BaH Liyf’f-:: *—
Cause of Eye Strain
Bart lighting. even so apparently
harmless n tiling a* t|ie glare from an
on fronted elect He tamp used night aft
er night. m».v materially affect the
health nnd happiness of ttie Individ
osl, according to Winifred Hathaway,
associate director of tlie National So
riet.v for (lie Prevention of Blindness.
"The eye wilt ofli*n stand, apparent
|y without strain, more abuse than
any other part of the body," says Miss
Hathaway, ‘‘hot that does not mean
that It Is mu registering its unhap
piness. M tnv nervous disorders may
be attributed to eyestrain.
"In the home Hie light must be
adapted to rhe type of work or recrea
* |lon for which li is needed ; (here must
be an adequate supply of light; glare
must be eliminated; Hie type of light
lug should he in hortnony with ils
t surroundings, and the illumination
* should he well distributed.”
This Mother
Had Problem
As a rule, milk Is
about the best food
for children, but
(here are limes when
they nre much belter
off without It. It
should always be left
off when children
show by feverish,
fretful or cross 8|*ells, by bad brealh,
coated tongue, sallow skin, Indiges
tion, biliousness, etc., that their stom
ach and bowels are out of order.
In eases like this, California Fig
Syrup never falls to work wonders, by
the quick and gentle way It removes
all the souring waste which la caus
ing the trouble, regulates the stom
ach and bowetB and gives these or
gans tone and strength so they con
tinue to,act normally of their own ac
tord. Children love Its rich, fruity
flavor and It’s purely vegetable and
barntlesH, even for babies.
Millions of mothers have proved Its
merit and reliability In over 50 years
of steadily increasing use. A Western
mother, Mrs. May Suavely, Montrose.
California, says: “M.v little girl, Ed
na's, tendency to constipation was a
problem to me until I began giving
her California Elg Syrup. It helped
tier right away and soon her stomach
and bowels were acting perfectly.
Since then I’ve never hud to have any
advice about her bowels. I have al
so used California Elg Syrup with
m.v little boy, with equal success.”
To be rare of geltlng the genuine,
which physicians endorse, always ask
for California Elg Syrup by the full
name.
Say* Cat* Cure
According to I>r. B, I'alier of the
French Academy of Medicine, cats pro
vent pneumonia, lie says every fam
ily should keep at least one cat. He
thinks the day Is not very fur dislnnl
when the practicing physician will |
have to keep a cat farm, thus enabling
him to answer emergency culls with a
cat or two under Ida arm.
Differ in Meaning
The expressions “fatally wounded"
■ nd “mortally wounded” are common
ly used to express the same thing, but
mortally Is regarded by some as
meaning suffering death at the time
of, or soon after, the wounding, while
fatally wounded conveys the Idea that
death followed sfter a considerable
lapse of time.
o£t poisons out
of system. . . .
Doctors knov7 that
this modern scientific laxative
works efficiently in smaller
doses because you eki o it.
Safe and mild for old act! young.
ffesn:&rint
FOR C CN
To Avoid Infection
Use Hanford's
Balsam of f^yrrh
All doalara art autiOrtMdtara'wnATa’.rmonoi
lor tha llwt ijj.tli II not itiitaU
SST*' Kill Rats
Without Poison
4 New Exterminator that
Won't Mill Livestock, Poultry,
Doge, Cats, or even Baby Chicka
K-R O can be use i about the home.barn or poult ry
yard with absolute safety selteontelnsBoaeadlj
poison. K-R O is made of Squill, aa reconi
mended by U. S. Dept, of Agriculture, undei
tilt Connable process which Insures maximum
strength Two cans killed 37J rati at Arksnsat
State Farm Hundreds of other testimonials
So'd on ■ Money-Book Guarantee
insist on K-R O, the original Squill exter
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HAIR BALSAM
lie ’iff-Slops Hair Falling
R«»t jre» Color and
Beauty to Gray and Faded Hail
AOo. an-l Hmirflffca.
¥H*rn » < . W .< w. j^choLl—-IL-3L I
FLORESTON SHAMPOO-!'! >al for n*e In
cixmection with HarkT'a Hair Ha ram. Makratba
bair ecift mid tlxtYy. Meant* by mail or at dru«
iriata. lliacoj. Cbaiiucai Worko, Haxbunue, N. V.
