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Better cookies, cake
and biscuits, too. All
as light, fluffy, tender
and delicious as mother used
to bake. And just as whole
some. For purer Baking Pow
| der than Calumet cannot.be had
at any price.
Ask your grocer.
RECEIVED HIGHEST AWARDS
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Drove Back British Raiders.
One hundred years ago one of the
marauding parties of British that con
tinued making depredations along the
6hores of Chesapeake bay after the
departure of the British fleet for the
South, landed at Deep creek, 15 miles
below Annapolis, with a view to hav
ing “a frolic ♦ith the Yankees," as
one of their officers expressed it. But
the “Yankees” were on the watch and
gave the invaders a warmer reception
v, than they had bargained for. Small
detachments of cavalry and infantry
attacked the enemy as soon as they
had stepped ashore and drove them
back to their boats, with considerable
loss. No American was killed in the
engagement, though Captain Burd of
the cavalry was seriously wounded
and narrowly escaped being made a
prisoner.
Near Relatives.
“Who is that lady dressed in black,
mother?" asked Bobby, as he sat with
his mother on a ferry-boat
“That is a Sister of Charity, my
boy,” replied his mother.
Bobby pondered deeply for a mo
ment, and then he said, “Which is
she, mother. Faith or Hope?”—From
the Bazar.
_♦
The fellow who tells a girl her voice
has the flexibility of a violin may be
hinting to be her beau.
Control of employment agencies in
Luxembourg will be taken over by the
government.
W. L DOUGLAS
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Over
150
Style*
YOU CAB SAVE BOBBY BY
WEABING W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES.
Par 31 years W. L». Doutrias has guaranteed the
Value by having his name and the retail price
•tamped on the sole before the shoes leave the fac
tory. This protects the wearer against high prices
tor inferior shoes of other makes. W. L. Douglas
shoes are always worth what vuu my for them. If
you could see how carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are
made, aud the high grade leathers used, yon would then
understand why they look better, fit better, hold their
•bane and wear longer than other makes for the price.
If the W. 1. Douglas shoes are not tor sale in your
Vicinity, order direct from factory. Shoes sent every,
where. Postage free in the C. S. Write fwr 1 iltut.
•rated ( siuImk showing how to order by mail.
VF. L. DOUGLAS, 210 Spark St., Brockton,Mas
DEFIANCE STARCH
is constantly growing in favor because it
Does Not Stick to the Iron
and it will not injure the finest fabric. For
laundry purpose sit has no equal. 16 os.
package 10c. 1-3 more starch for same money.
DEFIANCE STARCH CO. Omaha. Nebraska
^ W. N. U„ OMAHA. NO. 47-1914.
THE COUNTRY’S WAR AGAINST
THE FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
Fourteen states have been quaran
tined by the United States govern
ment for foot-and-mouth disease—
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsyl
vania, Maryland, Ohio, Indiana, Illi
nois. Michigan. Wisconsin, Iowa and
Kentucky. This disease is new to
farmers of the United States, for
there have been only five outbreaks
in the history of the country and of
these the first three were unimportant
and the two others confined to a com
paratively limited area. In Europe,
however, it has long been a well
known and dread scourage. Should
It ever be permitted to establish it
self as firmly here it would cause not
only tremendous losses to stock but
Typical Lesions on the Feet
seriously interfere with the supply of
meat for the people.
The foot-and-mouth disease affects
particularly cattle, swine and sheep.
It is characterized by sores in the
the mouth which make swallowing
painful and frequently cause the ani
mals to refuse all food, and by sores
on the feet which cause lameness and
in severe cases, occasionally result in
the hoofs dropping off. The animals
lose flesh with extraordinary rapidity
and in the case of milk cows the milk
supply is so seriously affected that it
frequently dries up altogether. The
first evidences of the disease are a
i chill followed quickly by fever, the
temperature sometimes rising as high
j as 106 degrees Fahrenheit. Small
: vesicles x>r blisters about the size of
a pea appear shortly after in the
mouth and Epread rapidly. As the
I disease advances ropy saliva hangs
from the afflicted animal's mouth,
which is opened and shut with a
peculiar smacking sound. In a short
time similar eruptions appear on the
feet, which are red, tender, swollen
and painful. In consequence the ani
mal persists in lying down and bed
sores soon develop. The udders of
milk cows are also susceptible and
the sores interfere with milking.
