The Farmer and Breeder from Kansas City, Kansas • 3

THE FARMEtt AND BREEDER. "DIP THE TICK." WALNUT PARK HERD O. I. HOGS. Statement Regarding New Cattle Tick Campaign by the U.

S. Department of KEEP THE COLT SLEEK. A few minutes every day with brush and comb would keep the colt sleek. It is when wo let this work slip by that we have to turn the little fellow out and leave him to get rid of dust and dirt. of prize winning sheep and hops.

nave 10 very choice gilts bred and a jsrocw lot of spring pigs; pairs or trios. Oxforf and xiampshire rams, from our prize win ncrs. Let us quote you prices. W. W.

WALTMIRE SONS RaJ'more, Mo. DO YOU WANT THE BEST FREE HOMESTEAD IN COLORADO? regions to inaugurate profitable stock raising and dairying. Two-thirds of the territory, however, still remains to be cleared of ticks, and while the work is progresing, it is not going ahead fast eiough to enable the South to produce the increased meat which the Nation needs badly today. "It co3ts less than 50 cents a head to dip the cattle of'a country and free that country from quarantine, and enable its cattle to compete with free cattle a he stock yards. But, before the ticks can be cleaned from a county the people in that county, by themselves, or witli the aid of the State, must build dipping vats which cost from $50 to $100 each, and must supply arsenic, which costs about 5 cents per head, to make the arsenical bath that kills the ticks.

The people then must join in seeing that every steer or cow is dipped a sufficient number of times to kill all the ticks infesting the cattle, and prevent the seed ticks in the grass from finding a new boarding house. The Department will cooperate witli a county that is ready to dip ticks by sending its expert field man to superivse the building of vats, to pre-pare the arsenical bath and to take charge of the dipping of cattle. The people of a county and State, however, must first realize the financial advantage to them of dipping their cattle, and must provide the small amount of money necessary for the actual dip-ping." FREEING SHEEP FROM MAGGOTS There eighteen million acres of farming and grazing lands still open for entry in Colorado. Do you want your choice of these farms worth from $C00 to $5,000 each? Every citizen has a homestead right and is entitled to file on either 160 or 320 acres. Why not use your privilege as an American Citizen to secure a valuable tract of land free of cost in Colorado, one of the finest states in the Union, in which to live and 'make Mr.

George -S. Glason and the FREE LANDS Washington, D. Aug. 17. "Dip the tick" is the slogan which the Department of Agriculture has adopted lVv a special campaign against the cattle tick in the South.

Blazoned in big letters this legend will stand out in startling relief upon a two-color poster which the Department proposes to display in every post office in the tick-infested country. It is in. tended to make this catch phrase as familiar and as effective in the South as the now famous silogan "Swat the This poster is one of several novel features which the Department is to employ to push its work for the eradication of the pest that costs the South a year. Various circulars and leaflets, profusely illustrated with halftones, cartoons and diagrams," are being prepared to drive home to the farmer the damage the tick is doing and to preach the doctrine of the arsenical dip. Some of these are printed in two colors and all of them have more in common with the attractive circulars used by wide awake commercial firms in pushing their goods than with the quiet and often austere bulle tins that' ordinarily come from the government press.

Commenting upon this new departure in the tick camgaign, Assistant Secretary Carl Vrooman says it is merely an endeavor to accomplish by a special effort what would take a long while to accomplish through the regular channels of Department publication. "The cotton crisis and the high price of meat," he says, "have made it of vital importance that we push to the utmost our endeavors to foster diversification of crops in the South. Since diversification hangs on cattle upon tick -eradication, we have been constrained to make this special effort to popularize the anti-tick campaign. We are going to post throughout the tick region a large two-color j. -i.

i i Whenever a sheep has a filthy spoy; on any part of its body or when it continually twists about and bites the wool in a certain place it should be examined for maggots. The wool should be clipped to the skin of found infested and the spot treated with a weak solution of coal tar dip. If maggots have already lodged in the muscles use a solution quite strong. Pour the medicine over the infested part and work it into the holes made by tne maggots. They will soon come wriggling out.

which is sometimes used for this purpose, As harsh in its action and is not recommended on humane grounds. Chloroform is the best thing to clear out maggots. Mr. George S. Clason of Depver spent a year of his time and thousands of dollars investigating the free homestead lands of Colorado.

He found out where these lands were located and what were suited for. He found good, free homes waiting for tens of of families. He found new 'settlers making good in every part of the state. He found that It was not necessary to irrigate to raise good crops. In fact he found out so many things of such great value to everyone who wants a farm home that he decided to write a book and tell all the people about it.

Mr. Clason's new book, "Free Homestead Landsvof Colorado Described" is the most complete and reliable guide for the settler ever publised of any western It contains 320 pags of maps, illustrations ana description. In thi3 book you find an accurate, detailed description of the land in every township containing vacant land in the state, describing the surface, soil, timber, distance from railroad, elevation above sea level and cash value per acre. A careful study of this book gives you sufficient information to choose intelligently one of the most valuable pieces of land in the entire state. More than this, it tells you how other settlers are succeeding and what is necessary for you to do to succeed just as well.

the past forty days sixty families have secured excellent 320 acre homesteads in one township, only four miles from the railroad, because of Mr. Clason's research work. We have secured a limited edition of Mr. Clason's oook, "Free Homestead Lands of Colorado, Described" in paper cover. The same book that thousands have been glad to buy at $2.00 per copy.

