WW V" W MOWER COUNTY NEWS, AUSTIN, MINN. Monday, July 18, 1921 Page Seven 'iJ Raise More And Better W LIVE AGRICULTURAL NEWS OF INTEREST AND VALUE TO MOWER CO. FARMERS. 2P Crops, Marketing and Pure Bred Livestock. Farm Bureau Notes. CASH FARM RENTS ha $16.50. No. 1 prairie Minneapolis prices average l^c to 2c higher following LOVING CUPS AND PRIZE RIBBONS COLLECTED BY OAKDALE FARMS, $15, Kansas City $15, Omaha $11.50. advances at country markets. There has been heavy export buying: FEED:—Demand restricted and FAVORED IN STATE at distributing and primary markets. uziaiaai light generally. Wheat feeds firmer Practically all styles moved well wifli with principal offerings coming from some styles becoming short. Production southwest and small northwestern 4 decreasing and quality showing mills. Cottonseed meal and linseed Percentage of Tenancy effects of hot weather. Wisconsin* meal strong. Hominy feed barely primary markets average: Twins 17c in Minnesota steady, offerings for immediate good Daisies 171/4c Double Daisies 17 and prompt shipment. Gluten feed Increases. Longhorns and Young Americas i1 situation and prices unchanged. Alfalfa •1 18%c. meal demand slow new crop W \. t' meal offered $1 below price of old Cash payments as a substitute for It's Rude to Stare. crop meal. Stocks, receipts and j. .,A". A woman's feelings when you star* the share system are growing in favor movement good. Quoted: Bran $13, sV is' A 1 W 4...1 at her bonnet depends entirely on fht in contracts between farm owners and ddlings $13, flour middlings $20 1 age of the bonnet.—Akron (O.) tenants in Minnesota, according to Minneapolis No. 1 alfalfa meal United States census figures made $19.50 Kansas City hominy feed public today. This form of tenancy is k* white $21.50, yellow $20.50 Chicago not gaining in the country at large, 4' 36 per cent cottonseed meal $33 Memphis, "*i the figures show. 8 $31 Atlanta gluten feed $27.50 S In Minnesota the total number of Chicago, $31.21 Philadelphia linseed ."-.i A '.*• .VciliJ'i:.'* farms operated by tenants increased 4 ?*•. meal $33 Minneapolis, $35 Buffalo. from 32,S11 in 1910 to 44,138 in 1920. W i4 DAIRY PRODUCTS:—Butter markets r.ij *\f* Ae'i The percentage of.farms operated by O \'J firm and continued upward tendency. tenants increased from 21 to 24.7 in Hk Firmness of past few weeks the ten years. The number of cash Kt \*t which has been due to good storing tenants increased from 7,918 to 15,251. JSS v» I and consumptive demand is now supI The number of "share-cash" tenants, plemented by lighter production and paying partly in cash and pai'tly on a s.. I poorer average quality which has' crop-sharing basis, grew from 3,7 4 If made fancy goods more scarce. Preliminary If to S,S75. The number of share tenants to 1^' S?--# 1 storage reports covering en- 1 1 1 was 18,471 in 1910 and 18,976 in a •••v:.--.. "F 1 I tire United States for July 1 released v«" 1 1 1920. •a J! -M# ,* '"St July 11th. shows stocks 63,750,000 For the country at large the number The progress of this station, V-: lbs., compared with 52,360,000 lbs. in 4 is steady because of honest, of farms operated by tenants in 1920 anji 90,158,000 lbs. 1919. ClosI skilled, unbiased BATTERY 1920 was 2,454,746, as compared with j* SERVICE. ing prices, 92 score: New York 41 %c 2.354,676 in 1910. The increase in ... Chicago 39^c Philadelphia 40^ tenant farms during the decade was You will find that your battery ... Boston 42c. 100.070, or 4.2 per cent, while the ilp" troubles decrease when number of farms operated by their 7 1 Cheese markets very firm and you make this your station. WE \*is *4p?L if1'-'.,,*"''" owners decreased 23,632, or 0.6 per water, charge, repair, and rebuild ALL MAKES. cent. The percentage of farms operated University of by tenants has increased steadily "j since 1880. Tenants farms constituted Southern Minnesota 25.6 per cent of all farms in the United States in 1880, 28.4 per cent in Phone Main 702-F 1890, 35.3 per cent in 1900, 37 per cent Oakdale strain has reached With all of "Cy" Thomson's in 1910, and 