Most Contagious of Stock'Plagues.
Although the mortality is. except in
! very severe outbreaks, comparatively
low, foot-and-mouth disease is prob
ably the most contagious of all stock
plagues. The germ which causes it
is so small that it is invisible under
the miscroEcope and passes through
the finest filter known to science. It
can be carried in any one of a hun
dred ways. In addition to direct con
tact with affected animals, the disease
can be communicated by hay, straw,
bedding, harness, ropes, in fact, any
thing that has even indirectly came
in contact with diseased animals.
Cats, dogs, and poultry have been
known to carry the germ from farm
to farm, and in particular this is fre
quently done by human beings. Al
ready in the present outbreak cases
are on record where the curiosity of
farmers has led them to visit infected
herds. On their return to their own
homes these men have given the dis
ease to their own animals. For this
reason the authorities are urging up
on every one the duty of refraining
from such visits and of keeping
strangers from visiting their stock.
The contagiousness of the disease
indeed is such that when one animal
in a herd becomes infected it is con
sidered useless to attempt to save
the remainder of the herd. For this
reason the federal authorities have
adopted the only practical method of
stamping out the disease, namely, the
slaughter of all cattle, sheep and
swine on an infected farm. When a
case is discovered a deep trench is
dug, the animals led into it, slaught
ered, their hides slashed, and the car
casses treated with quicklime and
then buried under at least five feet of
earth. .It is advisable to slaughter
the animals in the ditch itself in order
that the ground may not become af
fected by dragging the dead bodies
over it. The hides are slashed part
ly in order to facilitate the action of
. . I
tne lime and partly to remove any
temptation to dig them up again and
sell them. The entire farm premises
are the thoroughly disinfected and nc
stock allowed upon them for a period
of approximately sixty days.
Appraiser Values the Herd.
In order to compensate the owner
of his property thus condemned in the
interest of the public welfare, an ap
praiser is appointed by the state au
thorities to value the herd. The sum
thus fixed is divided equally between 1
the state ar.d the federal authorities. '
In the last outbreak in 1908 in New i
England it cost the federal govern- j
ment. which was then paying two- |
thirds of the appraised values, ap
proximately $300,000 for eondemna- j
tfon. slaughter and disinfection. The j
present outbreak is regarded as much !
more serious.
The inspectors engaged in this
work are equipped with a complete
rubber outfit which can be thoroughly
disinfected after each exposure to in
fection. Persons who have not the
advantage of this equipment should
rigorously refrain from exposing them- j
selves to the least risk of infection. !
As has already been said, the disease 1
is frequently transmitted by human ;
beings, and it is really a crime for
any one to gratify his curiosity at j
the expense of his neighbors. In ad- I
dition to this danger there are also a
number of cases on record in which
both children and adults have become
infected themselves. Ordinarily the
disease is inot serious in men, but
weakly children who drink contami
nated milk suffer so severely that in
a few cases death has been known to
result. With adults the malady usu
ally takes no more serious form than
a slight eruption in the mouth similar
to fever blisters and possibly a simi
lar eruption on the hands and fingers.
There may be also some fever and
nausea, but there is comparatively lit
tle danger. In countries where the
disease is prevalent many authorities
believe that it is fairly general in
human beings but that the consequent
disturbances in health are so slight
that they are not brought to the at
tention of physicians.
Started in Michigan.
