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I
—gggjgM-—— .-aaa
"Do^lmell
a smmcircuit,
or yoU^/pipe ? ”
BUT why smoke a pipe that smells
like burning insulation? . . .The
poor chap probably never heard of Sir
Walter Raleigh s favorite smoking mix
ture. He doesn’t know there’s a tohacco
so mild and fragrant it gets the O. K.
of even the fussiest pipe-sniffer. He
doesn’t know that true mildness necdn t
sacrifice body, flavor and “kick.” He i
doesn’t know he can smoke a pipe all
daylong without getting himself or any
body else all hot and bothered. In other
words, he hasn’t met Sir Walter Raleigh.
Some day he will. Let s hope it’s soon.
How to Take Care of Your Pipe
(Him No. 4) Don’t use a sharp knife to clean
out the carbon. You may cut through the cake
and chip the wood. A lot of little "wood spots"
take away from the sweetness of a pipe. Use a
dull knife or reamer. Send fer our free booklet,
"How to Take Care of Your Pipe ” Brown &
Williamson Tobacco Ccrpon..ion, Louisville,
Kentucky, Dept 98.
Sir Walter
KaleiGh
Smoking Icbacco
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Cherp Oil From Shale
The Swedish navy may be inde
pendent of oil importation in tlie fu
ture, thanks to recent developments
of shale oil deposits on the moun
tain of Kinnekulle, in the central
province of Vestergothlnnd. By
means of a new met hurl invented by
Sven V. Bergh, a Swedish engineer,
it is now possible to produce in thir
ty-four hours between two and three
tons of fuel oil out of sixty tons of
shale at a price considerably below
tire present market price of import
ed oil.
Hurrah !
“I can't remember tbe words of
new song,” said the girl, returning
from tbe show.
“That makes It easier,” answered
her father. “Now nil you've got to
do to make home happy is to forget
the tune."—Ion don Til-Bits.
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Phillips dec: vay with all that
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It prevents tlie distress so apt to
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like a burning dose of soda—whlct
Is but temporary relief at best—
Phillips Milk, of Magnesia neutral
izes many times its volume in acid.
Next time a hearty meal, or too
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FARMS REFLECT SFREAD OF MECHANIZATION
The progressive mechanization, which is
effecting radical daily transioi mations in ui
dustry, is also taking place, although more
slowly, on tha farm. This is evident in the
^ steady replacement of beasts of burden by
automotive vehicles. In the decade ending December 31, 1929, the total
.lumber of horses and mules on farms in the bnited States decreased Iran
25.323.000 to 18,762,000. Between the same dates the number of automo
biles and trucks on the farm increased from 2,285,681 to approximately
6.000. 000. In other words, the ratio of horses and mules to autos and
trucks on the farm is now approximately 3 to 1, compared with 11 to 1 10
years ago. However, as the number of horses and mules decreased, their
value per head increased, so that the total value of mules on the farm
is even greater than it was three years ago, and the total value ol the
horses has not shrunk in proportion to their numbers. From $67.18, as oi
December 31, 1927, the value of the average farm horse increased to $70.
71, as of December 31, 1929. The value of the average mule increased
from $79.82 to $83. The aggregate value of horses decreased from $973,
812.000 to $950,318,000, and that of mules grew from $439,320,000 to $441,
726.000. This replacement of actual horsepower by mechanical horsepower
Jn the farm lends credence to predictions that the farm of tomorrow
jvill be run on the mass production methods of industry, and that the
farmer becomes a business executive employing large numbers of mechan
ics and technicians in the direction of large scale productive and distribu
| tive activities. ______ __
VALUE OF EARLY HATCHING
It is generally considered among
the more progressive poultry raisers,
that eariy hatched chicks are
stronger and more vigorous than
late hatched chicks. Perhaps the
strongest reason for early hatching
Is that the pullets will be ready to
lay early in the tall when egg prices
rre high. A chick that is htched in
June will not mature, even under
favorable conditions, until Decem
ber, and that is usually an exceed
ingly unfavorable time for a young
bird to start laving. It is too cold
at that time of tne year unlen
housing conditions are ideal, which
is not the rule on the average farm.