Complete in every detail, except that in place of the expensive cloth binding of the regular" library edi-tiort, this is bound in paper. SILAGE WILL KEEP poster, or one sneei, wmcn win ien the people chisply and simply, and. iwith plenty of just what the is dmnc hnw t.hfiv ran fret rid of ipecial Offer. Don't worry! The extra supply 'ol silage left over from the winter's feeding will not spoil during the summer in the average well-built, well-filled silo. In case of doubt, cover what silage remains with straw, hay or barn sweepings, tramp down hard and dampen thoroughly.

At corn harvest remove the covering and fill as usual. You'll never know the difference. But better than all this, supplement your pastures with silage during any dry spell this summer. Send us only $1.00 for this $2.00 book postage prepaid and including one year'i subscription to The Stock Yards Nuggett, Address Kansas City, Kansas. 5 FARM MANURE.

'39 co A FJ A I hi A I flSl 1 ft A Jk a mtm emr am rowning, King Co. CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS AND UJITS For Men, Boys and Children Unless barnyard and stable manures are well cared for, a great part of their value is lost to the farmer. Many farmers allow practically all the liquid manure to go to waste, yet liquid manure. contains more fertilizing value than solid manure, and every reasonable precaution should be taken to prevent its loss. The loss from leaching is large and can be pre.

vented by the use of good floors and by keeping the stock well bedded. Fermentation is another source of loss. It cannot be wholly prevented, but can be held in check by keeping the manure moist and compact. him, and what will be the money advantage to the individual farmer and his neighborhood. We are going to drive home the fact that ticks take as much as 200 pounds of blood a year from a 1,000 pound steer; that in the case of a cow that ought to be giving 8 quarts of milk a day, ticks will cut the milk yield down as much as 3-1-3 quarts a day.

We are going to. drive home the fact that ticks reduce the home price of meat animals from 1-2 to 1 cent a pound, that they prevent the introduction of high grade beef animals and, of dairy strains that increase the milk and butter fat yield. The tick- prevents bankers from lending money to promote the live-stock industry, keeps down the fertility and production of farms and makes the farmers pay $50,000,000 a year to supply the tick with its never-ceasing barbecue of "To drive these facts home we are -going to follow up the poster with a 3arge 4-page circular printed in two colors, which starts with the question "Are You. Feeding Cattle or This circular will show the 'tick's toll and the simple and will endeavor to prove that 'when the tick goes out the dollar comes We also propose to get out a 'Tick dealing with the fact that the tick indirectly is eating much of the cattle feed of the South. Later we will pro-ibably issue other leaflets on such subjects as 'Where Does the Blood in the 'Tick Come and 'Ticks Are Worse than a Bleeding "Supplementing these -which will be mailed broadcast to farmers in the South, and which we hope will be posted on bulletin boards by interested merchants, we shall supply Besides our Splendid Stock of Clothing, made in our own Taiior Shops, are the Largest Distributors of Men's, Boys and Children's Furnish-lag and Hats, and these Special Departments ar oow showing wcep-fcional rallies to complete your Outfit.

growing, King 8 Co. SHEEP DISTROY CIIIGGERS. locittai Sirsid Anm itsl Cleicnth Stasias City, H. It is said that sheep will destroy the chiggers when turned into a field in which the grass in infasted with this insect. 9m The CLIMAX is the only cutter giving entire satisfaction tn tne SouthweA when climatic conditions make fodder hardest to cut.

Thousandsm use all saving owners30 to 50 per cent in cost of operation over all other cutters. Have Droved their superiority for 28 years. Quick shipments from Kansas Uty. BREED TO PURE-BRED STOCK. If everybody insisted that they must breed their mares to pure-bred stock, it would not be long before scrub stallipns would be scarcer than hen's teeth.

Tfy villi fj GAbOLNt 9HM0 a fiS SB i ijihw f. ifur with This INWARD SHEAR I LL EriUlBEIIA'J. COMPLtlt wSw hi j. r1 ri IMAV fVHr rannrltv fi Ions per hour, eauippec! to fill 3G-foot tthe southern newspapers witn a series IF 110 Prevents Dragging, reduces friction, compresses fodder to main shaft, keeps knives sharp makes clean cut. re HOW TO PREVENT LOCKJAW.

i i i i Silo, including an extra shear plate, 50 ft of 5-in. belt and guaranteed 6-h. p. Gasoline Engine. Your entire outfit ready to set up and run.

$219. With this outfit, you fill silo when ready. Cutter or engine-sold i 1 rvl. im r.inarifv rvr hour. quires less speed.reduces NEW5L0W separately naesircu.

vmcr tuucu uu uauu a horsepower i i yrffi A lhcr sizes proportionately low fw to 25 Wtiletodayfor illustrated cat. Capacity from 6 to ft 01 articles, making ticai mc ovum loss through the tick, and the easy escape from this pest through the dipping vat. "The Department- of Agriculture since 1906 has succeeded in clearing one-third of the tick-infested area of the South, a region as large as the German empire, from this -pest and has helped the farmers in the cleared A German physicia 'ecommends directing a jet of hot air on a wound to prevent lockjaw. Even a jet of air of the ordinary temperature from a bicycle pump or an electric, fan or bellows will, it is said, check the development of the bacillus which causes this dread disease. ions per nour.

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