38.1 per cent in 1920. foreign countries and purchasers prolific spending, he exercised The number of share tenants in from Japan and China have 1920 was 1,678,735, as compared with great care in purcnasing the 1,399,923 in 1910, representing an in* purchased some of the prize very best purebred S. C. White crease of 19.9 per cent. The 1,212,233 winning cockerels and birds of Leghorn chickens. This beau- share tenants and croppers reported the LeRoy farms. tlTul collection of silver cups 1920 for the sixteen southern states included croppers 561,005 and ribbons is wortu several When the Oakdale farms [DELIGHTFUL! In per cent of all tenant 1920, 68.4 hundred dollars. He purchased opened August 60,000 1919, farms were operated by share tenants a $10,000 S. C. White Leghorn people gathered from miles as compared with per cent in 59.5 WAT cock at the Madison 1910. around to see the greatest The number of share-cash tenants Square Garden show in New poultry farm in the United in was as compared with 1920 127,834, York City. At the Chicago States, if not in the world. in representing a decrease To begin housekeeping 128,466 1910, show "Cy's" birds won nearly of per cent. 0.5 for newly weds and oldly These two birds are a pairj everything in the White Leghorn The number of cash tenants (including weds is to patronize us for of prize winners owned by the standing renters, or tenants class. The fame of the 1 QAy-g^Cg- all their needs in BAKERY FREIGHT and MERCHANDISE Oakdale Farms, LeRoy. I who paid for the use of the land a GOODS. stated quantity of some crop) in 1920 SiSBS TRANSFER v.as as compared with 585,014 712,294 BREAD, BUNS and COOKIES HOG CHOLERA TAKES LARGE ANNUAL SERVICE that is prompt, in representing a decrease of 1910, phis and Omafia. Quoted: July 13, fresh from our OVENS per cent: reliable, careful—and economical. 17.9 SEMI-WEEKLY No. 1 timothy New York $31.50, every day. TOLL OF SWINE HERDS IN AUGUST Philadelphia $24, Chicago, new $22,! MARKETGRAM Call Main 188-1 You will be agreeably surprised How to Slick Up old $28.00 Cincinnati new $19.00,' at their GOODNESS. old $21.50, Minneapolis $18, Kansas CITY DRAY LINE the Horns of Cattle City, new $13.50. No. 1 alfalfa' GRAIN:—Bullish crop and weather Austin's City Bakery For Exhibition Losses Being Reduced flank, and have a weak, staggering Memphis $21, Kansas City $20, Oma-1 news and increased outside buying resulted gait, the weakness being most marked in better undertone and higher S L. YOUNG And May Be Wiped The College Shoe Shop in the hind legs. prices for the week? The only weakness CARLITZ & STRUCK, Props. It will not be long now before fair 217 E. Mill Street Out. If the lungs are affected there may E. Mill Street. was on the 9th and 10th. over time will be here and the members be a cough noticeable when the hogs government crop report, but the loss of the various calf clubs as well as are disturbed. The eyes usually are was more than regained on the 12th. older breeders will be preparing their SERUM TREATMENT SHOE REPAIRING inflamed and show a whitish discharge, The market continued strong thruout animals for the great Mower County Phont Bridge M.H. KENASTON Rtsidtnce which may cause the lids to GIVES IMMUNITY the remainder of the week. Black Men's Shoes, half-soled ...$1.00 fair. Ladies Shoes, half-soled 65 stick together. Constipation, which rust reports continue from American 802 Just as brushing and curling of the Main 659-R Children's Shoes, half-soled 50 and 60 is commonly present in the early days and Canadian northwest but extent hair of cattle lends a sleek and inviting No Cholera Noticeable In Mower Men's Rubber Heels 40 of the disease, is generally followed of damage not yet dietermined. Drouth REAL ESTATE and INVESTMENTS appearance to the body of the County Says F. L. Liebenstein, Ladies Rubber Heels 40 by a diarrhea. As the disease reaches in Argentina and parts of England relieved animal, similarly polishing of the County Agent. Materials used and the workmanship City and Business Properties. Rentals and Insurance 4 its height