Experiment stations have for years
favored early hatching of chicks,
and have just published some fig
ures on this subject that are very
.arresting. Records from 46 flock
owners show that for each hundred
chicks htched in March and April.
Bi.b oer cent were raised to eight
veeks of age, whereas, from the
same number of chicks batched in
May and June, only 52.7 per cent
were raised to eight weeks of age.
No reason is given for this greater
loss ox laie-hatened chicks, but we
suspect that early hatched chicks
get a better start under average
farm conditions in March and April,
owing to the fact that there is less
danger of infestation from worms
in those months than there is in
Mav and June. In other words, it
is easier to prevent worm infestation
early in the season than later on.
If we assume that an 8-week-old
chick is worth 40 cents, then It can
readily be seen from the above fig
t.res that $12.80 was saved per ICO
chicks hatched during March and
Apiil. as compared with the same
number hatched In May and June.
With a flock of 500 chicks, this
would amount t.o $64. a sum well
worth saving. The chances are that
the saving would be greater than
this would indicatp. because early
hatched chicks will lay more eggs
during the pi.ile. vrar than those
that are hatched late in the season.
FORCING TIIE LAMBS
The feeding of lambs, for the most
part, has been very profitable for a
number of years. As a matter of
face, the margin between feeder and
lat lamb prices has often been so
wide that comparatively inefficient
rations have brought good returns.
This year the outlook is not quite
so favorable for the feeder, and
hence the importance of feeding the
best rations available. There is a
tendency among feeders of cattle
arc! hogs to not feed enough pro
tein to economically balance the ra
tion, end the fame is equally true
of lamb feeders. Unless a man
keeps accurate feed records, which
i3 practically impossible in the farm
feed lot, it is difficult, if not Im
possible for him to make compari
sons between the efficiency of dif
ferently balanced rations that he
may be feeding from year to year.
The best thing the practical feeder
can do, there!ore, is to note the re
sults obtained in feeding tests at
our experiment stations, and use
them as a guide in his own opera
tions. It Is with this thought in
mind that I wish to call attention
to a lamb feeding test about a year
ago, says an expert flock master.
The object of this test was to as
certain whether as good a ration
as shelled corn and alfalfa hay
could be improved from a money
making point of view by the addi
tion thereto of a protein supple
ment. Most feeders are of the opin
ion that when alfalfa hay is avail
able at a reasonable cost,, it will
not pay to add a protein suople
ment at three times the cosft "per
ton, but that when prairie hay,
timothy or some other carbohydrate
roughage must be fed, many do add
a supolement. Let us see what the
test has to offer on thf question.
Eight different lots of lambs, 25
head each, were placed In the feed
lot cn October 17 and were fed till
January 5, a period of 80 days.
Then lambs, of course, were as
nearly alike in quality and con
formation as possible, and they
averaged a little over 63 pounds
per heed when the test began. Lot
1 was fed shelled corn and alfalfa
hay- Of this they consumed an
PRODUCING EARLY BROILERS
The production of early broilers !
s not so difficult at the present day
.5 it was several years ago, due to '
better knowledge of brooding and
ceding, particularly o: the value of
unshine, cod-liver oil, glass sub
titutes, and so on. Several thipgs,
equire careful attention to get best
results with early brooding. We
oust have sufficient room for suf
ficient room for brooding and avoid
crowding more chicks under a
oroooer stove or in a battery brood
er than should be placed there, with
mfficiepA hopper space so all chicks
will have an opportunity to get
nough feed to grow on, and we
must clean the house frequently
average, throughout the feeding pe
riod, of 1.03 pounds of ccrn an<
1.49 pounds of alfalfa per head po:
day. The average daily gam wai
.246 of a pound per head. Tn«
other seven lots were all given th»
same feeds with the addition ol i
daily allowance of .13 of a pounc
of a protein supplement, such s;
linseed meal, cottonseed meal, con
gluten meal and different comb na
tions cf these. Lot 2 received tha
amount of linseed meal daily, Let 3
the same amount of cottonceec
meal, and Lot 4, the same ameuni
of corn giuten feed. These thret
lots all made larger daily gains thar.
