iVeer/ lessi
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and as often a3 they encounter any
pain.
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And Bayer Aspirin tablets aro
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they do not depress the heart.
So, don’t let a cold “run it3
course.” Don’t wait for a head
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Thousands Employed in
Uncle Sam’s Business
The official Register of the United
States for 1929 shows 587,065 workers
are now employed b.v the government
through civil service. The register
takes into consideration only em
ployees in the executive branch of the :
government and does not include hun- j
dreds of thousands of others in the
legislative, judicial cr military serv
ices. In the federal executive serv
ice, 63,904 are employed in the Dis
trict of Columbia and 593,761 in the
field. Of the total number, 82,501 are
women. The Post Office department
has the greatest number of employees
with 314,795 under civil service, while
the Treasury department ranks second
with 53,094 and the Navy and War de
partments rank third and fourth, re
spectively, with 50,575 and 47,267. In
ten departments in Washington, more
women are employed than men, but
In the field service men predominate.
Locusts Turn on Planes
Locusts recently turned on those
who have been attempting to drive
them out of India and Egypt. They
have been attacking the airplanes, and
have filled the radiators and engines
so that the pilots had to descend to
avoid overheating. One aviator who
ivent up to scatter a swarm of the
Insects was forced down, and found
that one of them had been drawn inlo
the air-intake pipe.
That’s Too Bad
Teacher—But, Jackie, why are you
playing here? Surely you should be
at school.
Jackie—There! I knew there was
something I had forgotten!—Passing
Show.
The Dance ,
“You teach the latest dances?"
“I do.’’
“I wish to learn the new steps.”
“Stops? You mean kicks."—Louis
ville Courier-Journal.
Poor Salesmanship
Waiter—These are the best eggs
we’ve had for years.
Diner—Well, kindly bring me some
you haven't had so long.
Not for That
“Would you marry a man to reform
him, girlie?" “No, I don't care to run
a reformatory.”
A great many people don’t rise in
the world because they don’t like to
attract attention.
The average woman spends more
time than money when she goes shop
ping.
One who is hopeless, at least doesn't
«eo!d so much.
Don’t let your eyes order your meal
It will be too big.
Haircuts also reveal character.
Tired of Prospecting
Chorus Girl—It Is hurd to find a fel
low with a heart of gold nowadays.
Gold Digger—Bet yer silk hosiery:
l am getting tired of prospecting.—
New Bedford Standard.
The Reason
Tom—1 notice you’re wearing youj
socks wrong side out.
Bob—Yes, my feet got warm and J
turned the hose on them.
A bachelor has to hunt for agree
able cronies and becomes ratber ex
pert at it.
Memory is almost as deceitful a*
hope.
Los Angeles Boy
Needed Help
"| Leroy Young, 1116
Georgia St., Los An
geles, is a “regular
fellow,” active Id
sports, and at the top
in his classes af
school. To look at
him now, you’d think
Jhe never had a day’*
sickness but ins motner says: wnon
Leroy was just a little fellow, we
found his stomach and bowels were
weak. He kept suffering from con
stipation. Nothing he ate agreed with |
him. He was fretful, feverish and
puny.
“When we started giving him Cali
fornia Fig Syrup his condition im
proved quickly. His constipation and
biliousness stopped and he has had
no more trouble of that kind. I have
since used California Fig Syrup with
him for colds f.nd upset spells. He
likes it because ft tastes so good and
I like it because it helps him so won
derfully!”
California Fig Syrup has been the
trusted standby of mothers for over
50 years. Leading physicians recom
mend it. It is purely vegetable and
works witli Nature to regulate, tone
and strengthen the stomach and
bowels of children so they get full
nourishment from their food and
waste is eliminated in a normal way.
Four million bottles used a year
shows how mothers depend on It. Al
ways look for the word “California"
on the carton to be sure of getting
the genuine.
pm
Nature "a warning - help nature clear
your complexion and paint red rose3
In your pale, sallow cheeks. Truly
wonderful results follow thorough
colon cleansing. Take N.1
NATURE'S REMEDY — to regulato
and strengthen your eliminative or
gana. Watch the transformation.
Try NR instead of caere laxatives.
MU*!, safe, purely vegetable—*t (ironists, co!y2Sc
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HARVESTING CORN
Four different methods of har
vesting corn are commonly prac
ticed in the corn belt— picking the
corn from the standing stalks, hog
ging down the ears, cutting the
corn and shredding the stalks and
placing the whole crop in the silo
All four methods are practical, but
no one can, as a rule, be practiced l
for the ent.ire crop on a given farm.
