* -->3 c*rr o Mr or* Horae*—Work Them Carefully in the Spring Time,
Until Their Muscles Get Right.
B» PROF A I ALEXASnni)
tm to work u« t'mcf ctreToil;
to IE- springtime. They have been
*to»e:E* around until their muscles
at* all soft ud to *«: ngbt doss to
■Lard » srk al] at once ju; rn ak- them
•teii carefully. too. for a few
*»?» i«tter underfeed them than to
C’* tb*-at too much on the tun
Sc»jb« erf tkt carn-ooafc* tad
brushes used «. souse of the Um> of
ooeotry are a sight to behold
H-tler tiroa them otw the fence and
«« 6e» one* The coot u slight and
1 do a treat deal better Job
Ttsiak boar much better the horses
wtS fed about tt. too
Harness to high this Faring as well
aa ail other kinds of leather goods. yet
It !• better to buy new thaw to run
the rtsh of a runaway If you really
tlua* yoa cannot afford a new one
t*fc- the harness to souse good maw
aad hare every • eah piece made good
Tbnt will tide you over until you can
do better
Halter-pulling is a bad trtek in a
borse Often it la brought .on by care
usage in the stall Never do any
thing that would frighten a horse in
I his stall. lxx>k to it that no one ^ise
! does either
Half the bad habits of horses may
be laid at the door of the men who
handle them I have seen a mare
cured of pulling at the halter just by
a change of the master. Kindness al
ways brings the best kind of returns
with all animals.
When a horse gets to gnawing at a
manger the best thing to do is to cover
! everything gnaw able with tin. Better
do it before the habit is formed, how
ever
The first symptom of kicking should
; lead us to dispose of the animal that
does it? Life is precious Never risk
it with a horse that kicks.
See to it taat every strap and
buckle is in place before leaving the
barn
The horse '.hat can walk fast,
whether he be a saddle, driving or a
draft horse, always commands a bet
ter price than the one equally good
sn other respects, but a slow walker.
In training a horse to walk fast he
is not injured in the least for any oth
er gait and can be taught to trot and
gallop just as well as before.
RIGHT CONDITION
BEFORE LAMBING
Important That Breeding Ewes
Be Put Under Careful Sur
vedance Few Weeks.
brlort isd iflw lambing is an
anxious time for the shf»p raiser as
he fttadf to lose «B«dr»Wf or to
lose a great deal The seat mouth or
two are important one*
Marts U »rittec about ?b«* treatment
of *««>• after lam bine and too Utile is
•aid about giving them extra rare be
for* band
If the ewea are thin and weak the
lamb* always male a bad start, bat If
the Bilk ia deficient both la quantity
azd quality, they are bedly nourished
If only one is to be raised it may suc
ceed better than twins, but even a
•male last will hare a bard time of
ft If t&e ewe ia poor
f knew there is danger in haring
some kinds of stock too fat at the time
of producing their young, bat eery few
ewes suffer from that Indeed, the
danger la that they may be too thin,
and especially is this true tf the win
ter has been unusually severe.
H la most undesirable to hare the
strength of tbe ewe Impaired at this
time, as strength is seeded to lamb
successfully and condition is wanted
tc proride amply for the lambs For
this reason it would be well to put
the breeding ewes under careful sur
e-tiance for a few weeks before lamb
ing
A heavy cost of wool may glre them
a fat appearance, but if tbe bones are
perossioest It is not s good sign. Extra
care and superior food dally is neces
sary tf owe would be quite sure tbe
eyes are in proper condition
It is much cheaper and more satis
factory to do this than to make great
efforts to improve them afterwards
DETERMINING AGE
OF YOUNG CATTLE
fine of Appearance of Incisors
Vanes Withm Narrow Limits—
Molars Don't Count.
iBf o E- M'.RTON Colorado ApVu!
tara! i
The calf whoa born has two pair of
Indoors. the otier two pair appear
d«n« fie am month. W hen a calf
to • mceih* old It loses the
middle pair of sulk Incisors, and
grows a permanent pair The next
fair, one oe each side, to replaced at
taent j-eewec. months of ace. the third
fair at thirty-six months, the fourth
or outside pair a: fonyftve months.
The time of appearance of these m
toors wanes within rather narrow
limits, s» that as are able to tall the
ace of yoanc cattle fairly accurately.
