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Weeds harbor flics.
Overhaul the corn crib.
Kerosene kills onion maggot.
The untrained dog is & nuisance.
Tho uso of hooded palls means
cleaner milk.
Tho horso should bo given food
free from dust.
Tho Importance of the sorghums it
often overlooked.
Lino fences well kept up help to
mako good neighbors.
Alfnlfa should ordinarily bo cut
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Keep after the mites.
Chickens relish cracked corn.
Silage is tho cheapest feed.
Tho Incubator Is always on tho Job.
Thorough milking tends to develop
a cow's udder.
Tho silo makes tho best crib on
earth for soft corn.
Hotter get at that new silo right
away after harvest.
Water should bo supplied in tho
pasture these hot days.
Don't mako tho mlstako of pastur
ing the clover meadow too close
It la a pretty safe rule to select
breeding pigs from tho largest litters.
Whoro apple trees 'blight, remove
tho affected limbs at onco and burn
them.
The practice of keeping tho cows In
tin yard at night with no feed, Is mo3t
wasteful.
Tho work horses appreciate' an oc
casional chance to roll and get a
blto of grass.
It Is best to mako haste slowly
while plowing corn, especially the
first tlmo through.
A wot soil causes corn roots to
jgrow nearer tho surface, while a 'dry
soil sends them deeper.
Silage must bo put Into tho feeding
program of every beef producer who
wants to fit steers for market.
A nation-wide movement for tho pre
vention of waste would do more than
a nation-wide revival of Industry.
When each cultivator shank col
lects a hnndful of corn roots In onco
across tho field something Is wrong.
Giving cows a good dry feed beforo
turning them on a rank growing for.
,nge crop does away with danger of
bloat.
If your hogs have to get their drink
ing water out of a muddy pond, don't
complain If they aro wormy and un
thrifty. Tho uniform excellence of a bunch
of feeders from a poor sldo address
much to tho profit of raising and
feeding pigs.
During the first years of an orchard,
(proper pruning is one of tho Impor
tant Items that means much In the
years to follow.
Coment floors slightly roughened aro
tho best for the cow stable, easy to
keep dry and clean If plenty of sun
light Is let in on them.
Oats and peas should be cut for
hay when the oats aro in the milk
tage and the advance pea pods con
tain reasonably good sized peas.
A shadeloss pasture is but little
better than a prison for the cows
these hot, sultry days. If there are
no shade trees, an open shed will do
quite well.
Hot! Yes. But when we see how
tho sunlight makes vegetable life
how It revivifies, purifies and sustains
life we do not wonder that there
were sun worshippers.
Bran Is a very satisfactory feed
for the dairy cow, slnco it gives bulk
to a ration, is slightly laxative and
provides protein and phospnorus so
necessary in milk production.
About this tlmo of tho year tho
farmer will do well to look up a prom
ising candidate from his barnyard or
pasturo, or from his grain field, to
run for tho first prlzo at tl'o county
and state fairs.
No more chickens will bo hatched
Jhls year; why keep not neoded roost
ers around another day? If you can
not eat or sell them, lot ronto needy
neighbor have them. You will mako
money by- doing so.
Tho time to stop churning ha much
to. do with making good butter. To
keep on until tho butter Is In big
lumps makes it waxy and greasy Tho
tlmo to stop is when the grains are
about the size of wheat kernels.
In market quotations tho enn "As
paragus chickens" Is often used nnd
not understood. It refers to chickens
largo enough to broil with early as
paragus. Thoy aro usually hatchod In
Into July and August, pushed along
till November, then killed, and put In
cold storago for tho winter. They aro
taken out nnd eaten In the spring.
when it is coming Into blossom.
Thcro Is no grasB that will stand
flooding for any consldorablo tlmo.
A crop of potatoes should be spray
ed at least twice with Bordeaux mix
ture Hogs should bo fod as near as pos
sible nt tho Bame hours, morning and
evening.
Ono of tho cheapest root crops to
grow for stock is turnips. Plant early
this month.
No animal that gets only feed
enough to support life can make a
gain or profit.
Sometimes a week's chill rains or
cold weather will set the pigs back a
month In their growth.
In selecting tho brood sow remem
ber that tho size of tho litter is an
important factor in her profit.