Simple Remady
H°r Husband—My arm Is lame from
reaching In my pocket for money for
you.
Mrs. Spendlt—You poor dear! I'm
sorry. Why don't you leave your
money at home so I enrr help myself 1
—Boston Olobe.
Juat Retribution
Sometimes crime does not pay. On*
of these times was when h purse
snatcher in New York dashed around
a corner Into the arms of lot) patrol
men leuving a station.
Fliers Say Courage Varies
with the Way they Feel
Aeroplane
l pilots tell us
that their cour
age, their whole
attitude toward
flying, varies from
day to day, with
the way they feel.
If they feel full of
pep, healthy, they
can try anything
—nothing fright
ens them. Their
nerve is unshak
en; their skill
keen; their flying
is machine-like
in its perfection.
It is an entirely
different story,
however, if they
wake up in tSe
morning feeling I
tuck, down in the
month. Then fly
ing becomes a
real danger.
-,
Member of the “Caterpillar Club”
earns his right to membership by
5000 foot Emergency Jump.
Thu is the les
son we can learn
from airmen. It
is the lesson that
points to Nujol—
the simple, natu
ral, normal way—
without theuseof
drugs or medi
cines to keep the
body internally
clean of the poi
sons that slow it
up. Nujol is pure,
tasteless, color
less as clear water.
It forms no habit;
it cannot hurt
even a baby.
See how the
sunshine floods
into your life
when you are
really well. Get a
bottle of Nujol in
its sealed pack
age at any drug
Whit is the matter with these brave store. It costs only a few cents
people when they are not up to par? and it makes you feel like a million
The natural poisons in their bodies dollars. Find out for yourself what
have not been swept away. They are Nujol will do for you this very
allow ng their hrainstobe clouded and night. You can be at top-notch erti
dulled by poisons which should not ciency and happy all the time. Get a
be permitted to remain in the body, bottle today.
Insure Him a
Healthy Skin
) through life by using
Caatioaara
Soap
f Qcinning, Hp»I- 1
| inp, Soothinp I
and Antiseptic X
*-P 15c. Ointment 35c. end 5<>e. Talcum 25c. 8
Proprict*-?pi Potlrr Drug «Sk (b-oilc*' Corpora*
Uud, Naltieu, M»<*.
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OK INTfcKKST TO KARMKRS
MILK SUBSTITUTE FOR CALVES
A we»tern experiment station
gives /esjlts of feeding tests wi'ii
milk subihiules for raising calves.
In these tests Holstein and Jersey
calves were successfully raised cn
an average cf 290 pounds of whole
milk and a gruel prepared from the
following mixture: 2 parts corn
meal. 4 parts wheat middlings. 2
parU oat flour—groats, 1 part lin
seed oil meal, J/a part blood meal,
2-10 pert ground bone meal, 2-10
part salt. Although calves were
raised successfully on this mixture
It contains more feeds than Is de
sirable. There’ore, another experi
ment was conducted for the purpose
of finding a more s.mple calf rrral.
There we e only three ingredien’s
In the calf meals used In the ex
periment. Calf m al No. 1 was com
posed of ID parks of corn meal, 2
parts of linseed oil meal and h
part of dried blood. No. 2 con
tained 10 parts of wheat middlings,
two parks of linseed o'! meal and
l part of dried blood. The calves
in each let were fed whole milk un
til they were 30 to 40 days old.
when the milk allowance was grad
ually reducptf so that they were en
tirely off milk at 60 days of age
Equal qu antities of calf-meal grit si
were substituted for the milk. The
gruel was made by adding ona
pound of the calf meal to ons gal
lon of water at about 100 degrers
F. and stirring thoroughly. Good
quality alfalfa hay and a grain mix
ture. consisting of 140 pounds of
wheat bran, 140 pounds of rolled
barley and 50 pounds of linseed
oil meal, were provided as soon a3
the calves were old enough to eat
dry feed By placing a small quan
tity of the hav and grain mixture
where they are accessible the calves
will be nibbling at th; dry feed
within a few days after birth.
SEGREGATE WEAKER ANIMALS.
If you provide separate feed and
shelter for weak animals at the
midyear to late spring season it will
be very helpful and profitable, says
an experienced stack man. I refer
to the beasts which fail to hold
their own against the stronger ones.