The calf also has s temporary set of
molars, which are later replaced with
permanent ones, but they are not con
wtderv-d m estimatlnc the ace of the
Preventing Roup.
A roll of tarred paper and a few
wards and nails now may save an
wibreak of roup In midwinter.
Mens Like Dark Nests.
Tba experience of most poultry rais
ers to that hens will every time take
to a dark nest rather than one ex
posed to the light, a hen trill seek
the bottom of a mancer. dieting her
way down throach the hay. rather
than use a ready-made nest in plain
Sheep Need Shelter.
Do not think because n sheep has n
heavy coat of wool he will be able to
endure cold rains and sleep without u
warm shelter.
JOBS AROUND THE
FARM IN WINTER
Best Time cf Year to Move ana
Transplant Trees—Many
Other Excellent Hints.
Keep the horses sharp shod when
. the ground is icy. If you do not, they
-ire apt to slip and strain themselves,
! ;«erhaps permanently.
Winter is the very best time of the
year to move and transplant large
-:.ade trees. Take them up with a
arge ball of frozen soil which holds
without injury a large number of feed
ing roots.
Drag down stalks and tall weeds in
»'nter when the ground is frozen or
dry. in this condition they will catch
-he snows and rams, become rotten,
i make plowing easier and sooner be
-ome available plant food when turned
under
On billy land inclined to wash,
j watch the soil during winter and fill
depressions and gullies with stalks,
i straw and any rubbish that will hold
the soil and catch any that may be
washed in from roads and adjacent
fields.
A good tool to cut turf around trees
and along borders of walks can be
made from an old hoe. Bend the
shank out straight and sharpen from
both sides.
CclU ought to be halter-broken now
and by spring they ought to be used
to the bridle and the backhand.
If you cannot afford to build an ex
pensive hogbouse, take ten-foot
boards and nail them to a stout
frame made in the shape of a peaked
roof. Cover these with long straw
and batten them down with strips
running crosswise. The boards should
run from the peak downward and
the straw should be laid the same
way in order to carry off water. A
»indow for light and ventilation
should be put in one end and a self
closing door in the other.
A cheap and effective protection for
young and tender vines can be made
br taking small wooden boxes of any
kind, knocking off both ends and tack
mk a piece of cheesecloth over one.
Press the bcx down tightly over the
plant so that the bugs cannot get un
der Tile cheesecloth will filter the
light just enough to give the plant a
good start.
One of the handiest things about a
farm is a cart made from the wheels
of an old buggy on which is mounted
a light frame, constructed to hold hay
| or other light material. A pair of
handshafts can be attached and these
should be supported by a stick hinged
1 to the handle when the cart Is stand
ing
Range for Fattening Turkey*.
Turkeys should have free range
while being fattened for market.
We used to fatten the turkeys in
small enclosures, but discontinued
this several years ago because they
did not seem to thrive well.
After the first few days they would
begin to lose their apnctites no matter
how great a variety of food was given.
The whole trouble was lack of ex
ercise. If turkeys cannot get plenty
of exercise they, cannot have a good
appetite, and of course will not gain
in weight
Don't Crowd the Hens.
If your house 4s built to accommo
date fifty hens, keep that many, and
try to keep them in the best possible
shape for profit You will get it but
If you try to crowd In 50 per cent
more you will require more feed and
will have fewer eggs. It is pure
greed which often renders a flock un
profitable.
Ha vs nest boxes in inconspicuous
places for the shy pullets and keep
them clean.
If the turnips are not eaten, try
mniHwg and mifiai In the bran m»«ii
GET RID OF DUST ON ROADS
One of the Most Important Problems
to Confront Highway Engineers—
Two Methods Suggested.
<By I* W. PAGE.)
The most important problem which
has confronted highway engineers in
recent years is the getting rid of the
dust on roads. Not until the introduc
tion of motor vehicles, however, did
this become a factor of sufficient im
portance to engage the serious con
sideration of road builders and road
users. Fast motor traffic has reached
such proportions at the present time
as to shorten the life of our most
carefully constructed and expensive
Dust Raised by Automobile Traveling
at High Speed.
macadam roads to a great extent, and
to keep them in a loose and uneven
condition.