The present outbreak originated in
southern Michigan but how the germ
found its way there is not yet defi- J
nitelv known. It seems probable that
some cattle became infected, that
their milk was sent to a creamery
ard the skim milk then returned to
be fed to hogs A herd of these in
fected hogs was then shipped to Chi
cago where they infected the stock
Kopy aauva nanging t-rom Mouth of
Stricken Animal.
yards before they themselves revealed
any symptoms of the disease. Once
this had taken place, every shipment
of stock from Chicago to other parts
of the country was likely to spread
the infection. For this reason fed
eral inspectors have for some time
now been engaged in tracing, by the
aid of bills of lading and other rail
road records, each of these shipments
to its destination and inspecting the
stock there. This accounts for the
discovery of cases in states as far re
moved from each other as Iowa and
Massachusetts. The various quaran
tines already imposed have been de
signed to prevent the continued move
ment of cattle from infected or sus
picious places. Once these move
ments have been halted and all the
exposed cattle brought to a standstill,
it will be possible for the federal au
thorities to locate all suspicious cases
and by the slaughter of all exposed
cattle ultimately eradicate the dis
ease. Tbe federal quarantines are ac
companied by state and local quaran
tines of individual infected farms.
From these no produce whatsoever
can be sent out. In many cases chil
dren are not even permitted to go to
school, and the farmer cannot drive
his horses on the public highways.
Stock Raisers Should Help.
The chief obstacle in the way of the
successful prosecution of this cam
paign of isolation and extermination
lies in the danger that there may be
concealed sources of infection. A1
though the farmer receives the ap
praised value of his herd, it is in
evitable that the summary slaughter
of all his stock should cause him con
siderable inconvenience as well as In
Slaughtered Cattle in Trench Ready
for Burial.
direct financial loss. To those who
can se? no further ahead than this
and who do not realize what it would
mean to the entire country if the dis
! ease were once to gain a firm footbeld
here, there is a natural temptation
not to report suspicious cases to the
authorities. This, however, is simply
I to cut off one's nose to spite one's
face. The disease cannot be stamped
out by ignoring it. The only possible
way in which stock raisers can save
themselves -tremendous losses in the
future is to co-operate now with the
authorities by reporting every sus
| picious case of sole mouth or lame
ness among their stock and by as
sisting in enforcing the quarantines,
I both federal and local, which lia^e
; been declared.
EXCELLENT POINTS
CONCERNING SWINE
Alfalfa Recognized as of Greatest
Value in Hog Feeding
Care for Sows.
(By C. S. MILLER.)
If you intend to plow your blue
grass and clover pastures next spring,
let the pigs have free range over them
until the snow falls.
No other feed for small pigs ranks
as high in value as skim milk. If
you do not have plenty of it on your
own farm, better arrangp to get some
from a neighbor, even if it takes
trouble to do it.
In the West alfalfa is now recog
nized as of the greatest value in
hog feeding. Give a brood sow plenty
of cut alfalfa with a small ration of
corn, say not more than two pounds
per day, and she will come through
the winter in fine condition.
A slop made of shorts and hot wa
ter, fed every other day, is an excel
lent thing for brod sows.
A good many men will tear them
selves from close proximity to a hot
stove, dash out into the storm, shovel
a few bushels of corn on the ground
for their hogs, and then leave them
to shiver and freeze without adequate
shelter during the night. These men
are the fellows who are always sure
there is no money in hog raising.
Since Doctor Moore’s discovery of
the hitherto unknown qualities of
copperas, it has been used with great
success to preserve the health of
hogs. A very small portion, say a
teaspoonful in a barrel of drinking wa
ter once or twice a week, is recom.
mended.
FIND PLEASURE IN POULTRY.
Woman May Find as Much Enjoyment
With Flock of Birds as She Does
on Shopping Expedition.
The woman who finds herself pos
sessed for the first time of a flock of
poultry will soon learn that she may
spend an afternoon working with her
birds and be just as much amused as
if she spent her time shopping, nor
will she be nearly so tired as if she
had been walking around on hard
sidewalks.
Instead of being out of pocket—for
most every woman will buy things that
she does not need if she chances to
se% them—she will find that she has
added to the possibilities for gain.
To be out in the open air and sun
chine is to see more real life than
does the woman who is always in the
house.
Didn!t Believe in Tattling.
Marjorie, aged four, was in the li
brary with her father, while her moth
er was superintending the preparation
of dinner. The attention of the head
of the house was attracted by a
scratching sound, and he looked up to
find his daughter at work with a pair
of scissors on the top of a polished
table. “Marjorie,” he said, sternly, ‘‘go
tell your mother what you’ve been do
ing.” "I won’t do it, papa,” she said.
"Do you think I'm a tattletale?”—
Judge.