red or purplish blotches by rains. Country corn offerings are all of the "very best. horns contributes to the attractiveness are likely to appear upon the skin of light cash demand slow. In Chicago C.T. AUGUST Offic* with Niehnis A DeBuhr Laad Co. of the forehead. The attendants and September take the the ears, of the belly, and of the inner cash market No. 2 red winter closed of the showyard or sale ring are AUSTIN. MINN. heaviest toll thru hog cholera surfaces of the legs. at $1.31 No. 2 hard $1.32 No. 3 yellow Austin National Bank BldV. quick to recognize and appreciate the which in years past has wiped corn 62c No 3 mixed corn 62c Some of the symptoms mentioned 704 West Oakland Ave. virtues of a pleasing appearance. out entire herds after an expensive Chicago July wheat up 11 %c closing may be present in other diseases, but A government expert has the following season's feeding. In certain years at $1.32% July corn 3c at 64c. Minneapolis the owner should remember that method of putting the horns the hog-cholera toll has run as high July wheat up 16c at $1.38 THE IDEAL CAFE cholera spreads rapidly thru a in first class shape: Summer as 144 per 1,000 thru the United No. 3 white oats 37c. For the week herd and no time should be First, the rough surface is scaled States. Preventive measures developed Chicago September wheat up 11 %c at lost in calling a veterinarian to with a sharp knife, cutting toward by the United States Department $1.32 September corn up lc at 62c. diagnose the disease and administer AUSTIN, MINN. Tourist Fares the tip of the horn. Painstaking care of Agriculture have reduced the toll Minneapolis September wheat up proper treatment. If the disease is should be exercised lest the knife "THE HOME OF MOTHERS BAKING AND COOKING" to thirty-eight. "There is little danger 12%c at $1.37% Kansas City September cholera heavy losses can be averted penetrate too deeply. The knife is WE ARE ANXIOUS TO SERVE YOU THE BEST of hog-cholera in Mower County, up 9% at $1.21%. only by prompt administration of then displaced by a rasp or file, applying because of the precautionary measures HAY:—Light stocks and continued AT THE LOWEST OF PRICES antihog-cholera serum. on the upward stroke only, taken by local breeders," F. L. light receipts caused advance in price Autopsy should be performed upon lifting it off the horn on the downward TRY US Liebenstein, county agent, said. of old timothy hay in eastern markets hogs which die of any disease. Indications ROY CHRISTENS0N abrasion. A woolen cloth With stopover privileges at and at Chicago and Cincinnati. Light of cholera are described in the Treatment Insures Immunity. moistened with linseed oil gives a desirable all points en route are now in demand and increased receipts caused bulletin referred to. The most important The serum treatment, developed finishing touch. Sweet oil or lower prices at Kansas City. Receipts effect via the Chicago Great thing is to be prepared and to fifteen years ago and put into general cottonseed meal oil likewise will light but market dull at Mem­ act promptly. These bits of advice Western Railroad to Niagara use within the lAst six or seven years, serve this purpose. are emphasized in the hog-cholera gives immunity if injected in time. Falls, St. Lawrence River, bulletin: This serum treatment is described Canadian Highlands, Adirondacks SHEEP GOOD HELP fully in Farmers' Bulletin 834, which Locate hog lots and pastures away Good Tractor Lurication and White Mountains. IN LAND CLEARING should be kept at hand for ready from streams and public highways, essential Also to principal seashore resorts reference by every hog raiser. and do not allow hogs to run on free and cities from many big range or highways, nor to have access Hog cholera is an epidemic disease "Experiments at the Northwest the Canadian Provinces to to canals or irrigation ditches. which means it spreads from one or a Station at Duluth have shown/' says Virginia. & Pyramid Tractor (KlEssamuLYGood Breeders Should Use Caution. few initial cases. It is carried in