Lot 1, without the supplement.
shown by the following: Lot 2, .28’
of a pound: Lot 3, .299 of a pound
and Lot 4, .305 of a pound. Whai
is more, the gains were made ai
lower cost Besides, these supple
ment-; ed lots also brought from 3f
to 55 cents more per hunorcc
pounds on the market than Lot 1
which received no protein supph
ment. Unfortunately, the lamb*
we re purchased at a price the I
mads them cost $13.90 laid down :r
the feed lot, and had to be me. -
keted at an average of $12.83. Cr
that account, all lots showed a loss
but tha„ does not affect the less r
which may be drawn from tne re
sults obtained. Feeds were figures
at the following prices: Sheiicc
corn, 70 cents a bushel; lir.seec
meal. cottonseed meal and c:rr
gluten meal, $50 a ton, and aiir.La
hay, $15 a ton. With these figure:
In mind, note the loss sustained fc\
each lot. For Lot 1, the los w»:
$1.60 per head; for Lots 2 and 3
$1.13, and for Lot 4, 79 cents. Th is
it will be seen th3t it paid v.ci.
to supplement corn and alialla witr
a protein concentrate. Those whe
do net hove es good a roughage r:
alfalfa or clover, should feed mere
than .13 of a pound of supplemein
a day. One fifth to one fourth cl
a pound per head per day would cr
better.
LUNGER FARROV.'ING SEASON
Penalization of haavy butchci
hogs, excess lard production, popu
larity of light loins, hams and o.n
er cuts and risk incidental to carry
ing hogs above 250 pounds are fac
tors responsible for a movement tc
spread the farrowing season over a
longer period. Each summer a mass
of hogs weighing anywhere from
250 to 350 pounds descends on the
market, concurrently with a season
al crop of packing sows that Ircrr
the killer's standpoint serve practi
cally the same purpose, with the
usual result, a narrow and apparent
ly illogical spread between the tvo
Ironing out the hog production cvcle
so far as the long period Is con
cerned, may be a mere theory, but
the position of the swine grown
might be materially improved bj
substantial reduction of average
weight. Pall farrowing on a more
extensive scale is one method oi in
stitutmg this reform; another, far
rowing at more frequent periods,
making frequent turnover at lightei
weights possible, thus insuring a
laiger volume of popular-weight
product, eliminating hazards initp
arable from carrying hogs into heavy
weight and giving growers the ad
vantage of marketing at different
seasons. Such a radical change in
production methods necessitates
equiment, intelligent dieting and up
to-date methods in other respects
Handwriting on the market wall
means that lard handicaps the over
weight hog and that popular denfbnd
Is concentrating on light and mid
dle weight meat cuts, a lesson pro
ducers must heed.
AVOID CHILLING OF EGGS
Chilled eggs won’t hatch. Gather
your eggs several times daily if you
are going to set them or sell them
to a hatchery. Most liatcheries keep
a fertility and hatching record on
every customer and if your eggs
don’t hatch you are cut off and oit
en never knew why. Putting eggs
next to a hot stove is as bad as
chilling. Keep them in a tempera
ture of between 50 end 70 degrees.
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To prevent horses over-reaching,
shorten the toes of the front shoes
and lengthen the toes of the hind
shoes.
and provide sufficient he$.t. Unless
these points are given attention,
poorly grown and poorly feathered
chicks will result, and tne mortali
ty may be high.
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I.OOK AFTER MACHINERY
Now to a good time to tnlnk
about gett-ng all nnohines under
shelter, to make a hat of all re
poira and replacements needed for
next year, and to make whatever
Improvements may be needed. A
card should be made out for each
maonine as it is put away, notir.:
whatever repairs or adjustments are
needed, and thru the work done
lat/rr in the winter && the farm
work permits.
Tou'r** Wrong About These.
Robert igmaii. M, D.. in Cap
p.r's Magazine.
Her* is a hsi ol 20 ot the mistak
en oeiitfs from which anyone can
figure cut ills own delusional aver
age:
1. It is almost iatai to eat lobster
and follow u with ice cream.
2. Red-headed people always
have quick tempers.
3. Winters were longer and colder
when you were a child.
4. Dew falls.
5. Tan shoes are coder for sum
mer wear uian black.
6. Shaving makes the hair grow
faster,
7. Long, slender hands indicate
an artistic temperament.