Father and tho boys appreciate tho
garden at meal tlmo during tho vege
table season, It at no other tlmo.
When building that dairy barn bo
sure to mako It largo enough to Rc
commodato the growth of your busi
ness, It Is the amount of food over nnd
above tho quantity, required to sus
tain the life of the animal that counts
for profit.
It is Just as Important that every
horso. should have his own collar all
tho time as that tho man should wear
his own shoos.
Where young orchards aro kept per
fectly clean by cultivation, there Is
seldom much Injury sustained from
mlco during tho winter.
Young hens should not be set after
their first laying of eggs. By tho timo
they want to set tho second tlmo they
will make good mothers.
Tho greatest crop the farmers of
tho world have raised has been Lib
erty and Freedom. The oppressed far
mer is never a good farmer.
With a good corn crop almost ready
to crib and plenty of other feed ev
ery farmer should proparo to ralso
and fatten a few hogs this year.
If you have had a crop fall for you
two or threo times it will pay to look
deeper than mere climatic conditions.
Probably there aro other causes which
you can remove.
"In tho shndo of the old applo tree"
Is a mighty good place to spend a fow
minutes at noon theBo hot days. A
Ilttlo rest at noon gives speed to tho
work of tho afternoon.
It costs Just as much in soil fertility
to ralso a weed as to raise a wheat or
oat stalk. Land is not resting If it is
raising weeds. Even they ought to be
plowed down for fertility.
Now ia the time to swat the mites,
nnd bo sure that It Is a mighty swat,
because tho pesky mite is a mighty
mean mite of an insect that Is the
bugaboo of egg production.
A whole lot of farmers would bet
ter sell their cows and buy their milk
and butter. It would be cheaper than
the price they aro now paying, al
though they do not realize It.
Constant caro Is ono of tho secrets
of success In tho broedlng or feeding
of stock of all kinds. It is only the
man who likos such work that will
measure up to tho greatest success.
Some crops have root systems which
go much deeper than the soil Is
plowed or broken up. It takes strength
to sond down the roots which might
bo used In sending up stalk. Deep
plowing pays.
Beet growing Is beginning to be
como a very profitable as well ns a
popular crop in mnny sections. The
general price 1b $6.00 per ton and the
general yield In many sections runs up
to 20 tons and better.
A well-known seedsman states that
maggots can bo prevented from de
stroying onions by sprinkling along
tho rows of onion plants sand hct'ntcd
with kerosene. Stir half a pint f oil
Into ten quarts of sand.
Gluten meal and gluten feeds aro
by-product left in the manufacture of
starch nno glacoso from Indian corn.
Corn consists largely of Btarch. Tho
waHto product from tho manufacture
of starch or sugar 1b relatively much
richer in oil and protein than corn.
Many factories aro removing part
of the corn oil from tho wasto, so
that some gluten meals carry but lit
tla oil.
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USEFUL LITTLE POCKET BOOK
Knife, Pins, Needles, Notebook, Pencil
Sharpener and Other Articles
In Combination.
One of tho most complcto combina
tion articles ever put on tho market is
tho pocket box designed by n Pennsyl
vania man. This compact nnd aston
ishing little devlco includes a pen
knife, pencil sharpener, notebook, pin
cushion, nail clip and sovernl other
necessary things. The contrivance la
nbot the size and shnpo of a largo
match box. In u slide along ono shlo
Is a knlle blado, which, by means of
a projection extending through tho
slot, may be thrust out when nocded
and replaced when not in uso. Part
of the box Is a lid, on the bottom of
which Is fastened leaves of blank
paper, forming a writing pad or note
book. Doneath this lid Is n padded
Handy Pocket Box.
surface for pins, needles, etc. At ono
end of tho box is an opening largo
enough to admit a lead pencil and
equipped with a sharpening knlfo in
side, while tho nail clip 1b operated by
tho lid of tho box, which works on a
spring. With a change of llnon and
undergarments and one of theso boxes
a man might travel round tho world.
SPRING SWING FOR CHILDREN
Interesting and Amusing Arrangement
for the Little Folks lo Shown In
the Illustration.
