in
a great many respects over the old
system of measuring it out from a
can as it may be wanted, but a mani-
fest weak point of the new method
is that no means of carrying the bot-
tle is offered except the questionable
one of carrying them by grasping the
bottles by the neck. Any contamina-
tion on the hands is immediately
transferred to the bottle and thence
to the milk. Of course, the milk-
man has a wire basket in which to
transport the bottles, but in transfer-
ring them to and from this, the bot-
tles are necessarily handled in the
manner outlined above. It will be
readily seen that the desired results-
of the improved system are thereby
defeated to a great extent. In a few
cases this condition has been met by
a piece of wax paper, held in place
by a string. This defect is taken care
of in simpler way by a new milk
Protection for Milk Bottle.
bottle closure, which not only pro-
tects the fluid contained in the bottle,
but at the same time encompasses the
entire top of the container in such a
manner that contamination of the
bottle is prevented. The cap is of
pressed paper and the usual disk is
surrounded by an annular groove.
The disk portion sinks into the neck
of the bottle and the groove referred
to fits over and around the top edge
of the bottle, keeping these surfaces
free from
ing from
of flies attracted by the odor of the
milk.
IMPORTANCE OF SEED TEST
Corn Will Never Get Good Start Un-
less Well Selected, Cured and of
High Germination.
(By R. A. MOORE, Wisconsin Experiment
Station.)
.Testing each ear of seed corn to be
sure that 90 per cent or more of it
will grow is one of the important fac-
tors for insuring high yields of su-
perior quality.
Cold, wet, unfavorable weather may
stunt the crop, but in our rigorous
climate the seed will never even get a
good start unless it has been well se-
lected, well cured and is of high ger-
mination.
A few hours of labor and a few
cents’ worth of material will be suffi-
cient to test enough seed to plant sev-
eral acres and will insure a better
crop and return many times the in-
vestment.
Two Essentials.
Brain power and elbow grease will
ake almost any farm pay.
PLANTING DATES FOR POTATO
For Northern Half of Country Ex»
treme Range Seems to Be From
April 1 to July 1.
(By C. L. FITCH. Colorado Agricultural
College.)
From New England west there is
discussion of early versus late plant-
ing for potatoes. Each man in work-
ing out his question, or at least each
neighborhood, will f^nd help, we be-
lieve, from the following principles:
On health depends both the quality
and quantity of the crop. Disease is
the limiting factor. There is a con-
nection between ripeness of tissue
and disease, and between soil heat,
wet soil and disease. Sunny weather
makes warm soil. Much rain or irri-
gation on flat lands produces soaked
soil. Soil fungi are also a factor, and
they seem to accumulate as a potato
region gets older. Clay soils remain
soaked longer than sandy soils. Some
troubles accumulate in the seed. There
is a limit to keeping of seed potatoes,
to the maintaining of a good moist
w'arm but not hot seed bed, and a
limit to early planting because of late
spring frosts and too late planting
because of early fall frosts.
To sum up: On the side^ff early
planting are newness of • soil, cloudi-
ness of average season, good slope,
good drainage, sandy soil, new seed,
poor storage and early season in
spring and fall.
On the side of late planting are old
soil, midsummer heat and sunshine,
flatness of land, poor drainage, clay
soil, old seed, good storage, late
season in spring and fall. For any
district there is a tendency to plant
later, and to use later rather than
earlier sorts. vFor the northern half
of the United\^tates the extreme
range seems to beNApril 1 to July 1,
with May 15 to June's^ seeing ..most
of the planting. '
GOOD CONCRETE FENCE TIOST
Efficient and Economical Fastens^ for
Wire Provided in Device>/ust
Put on Market.,
One of the greatestri;roubles in con-
nection with concptite fence posts has
heretofore be^iv'in - providing an effi-
cient and economical fastening for the
wire. This is apparently overcome by
a new re-enforced concrete post that
has just made its appearance on the
market, says Popular Mechanics. For
holding each’ wire in place this post
has a slot shaped like a narrow verti-
Slot for Holding Wires.
cal cut running through the post from
side to side, while a diagonal slot con-
nects this with the adjacent face ol
the post. The wire is inserted through
the diagonal slot, and when drawn
taut it is held securely in place, as
it is out of line with the diagonal slot
One of Best Pasture Plants.