You will get much batter results in
animal products if thev are separ
ated so that they have a hopeful
competition for feed, water and
shelter. The weak of the herds and
of the flocks are crowded away from
feed and water by the strong and
suffer also from being bossed about.
They are usually so flock minded
that they will follow the herd even
when they could proceed independ
ently and have a much better liv
ing. The mere fact that they are
subordinated by stronger Individuals
seems to make them shrink physi
cally and to be unthrifty and un
productive. A little extra feed and
a chance for good shelter In addi
tion to freedom from domination by
the large and strong will usually
make the difference between a
puny, stunted runt and a thrifty,
vigorous member of the herd or
flock. Dairymen are disposed to
think that a cow badly cared for
during a milking period will come
back slowly to full production, if at
all, even with good care during a
subsequent lactation. Sheep men
give much evidence that bad care
of a flock for a l'ew weeks may re
sult In a weak place in the wool
fiber, usually Indicated by an Irreg
ular wave in the crimp.
SUNSHINE AND SUCCESS
It is a fact that success in poul
try raising depends to a considerable
degree upon sunshine, particularly
the Invisible rays known as the ul
tra-violet. Due to the vitamin D
which they Impart, ultra-violet rays
»re essential in causing; the proper
assimilation of minerals, especially
ealcium and phosphorus, In the
bird’s body. Without these, grow
ing chicks develop rickets and be
-'orne weak in their legs, due to the
Improper formation of the bony
structure. Bleeding combs, roft
ihelled eggs, poor fertility and poor
hatchabllitv are all considered to
day to be traceable more or less di
rectly to an improper mineral meta
bolism, due to tire absence of the
ultra-violet rays of the sun. Our
practical problem is to work out a
isytem which will avoid a deficiency
In vitamin D. The poultry house
should have an abundance of open
ings on the south, so that the sun
light can strike into the house, and
these openings should me provided
with curtains covered with one of
the glass substitutes which admits
ultra-violet light. Ordinary glass
filters out the rays. Supplement
ing the limited allowance of sun
shine which can be made available
to the girds during the winter, the
rations shrould carry an abundsnee
of products rich in vitamin D. Cod
liver oil is by far the best supple
ment to sunlight, known at the pres
ent time Laying birds, breeders,
growing chicks and babv chicks
should all get cod-liver oil in their
feed.
THE CHEAPEST FEED.
Livestock production cost studies
shew that the average feed unit of
pastures of all kinds coses only one
sixth as much as that of hat vested
feed. And when costs of gams of |
animals which are summered on !
pasture and wintered in the feedlot
are calculat d, a proportional ad
vantage in favor cf pasture is dis
closed. An experimen. in steer feed
ing conducted recently illustrates
this point. Ninety head cf sceers,
purchased on the range at wean
mg time, were carried three winters
;n cottonseed meal and corn silage
and three summer.; on blue-grass
pasture. A comparison of th' rela
tive economy of summ a- and win
ter gains made by these steers
shows that each pound of gain in
the feedlot cost 24 cems, while each
jound of pasture gain cost less than
5 cents. Eighty one and one half
per cent of the total gains was
made cn summer pastures, w.iereas
pnly 18’i per cent was marie dur
ing the winter. The average weight
cf the calves at the time the ex
periment started was 383 pound' s.nd
at the close of the test was 1,238'j
pounds. The total number of days
CANNIBALISM AMONG FOWLS
Control of cannibalism is effected
jy slightly darkening the breoder
house so that the chicks are unable
o see distinctly enough to attack
ach other, but not so dank but they
ran see to eat mash and drink.
Another procedure in case of a se
vere epidemic is to make the brood
-r house darker and admit light
>nly three limes daily to give the
;hioks a rhance to eat and drink.