Tht macadam road has been devel
oped with the object in view of with
standing the wear of iron-tired horse
vehicles, and it has met successfully
the demands of suburban and rural
traffic until the advent of the auto
mobile. When in its highest state of
perfection, the rock from which such
a road is made is so suited t o the
volume and character of traffic which
passes over it that only an amount of
dust is worn off sufficiently to replace
that removeh by wind and rain. The
dust remaining should be just enough
to bond the surface stones of the
road thoroughly, forming a smooth,
impervious shell. A road of this char
acter wears uniformly under the traffic
for which it was designed, and always
presents an even surface.
When such a road is subjected to
automobile traffic, entirely new con
ditions are brought about. The pow
erful tractive force exerted by the
driving wheels of automobiles soon
disintegrates the road surface. The
tine dust, w hich ordinarily acts as a
cementing agent, is thrown into the
air and carried off by wind or is easily
washed off by rains. The pneumatic
rubber tires wear off little or no dust
to replace that removed by natural
agencies. The result is that the stones
composing the road become loose and
rounded, giving the greatest resist
ance to traction, and water is allowed
to make its way freely to the founda
tion of the road.
Many remedies have been suggested
and tried for meeting this new condi
tion, but a perfectly satisfactory solu
tion of the problem is still to be found.
Some success has attended the efforts
of those who have sought to find a
cure for the evil and this is encourag
ing when the many difficulties to be
overcome in the treatment of thou
sands of miles of roadway are con
sidered. It is apparent that this prob
lem can be solved only by the adop
tion of one or two general methods.
(1) By constructing roads in such a
Road Treated With One Application
of an Oil Emulsion—Automobile
Traveling at Rate of 40 Miles an
Hour, With No Dust Resulting.
manner and with such materials as to
reduce to a minimum the formation of .
dust; and (2) by treating the sur
faces of existing roads with materials
that will give the same result. Among
the materials which have been applied
with some success to the finished
road surface without the agency of
water, the mineral oils and coal tar
are undoubtedly the most important.
Aims to Promote Road in West.
A plan to promote road building in
western states was embodied in a
bill introduced by Senator Warren. It
would grant 500,000 acres of public
lands to each of the following states
to be sold for the aid of road building;
Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana,
New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wy
oming. '
Better Roads for Ontario.
Better roads for Ontario province
are to be made with the $10,000,000 ap- '
propriation. expenditure of which will
be under the supervision of & nonpar
tisan commission appointed by the
government.
Feeding From Silo.
After the silo has been well fillet.
It may be covered over at the top
with a little well shocked straw or
hay. As a matter of fact, though, the
silo can be opened and used the day
after it is filled. If you have use for
the feed, don’t wait.
Tame Fowls Best.
Fowls must be tame to produce
oest Never frighten the flock by en
tering hastily, or in any other way,
such as allowing the dog to get
the henhouse.
Seated !
WMGlEYSw
v
SPEARMINT
is now electrically sealed with a
'“SEAL OF PURITY” so
©
1
L
absolute that it is
damp-proof, dust
proof, impurity
proof— even
air-proof!
V
Give
regular aid
to teeth, breath,
appetite and diges
tion. It’s the safe
besides delicious and
beneficial confection!
%
BUY IT BY THE BOX
for 85 cents—at most dealers. Each box contains twenty
5 cent packages. They stay fresh until used.
It’s dean, pure, healthful
if it’s WRIGLEY’S.
Look for the spear
CHEW IT AFTER
EVERY MEAL
First Life Insurance.
Xone of you. I suppose, when you
sign the new Chronicle insurance
coupon. think of William Gibbons,
though you certainly ought to. For
William, who deserves to be better
known, was the first man to insure his
life. This policy was made in June,
15S3, and was for the sum of £3S3 6s.
id., for 12 months, 16 underwriters
dividing the risk. And this first pol
icy also produced the first insurance
law case, for when William died, in
the following May. the underwriters
attempted to maintain that 12 months
meant 12 periods of 2S days, and had
to be taken into court before they
would pay up.—London Chronicle.
Necessary Hours of Sleep.
John Wesley, the founder of Meth
odism. who attained the age of eighty
eight and who could command sleep
on horseback, says, in some curious
remarks which he has left upon sleep,
that no one measure will do for all,
nor will the same amount of sleep
even suffice for the same person at
all times. More sleep is necessary
when the strength and spirits are ex
hausted by illness, hard labor or se
vere mental efforts. Whatever may
be the case with some few persons
of a peculiar constitution, it is evident
that health and vigor can scarcely be
expected to continue long without six
hours' sleep in the four-and-twentv.
O’Rourke's Latin Seal.