bedding, Superintendent M. J. Thompson, "that .X. Do not visit a neighbor's farm nor sty refuse, feeding troughs, sheep can be used advantageously under Reduced farea are allow him to visit yours if there is X" loading shoots, railroad cars, farm certain regulations for the also effect to hog cholera on either place. in implements, clothing of laborers, and "brushing of cutover land." even in running water. Sanitation Do not drive into hog lots after Rotation of the feeding ground is will cut down the danger, but it is driving on public highways. Enclosed:) necessary for the best results. "Our For Engines: For Gears (if not an absolute preventive. Unless Pyramid Tractor Oil Oil 1 Pyramid Transmission sheep," says Mr. Thompson, "were Do not use hog lots for yarding Special Tractor Oil Pyramid Transmission the farmer has taken the precaution confined to one tract during June. wagons and farm implements. & Colorado Universal Tractor Oil Grease. to have all of his herd immunized They will occupy a second one during Do not place newly purchased For Cups and Wheel Bear* For Open Gears and for with serum and virus, an operation July and a third during August. The stock procured or borrowed for breeding ings: Gravity Feed Lubrication. Jtet which should be done by a veterinarian first of September they will be shifted purposes, or stock exhibits at Pyramid Cnp Grease. Harvester Oil. Pyramid to tract No. 1 and then to tract No. or a specially trained layman, SUMMER RESORTS fairs immediately with your herd. thre is always possibility of the disease 2. Their dinner will not have gone Keep such stock quarantined in separate breaking out unexpectedly. stale, for the new second growth provides Also to the Grand Canyon of Buy Now—your supply Pyramid Oil and be- prepared for an pens for at least two weeks, fresh forage which they relish •early Spring. Write for prices and information as to our phut— Hog Cholera Spreads Rapidly. and use care in feeding and attending Arizona, all National Parks and assures good gains. Hampshire We -save you mony. The farmer's protection lies in the stock to prevent carrying infection and the Pacific Northwest 1 lambs on brush range weighed about fact that usually only one or two from these to other pens. ninety pounds each in late November, members of the herd are affected at Mike Tov ResemtioB Early Daily Trips the Country Phone Bridge 37. Burn to ashes or cover with quicklime 1 1920, on the treatment I have outlined. first, and he should be on the watch. and bury under four feet of earth ,'"t Vs Atkfar frmm bmmUmt mnd Wrf. The fields brushed in this One or two hogs will refuse to come tilling grn,mhmiH all dead animals and the viscera removed «ra vfcar* to We can fix any size, shape or manner in 1920 have a good start of up to feed with the herd. They -will from animals at butchering design of broken parts. Bring grass, and the second grazing will remain hidden in the nest, and Vrhen ^p^Use time, because they attract buzzards, Gasoline and them to us. We can make them take the remainder, leaving conditions driven from the bed their backs may dogs, etc., which may carry hogcholera like new. ideal for cattle in 1922." Auto Oils Use be arched and they may appear cold, Pyramid '-•te v4 infection. Plenty of water and limited range and shiver. The rest of the herd V-' "v* frANY And Grease If hog cholera appears in the neighborhood, Kerosene lc' MOTOR INN are factors in the successful "brushing" may remain apparently well for several confine your dog and encourage of land by sheep. Care should days, when others are likely to 1 your neighbor to do the same. be taken not to force them too hard. CG.W.R.IL be found affected in about the same *32 Austin Minnesota. Repair Department Otherwise they may fail to gain and way as those first attacked. As the ''4 A wife is somebody that allows The Motor Inn.: Erdman's Gangs the value of the brushing" will be disease progresses the sick hogs become a man to brag about himself' and A. H. ANDERSON, neutralized. gaunt or tucked up in the pretends to believe it. •jyfej. JL