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SURFACE DRAINAGE OF ROADS
Crown of a Road Should Be Sufficient
to Shed Water Rapidly Recom
mendation From Iowa.
I5y l'Uor. J. n. DAVIDSON. Iowa Stnto
AKrlcultural College.)
TIjo roads should bo provided with
nurfaco dralnu&e, Tho cross section
should bo of such a shapo as to shed
nil rain at onco to tho sldo ditches.
To do this, tho road must bo oval or
havo a crown, muBt bo smooth. Tho
llrst of these Is a matter of construc
tion, nnd tho latter of maintenance.
The side drainage system should be
called upon to carry as much water
as possible. Water cannot be carried
away brtho tile drains until tho water
has sunk through tho soil and soft
ened It.
Tho crown of a road should bo suf
ficient to shed tho water readily. If
tho road is to bo maintained nnd kept
freo from ruts and holes, less crown
will do than If tho road Is to bo neg
Iocte,d.Tho Iowa Highway commls
mission recommonded a slope one
Inch to one foot for a crown In tho
traveled way. This Is sufficient for
most conditions. Tho crown should
Well Laid Drain for Hill Road.
not bo too great. A steep crown caus
es thjo travel to be concentrated at tho
center, where ruts will bo worn and
washing result Again there is como
difficulty in vehicles passing. On tho
sldo of tho crown the wheels of tho ve
hicles have tendency to grind tho road
down. Tho tops of tho wheels are
nearor tho gutter than tho bottoms.
This action, together with tho swerv
ing or flow action of tho lower part
of tho wheel, has a Very marked ef.
feet.
Tho steeper tho slope of tho road
tho more important tho crown, for
there is a tendency for tho water to
run down tho track rather than to
tho side. If water onco begins to run
down the centor of tho roadway It Is
hut a short timo until tho road Is
gullied out.
UPKEEP OF AN EARTH ROAD
Problem of Maintenance Solved Very
Largely by Use of the So-Called
Split-Log Drag.
(Hy II. It. FLINT.)
The earth road will doubtless ba
commonly used in rural communities
for many years because of Us low first
cost. Tho ever recurring problem of
upkeep of such a road can be solved
very largely by tho uso of the so-called
upllt-log drag.
Anyono who can uso tools reason
ably well can build ono of these drags
at a cost of four or flvo dollars for
labor and material. Very few tools
are required in making the drag, nnd
lis uso is as simple and cheap as its
construction. If desired, metal drags
can bo purchased at a somewhat
greater cost from manufacturers of
road machinery.
Careful uso of the drag on a road
that Is already in reasonably good
condition will almost entirely prevent
trouble from ruts, mud holes, or dust,
nnd glvo good service at a, low cost.
Good Roads and Distance.
Tho roads cannot bo kept In too good
a condition. If every farmor would
keep up tho roads adjoining his land
the means of travel would bo better
This is not only true for tho automoi
Idles, but for all kinds and means of
locomotion. Good roads lessen tho
distanco to town and mako it posslblo
for all kinds of products to be market
ed at any timo of the year.
The timo will come when every road
In the country of any Importanco will
bo of cement. Tho sooner tho bettor.
The county governments havo spent
enough monoy in tho last 20 year
on tho roads to build good coment
roads over all tho principal thorough
fares wUhln their borders.
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PROFITABLE METHOD
Bronze Turkeys The most admired of all varieties on the Market.
ry anna GAi.icsiinn )
Turkey raising is ono of tho easiest
things ever tried, as well as tho most
pajlng Industry for n woman.
If you wish to try out tho business,
never allow old turkeys to lay out,
but watch them and see that tho eggs
are gathered every night.
To keep them laying In the same
place, put two or three glass nest eggs
In tho nest on th3 sly, and never let
the turkeys seo you near the nusts nor
do not disturb them whilo on tho
nest,
A hen turkey will lay from 14 to 20
eggs beforo getting broody, and If
when she does sit upon tho nest all
day, you can catch her lato at night,
and conflno in an outbuilding for a
weok or so with plenty of good food,
"Water and grit, sho will go back to lny
ing aguin soon after being liberated,
and lay as many more eggs.