8. Marriage ol cousin? necessarily
results in children ot Inferior in
telligence,
9. A high forehead indicates «
superior in elhgence.
10. A liqmd contained in the cen
ter o." many goll balls will cause in
stant, total blindness.
11. There is something in astrol
ogy.
i'2. AH Scotchmen are penurious.
13. All Chincre smoke opium.
14. Lightning never stuaes twice
in 'he same place.
15. One hour’s, sltep before mid
night is worth two after midnight.
iti. Women are by nature r.ctter
anti purer than men.
17. A square jaw is a sign of will
power
18. Conscience is an infallible
guide to conduct.
13. An expectant mother can ln
flurr.ee the -"harac’.er of her child
by fixing her mind on a subject.
30. If your ears burn it is a sign
that tomconc is talking about you.
Not one of these beliefs has any
foundation in fact. Each has been
subjected to (he acid test of sci
entific inv:stigation and found
wanting, coincidences to the con
trary notwithstanding.
Mr. Ifocvcr’s Big .Mistake.
From Lincoln, (Neb.) Star.
Will King, the giLed correspon
dent of the Winn.peg Free Press,
is sharply critical of Mr. Hoover.
“Whatever may have been the good
intention? of the pres.dent there is
no one today that does not admit
he made a fatal mistake in open
ing up the tariff question," Mr.
Kink writes in his newspaper. As
an admired and re pec ted student
of Amer.san politics. Mr. King al
ways presents an interesting view
but he ignores ;*>me recent history
in arriving at his conclusions with
reference to the president’s tariff
mistake.
Mr. Hoover has lost ground In
the Middle West not because he
opened up the tariff question but
for the reason he has not kept hi#
pledge. He promised to readjust
the dut.es on farm products, and
to leave schedules covering manu
factured goods, except In a few
isolated instances at present levels.
That was to equalize the economic
position of agriculture and indus
try. At the special session of con
gress called ior remedying the farm
situation, the industrial bloc domin
ating congress got completely away
from Mr. Hoover and drafted a bill
which would have Increased the in
equities existing between manufac
turing anti agricuitu e. For some
reason Mr. Hoover has gradually
permitted the impression to spread
tha ho would sign a bill of the
char: o.or of the Hawley measure.
For thii reason tha central west
feels the pc-.dent h.°s repuci a ted
his solemn promise and has adopted
the industrial view.
The farmer is suffering severely
today because of Mr. Hoover’s lack
of ieadorrhip. There was one in
dustry which stood up well in the
ft.ee o', inrdequate tariffs until re
cent months. That was dairying.
But the consumption of butter sub
s.ituies increased so much a year
ago that the p ic:s for butterfat
tumbled 12 io 11 cents below what
they were in 1929. Still Mr. Hoover
is taking no action to aid tne oaary
farmer competing against cheap
vegetable oils coming from the
South Sea Islands into the United
States duty free. That, writes Mr.
King, is Mr. Hoover's grave mis
take. He would not have suffered
loss of prestige and friendly feeling
If he had kept hds promise to read
just the tariff dutiee.
Alcoholic Death Rate.
From New York World.
There Is no need to embroider the
figures reported by the Metropolitan
Life Insurance company. These fig
ures rest on a broad base—a survey
of 10,000,000 industrial policies hi
the Metropolitan company. They
show that in nine yean of federal
prohibition the alcoholic death rate
among these 19,000,000 policyhold
ers has Increased by almost 600 per
cent over the figure for 1930, and
that It Is now double the wartime
death rate of 1918. They show,
again, that the states In which the
death rate from alcoholism Is In
creasing most rapidly are states In
the south and west as well as hi
the east: Nebraska, West Virginia
and Kentucky show a death rate
high above the average, along with
Massachusetts. Pennsylvania and
New York. Finally, these figures
throw some light on temperance in
th? United States, under a soealied
prohibition law, as compared with
temperance in Canada, under a
regulative system. The Metropolitan
company fays: "In the wage-earn
in:' population, at leant, the alco
ho;ie death rate during the last
eight years has been six times as
high in the Usited States as in
Canada.”
