Strongest
“Gerald suffered with Ids stomach
.and bowels until he was listless and
weak,’’ says Mrs. II. E. Geren, 822
AV. Main St., Oklahoma City, Okla.
“Now he’s the strongest hoy I
know. I gave him California Fig
Hyrup because Mother used it It
Increased his appetite, regulated his
bowels, helped his digestion.”
Nothing could be more convincing
than the way thousands of mothers
-are praising California Fig Syrup to
show how it acts to build-up and
strengthen headachy, bilious, half
sick, constipated children.
Your doctor will approve the use of
this pure vegetable product asi often
as impure breath, coated tongue,
listlessness or feverishness warn of
constipation—or to keep bowels
open in colds or children’s diseases.
The word California onbo/tleaud
carton marks the genuine.
CALIFORNIA
FIG SYRUP
LAXATIVE-TONIC for CHILDREN
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Old Story Bettered
At Brooklyn u man who gave Ills
innne ns Dan Bennett bettered Mark
Twain's famous remark about the re
port of his death being greatly ex
aggerated. Bennett called on a
Brooklyn undertaker to thank him
for his funeral. His sister had
•claimed the body of a man who had
died on the street and ordered the
funeral from the undertaker.
Special Attention
Station Master—The pig cannot go
In the carriage with you. It must
bare a special compartment.
Kustic—Thank you, kindly, sir; but
there is no need for all that cere
mony about my old pig.—Dorfbarbier
< Berlin).
Safety Fir»t
“Darling, look at those lovely dia
monds in that window. The sparkla
almost blinds one."
“Yes; let 11s go on.”—Herold.
If you are going to ask a favor of
a map by letter, always spell his
name right.
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BUILDING TERRACES
The building of terraces is dene in
a number of different ways—by use
of plow, scraper, drags and terrac- I
ing machines. Perhaps the most i
common way is to plow up the place |
where the terrace is to be con- i
structed and then drag the dirt up ]
from both sides. It has been right- I
ly advocated for a number of years !
that the proper way to buila the
terrace bank is to drag all the soil |
from the upper side, taking the dirt j
needed to build the terrace from tne |
ditch into which the water is to
run. The advocates of this metnc-1
have held that it is the best way I
for two reasons—the first being that |
it is easier to throw dirt downhill j
than uphill, a fact which is easiiy I
recognised. Second, if the soil is
pushed up from the ground below i
the terrace bank it makes a ditch
on the lower side of the terrace
which if not eradicated will result |
in the gullying of the field. There i
is always a low spot in the field
between terraces, and the ditch on
the lower side of the terrace will
tend to pick up water along the ter
race and carry it down to this low
spot, where it empties. This wafer
flows down to the next terrace,
which it overloads and breaks. One
farmer has just found another rea
son why terraces should be built
this way. He points out that the
capacity of the waterway on the
upper side of the terrace is one of
the important things in terrace con
struction. If all the soil needed to'
build the terrace bank is taken from
this place where the water is to
run, it v/ili throw up the terrace
bank and get the desired capacity
with the moving of 30 per cent less
soil than if the terrace is built from
both sides. In other words, it takes
about one-third less work.
HOME BEAUTIFICATION
If the interest now being shown
In rural home beautification con
tinues to grow, farm homes should
present a more pleasing appearance
within the next few years. More
well-planned and well-lanscaped
farms are seen now than were sten
a few years ago. Already in Iowa,
training schools in landscape archi
tecture are being conducted among
farmtrs by the extension service
colleges. Farm beautification does
not call for an expensive landscape
architect and costly materials and
labor, altnough if the improvements
are to be extensive it is better to
have trained assistance, of course.
Among the first things to do is to
clean up all the trash and worn
out machinery. Seed the lawn and
fence it to keep chickens off. Plant
a few flowers and set out a few
shrubs about the house and in cor
ners—keep center of lawn open.
Grade the driveway so the water
will drain off. Home beautification
is usually accomplished with a sim
ple plan. Ornate decorations and
complicated designs spoil the ap
pearance of the ordinary farm home,
landscape architects tell us. A few j
trees should be planted by all !
means, if there are no trees present.