Joe Vilas says that some one has
put something ower on Tom O'Rourke,
the fight promoter.
"He picked out a seal with which to
stamp the tickets issued to the Na
tional Sporting club." said Vilas "On
it is the Latin motto:
“ 'Pra? Omnia Taurus.’
"Oh which a free translation is: 'Be
fore everything else, the bull.' ”
Take good care of what little com
mon sense you have, for the world's
supply doesn't begin to equal the de
mand. *
LIFE’S ROAD
Smoothed by Change of Food.
Worry is a big load to carry and an
unnecessary one. When accompanied
by Indigestion it certainly is cause for
the blues.
But the whole trouble may be easily
thrown off and life's road be made
easy and comfortable by proper eating
and the cultivation of good cheer.
Read what a Troy woman says:
‘Two years ago I made the acquaint
ance of Grape-Nuta and have used the
food once a day and sometimes twice,
ever since.
“At the time I began to use it life
was a burden. I was for years afflict
ed with bilions sick headache, caused
by indigestion, and nothing seemed to
relieve me.
‘The trouble became so severe I
had to leave my work for days at a
time.
“My nerves were in such a state I
could not sleep and the doctor said I
was on the verge of nervous prostra
tion. I saw an adv. concerning Grape
Nuts and bought a package for trial.
“What Grape-Nuta has done for me
is certainly marvelous. I can now
sleep like a child, am entirely free
from the old trouble and have not had
a headache in over a year. I feel like
a new person. I have recommended it
to others. One man I knew ate prin
cipally Grape-Nuts while working on
the ice all winter, and B&id he never
felt better in his life.”
Name given by Postnm Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to
Wellville,” in pkgs. "There’s a Rea
NOT STIRRED BY ROMANCE
Extremely Practical Errand Had
Brought Young Man Out So
Early in the Morning.
He » as as Irish as the bells of Shan
don. And by the true-blue eyes of
hint any girl could tell that he would
love a woman till death did them part.
Of course, you can't always go by
eyes, and girls haven't much sense
anyhow—about men—but never mind
that.
He was brisking along the avenue
early of a Monday morning. At least
it must have been early for him. for—
"Hello!” calls out a big, beamy chap
who looks as if he had arisen with
that lark we all know about, but never
expect to meet.
"Hello. Prank! 'What brings you out
this time of day?"
And Frank answered as virtuously
as if he were in church saying his
prayers:
"Oh, 1 always turn out first thing
Monday mornings to pay my rent and
alimony.”
Another ideal gone to smash! Still
to pay a gone-wrong marriage debt
means a whole heap if you look at it
from the alimony lady's point of view.
—Exchange.
MOTHER! IK HI
GUILDVrONGUE
If cross, feverish, constipated,
give “California Syrup
of Figs”
A laxative today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Children simply will not
take the time from play to empty their
bowels, which become clogged up with
waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach
sour
Look at the tongue, mother! If coat
ed. or your child is listless, cross, fev
erish, bteath bad. restless, doesn't eat
heartily, full of cold or has sore throat
or any other children's ailment, give a
teaspoonful of "California Syrup of
rigs ” then don't worry, because it is
perfectly harmless, and in a few hours
all this constipation poison, sour bile
and fermenting waste will gently
move out of the bowels, and you have
a well, playful child again. A thor
ough "inside cleansing" is oftimes all
that is necessary. It should be the
first treatment given in any sickness.
Beware of counterfeit fig syrups.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle pf
“California Syrup of Figs.'’ which has
full directions for babies, children of
all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Couldn’t Think.
There had been a slight earthquake
which had been plainly felt by the in
habitants. Pat and Mike met the fol
lowing morning.
“Pat,” said Mike, solemnly, “what
did ye think whin firrst th' ground be
gan to trimble?”
“Think!” cried Mike, scornfully.
“What mon that had th' use of his
legs to run and his loongs to roar
would waste his toime thiskin’? Tell
he thot!”—Illustrated Sunday Maga
zine.
The Latest.
“Have you one of these patent lunch
boxes that look like a camera?”
“We have. But the swagger thing
now in lunch carriers is an imitation
automobile tire.”
Once in a great while a talkative
woman meets a man who is really
smart—then she shuts np and listens.