Statistics of Sight and Hearing.
Blindness is more common in men
than in women, the proportion, accord
ing- to the last census returns, being
one in every 1,316 males and one in ev
ery 1,424 females. As regards deaf
ness, however, the position is re
versed.
To Keep Fresh Eggs.
A simple way of preserving eggs is '
to immerse them in limewater soon j
after they have been laid, and then put j
the ^vessel containing the limewater
In a cellar or cool outhouse. j
The Oldest Handicraft.
The toy industry is one of the old
est industries in the world. The Brit
ish museum can show us a doll (with
strings of mud beads for hair) and
others with movable arms, with
which the children of ancient Egypt
played on the banks of the Nile.
Jointed dolls and dolls' furniture have
come down to us from the days of
Greece and Rome, and we know that
balls, tops and toy animals were fa
vorite playthings at an even earlier
date.
Must Know Military Drill.
In New Zealand all males are obliged
to do military drill from .fourteen to
twenty-one years of age, and schools
are required to withhold scholarship
grants from any student who cannot
prove that he has complied with the
provision of drill.
Appearances Deceptive.
"You can't alius judge by facial ex
pression.” said Uncle Eben. "An oys
ter dat's jes’ bein’ opened mas' be
mis able, an yet it looks like it’s laugh
in’."—Washington Star.
Center of British Industry.
Within two or three hours by rail
and linked to the River Humber by
a network of canals, live 12.000.000
to 15,000,000 people, mostly engaged
in manufacturing and mining, and
largely exporting their products to
foreign lands and receiving from
abroad the bulk of their raw material
and food supplies. Seed crushing,
flour milling, oil refining, and the mak
ing of paints and other goods into
which these oils enter, are the special
industries of Hull, England.
Nuremberg Toy Headquarters.
Nuremberg, the chief commercial
city of Bavaria, has been noted since
the middle ages for its toys. It pro
duces the largest number of German
lead pencils and is the greatest hop
market in the wt*!d.
Test Turkisti Tobacco.
American consular officers in Tur
key recently procured seeds of various
kinds of tobacco grown there, and for
warded them to the Philippines and
to California for experimental plant
ing.
GOOD
ROADS
ELIMINATE ALL ROAD GRADES
*Jo Team Should Be Required to Pull
to Its Maximum Capacity—In
teresting Comparisons.
<By W. C. PALMER.)
The average cost of hauling a ton
one mile on the ordinary country
roads is 25 cents, while the average
price of hauling one ton one mile on
the railroads is % cent. In other
words, the cost of hauling is 33 times
is much with team and wagon as with
steam. This has been accomplished
by a number of factors. Some of
these can be and must be considered
In making good roads, that is, to have
i good hard roadbed and to eliminate
grades. The railroads do not, as a
rule, have a grade of more than three
per cent, while some of them have
adopted i wo per cent as the maximum
grade. Two per cent would mean a
rise of two feet in a hundred feet
This would not be considered much ol
■ a grade on the ordinary read, but this
is the way it works out.
A team can exert a pull on a short
distance of one-half its weight, but
for ordinary work the load it can pull
should not be over one-tenth the
w'eigbt of the team, for instance s
team weighing 3,000 pounds can exeri
a pull of 300 pounds when it is to con
tinue the work for, say, ten hours
For a snail stretch it would be able
to exert a pull of 1,500 pounds. This
however, is putting forth all the ener
gy of w hich the horses are capable
It has also been found that the pul
required to take a ton load over ordi
nary roads is 160 pounds. Supposing
then, that the load is one ton and the
wagon weighs 1.300 pounds, this woulc
make a total of 3.300 pounds. At the
rate of 160 pounds a ton the total pul j
would be 261 pounds, or a little lest
than the team is capable of hauling
In fact, it could very nicely handle
500 pounds more, which would bring
the pull up to 300 pounds, and make
the load 2,500 pounds. This, however
Is for the level. As a grade is ap
proached this, of course, will be in
creased. A five per cent grade would
Increase the draft of the wagon and
load of 3,300 pounds by 315 pounds
bringing it up to 579 pounds, which it
almost twice what the team can han
die as a regular thing. If the grade
is increased to 20 per cent, or 20 feet
In 100 feet, the draft on this same
load would come to a little over 1,50(
pounds, or the maximum that thii
team could pull when exerting its ut
most power. Any grade beyond thli
would mean that the load would have
to be reduced, and in fact no tean
should be required to have to pull tc
its maximum capacity. From this it
is evident that increasing the grade
Increases the draft very fast and
hence grades should be eliminated as
far as it is possible.