After all, what is more attractive
than a well-painted house, framed
with fine trees, and set back from
the road? A good way to separate
the lots and outbuildings from the
house and lawn is by a vine or
flower covered fence. It gives the
house an appearance of exclusive
ness and adds to the farmstead's
attractiveness. What could have a
better effect on a man, as far as
surroundings go, than passing un
der a rose arbor on his way to and
from work?
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IMPROVING BEES
The United States department of
agriculture is attempting to devel
„op a new race of honeybees superior
to any now serving the beekeeper.
Specialists in the government bee
laboratory near Washington, D. C.,
are testing and attempting to im
prove various methods for the arti
ficial insemination of queen bees
devised within the last few years in
this country and abroad. Once such
technique is made more practicable
they will assemble specimens of the
more important races of honeybees
ar.d will make innumerable crosses
in an effort to combine the desir
able characteristics of all of them
into one or two new races, just as
the livestock breeder seeks in his
breeding operations to improve his
animals. The bee breeders hope
their work will go even further
than this by producing new types
with the desirable traits developed
to a greater degree than in any
races now known. First, beekeepers
would like bees wPh considerably
larger honey stomaches so they can
carry more nectar on each trip.
They hope for a bee with a large
thorax and a greater wing expanse
so it can fly under more adverse
conditions and carry heavier loads.
For northern climates a bee that
can fly in cooler weatner is sought.
A larger tongue capable of sucking
nectar from the depths of long
tubrd flowers would be welcome. A
race that would breed rapidly but
not swarm excessively and would
be immune to contagious diseases is
another hone of the breeders. And
last but not 'east, a gentle, sociable
honeybee with a good disposition is
more to the hearts of the men who
work with bees.
HENS TEMPERAMENTAL
Hens have habits. They get up
at about the same time each morn
ing, go to roost about the same
>ime every night, a little later in
summer than in winter. They come
in from the range about the same
hour each afternoon; thfey fly to
the highest perch to roost; they
scratch with their heads facing the
sunlight they seek the same nest
in which to lay; they quarrel with
strange birds: they refuse food that
is not familiar; they act much as
humans act. To get along with
them, it is well to humor their na
tural habits and tastes for their
habits are as fixed as the dog’s
habit of turning around before he
lies down. When we don’t go their
way, we lose out. This early rising,
for instance: Unless we have food
BEES IN WINTER
A honey bee, or any other insect,
does not have a circulation of blood
like a warm blooded animal, but
under conditions of low temperature
must depend entirely upon bodily
exercise to keep warm. A single bee
would have difficulty keeping warm
over a long period of time. In
stinct has therefore guided the bees
to a more satisfactory methods of
keeping warm during the winter. All
the bee3 in the hive come together
in a mass, forming a hollow ball
known as a cluster. The hairs on
their bodies are closely interwoven
to form a nearly air-tight compart
within reach, the egg factory is slow
in starting and not so many eggs
are male during the year. When
they come up for iheir evening feed,
if the mash hoppers are not filled,
if there is no scratch grain in the
litter, the fowls are discontented, a
laUr feeding means over-gorging,
or lack of feed may mean cases ol
crop bound through the eating o*
too much bulk or Indigestible sub
stances. Crop bound is sometimes
called the Sunday morning disease
caused by late breakfast on this day
of rest. Since the birds will roost on
the highest perch, why leave a
choice? The tiers of roosts of un
even heights are being replaced by
roosts on one level. The waiting
line for a nest means delayed laying
and eggs laid on the floor. The loss
in egg yield more than covers the
expense of enough nests. One to
every six hens for a fair laying
flock is needed, though one to every
four hens was the number allotted
to a flock of pullets under observa
tion for a year, the resul s of which
were reported by the Philippine
Agriculturist. There were 50 pul
lets in the flock. The reports show
they behaved much like humans.