Tho first eggs laid can bo set under
a common mother hen. Ten eggs to a
hon, and sho will do quite as well as
if the turkey mother was doing tho
job herself.
By tho time tho turkey hen gets
broody a second timo after being con
fined nnd fed, sho will havo become
quite tame, and can bo set in some
safe place, where wild animals, rats,
etc., can not trouble her.
Every morning when slip is setting
go and feed her with corn meal wet
with hot water, and put a pan of clean
water handy.
When sho hatches havo a raln-proor
coop, somewhere near a tree or clump
of shrubbery to provide shelter from
tho hot sun. Tho hens which hatched
turkeys should be fed and cared for
llvo times dally for ubout three weeks.
Never feed them under the coops, but
spread tho food on a clean board near
enough to tho coop, so thut the mother
can reach through and eat with her
llttlo oneB.
Tho first meal should bo given after
24 hours, and should consist of corn
A Fine Fleck
STARTING PLACE OF
POULTRY SUCCES
Harder Job Making Money With
Hens Than Running Grocery
Cleanliness Essential.
(Ily E. S. MILLKH.)
Tho man who tries to make any
thing out of a poor flock of hens haB a
worse job than making bricks without
straw.
Tho starting place of success with
poultry is with the man. If you think
"anybody can mako money with lions"
you havo something yet to learn. It
is a harder job than running a grocery
successfully, and thousands of men
havo found out that that Is worso
than running for president.
After you have found your man, or
developed him out of your own mate
rial, got the right kind of hens. What
aro they? Tho hens you like best, tho
hens that are from a laying strain,
tho hens that lay whjto eggs.
Then glvo thwm a good place to live.
Tho men who have made a go of poul
try havo learned that cleanliness is an
absolute essential. You will have to
loam that too .'t sounds cheap; but
if you think it is, try It a single season.
Cleanliness Is the costliest thing about
the poultry business
After that, good pure food stauds
high. There Is an old notion that any
thing is good enough for a hon to cat.
It isn't. Nothing but tho best and
purest material over should bo put In
to an egg. There are men who can
tell, or think they can, what kind of
feed a hen has had Just by tho flavor
of tho egg she lays.
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OF TURKEY RAISING
meal, boiled for half an hour, finely
broken egg-shells and eggs that havo
boen boiled at least 20 minutes an
egg boiled five minutes will bo soggy
and Indigestible, but if boiled halt
an hour will bo mealy and tonder.
Never allow eltlier sour milk or un-
cooked corn meal to Lo fed, sour milk
will cause diarrhea, and sickness, raw
corn meal will swell In their stom
achs, and cnuso indigestion.
If plenty of sour milk Is at hand,
mako Into Dutch cheese. This is very!
good if fed onco or twice a week.
Ground bone and coarse, clean sand
should bo added to tho cooked meal,
as when they aro conllncd they aro
unabjo to obtain enough grit.
Meat scraps aro good, but sweety
milk is something of a substitute, as it
contains animnl food.
I supply my young chickens and
turkeys with anglo worms dug up In'
tho chick yard and garden.
When turkeys aro six weeks old they
can take a llttlo wheat, rye or crack
ed corn, and tho mother can be lot out
of tho coop after tho dew is off.
Drive her back to tho coop at night
beforo she wanders oft and settles
down for tho night, and glvo her a
good supper if Bho does not como of
her own accord. After a few days slip1
will usually be found nenr tho coop,
waiting for her evening meal.
Neved set tho coops containing hens'
with chickens nnywhero In reach of
those with little turkeys, as a hen
with chickens will always kill turkeys,
as also will a hen with turkeys kill',
chickens.
Tho coops should be cleaned out1
each morning. Take a long stick and
got down where you can seo plainly,"
scrape out all droppings, and sprinkle'
sulphur freely around also among the.
feathers of botli the mother and the,
brood.
Tho eggs from three hen turkeys
ought .j produce CO turkeys. What is
more prolltnblo?
of Turkeys.
This may ho carrying it pretty far;
but there can bo ho doubt that it takes
good food to produce good eggs. And
that is tho kind you would like if you
were buying, isn't it? Of course.
Then put yourself In tho other man's
placo and think how ho looks at it.
Then never feed old, decayed bad
smelling feed of any kind.