On a macadam road a team can pul'
three times as much on the level at
on the good earth road, but the in
crease in draft for grade remains the
same us on the earth road, so that f
grade would be more objectionable or
a macadam road than on a poor road
On the; level a 3,000-pound team coult
easily handle four tons, while the
maximum grade that it could pull U]
with such a load would be a ten pe)
cent grade and even that is more thar
should be expected from the team.
CURING THE CEMENT ROADS
Sprinkling While Under Constructior
Should Be Practically Continuous
on Hot Days.
Sprinkling the wearing surface oi
concrete roads during the construe
tion period must be practically con
tinuons on hot days unless there is
some moisture retaining medium pres
ent. Recent observations, accorttnjE
to Engineering Record, of a numbei
of pieces of road construction, ot
which contractors new to the work
were engaged, indicate that the in
spector is having his hands full in get
ting the "wetting-down" specifications
properly adhered to. Where earth is
available a generous layer thrown or
makes an excellent cover and holds
water well. Some careful road build
ers in the West recognizing the value
; of curing concrete under water, have
I made earth dams along the edges o<
concrete roads and divided the roatl
longitudinally into a series of pools.
Aid to Country Life.
“Good roads,” says A. P. Sandies
of Ohio, "will help country churches
country schools and country life
Three cornerstones we can't do with
out.”
Vermont's System.
Vermont has decided to return tc
earth and gravel roadmaking in the
less-traveled highways.
One Bad Road Advantage.
One advantage of a bad road in
front of your farm is that you will
not be bothered mueh by the dust
kicked up by passing automobiles.
Simple and Inexpensive.
The road drag is the simplest and
least expensive contrivance yet de
vised for maintaining earth roads.
Add to Selling Price.
Good roads in your vicinity add tc
the selling price of the products ol
your farm.
Dry Feed Palatable.
If we cannot afford a silo, we can
certainly afford a field of horned tur
nips or mangels. They are not equal
to a silo, of course, but they do help
to make dry feed palatable, and, there
to n;, increase its value.
Charcoal for Chicks.
A little granulated charcoal mixed
in the soft food will generally check
bowel trouble in chicks.
1-nte hatched chicks must be fed b>
themselves, not with the larger stock.
These Draws.
Col. Sigismund L. Goodwin, the
well-known tactician, said at a dinner
in Lincoln:
"A good deal of the war news—that
from Berlin no less than that from
London, Paris and Petrograd—reminds
me irresistibly of little Willie.
“ ‘Papa,’ said little Willie, looking
up from the Evening Bulletin's extra
special, ‘papa, what is a drawn bat
tle?’
“ ‘A drawn battle, my son,’ the fa
ther replied, ‘is one wherein the en
emy w ins.’ ”
In the School of Politics.
Teacher — Define “investigation,”
James.
James—Huntin' up a lot of blame,
ma’am, and placin' it on somebody
else.”
Be happy. Use Red Cross Ball Blue;
much better than liquid blue Delights
the laundress. All grocers. Adv.
Even a fast man may not make a
rapid recovery when he’s ill.
Philadelphia’s annual water con
sumption is 178 gallons per capita.
To Arouse A
lazy Liver |
special attention must be
paid to the Stomach and
Bowels for they have a di
rect influence on each
other. You will find it a
good plan to take
HOSTETTER’S
Stomach Bitters
for a few days to help Na
ture restore thest organsto
strength & healthy activity
AVOID SUBSTITUTES
Accompanied by pain here or there—extreme nervousness—
sleeplessness—may be faint spells—or spasms—all are signals of
distress for a woman. She may be growing from girlhuod into
womanhood—passing from womanhood to motherhood—or later
suffering from that change into middle life which leaves so many
wrecks of women. At any or all of these periods of a woman's life
she should take a tonic and nervine prescribed for just such cates
by a physician of vast experience in the diseases of women.
