PROSPERITY IN
900 Million Dollars in New Wealth
Added in 1915.
( snada as a whole has enjoved won
derful prosperity in 1915, from the
products of the farm, the orchard and
(he centres of industry. No country
wrote a brighter page of history in
agricultural and industrial develop
ment during 1915 than Canada. Nearly
a biilion bushels of grain produced.
Taxes in Western Canada average $24
and win not exceed $35 per Quarter
section, which includes all taxes. No
taxes on improvements.
W heh Western Canada was faced
with her enormous harvest last fall
the military authorities decided that
soldiers in Canada could give the Em
ptre no better service for ihe time
being than to assist in harvesting the
crops. For that reason leave of ab
sence was given to soldiers who
wished to work in the harvest fields,
and their labor was an important fac
tor in harvesting the big crops success
fully.
The necessity for increasing the ag
ricultural production is commanding
even more attention in 1916, and it is
new announced that soldiers in Can
ada may obtain leave of absence from
their military duties in the spring for
a certain length of time to enable
them to plant the seed for the crops
in every Province of the Dominion.
The fact that the Government Tec
ognizes the seeding and harvesting of
Canada's crops as being of the first
importance is perhaps the best evi
dence that conscription or any in
crease of taxes which would reduce
the agricultural activity of Canada
will never be considered by the author
ities.
Owing to the number who have en
listed for overseas service it has been
found necessary to secure farm labor
in the United States. It is hoped that
• fifty thousand can be secured.—Adver
tisement.
The Unvarnished Truth.
Mrs. A—Laughter aids digestion.
Mr. A—But your cooking is nothing
to laugh at.
HOW f, DRUGGIST CURED
HIS KIDNEY TROUBLE
For the past twenty-four years I have
been selling Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root
with excellent satisfaction to my cus
tomers who have used it. They are al
ways pleased with the results obtained
and speak very favorably regarding the
preparation, it cured me of a bad case
of Catarrhal Inflammation of the Blad
der eighteen years ago, after two months
treatment with pharmaceuticals recom
mended for inflammation of the bladder.
It is undoubtedly a remedy of great merit
in the diseases for which it is so highly
recommended.
Very truly vours.
J. W. HAN AN. Druggist.
East Lynne, Mo.
November 3d, 1913.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You
Send ten eents_ to Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton. N. V.. for a sample size bot
tle. It will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable infor
mation. telling about the kidneys and blad
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.—Adv
Force of Habit.
Lady (calling up for matinee seats)
— Please save three in the G row left.
And be sure they're fresh!—Judge.
To keep clean and healthy take Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regulate
liver, bowels and stomach.—Adv.
On with the dance! The old hen
is now engaged for every set.
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ment Station.)
It is very important that the ewes
of the flock be put in proper condition
before lambing time, as otherwise the
farmer or breeder can expect only a
small percentage of lambs. There are
two conditions that may result in the
raising of a small percentage of lambs.
First, many people have the impres
sion that the ewes can be kept
throughout the year on coarse rough
feeds with no grain except perhaps a
small amount after lambing. The re
sult is that the ewes being thin at
lambing time produce weak lambs and
do not produce enough milk to keep
the lamb alive for the first few days.
The second condition, in which the
ewes are too fat, is far less common,
but does occur. If the ewes have had
the run of a good pasture during the
summer they may be in very high con
dition in early winter. Then, if rather
heavy grain feeding is started early
the ewes may become too fat for best
results. In any flock of great size
there is always much individual varia
tion in the tendency of the ewes to
put on fat. Foi this reason it is often
advisable to divide the flock, putting
the tatter ewes together and feeding
them rather light until near lambing
time. The ewes, thin in condition,
should be fed enough to bring them to
good breeding condition before lamb
ing.
If the ewes are in good brooding
condition in the fall and a good qual
ity of roughage is fed, no grain nc°J
be given until about three or four
weeks before the beginning of the
lambing season. The grain then given
should consist of feeds that favor a
good milk flow as oats or bran. A mix
ture of the two should prove very sat
isfactory. Up to the time of lambing
only about one-half to three-quarters
of a pound per day need be fed.
After the lambing period, the
amount should be increased somewhat.
The proper amount to feed then would
depend on the size of the ewes, the
percentage of lambs and other factors.