An interesting Bwlng arrangement
for children. Attached to tho support
ing frame are four lovers plvotally
mounted relative to each other, two
levers extending In ono direction and
two in tho other. Tho ropes support
ing tho swing-seat pass through tho
upper lever ends and aro attached to
the lower ones, and tho weight of tho
person swinging tends to draw tho
Spring 8wlng.
lovers together, thus giving a springy
action and considerably extending th
swinging period.
iFLINT LOCKS STILL IN USE;
pid-Fashloned Muskets Remain Prin
cipal Weapons of Many Natives
In African Jungles.
Old flintlock muskets aro still tho
principal weapons of hordes of natives
over vatt tract." of Africa. Tho exis
tence of theso ancient arms Keeps
ahvo a steady demand for gun Hints,
a demand which Is supplied from tho
little Norfolk vlllngo of Brandon,
where there aro flint pits which Iiavo
been worked, as remains found estab
lish, for at least 30 centuries Tho
business Is a hereditary ono. Largo'
masses of flint aro got out of the quar
ries and then finked or split (tho prooj
ess being termed "knapping") in or
der to get at tho core, which alono is
used. The workmen place tho flint
upon a pad upon their left leg and tap
It with a short, htavy hammer. Four
fifths of the flint thus dealt with 13
wasto, but of tho remainder gun (lints,
carbine flints and pistol flints nro still
manufactured, whilo tlndorbox flints
aro prepared for tho shepherds of tho
remoter parts of Spain and Italy.
One Way of Identification.
"Wo got twins over at our house,"
said Johnny, boastfully, "and tucy'ro
alike as two pea3.
"How do you tell 'em apart?" aBked
the neighbor.
"Oh. 1 put my linger in John's
mouth, and if ho bites I know it's
Jim."
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BLOWING ? CARD FROM PIPE
Nothing Wculd Seem to Be More Slnv
pie Peculiar Principle of Aero
dynamics Involved.
At Pi st thought, nothing would Benin
flmp'Hr than blowing a card off from
pipe, it tho card is laid horizontally
d:i ihu bowl of It and ono blows
through thtS plpo stem; but when one
tries it, ho is amazed to find that he
.uniiot do It, says tho Popular Median
lea. In order to mako tho experi
ment satisfactorily, a pin should be
put through tho card Into tho bowl ol
tho pipe, bo thnt It cannot slldo side
wise. Under theso conditions, the
:ard cannot be blown from the
plpo excopt ocasionally by a very
sudden puff.
Tho uncanny fact that tho card can
sot l5o blown from tho plpo depends
upon somo of tho pccullnr priuclplos
of nerodynamlcB. Ono would feel cer
tain that, when ho blows, tho card
tsould :ly Immediately Into tho nlr. It
will bo noticed, though, that tho col
jinn of air which ascends Is only aa
largo as tho bowl of tho plpo, while
Card Cannot Be Dislodged,
tho surface of tho card which Is ox
pected to bo lifted is many times
greater. As soon as tho card rises u
Ilttlo, tho downward pressuro holds
It to such an extent that tho air Hows
jut sldowlso in every direction along
Its surface. When It gets to the
3low Ever So Long and Hard, the
edgo of tho card, It draws somo ol
tho air from tho upper sldo with It
This causes a current of air from
ibovo to descend upon tho card and
to hold it down.
PATIENCE OF A LITTLE BOY
Effecting Little Story la Told b
Lady Somerset of London Youth's
Remarkable Courage.
Lady Henry Somerset, whoso labori
In behalf of the children of tho Lon
don slums are constnnt and earnest,
lays tho Youth's Companion, tells till e
affecting story of tho way In which
ber interest In theso Ilttlo oneH wat
irousod;
I was moved In that direction by
'.ho raro patience and imagination ol
Dno Ilttlo boy. His exnraplo convinced
tue that pntlcnco was ono of the
qualities I neoded mottt, and In Beck
ing It I grow Into that work.
I was In a hospital on visiting day
ivhllo the doctors wero changing a
plaster cast which hold tho crippled
boy'B limb. Tho operation waa ex
:eedlngly painful, I was told. To my
jurpriflo, tho Ilttlo sufferer neither
stirred nor winced, but mndo a curl
jus buzzing sound with his mouth
fter tho doctors loft I aald to him:
"How could you possibly stand It?"
"That's nothing," ho answered
'Why. I Just mado believe that n
?eo wan stlngln' mo. Bees don't hurt
ery much, you know. And I kept
juzzln' because I was afraid I'd for
tet about its being a boo If I didn't "
Odd Riddles.