PINK EYE
DISTEMPER
CATXRRNU FEVER
AND ALL NOSE
AND THROAT DISEASES
Cures the sick and acts as a preventive for others. Liquid given on th#
tongue. Safe for brood mares and all others. Best kidney remedy; 50c and
Si a bottle; $5 and $10 a dozen. Sold by all druggists and horse good#
houses, or sent, express paid, by the manufacturers.
SPOHN MEDICAL CO., Chemists. GOSHEN. INDIANA
REALLY NOTHING OF MOMENT
Pathetic Message From Mrs. Young
husband Stirred No Feeling With
in Messenger Boy.
He was fretful and lonely, for hie
wife had taken her first post-nuptial
trip away from him. She would be
away a whole week—a whole week of
loneliness and anxiety. He pictured
her equally—even more—distressed at
the separation. Outside to aecenuate
his misery, the rain streamed down in
an unending torrent. The wind
whistled a lugubrious wail as an ac
companiment to hfe feelings, and the
thunder put in a few well-chosen or
chestral effects. The door bell began
to ring violently just as the clock
struck two. Mr. Younghusband listened
with mixed joy and fear. His wife,
perhaps. His eager ear heard the
janitor, sleepy and grumbling, open
the door. A messenger boy. dripping
and soaked, stood without the portal
as the janitor unbolted the door. He
handed a saturated envelope to the
janitor: “Mr. Younghusband?" "Any
thing important?” “Naw, 1 ain't
nothin’! A woman says her heart is
breakin' for him in Boston."
Literally Correct.
The teacher had noticed something
queer about the rendering of a certain
line of a hymn frequently used in
morning school. One morning she de
termined to get to the bottom of the
mystery. Listening intently, she
traced the peculiarity to Johnny.
"Sing it by yourself, Johnny." she
commanded. Johnny did so. and in
stead of the line “Weak and sinful
though we be," he gave as his render
ing. "VYe can sing, full though we be."
His chubby appearance might be
taken as evidence of the probability
of his assertion.
Give and Take.
“A good answer." said Mrs. Arthur
M. Dodge, president of the National
Association Opposed to Woman's
Suffrage, in a suffrage argument. "As
good an answer as Brown gave Mrs.
Brown.
" ‘George,’ said Mrs. Brow n. with a
nasty smile, ’you looked awfully fool
ish when you proposed to me.’
” ‘Well.’ said George, maybe 1
was.’ ”
No legacy is so rich as honesty.—
Shakespeare.
There is usually a way to get around
any kind of rule.
No man is so fast that trouble can
not overtake him.
Your family Doctor can't do more for
your cough than Dean'* Mentholated
Cough Drops: "they cure’’—5c at Druggist!.
There are times when the quitter
and the fellow who never knows when
he is licked envy each other.
Water in bluing is adulteration. Glass and
water makes liquid blue costly. Buv Red
Cross Ball Blue, makes clothes whiter than
snow. ,*dv.
Old Order Changes.
Housewife treading in her grand
mother's cherished cook book)’ “Poor
Mans Cake.—Take seven eggs—”
i (Stops suddenly and closes the book.)
WATERY BLISTERS ON FACE
Smithville, Ind.— "Six months ago
our baby girl, one year old. had a few
red pimples come on her face which
gradually spread causing her face to
become very irritated and a fiery red
color. The pimples on the child's face
were at first small watery blisters, just
a small blotch on the skin. She kept
scratching at this until in a few days
her whole cheeks were fiery red color
and instead of the little blisters the
: skin was cracked and scaly looking
and seemed to Itch and burn very
much.
"We used & number of remedies
which seemed to give relief for a short
time then leave her face worse than
ever. Finally we got a cake of Cutt
cura Soap and & box of Cuticura Oint
ment. I washed the child’s face with
very warm water and Cuticura Soap,
then applied the Cuticura Ointment
very lightly. After doing this about
three times a day the itching and
burning seemed entirely gone in two
days' time. Inside of two weeks' time
her face seemed well. That was eight
months ago and there has been no re
turn of the trouble.” (Signed) Mrs.
A. K. Wooden. Nov. 4, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
tree,with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card “Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.”—Adv.
Easiest Way.
llrs. Newlywed—That table seems
awfully rickety. Why, it creaks if you
put your hand on it.
Shopkeeper—Well, that's all the
style, ma'am. It’s built that way on
purpose. You can’t read an account
of fashionable dinner parties without
noticing how the tables groaned under
the weight of the delicacies. Better
take this one, ma’am.