There is, of course, considerable
difference in the cost per acre of
harvesting the crop by these meth
ods, but the higher cost methods
also result in a greater income per
acre, due to the fact that the feed
i» more completely used. For three
years, records of harvesting costs
have been gathered by one experi
ment station on cost routes, that in
cluded the harvesting of 4,409 acres
of corn. Of this acreage, 3,245 acres
were picked for grain, 440 acres were
cut for silage, 331 acres were cut for
fodder, and 393 acres were hogged
off. For picking the corn from the
standing stalks, an average of 7.8
man hours of labor and 14.6 horse
hours were required, and the cose of
this amounted to $6 pr acre, or 10.5
cents per bushel. Hogging off the
crop saved a great deal of expense
as shown by the records from thir
teen different farms. The labor was
practically confined to the building
and moving of temporry fences, the
cost of which was one hour of man
labor and half an hour of horse la
bor per acre. Based upon the same
charges as made above for these
items, the cost of hogging off the
crop amounted to an average of 36
cents per acre. Since, under favora
ble conditions, a hog will produce
as much pork from a given amount
of corn picked by itself in the field
as when the corn is fed in the dry
it is evident that hogging off as
much corn as is practicable is a very
economical practice. When the corn
was cut and shocked in the field
and the ears subsequently removed
by a shredder and the stalks shred
ed. 18.2 hours of man labor and 18.3
hours of horse labor were required
per acre. These figures represent an
average for three years. The man
and horse labor amounted to $7 82
per acre, machine and engine cost
to $1.96, and miscellaneous items to
$3.81, or a total of $13.59 per acre.
This was over twice the cost of
picking the corn by hand from the
standing stalks. The shredded fod
der cost the producer the difference
between $6 and $13.81, or $7.81, equl
valent to about $5 a ton. Ensiling
the corn cost 15.2 hours of man la
bor and 23.8 hours of horse labor
per acre. Adding other expenses
brought the total cost up to $14 01
per acre. The average yield of har
vesting amounted to $1.70 per ton
Figuring corn worth 85 cents a
bushel and the cost of picking it 10
cents and assuming that the corn
ensiled produced fifty bushels per
acre, the silage had a value in the
S6.27 a ton. These figures
should be useful as a guide in deter
mining how best to utilize the crop
uncer given farm conditions.
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THE FALL CLEAN-UP
Scientists recommend a general
clean-up of crop residues after the
crops have been harvested, by clean
big up or burning the rubbish or
plowing it under. Iirects and dis
eases are reduced and the infesta
tion on the following crops will not
be so great. Department bulletin No.
283, of the United States depart
ment of agriculture, says leaf spot,
or blight, of tomatoes is responsible
for an annual loss of approximately
250,000 tons of tomatoes, valued at
$3,750,000. This fungus will winter
over on such common weeds as
horse nettle, jimson weed and other
allied weeds, as well as on eggplant
and potatoes. The recommendation
is to plow under all of the tomato
vines and other weeds as eoon as
the crop is harvested. The fungus
cannot live over the winter in the
ground. To do a good job it may be
necessary to pick the vines before
plowing, as the vines will have to be
thoroughly covered to kill all the
fungus on them. In areas where the
Mexican bean beetle is prevalent, it
is important that all bean plants in
the field be destroyed as soon as the
crop has been picked, or when they
have been so severely injured by the
beetles and larvae that it is no long
er profitable to keep them. This can
best be done by plowing the plants
under, as all stages of the beetles
will be destroyed when covered with
a few inches of soil. Here again a
thorough job of plowing is import
ant. The European com borer has
been found to feed on more than
200 different kinds of plants. The
larvae may attack any or all parts
of the plants; the stems, however,
are most frequently attacked. The
importance of clean-up work in the
prevention of spread cannot be
overemphasized. Spraying, burning
and the use of chemicals are rec
ommended as important control
measures as set forth in technical
bulletin No. 53, United States de
partment of agriculture. The plow
ing under the infected debris is
strongly recommended.