We commend these figures to
congress, to the presidents law en
forcement commission, and espe
cial ly to the small company of ex
perts who are still demonstrating
the superlative advantages of pro
hibition.
Q. How much butter will 100
pounds of milk make? G. L.
A. The department of agricul
ture says that the amount of milk
required to make one pound of but
ter depends upon the quality of the
milk. Ordinarily speaking, milk
contains f’om 3 to 3'£> per cent but
ter fat. Consequently it would take
100 pounds of milk to make about
Vi pounds of butter.
Hard.
From Tit-Bits.
Is Goldberg a hard man?”
1 should say so. Did you notice
his eyes?”
‘ Yes. One seemed to have a more
human express on than the other.*
Well, that one is made of glass.”
Q. Are ihc parents of Dorothy
Arnold, the missing girl, still liv
ing? S. T.
A. On December 28, 1928. Mrs.
Mary Parks Arnold, widow of Fran
cis R. Arnold and mother of Doro
hy Arnold, died of heart disease.
Dorothy Arnold vanished at the age
of 17 on December 10, 19K*
fWe&ti less
i« :'a i ii T
Some folks take pain for granted.
They let a cold “run its course.”
They wait for their headaches to “urear off.”
If suffering from neuralgia or from neuritis,
they rely on feeling better in the morning.
Meantime, they suffer unnecessary pain.
Unnecessary, because there is an antidote.
Bayer Aspirin always offers immediate relief
from various aches and pains we once lad to
endure. If pain persists, consult yonr doctor
as to its cause.
Save yourself a lot of pain and rVwresnfart
through the many uses cf Bayer Aspir'u. Pro
tect yourself by buying the genuine. Phaser ■
safe. Always the came. All drugstore*
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St. Mark’*, Venice, Reatored
St. Mark's of Venice, Italy, is tin
first of the three national cathedral
of Euorpe to be restored. Workmen
have just completed their task ol
•JU years in making it safe for use
The cathedral was built In 1063, and
decorated and faced with marble by
the Venetians after the fall of Con
stantlnople. The structure was very
weak, however, and large cracks np
pen red in the walls. Workmen have
been filling In the cracks, repairing
flu* vault and replacing I he damaged
stones uud mortar with concrete. The
other cathedrals being restored are
St. Paul's In Loudon, and that at
Mnyence, Germany.
Old things are always In good
repute, present things in disfavor.—
Tacitus.
No Memory for Date*
The Interviewer—SIwB I mention
the year of your birth?
The Movie Star—No. You may
say I have just pawn'd my nine
teenth birthday. I ran remember
t’uit for years and tf« swcti a bother
to change a date every tear.
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Live Stock
It Is estimated by the Horse An
soeiitlloti of Amtrba thtt there are
now 1'i..'itMMMH) horses and mules on
farms in the United Slates, and 7<l*X
tWO tractors.
No Improvrromt
Visitor—I see yon have sit your
daughters o(T your bnm>.
Father—Yes; but I have to ker*
;ho!r husbands on thrlr feet.—An
swers.
^Babies
FRET
There are times when a baby is
too fretful or feverish to be sung
to sleep. There are some pains a
mother cannot pat away. But
there's no time when 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 aw’ay.
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 inInutile ills.
Give good old Castoria nntti your
children are in their teens I
Whenevei coated tongues tell of
constipation; whenever there’s
any sign of sluggisSnar-s that
needs no stronger nvrrikmes to
relieve. Castoria is plcasant-tast
ing; children love to take it. Bay
the genuine—with Q»as. H.
Fletcher’s signature on wrapper.
Solid Reasoning
Freddy—Wliat is an iceberg, Dad
dy?
Daddy—Why, It's a kind of a per
manent wave, son.
A wise man sees as much as he
ought, not as much as he can.—Mon
taigne.
Precedes the Towels
Mr. Goodsole—Cadger tells a piti
ful ha (I luck story.
Mr. I’stung—Yet it’* spot* a touch
ing tale.
When women kiss mA other It
means about as much an a IsmbatOM
epitaph.
Old shoes made *
new for less than {
a penny a pair \
Scuffs disappear. Clean, uniform color return*.
More than jo shines for jo cents. Black, brown,
tan, white and neutral.
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