After you got your eggs, sell them
in tho best possible market. You may
have to hunt a spell for a good mar
ket. It will pay. Two or three cents
a dozen moro may bo tho mark be
tween success and failure.
Never say fall. Stick to It You
can bo a winner. Do one!
.No moro sitting hens this season
Beforo tho chicks were of any size,
along would como cold weather and
cut them down. Tho prison pen is thp
placo for every hen now that wants to
sit.
Tho oftener you can sell your ugga
these days tho moru apt you will be to'
hear folks you sell, to say, "Those
eggs I got of you were fine. Bring
mo homo moro!"
Tho chances are that your birds will
not get bugs nnd insects enough for
meat, oven when they aro out on
range, uiiless you glvo thorn now and
theu some. Same way with grit.
Soft-shelled eggs aro a warning to
you that tho grit-box is running low.
Streuk it for the bag and glvo them
some.
Old hens ought to bo sortud out now
and mado ready for market as soon'
as they lay their litter out.
It doesn't mako so 'much dlfferennjn
whethor your hens are all marked up
according to tho latest Htandard of
poultry judging. What you wunt to
know is, "How many eggs Is that old
hen laying now?" Judgo her by that
and llvo up to the result.
With All That Wao In Him.
Moso was a hodcnrrlcr, black nB tar,
bandy-legged and glad of It Ho was
relating to eomo whlto men on tho roar
of a car tho results of n fight ho ro
cently had indulged In.
"Dat nigger tolo mo to koap muh
ban's offen dat pllo of sowor plpo," ho
nld, "but do boss dono tolo mo to
fotch 'cm In, 'an I suttlnly woro gontor
fotch 'om. So do big coon ujb nnd
takes hoi' of muh nhm and Bnys, 'nig
gah, bent it,' ho enyn."
"Did you beat it?" came sympathet
ically from a listener.
Did Ah beat it? Co'so Ah dldn'.
Ah ics rapped tint coon on do Jaw."
"Did you hit him hard?" was an
other desultory question from tho
whlto men.
"lilt Mm ha'hd? Man, I Jos ndchor
ly put everything In dat lick Gawd
A'mlghty ovnh did glmmo."
It was agreed that it was "somo"
blow.
New Weapon.
Tho Irishman In Franco hnd been
challenged to n duel. "Shuro," ho
cried, "wo'll light wld shillnlnhs."
"That won't do said his second.
"An tho challenged party you hnvo tho
right to chooso tho arms, but chivalry
demands that you should decide upon
n weapon with which Frenchmen aro
familiar."
"Is that so, lndado?" returned tho
genorous Irishman. "Then wo'll folght
It out wld guillotines."
Tho custom of displaying colored
globes in tho chomlBt'B window orig
inated among tho Moors of Arablo
and Spain.,
All tho world's a stage and somo
of us can't ovon get a chnnco to look
at tho play from tho gallory.
There's a lot of credit coming to a
good woman In tho next world that
sho fnlled to got In this.
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It always makes Mother happy when
big family package. We all like them so much that she doesn't
have to worry about baking when she doesn't feel like it"
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CRACKERS
L.-W. Soda Crackers are lighter than even well-made bread,
and their flaky crispness makes them most digestible.
Ask for the Big Package
L.-W. Soda Crackers are very economical in the extra
large family package triple-sealed to keep them fresh, crisp
and flavory 25c
JoosE-yiLEs Biscuit (ompant
Bakers of Sunshine filscults
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Unner Cut
Mrs. French Vnndorbllt, at n lunch
con at llnrbourvlowo, her beautiful
Nowiiort villa, said of tho nouveaux
riches of Gotham:
"Theso people form, undoubtedly, n
very splendid and ornuto society but
It Is n social upper crust based ex
clusively, as it wore, on tho financial
dough beneath."
Hc! Crow Hull Ulue will wash double ns '
many clothes at nny other blue. Don't I
put your money into any other. Adv. I
Somo men aro almost aB much !
afraid of microbes us somo women aro I
of mlcti. I
A simple remedy opninst coiisrfu nnd nil
throat irritations mu DeunV MenthoIiit.M
Cough Drop5c at all Rood UrugciitH I
On tho level, did you ever seo a I
woman who wns speechless with ruo? I
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