CARE OF CALF
Over-feeding calves predisposes
them to trouble from scours. Fer
mented or partly soured milk, feed
ing from dirty pails or any other
unsanitary condition often Is a con
tributing factor. Milk which is too
rich in butterfat may also cause
trouble, but with our subscriber the
trouble seems to start after the
calves are changed from whole to
skim-milk. When many people
change from whole milk to skim
milk they feed the calves too liber
ally on skim-milk which also is a
cause for trouble. We would suggest
that the amount of milk be limited
to approximately one pound daily
to each 10 nounds weight of the calf,
and th»> shift from whole milk to
skimmilk made gradually. Befove
the shirt is made the calves should
be taught to eat some ground corn
and oats by giving a little of this In
the bottom of the pail after they
are through drinking. Calves that
become sick often need a laxative to
help throw off the poison caused bv
the bacteria. From cne to three
ounces of castor oil is very good for
CHEAP IIEIFER EXPENSIVE ~~
Last year, a traveling stock-buyer
sold me a promising Jersey heifer
for $7 less than the market price, 1
says a farmer who later realized he
was “stung.’' I thought at the time ;
thst I was getting a bargain, but
the animal did not develop as it
should, and later I called in a veter- 1
inarian, who found her sterile. The |
stock-dealer could not be located, j
but through one of his customers, we
learned that my heifer had been
brought from a district 20 miles
distant, and that she was twinned
with a bull. We also learned that
this dealer had a habit of shoving
off onto unsuspecting farmers every
this purpose, the amount being
varied according to the size of the
calf. Treatment with formalin often
gives beneficial results. A stock so
lution of one part of commercial
formalin to 31 parts Of water is
made, a teaspoon of this being add
ed to each pound of milk fed. When
the trouble Is under control, the calf
should be brought slowly back on
full feed. Where the calf is very
weak and will not drink it can be
kept nourished by the occasional
administration of an egg. The shell
of the egg is cracked and the egg,
shell and all, put well back In tne
calf's mouth, which Is held closed
on the egg so that he will break it
up and swallow It. Calves that are
sick should be kept isolated from
calves that are well. Tile calf stable
should be thoroughly cleaned and
scraped and then scrubbed with a
strong solution of lye water. If pos
sible, the calves should be kept In
a dry. sunny place. Calf stanchions
will help control the feeding opera
tions and prevent considerable ‘rou
ble in handling the calves.
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EDUCATING THE MULE
A great many young mules hava
a tendency to pull on the bit or
forge ahead. This habit can be easily
controlled and is really a “good"
fault with a mule. If, however, the
driver tries to correct this fault by
over-working or abuse, the mule be
comes either lazy or vicious. A sim
ple method to control this mule
would be by the use of a “buck
Eitrap” or “buck rope” similar to one
of those used with the multiple
hitc\. system of driving. I mean by
this, adjusting the buck strap on
the mule and tying or bucking him
back to the trace or singletree of
his mate. Thus, by adjusting this
buck strap, the mule can be kept
even with his mate. This arrange
ment does not interfere in the least
with the regular lines used on tha
team and they will drive very even
ly and easily. The buck strap oi
buck ropes can be purchased from
any harness dealer at a very nom
inal price or can be made up from
straps or rope usually found in any
farm shop. The buck strap consists
of two straps, one four feet eight
inches and the other three feet
eight inches in length, connected by
eight inches of light chain such ai
a crossbar of an automobile tire
chain, these forming the reins; and
a long strap five and a half to sis
feet in length that snaps to the light
chain or tire chain crossbar and
runs back, snapping to the single
tree cf the quiet mule. Tliis ar
rangement can be used wherevei
you have a load or brakes on the
object you are pulling. A horse or
mule soon finds that he can not get
ahead with this arrangement and
will soon^forget the habit.
A FORTUNE IN PLANTS
When the song of disaster In
agriculture is heard so olten it cer
tainly is a pleasure to run across a
man who has not only made a suc
cess of farming, but a fortune aa
well. The story of this success seems
to bo laid in failures, for certainly
few Individuals have had so many
things to try the timber of a man
as had this plant grower. A real
story of human interest can be told,
hut Jtoaca forbids; suffice it to say
that inter many years of hard work,
with disaster following on top ol
disaster, a few hundred dollars waa
laid away. With this was purchased
a small piece of land in 1924.' Sines
then the property hai? grown to 130
acres with only 100 in cultivation.
Of this land 15 acres is underdrained
and 26 is furnished with overhead
irrigation. By some recent purchases
and through renting there are now
approximately 250 acres under the
plow. The major part of this tract
is devoted to the production of
plants. Cabbage plants, tomato
plants, pepper plants, potato plants,
eggplants, onion plants; all kinds of
plants grown" and produced by ths
thousands and millions. Quite often
an acre will return as much as $1,
000. A most interesting thing about
this farm is that sufficient feed is
produced on it fer the livestock
and chickens, and every acre gees i
into peas or some soil-building crop
once a season. It is also understood
that at least three crops a year ara
to be grown on all the land. From
1924, when the farm was purchased,
to 1928 the gra s income has been
around $50,000 a year with a net of I
better than $20,000. In four years ■
this plant grower has passed from
the shadow of poverty into the full
light of affluence. He has risen
from obscurity to be one of the mas
ter farmers of his state.