Brome grass is one of the best pas-
ture plants. Its good points are that
it has a good root system, so stands
tramping well, it starts early and
grows late, is leafy and makes a fine
pasture. It does well on poor as well
as on good soil, but responds very
readily to good soil and manuring.
MADE FROM ORANGES
PREPARATIONS THAT HAVE MET,
WITH APPROVAL.
8alad Is Something That Is Generally
Appreciated—Desirable Recipe for 1
Orange Cookies—Jelly a Deli-
cacy Always High in Favor.
An orange salad is somewhat out:
of the usual, but may not be generallyj
relished. To prepare it, peel a ripe:
orange thoroughly, cut it in thin slices, j
and remove the pips. Sprinkle each
slice with salt and pepper, and then
add four or five drops each of good
salad oil and vinegar on each piece.;
A little cayenne pepper is an improve-
ment.
Orange Cookies.—Beat to a cream,
half a cupful of butter, add one cup-
ful granulated sugar, grated rind of •
one orange, one egg beaten light, aj
quarter cupful of orange juice, two!
cupfuls or more of flour and four level!
teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Roll;
into a sheet, cut into shapes, set into a
baking pan, dredge with granulated,
sugar and bake in a moderate oven.
Orange Jelly.-—A recipe for orange)
jelly comes from the domestic science
department of the University of Cali-,
fornia, that land of oranges. It should:
be of interest to many women. Try it:;
1. To one dozen small oranges, take
two lemons. For large oranges take
three lemons. If the oranges are sour,
no lemons will be necessary. Oranges
are not so apt to be bitter after the:
middle part of the season as thosej
taken at the first part of the season.
Slice the oranges and lemons without:
peeling.
2. Place the sliced fruit in a stew;
pan and add barely enough water to
cover.
3. Bring to boiling and boil very
slowly for 40 to 60 minutes.
4. Press the heated juice through a
heavy cloth to get rid of most of the
particles.
5. Heat the juice to boiling and as
soon as it reaches boiling, take it off
the fire and let it stand in a quiet
place over night.
6. Decant off the clear liquid and
filter and strain the sediment left in
the vessel through a heavy flannel.
7. Place the filtered liquid and the
decanted liquid together and to each
pint of liquid add one and one-fourth
to one and one-half pints of sugar.
Most juice will make a jelly with the
smaller amount of sugar, while some
requires the higher amount.
8. Heat to boiling. Boil slowly and
skim.
9. Pour into glasses.
10. Cover with melted paraffin as
in ordinary jelly making.
Colonial Fritters.
One cupful of fine bread crumbs,
heat a cupful of milk and pour over
them, and set aside to cool, then beat
smooth and add yolks of two eggs
beaten with a tablespoonful of sugar.
Sift together one cupful of flour, a
little salt, about one-fourth of a tea-
spoonful of grated nutmeg and cinna-
mon, two teaspoonfuls of baking pow-
der and add to the mixture. Beat
well, then fold in the beaten whites,
beaten to a stiff froth. Fry in deep
fat, roll in powdered sugar and serve
with a sauce. Half a cupful of cur-
rants, floured and added to the mix-
ture, makes it nicer.
Peas and Celery.
Make a delightful dish. Cook two
cttpfuls of raw celery cut in dice in
enough boiling water to cover till
tender. Drain off the liquid and meas-
ure out one cupful, thicken with two
tablespoonfuls of flour rubbed smooth
with one of butter; boil till smooth
and add the celery and one can of
peas which have been previously
soaked in cold water. This is very
dainty served In ramikins and slightly
browned in the oven.
Good care goes as far as good feed-
ing with a horse.
* * *
Let the sun in through large win-
dows in the stable.
* * *
A well ventilated barn gives good
returns in healthy animals.