When may a man call his wife "hon
ey?" When sho has a largo comb in
tier head.
' Who was the first to swear In this
ivorld? Eve. Hovr so? When Adam
asked her If ho might take a kiss, she
said, 1 don't care A dam If you do.
How enn It bo proved thnt a horse
has six legs? Ho has fore legs in
front and two behind.
Why Is a gun llko a Jury? necause
t goes off when discharged.
What is that If you use It well will
ook at everybody; but If you ncratch
ts back It- will look at nobody? A
ooking glass.
Why had Kvo no fear of tho
measles? Because sho'd Adam
(had-em).
At what ago should a man marry?
It tho parsonage.
CARE OF THE POULTRY HOUSE
Lice and Mites Caute More Lonei
Than All Other Thlnga Com
bined Spray ! Urged.
(Dy J. S. JEFFIlEr.)'
It Is quite posslblo to have tho best
poultry kept In well-built houses, well
fed, nnd still not get any profit or
plensuro from them. In too many
cases whero a good start has been
mado tho house is neglected and al
lowed to becomo filthy nnd InfoBted
with mites. It may bo said that tilth
and mites generally go together, for
whilo a houso that is kopt fairly clean
! .,
Side Elevation of Poultry House.
may bo infested with mites, It Is vory
seldom that n dirty house will bo
found to bo frco from theso posts.
Llco nnd mites causa mora losses'
among poultry than all othor things
combined.
Poultry houses should bo bo ar
ranged lnsldo that tho poultryman
can keep down tho mites without an
undue cxpcndlturo of tlmo and en
ergy. MltcB llvo In a houso nnd must
to killed thcro. Dusting tho hens
will novor get rid of iherii.
Tho bcjjt means of getting rid of
mites in tho houses is to Bpray thor
oughly with koroseno emulsion. This
should bo dono twlco with nn lntervnl
of from flvo to eoven days botweori
tho sprayings.
Tho emulsion la mado as follows:
Cut up ono pound df soap and dissolva
It In hot water; whilo tho wator la
hot, stir in two gallons of kerosonq
and contlnuo stirring for fifteen to
twenty minutes. It Is important to
have tho kerosono, soap and water
well mixed, especially If It Is not ts
bo used at onco. To this mlxturo add,
soventccn gallons of water. This
Two-Compartment Trap Neits, Show
ing "Stop Louto" Roost Hangero
Above.
makes a 10 per cent, omulsion. Somo
recommend IB per cent., but wo have
found 10 per cent, efflciont in killing
tho mites.
Kerosene used on tho rooBt onco
a weok In hot wenthor will help to
keep down both mites and llco. If
put on a short tlmo beforo tho hens
go to rooBt, somo of it will get on
tho feathers and will kill and drivo
away llco. Caro must bo taken not
to got too much on tho fowlB, or it
will blister them and this will atop
tho hens from laying Just aa much aa
tho lice will. M - w
KEEP TAB ON AGE OF FOWLS
Enables Poultryman to Cull Out Heno
That are Unprofitable Ono
Method Favored.
It is more guess work to tell the
ago of a hen after sho has passed tho
pullet stage. To tho good poultryman
It 1b Important that tho exact ago of
every fowl on his promises bo known.
Hens thnt nro past tho ago for profit
should bo culled out and their places
taken by tho younger stock. Legbands
with numbers may bo used when tho
pullets arrlvo nt maturity, and, it rec
ords aro kept, tho identity of each
fowl 1b easily established. A less olab
orato method, and ono which no poul
trykeepcr can afford not to follow, is
to punch a holo in ono of tho four
webs of tho feot, each web represent
ing a certain year. Special punches
for this purposo may bo purchased
from any poultry supply house, but a
small sized leather belt punch can bo
used to good advantage. Tho hole is
punched very easily when tho nowly
hatched chick is first taken from tho
nest or Incubator. All of ono Beason'fl
chicks may bo marked on tho Bamo
web, although if special hatchings
aro to bo kopt aeparately as high aa
fifteen combinations can bo used. If
properly dono tho holo or traces of
tho near will always remain nnd tho
Identity of tho fowl cannot bo lost.
Size of Poultry House.