FARM MACHINERY INCREASE.
Agricultural leaders in several
competing countries long ago real
ized that the former superiority ol
American farmers lay largely in
their use of labor-saving equipment
They have for years been urging
their farmers to equip themseivei
with the best machinery available
and their recommendations have
been followed at a constantly in
creasing rate. The latest report ol
the bureau of foreign and domestic
commerce, in commenting upon tha
tremendous increase in exports oi
farm machines, makes some highly
significant statements which every
American farmer would do well to
consider, namely: “Exports of agri
cultural implements and machinery
for the first six months of 1929
amounted to $72,068,581*, an increase
of $18,000,000, or 33 per cent, over
the amount, for the corresponding
period of 1928. Such a gain for the
first six months of anv year has
never previously been reported and
It appears to herald the coming of a
record year in the farm trade of ag
ricultural machinery and Imple
ments. The most noteworthy in
crease occurred in shipments of
tractors, which made a net gain in
all types and sizes of $6,1C4,7C9. Such
satisfactory increases in all lines of
agricultural machinery, but especial
ly in tractors and harvesting ma
chines. indicates that the movement
toward power farming is progressing
throughout the world.”
freemartin heifer thrt came into
his hands. This experience taught
m * a lesson. Since men, when buy
ing heifers cr calves for stock pur
poses from an unknown source, I
m ike it a rule first to communicate
with the original owner.
RURAL FALL SCENE
Here is a pleasant picture of coun
try life at late fall, painted by a
correspondent of a rural newspaper:
“The tobacco has ail been gathered
In, and the fanners are busy cut
ting corn and seeding. Their wives
are making pumpkin pies. The big
boys are after the girls. The little
boys are after the muskrats.”
t^Babie.
FRET
!
There are times when a baby is
too fretful or feverish to be sung
to ileep. There are some pains a
mother cannot pat away, but
there’s no time ^ien any baby
can’t have the quick comfort of
Castoria! A few drops, and your
little one is soon at ease—back
to sleep almost before you can
slip away.
Remember this harmless, pure
vegetable preparation when chil
dren are ailing. Don’t stop its use
when Baby has been brought
safely through the age of colic,
diarrhea, and other infantile ills.
Give good old Castoria until your
children are in their teens 1
Whenever coated tongues tell of
constipation; whenever there’s
any sign of sluggishness that
needs no stronger medicines to
relieve. Castoria is pleasant-tast
ing; children love to take it. Buy
the genuine—with Chas. H.
Fletcher’s signature on wrapper.
Safe
Representative Pearl P. Oldfield, de
ploring the Increase in automobile ac
cidents. said ut a dinner in Washing
ton :
“I can sympathize with the woman
who was rung up on the telephone in
the small hours. Shivering with fright,
she put the receiver to her ear.
“‘Is that Mrs. Margaret E. Wins
low?’ said a very grave voice which
she didn't know.
'“Yes, yes,’ she panted.
“ ‘Mrs. Winslow,’ said the grave
voice, ‘I regret to have to Inform you’
—and it seemed to poor Mrs. Winslow
that her heart stood still—‘to Inform
you that your son, John Evans Wins
low, has been arrested for joy riding.’
“*Oh, thank goodness,’ shouted Mrs.
Winslow, ‘the boy’s safe in Jail.’"
New Road Test for Driver*
One of the most difficult and yet
safest highways in the world has just
been opened between Haugastol and
Eldfjord, Norway. It is a masterpiece
of engineering and is said to provide
a thorough test of driving skill for
autoists. High in the mountains,
reached by long grades and through
tunnels, a one-way road is controlled,
eastbound autoists being compelled to
start from certain points on Hie hour
ar:d half hour, and westbound ma
chines must wait in designated places
for their turn.
The Kindlier Past
George W. Davison, the banker, who
hns presented Einstein's manuscript
exposition of bis newest theory to
Wesleynn university, said in a recent
Wesleyan address:
“I love the kindly spirit of the past.