DR. PIERCE’S
Favorite Prescription
nas successTuuy treated more cases m past xorty years than any other known remedy. It
can now be had in sugar-coated, tablet form as well as in the liquid. Sold by medicine
dealers or trial box by mail on receipt of 50 cents in stamps.
Miss Elizabeth Lordahl of Berkeley, Cal., in a recent letter to Dr. Pierce said: "1 was completely
broken down in health, I was aching and had pain sal lover my body and was so nervous that 1 could scream
if anyone talked to me, but I had the good fortune to meet a nurse who had been cured by Dr. Pierce'a
Prescription. 1 have never had an occasion to consult a physician since—am in excellent health/*
Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets regulate stomach, I
liver and bowels-sugar-coated, tiny grannies |
WESTERN CANADA’S [
STRONG POSITION
“THE WHEAT GRANARY OF THE
WORLD,” A WELL AP
PLIED TERM.
Western Canada occupies a stronger
position today than it ever has occu
pied. Taking one year with another, |
the efficiency of its lands to produce
has been well proved. It has not been
said of it that year in and year out ^
there were bumper and bounteous i
crops. If such a condition existed it
would be phenomenal in the history
of any country. With an extensive
territory producing grain, hogs, cattle
and sheep, of some 800 miles wide and
1,000 miles long, it is easy to con
ceive of a wide variation in tempera
ture and climate; there is variation in
rainfall and snowfall; every section is
not the best in the district—some are
better than others and some worse,
but as a general thing, the great per- j
centage is “better.” Tbis past year ]
has shown that some portions are not |
altogether immune from periods of
drought. The same may be said of ad-;
joining states to the south. But this :
year has also shown that in the •
greater portion of Western Canada
drought does not appear, but even in 1
the drought-stricken area of this year,
past years have shown that the soil
produces wonderfully well and even
this year, with modern methods,
known as "dry-farming.” good crops
were harvested. The large number
of Americans w ho during the past six
teen years have been attracted to
Canada have not gone simply because
of the advertising of that country, but
because their friends and their old
time neighbors have done well there,
and with careful and judicious farm
ing altnost everyone has done well.
As a result of the great influx of
immigration the open or prairie home
steading area is being rapidly taken
up. The fact that this is so is evi
dence that Western Canada lands are
productive, and on these open plains 1
today are to be seen the homes of i
successful farmers from almost every |
state in the Union. They have earned
their patents and now own outright
their 160 acres of land, together prob
ably with an adjoining 160 acres,
w hich they have purchased or pre- i
empted, all of which is worth from
$25 to $30 per acre. They originally I
started by growing grains altogether,
but they found that they could secure
a better price for much «if their grain
by feeding it to hogs and cattle, and
the most successful ones are those
who have followed this course.
But to meet the wants of the new
comer a new homestead area has been
opened up, known as the "park coun
try.” In this park country are to be
found beautiful groves of poplar and
willow, small lakes and streams, with
sufficient open area to enable one to
go into immediate cultivation of crop,
and in due time wrhen they wish more
land to be put under cultivation, they 1
may at small cost cut down some ol
the groves, which in the meantime
have been valuable in providing fuel
and in giving shelter to cattle.
Notwithstanding the high character
of the open prairie lands and the fact
that farmers there have realized in a
splendid way, there is the opinion
backed np by a lot of experience that
this parklike country contains soil
even better than that of the open area
referred to.
The opportunities, therefore, for
money making are as great today aa
they ever were. The opportunities for
carrying on farming successfully are
full} as great as they ever were. Of
this park area we have an immense
quantity of land yet to be settled. It
is true that the railroads have not yet
penetrated these districts to the extent
that they have the open area, but this
will come and as settlements advance,
so will railroads build. For the pres
ent there is a temporary lull in rail
road building, but it is always the
case that where there is a demand
there will come a supply, and it will
not be long before the park country
will be penetrated by railroads that
will give sufficient accommodation for
all needs, but to those who prefer it
there are lots of opportunities for pur
chasing land nearer towns and vil
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