When the light is admitted, the
hicks are so busy eating and drink
ng they have no time to pick each
Jther. The treatment of tire victims
•f attaok is to apply pine tar rather
freely to ohe wound. The tar is
mi pa. lure v.-as tild and on winter
feed 371). Each animal gained an av
erage of 7U) pounds while on a pas
ture al a co>t cf W3 23 and an av
erage ct 1 .u p undo while in the
feedlot at a co. t of $33.37. Experi
ment4 have shown that close or
heavy grazing of permanent pas
tures in the humid area gives twice
the gams in developing animals as
does light pasturing. Light postur
ing alfcws weeds and other undesir
able vegetation a favcrable advan
tage over blue grass and other pas
ture grasses. Wnen blue grass is
shaded by weeds it dees net do well;
when it is allowed to mature it as
sumes a dormant stage and Is not
readily eaten by livestock. Animals
iulcu preier the younger grass. In
view of the growing real.zation
am:ng livestcclc farmers cf the im
portance of an abundance of succu
lent pasturage m livestock produc
tion. they are giving as much
thought and careful attention to
pastures as they do to any other
ci op.
CAUSE OF CORN LODGING
The lodging of corn has becomt
so serious during the past few yean
as to cause considerable anxiety or
the port of the corn producers. Tru
condition has become especiallj
bad on tho^e fields that have beer
in coin lor several yeai3 m succes
sion. The lodging usally takas plact
during tne m.ddie or latter part cm
the summer after the s.alks have
made most of their growth. It ii
generolly believed that this lodgin*
remits from a lac of potassium oj
lime in the soil, but under thest
conditions this is not usually th»
oasp, for an examination of the
roul; of the planus and of the soi
in contact wivh the roots will show
that the corn root worm has causec
tne damage. This worm is a smal
white larvo which is about half ar
Inch in length when fuily grown. Ii
bores holes throughout the lengti
of the larger roots, feeds within th«
roots and practicaliy destroys theh
usefulness, it does not bore intc
the stalk of the plant. The root!
may decoy to some extent, becoim
weakened and the plants look un
healthy and lodge quite badly. Th»
decaying of the roots following thi
in.uuy caused by the insect 13 n<
doubt responsible for the idea that
root rot caused the lodging of the
crop. The corn root worm is noi
to oe confused witn the Europear
corn borer, which has a brown neat!
and grayish body with dark spots
and which bores into oil pans 01 th«
plant. Since the corn root worn
feeds primarily on the roots of the
corn plant and lives within the
roots it is evident that if corn con
tinues to be grown on the land aftei
the insect appears the injury wil
tend to become more severe froir.
year to year. The most procticai
means of destroying the insect ii
that of remaving its food supply bj
using the land tor the production
of other crops for a period of at
least two years. After this change
com shrould be grown in a rotation
with other crops and shrould not tw
produced on the same land for more
than two or three years in .succes
sion.
FEED COSTS AND PROFITS
What attention should we pay to
the feed cost per 100 pounds ol
milk? Do we want to strive to keep
it low? Frankly, I do not pay much
attention to ieed costs except tc
buy quality grain as cheaply as
possible, says a successful dairyman
I try, he says, to feed for produc
tion, and if we produce and feed to
safe capacity of our individual cows
—feeding cot more than one pound
of grain to three pounds of milk—
and cull out oui dividuais,
our feed costs care ol
themselves. In looking over my as
sociation herd book, I see that 60
per cent of my total feed costs are
for grain, running slightly more in
the case of the heaviest producers
If I should cut my feed costs by
reducing the grain costs, would I
increase or decrease my net profits?
I notice without exception that the
cows with the greatest grain bills
charged against them return the
most money above cost of feed. This
conditions probably would not exist
unless every cow’s individual pro
duction were known every day, and
the grain rationed accordingly.
Good cows are most profitably kept
by feeding to safe capacity without
paying much attention to the feed
cast per 100 pounds of milk. This
assumes that the price of concen
trates per pound is not greater than
the price received per pound for the
milk or the relative quankitie3 ot
cream or butter sold. Occasionally
it happens that grain costs exceed
milk prices. Then greater care is
necessary in feeding grain, but I
believe that most dairymen feed
far tco little grain for 'heir own
greatest net profits. Each individ
ual cow must be considered as a
separate factory that we must op
erate to capacity in order to have
the lowest net costs and the great
est profits. It is not the cost we
mu.t watch as closely as the value
of the product above feed costs.