The spirit of the present Is so differ
ent. The hitching post of the past—
an Invitation to stop and hitch your
nag—has everywhere given way to the
sidewalk notice, ‘Don’t Park Here.’ ’’
Pole-Rope Stretcher Made
Persons disabled while mountain
climbing may he carried to lower lev
els in a stretcher made from a pole
nnd a piece of rope, according to dem
onstrators at the recent travel show
in Dresden, Germany, The rope is so
wrapped nnd knotted as to provide a
swing for the body suspended from
the pole, the Injured person being
trussed into a comfortable position
to be borne on the shoulders of bis
fellows.
Her One Chance
Cook—Yes, ma’am. I'm leavin’ in ex
actly three minutes.
Mistress (wearily)—Then put the
eggs on to boil and we'll have them
right for once.—Stray Stories.
Finally Saw Pheasant
Hunters lu the vicinity of Geneva,
N. Y., had an experience with a pheas
ant not long ago. After a day's
tramping In vain search of the bird*
the hunters sat in a club, hemoanln*
their hard luck. Just as one of th*
party had finished speaking there wa*
a crash ami the yarn swappers turned
to see a gorgeous cock pheasant Mut
ter Into the room as the lost fragment*
of a broken window fell to the lloor
The frightened bird ran across tin
room nnd on? the open door. And nc
one did anything about it.
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Mrs. Walkinshaw Says
Dr. Pierce’s Medicines
Are Reliable
Lincoln, Neb r.—
“For the past six
k years I have taken
I Dr. Pierce's Favor
| ite Prescription off
* and on whenever I
felt the need of a
tonic to give me
strength and better
v health and I am
happy to say it has
v never failed to give
perfect satisfaction.
All our family have taken Ur. rierce s
remedies. I never hesitate to say 13r.
Pierce’s medicines are perfectly reliable
for I know they are. I would especially
recommend the ‘Favorite Prescription’
for weak women.”—Mrs. F. H. Wal
kinshaw, 2201 P St. AH dealers. _ <
Send 10c to Dr. Pierce's Clinic in
Buffalo, N. Y., for a trial pkg.
Superficial Flesh Wounds
Try Hanford’s
Balsam of Myrrh
■ All dealers are authorlred la refund,our money
tor the lirst bottle il not suited.
Roofing and Repairs
NATIONAL ROOFING CO., Inc.
Omaha-Sioux City-Sionx Falls-Council Blutfa
Write for Esdnilu
What Ails Mexico
If we hail to live ou chile and tor
tillas and things like that, Instead of
cakes and sausage aud coffee and
things like that, maybe we’d have more
revolutions, too.—Fort Wayne News
Sentinel.
Probably a Bit Cross, Too
Quinn—Fiu afraid some early Influ
ence has made Bob erratic.
Sherman—Yes, I think so, too. He
was born under a crazy quilt.
How to do nothing pleasantly ia
the great enigma of the man who "‘re
tires.”
Home Has More Danger
Than Savages
of Brazil
^
JOHN J. WHITEHEAD, explorer
J and lecturer, has just returned
from eight months in the jungles of
South America, where he was search
ing for traces of the lost Colonel
Fawcett and his son.
Dangerous as he found the jungle, he
encountered a worse danger at home.
But let him tell it.
“One of the great problems of a trip
of this kind is keeping in healthy
condition. When we started, some of
the members of the party had laxa
tives with them, but made wise by
experience I carr ied Nujol. All too
quickly my stock ran out. Soon I
was in bad shape—what with a diet
of rice and beans, lacking vitamins
and green vegetables,
“When we finally got back to civiliza
tion, entertained f’rst in Brazil and
later in the United States, 1 became
positively ill. Severe stomach pains
and poor elimination made me realize
that Nujol would again prove the
reliable, trusty keeper of health. Sure
enough, with the first bottle the
troubio disappeared.
Don’t think Nujol is a medicine. It
is as tasteless and colorless as clear
water. It brings you, however, what
your body needs like any other ma
chine—lubrication. Tust as a good
bath washes our bodies clean, Nujol
I
John J. Whitehead, explorer and
lecturer, with a Jungle Warrior
sweep3 away, easily and normally,
Ihoso internal bodily poisons (we all
have theml that make us_ feel dull
and headachy and sick. Nujol can
not hurt even a little baby; it forma
no habit; it contains not one single
drug. Doctors and nurses use it them
selves and tell ; *, to use it, if yea
want to be well.
Take Nujol every night for two
weeks and prove to yourself how
happy and bright and full of pep you
can be, if your body is internally
clean. Get a bottle today at any drug
store. It costs but a few cents, and
makes you feel like a million dollars.
Start traveling the health-road to
success and happiness—this very day 1
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