Humans want more than anything
else ccmfort. Comfort is what these
pullets wanted. They got up and
went to bed at practically the same
hour, an nour later, or 6 o’clock
on the winter mornings. From Sep
tember to February hey went to
roost about 5 o’clock; other months
at 6. The length of the poultry
days was observed to be closely re
lated to the length of daylight. On
rainy days they stood about the
house until afternoon, when some
yvent out in the weather. When the
day was hot. they strolled outdoors
early in the morning and in the
late afternoon. Like youth in gen
eral, part of their time was spent
In idling and walking around ap
parently without objective. Though
there was food inside the house for
all their needs, most of the hens
spent some tim’ when out of dcors
In scratching. The time thev spent
on the nest was practically the
same with the laying of every egg
—from one hour and thirty five
minutes to two hours and sixteen
minutes The heavier birds took
longer to lay All preferred to lay
in the same nest each day. When
they walked around out of doors,
thev chose the soft grass as a
promenade. The water pan was
always surrounded. They showed
preference for shade when the sun
shone. When the weather was hot.
thev went outdoors. Perhaps if
we’d think what we’d like to do if
we were a hen. and treated the
hens accordingly, we’d get more
eggs.
SOMFTHING ABOUT RTF
It’s well to look ahead a few
months. Looking ahead \o next
spring, how will you be fixed for
pasture? Is there a possibility that
your silage may run short? If so,
one of the best solutions possible,
at least -or the Middle West, is to
sow rye this fall, and It can be
sown until late in October with suc
cess. A good many of our dairymen
are already taking advantage of
the possibilities of rye for early
spring pasture, but a good many
more have never tried ft. At one
station rye has been seeded at
weekly intervals until late in No
vemo r unu in ^unosc every in
stance, made a successful stand.
Hosen, Minnesota No. 2 and Swed
ish are considered good varieties
The crop is preferaoly drilled at
the rate of aoout two bushels an
acre. The station and our dairy
men who have tried rye find for il
these advantages: It may be seeded
alter the rush of harvesting and
threshing and just before corn
husking time; the crop, if seeded
early, will provide some fall pasture
and then exceedingly early spring
pasture; it will supplement silage
in the spring; it provides temporary
pasture which p.rmlts keeping the
cows off the regular pasture until
the grass has a goed start; the
early spring rye pasture provides a
succulent ionic to cows that may
have been cn dry feed all winter;
after finishing pastaring the rye, it
may be plowed under and the land
put to corn cr other crops.
FAIRS EDUCATIONAL
That part of county and state
fairs which has to do with farm
animals is a show window in a rense
that the best specimens of the
breeder's spill are on exhibition.
Methods directly and indirectly
concerned with the management of
live stock are demonstrated. It may
be a means of preventing parasites
and diseases of swine, an improved
method of feeding calves, a better
#way to make alfalfa hay, or a sim
'ple, inexpensive way of cooling milk.
If a fair has the right kind of man
agement, these things will be in its
show window. If they are there
and you do not profit by them, it is
not the management’s fault. The
extent to which the public patron
age of a fair studies its pages of les
sons measures the real value of its
claim for patronage.
HOGGING DOWN CORN
On some dairy farms spring lit
ters of pigs will soon be turned intc
cornfields where they may helf
themselves to as much corn as thej
want. Other dairymen who alst
raise swine could well consider thf
economics in this practice. One car
make mistakes in hogging dowr
corn. It is not good economy t(
turn a few hogs into a large flck
of corn. They will get too much ol
it on the ground and will not clear
it up. Small fields or fenced of)
portions of large fields are better
One can waste corn in another waj
by not having the proper protein
supplement available. It takes toe
much corn for ICO pounds gain ic
this way. A simple mineral mixture
also is helpful in reducing the feec
for 100 pounds gain.
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Onions require cool, dry condi
tions for storage with plenty of air.
A temperature of about 38 degrees
is best.
ment. The bees in the center of
the mass fan their wings, and make
rapid movements with their legs
and abdomens, creating enough heal
to warm not only themselves but
the rest of the cluster as well. After
the bees in the center of the mass
have been exercising for some time
they crawl to the outside of the
cluster and others take their turn
at the work. By this sort of co
operation, the entire group keeps
warm over long periods of time. Be
cause of this continued exercis*
throughout the winter, the bees
must have an adequate food supplj
to survive
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end of a day’s work. We want the
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We want an up-to-date radio,
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We’re going to put our money
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one of the new Atwater Kents.