CAPITALIZING CHICKENS
A good many dairy farmers who
keep a small llcck o hens to supply
tho family table with eggs, and as a
means of converting feed that would
otherwise be wasted into food, could
m?ke these same hens pay a part
cf the taxes if they would give them
a little better opportunity. A good
many of the e small flocks are fed
nothing but cereal grains during the
w.nter months. Egg production is
barely enough for the table. The
feeding of skimmiik would Increase
production muoh beyond that ob
tained from the grains alone. Leaves
from alfalfa, clover, or soy bean hay
will.also stimulate production. Min
erals are essential. Salt, calcium
carbonate, bon? meal, ard charcoal
are carriers of the essential mineral
elements. A dollar from the sale of
eggs will go just as far as a dollar
from the sale of milk—if one gets
the dollar. We should make our
hens do better than sunoly the table
and pick up waste feed.
healing and usually prevents fur
ther attack. The chicks subject to
attack should be removed and treat
ed as scon as possible. If It is only
a mild outbreak and the wounds are
slight, the treated chicks can be re
turned to the flock at once. In
other cases, the victims should be
kept separate for a day or so. By
all means prevent cannibalism. If
chicks contract this habit, they are
very likely to continue it as adult
birds.
•
Water is just as important for
stock in winter as in summer, es
pecially milk cows. But it should not
be an iced drink that we furnish
them.
For COLDS
We all catch colds and they can make us miserable;
but yours needn’t, last long if vou will do this: Take
two or t^iree tablets of Bayer Aspirin just as soon as
possible after a cold starts. Slay in the house if you
can—keep warm. Repeat with another tablet or two
of Bayer Aspirin every three cr four hours, if those
symptoms of cold persist. Take a good laxative when
you retire, and keep bowels open. If throat is sore,
dissolve three tablets in a quarter-glassful of water
and gargle. This soothes inflammation and reduces
infection. There is nothing like Bayer Aspirin lor a
cold, or sore throat. And it relieves aches and pains
almost instantly. The genuine tablets, marked Bayer,
are absolutely harmless to the heart.
B/IYER
asi,::iii»
Aspirin is tha trade mark of {layer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicacia
Born on Faat Train
▲ railway conductor, officials of the
line, and the doctor In attendance es
tablished Huntingdon as the birth
place of a baby born on the Flying
Scotsman traveling sixty miles an hour
on Its nonstop run from London to
Edinburgh.
Taking No Chance*
“Why the shinguards, old inau?”
“I'm going out to play bridge with
i lie wife."—Dublin Opinion.
In a dog light, you might sympathise
with the under-dog If be wouldn't yell
so.
I
Children hate to take medicine
u'a rule, but every child loves the
taste of Castoria. And thi3 pure
vegetable preparation is just as
good as it tastes; just as bland
and harmless as the recipe reads.
iThe wrapper tells you just what
astoria contains.)
When Baby s cry warns of colic,
B few drops of Castoria has him
soothed, asleep again in a jiffy.
Nothing is more valuable in diar
rhea. When coated tongue or bad
breath tell of constipation, invoke
its gentle aid to cleanse and regu
late a child'3 bowels. In colds or
children’s diseases, use it to keep
the system from clogging. Your
doctor will tell you Castoria
deserves a place in the family
medicine cabinet until your child
is grown. He knows it is safe for
the tiniest baby; effective for a
boy in his teens. With this special
children’s remedy handy, you need
never risk giving a boy or girl
medicine meant for grown-ups.
Castoria is sold in every drug
store; the genuine always bears
Chas. II. Fletcher’s signature.
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A church may need a good active
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One Etsential Needed
Mother—Well, Nellie, is your do*
kitchen completely furnished nowT
Nellie—No, mamma. I still need a
policeman for the cook.
A statue of Columbus almost 100
feet' high stands at Palos, the port
from which he set out ou his famous
voyage of discovery.
Miserable with Backache?
It May Warn of Disordered !'Idney3,
DOES every day find you lame and achy—suffer
ing nagging backache, headache and dizzy spells?
Are kidney excretions too frequent, scanty or
burning in passage? These are often signs of slug
gish kidneys and shouldn’t be neglected.
To promote normal kidney action and assist your
kidneys in cleansing your blood of poisonous wastes,
use Doans Pills. Endorsed the world over.
50,000 Users Endorse Doan’s:
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mend Doan’s Pills. My kidneys were not acting normally. The secretions were
vary irregular and burned in passing. 1 would get up in the morning tired and
stift all over. I had a constant backache and headaches annoyed me. Since using
Doan's Pills I have been in good shape.”
Doan’s Pills
A Stimulant Diuretic to the Kidneys