Ab to tho proportionate bIzo of tho
houso to tho number of fowls kopt,
only ho who remombora thnt "there
is more profit in a houso half full
than in a Iioubo twico full," is safe
from blundering nt this point. Tho
nost level-headed practical poultry
men insist upon ten squnro feot per
fowl. Contrnst this with tho room
nfforded 100 fowls in a 12x20 house,
loss than 2 1-3 feet of spneo to each
(which is a common sight) and Judge
as to tho chances for eggs in tho lat
ter casu and tako warning.
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IlllirlMGS
Tho daylight nnd tho darkness aro a
song; '
Tho clouds that fleck tho summer olclci
with whlto,
Tho stnra that glcnm abovo us all nlnlit
long, fijf-
Aro symbols of tho song of lovo and
light.
And deeper chords thcro nro, and har
monics Tho which no mortal thought has over
found,
Drcatiso they aro eternal ccstnclcs
Too ninrvel-sweot to bo blurred into
sound. ..-.,.-. .t ) r '
Beyond the pulsing endenco of tho breeze,
Ileyond tho throbbing monotono of rnln.
Tho lilt of bird songs and tho hum of
bees,
Thcro Burgcs up a vast, unfathomcA
strnln
Which wo may hear all faintly in tho
night
When nil tho world has 'left us qulto
nlonc, '
Or when in nwo wo stand upon some
never is that Bong completely
known.
Ayo, times wo sonso It when wo fool tho
thrill
Of looking o'or tho mcndowlnnds in
spring,
Or when tho snow makes of tho treo
crowned hill
An lvorlcd Btlllness then tho Bhndows
sing
As do tho nun-kluscd fields, and distant
hnze,
And nil thlngs-nll tho sky and sea and
lnnd;
It Is tlio song of nil tho nights nnd days
Thnt wo mny hear, but may not under
stand. Tho daylight nnd tho dnrltness nro a song.
And nil tho unknown heights nnd depths
of space, x-
Whcro myrlnd systems whirl nnd wheel
and throng,
Each fleck of star-dust In Its given
these, with blades of grass and or
chard bloom,
And gnlo-tossed snows and wlndlns
flowered ways,
And grcnt sea billows, and tho roso-per-finno,
All blend into tho song of nlchts and
aw. (lyJ
Abe Martin and a Novel.
Kin Hubbard of Indianapolis ho
was named in honor of all his family
connections who spoke nt tho recent
Indinna society dinner Is tho author
of a now book of Hooslcr philosophy.
It is called "Abo Martin'B Folks," and,
Is Issued by tho Abo Martin Publish
ing Company of Indianapolis. Abo
Martin is tho alngularly appealing phil
osopher who said: "Hall the world
doesn't know how tho other half lives,
nn' tho other half doesn't glvo a "
A part of tho book is devoted to a,
thrilling novel by Miss Fnwn Llppin
cutt. Tho story is entitled "The Lost
Heiress of Red Stone Hall," and has
moro thrills in it than a Carneglo li
brary. Wo doubt if any of our better
known lady or gentleman novelists
ever gave bo pungent nnd trenchant
expression to tho nemo of happiness
that comes with young lovo recipro
cated than Miss LIppIncutt does when
Bho pens:
"Marlon was not only drunk with Joy
-alio was soused."
Breaking It Gently.
"My adoration for you," sighed tho
amorous swain, "Is ns great as tho
boundless sea beforo us. Yes, fully as
great and deep and Btaedfast. If I
could only convince you "
"But, Mr. nichlclgh" murmured tho
beautiful maiden, carelessly tracing a
pattern In tho Band with her parasol,
"says that hlB love for mo Is as greatj
aa n corner resldenco in Now York
nnd a villa at Newport and a country
home in tho Adirondncks, and ho has
convinced mo that ho has them."
Cure Worse Than Complaint.
"Mr. FiJJlt Buffered so much from
tho heat," said Mrs. Wundcr, "that ho
had an artificial lceborg built in his
houso. Then tho wholo family sat
around It nnd read stories of Polar
expeditions and wero happy for f
tlmo."
"For a tlmo?" echoed tho friend.
"Yea, only for a tlmo. You sco, Mr.
FIJJIt happened to think of how much
tho lco was going to coat him, and ho
broko out In a worso perspiration than
ever."
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