When we go into town tomorrow,
we’re going to stop at a dealer’s and
order an Atwater Kent. We know
what we want and we’re going to
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That’s another reason why rural fam
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Furs Not Out of Place
in City on the Equator
Carveth Wells, the engineer-explor
er-Iecturer who went Into Africa with
the purpose of disproving the popu
lar Idea that the center of thnt con
tinent is a heat-ridden jungle, has
found adequate proof, in the World's
Work, Mr. Wells describes his stop
at Nairobi:
“It is a new-looking town, with
plenty of building In progress. It Is
the capital of Kenya colony and has
a population of 13,000, of which
3,600 are whites. Although virtually
upon the equator, the town enjoys
a delightful climate, with a yearly
rainfall of only 38 inches. It Is re
freshingly cool, especially at night.
Many residents use fires all year
round, and it Is not at all unusual
to see ladies wearing furs after sun
set.
“Nairobi has several excellent
hotels, the streets are wide and well
paved, and the traffic, which Is con
siderable, Is regulated by picturesque
ly uniformed native police. Excel
lent stores of nil kinds line the
streets, especially those of sporting
outfitters.
“These do a marvelous business
with the wealthy, who flock to East
Africa to go on safnri and generally
shoot up the country—then return
ing home laden with trophies and
glowing with glory, big-game hunt
ers at last!”
Petrified Tree Stump
While blasting out a lodge at
Moose River, Maine, a road commis
sioner blew out a large fragment of
rock which had in the center the
well-defined remains of an ancient
stump that had become almost wholly
petrified, small pieces of the wood be
ing enslly picked out of the stone.
The wood appeared to bo a knot,
which In some remote age had solidi
fied as the sandstone formation in
which It was found gradually hard
ened into a concrete mass.
Correct Spelling
“My husband examined many dia
monds before he chose this one, and
he says this Is the tlower of them
all.”
“You mean f-l-o-u-r.”
“Why?”
“It's paste!”
Nutihell Sport* Code
“An overdose of self-love,” says
Football Coach Bob Zuppke, “makes
bums of men who ought to he cham
pions. Forgetfulness of self often
makes champions of men who look as
If they might be bums.”—American
Magazine.
Needed
“Good-by, darling. Look after the
home well and If you need any
money while I am away just go to
the bank.”
“Yes, darling. What time does the
hank close today?”—Berlin Wahre
Jakob.
Modified Romance
"Would you marry a man for
money?”
“No,” answered Miss Cayenne,
‘and yet I don’t think I should re
gard a man as being especially de
arable because of ids poverty.”
A* a Last Retort
“Miss Oldham lias taken up as
tronomy."
“How strange! Perhaps she lias
heard that there Is a man in the
ui wa
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Left alone in the parlor with the
open piano, don't one-flnger the key
board.
Whatever you have no taste for,
you are willing, sometimes furious,
to make n crusade against.
Fretful DAYS
Restless NIGHTS
... give child Castoria
PUSSY, fretful, can’t sleep, won't
eat.... 1t isn’t always easy to find
just where the trouble is with a
young child. It may be a 3tomach
upset; it may be sluggish bowels.
But when little tongues arc
coated and there is even a slight
suspicion of bad breath—it 3 tuns
for Castoria!
Castoria, you know, u a pure
vegetable preparation especially
made for babies and children. When
Baby cries with colic or is fretful
because of constipation, Castoria
brings quick comfort, and, with
relief from pain, soothes him to
restful sleep. For older children—
up through all the school years,
Castoria is equally effective in
helping to right irregularities. Just
give it in larger doses. What a
comfort Ciotoria 13 to mothers!
Get the genuine, with Chas. H.
Fletcher’s signature on wrapper
and the name Ca3toria that always
appears like thb:
1
Even when men go to the dojis, tlie
dojis, friendly creatures, welcome
them.
You generally ran’t shock people
without disgusting them. Consider
I that.
H EAD
TH ROB ?
The woman who knows, would
as soon start out without her
purse! She always carries Bayer
Aspirin.
When your head fairly throbs
from the stores and crowds,
reach for that little box. Take
two or three tablets, a swallow
of water, and resume your
shopping — in comfort. Relief
is immediate.
Most people use these won
derful tablets for something/
But do you know how many,
many ways they can spare you
needless suffering? From the
discomfort—and danger—of a
neglected cold. From serious
consequences of a sore throat.
From those pains peculiar to
women. From the misery of
neuralgia and neuritis.
Every drugstore has genuine ^
Bayer Aspirin. The box say9 '
Bayer, and every tablet bears i
the Bayer cross. Tablets thus (
marked do not depress the heart. |
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