* * *
Hens make good use of milk. Give
them plenty of it, if you can.
* * *
Keep the calf pen clean and dry,
and give plenty of clean bedding.
* * *
It’s cheaper to fill the old well with
dirt than with a three-year-old colt.
* * *
The action of a draft horse Is re-
ceiving much more attention than
formerly.
Buckwheat straw is not good for
pigs, often causing an eruption or ir-
ritation of the skin.
GET “STAND” OF ASPARAGUS
Plant Requires Deep, Sandy, Black
Loam—Fertilizer Is of the
Greatest Importance.
Asparagus requires a deep, sandy,
black loam soil, the deeper the better;
■subsoil of a porous nature and well
tile drained.
The item of fertilizer is one of gi-
gantic importance. Fertilizer in some
form must be procured in liberal quan-
tities. Asparagus is not a dainty feed-
er; it devours alike the fine ground
bone of commerce and the dead cat
picked up in the back alley.
In starting a family asparagus bed
plow the ground at least six Inches
deep. The plants should be one year
old, set in rows three feet apart and
eighteen inches apart in the row.
Dig the holes for the plants large
enough to receive the roots in their
natural position, and eight inches
deep.
Two hundred will supply a good-
sized family all they can use. Culti-
vate and fertilize well for two years
before cutting and you will have plea-,
ty of good asparagus.
Overhaul the Machinery.
While you have leisure, it is a good
time to overhaul all of your machinery
in tte shed and if you haven’t a shed,
get busy right now and build one and
quit paying tribute to the manufac-
turers. See that the tools are all sharp
and in good condition and have every-
thing in readiness so that there will be
no delay when spring comes.
Drafty Quarters Are Harmful.
From now till the soft winds of May
come the hogs, particularly the young
pigs, will suffer tremendously from
drafty quarters, and the feed bill will
grow in consequence.
Kindness Is Best Tonic.
Kindness is the best tonic ever dis-
covered for use both in the family and
with the domestic animals; used in
generous doses and at frequen* inter-
vals gives the best results.
Succulence Is Essential.
The cow that is going to yield a
good return in milk must have suc-
culence in her ration. She must have
something with which to build up her
milk flow.
Feeding More Than Brood Sovi*
Don’t forget that you are feeding
more than the brood sow; you are
feeding her unborn pigs. Give her a
variety of food to insure a strong and
healthy little a little later. Keep her
thrifty and keep her active. The feed*
er should talk to the sows.
Prepare Garden Seed Bed.
Haul out several loads of barnyard
manure and spread.it on the garden;
early in the spring plow it under ten
inches deep, prepare a good seed bed
and the wife and children will see that
the table is supplied with good fresb
vegetables.
Sell to Best Advantage.
When a farmer, either by good luck
or great skill, has raised a fine crop,
he owes it to himself to sell it to the
best advantage.
Forget Yourself.
He who does not think too much
of himself is much more esteemed
than he imagines-—Goethe.
It is cruel and costly to deprive the
pigs of comfort
Dried Lima Bean Puree.
Let one and a half cupfuls dried
lima beans soak over night in cold
water. Wash and rinse, cover with
boiling water and let simmer until
tender and the water is reduced to
barely enough to keep the beans from
burning. Mash the beans and press
them through a sieve. Add one-fourth
cupful butter, a teaspoonful or more
of salt, a dash of black pepper, and,
if needed a little cream. Beat until
light and fluffy. Put through pastry
bag.
Use Waxed Paper.
Waxed paper, such as comes inside
cracker boxes, is splendid to line cake
pans which are a trifle thin. Cut
pieces to fit, then flour them, pour in
the batter, stand the hot pans after
baking on a wet cloth for five min-
utes. The cakes will drop out when
inverted.
Ginger Wine.
Four pounds loaf sugar, one pounu
brown sugar, five quarts water; boil
45 minutes, cool and add 25-cent bot-
tle of ginger essence.
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 24, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 3, 1915, newspaper, April 3, 1915; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth906561/m1/3/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.