The question of roughage for ewes
is a very important one. Alfalfa and
clover hay are almost essential if the
very best results are to be obtained.
Very coarse, fibrous hays, especially
timothy, have been shown to be very
objectionable as a roughage for preg
nant ewes. Some form of succulent
feed as roots or corn silage can be
used to very great advantage if the
cost is not prohibitive.
The feeding should not be the only
consideration in the management of
he flock, but the questions of shelter
and exercise are equally important.
Close housing not only is not essen
tial, hut should he guarded against,
and instead a more open house or
shed should be provided. '.Varmth of
the house is not an important con
sideration, for. if kept dry, the sheep's
fleece will serve to keep the tody
warm. Care should be taken that the
sheep do not have to stand around in
damp, muddy places.
GOOD DOGS SPREAD
SEVERAL DISEASES
Towser Has Been Guilty of Car
rying Germs of Rabies. Hyda
tid. Favus and Ringworm.
That good friend of the farmer, the
dog. will have to be looked after more
carefully, if he is not to do as much
harm as good on the farm. According
to a bulletin issued by the United
States department of agriculture, Tow
ser has been found to be a carrier of
such diseases as rabies, hydatid, ring
worm, favus, double-bored tapeworm,
round worm, and tongue worm. AH
o' these are diseases which afflict hu
man beings Occasionally, also, the
dog carries fleas and ticks, which in
turn transmit bubonic plague and the
deadly spotted fever.
In these days of the foot-and-mouth
disease, too. farmers should see to it
that their dogs do not bring home the
fatal germs, or. if they have the dis
ease on their own farms, they should
take pains to prevent their dogs from
carrying it to their neighbors' farms.
EDUCATE OR TRAIN
HORSE WHEN YOUNG
Under Average Farm Conditions
Draft Colts Are Not Handled
Until Ready to Work.
Horses should be educated cr
trained, and never broken, according
to Dr. C. W. MeCampbell. assistant
professor of animal husbandry at the
Kansas State Agricultural college.
When one breaks a horse he breaks
its spirit and the animal responds
wholly through fear.
The education of the colt should be
gin when it is but a few days old. The
first step should be to teach it to be
led. This will not take long, and it is
a lesson that the animal will never
forget. Under average farm condi
tions draft colts are rot handled until
thev are ready to w*ork, and in this
: case all they know is to respond to the
halter.
“In educating the colt,” says Doc
tor Campbell, “one should work
around it patiently until he has gained
its confidence and then get it used to
the harness one piece at a time. It
should then be driven by the use of
the double line.
"Do not attempt to hitch the colt to
a load until it is perfectly used to the
bit and lines. After the animal is ac
customed to the bit and lines and the
meaning of the ordinary signs such
as ‘get up’ and ‘whoa,’ it should then
be hitched to a wagon with an old
and gentle horse.”
Successful horse training depends
principally upon two things—horse
sense 25 per cent and patience 75 per
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; cent, points out this authority. When
| these two are combined it is compara
j tively easy to train or educate any
! ordinary horse.
Whenever a colt is broken in this
| manner it has a better spirit and real
I ly works with the expenditure of less
j energy than the colt that is broken by
the force method.
parasite iscause
OF MANGE IN HOGS
Imbeds Self in Region of Hair
Follicles—Readily Transmitted
to Other Animals.
(By H. S. EA.KINS. Colorado Agricultur
al College, Fort Collins. Colo.)
We hear much about mange in
horses and cattle, and scab in sheep,
but mange in hogs is not at all un
common. The parasite that causes
mange in hogs is microscopic in size
and looks something like an oat grain.
It imbeds in the region of the hair
follicles, especially around the snout,
eyes and forelegs, causing the forma
tion of small pustules. The skin be
comes thickened and rough. Where
a hog is much affected the carcass
should be condemned for food.
This kind of mange is readily trans
mitted to other hogs and treatment
is difficult. Since there are some
who believe hog cholera may be trans
1 mitted by these and other external
parasites, such as lice, it is well to
keep a lookout for hog mange.
INDIVIDUALITY OF
AVERAGE DAIRY COW
Always Best to Give the Milk
Producer the Kind of Feeds
She Likes and Thrives On.
The scientist cannot figure to a
nicety just what is the feed or com
bination of feeds that is going fo do
a certain cow the most good. If given
free choice of feeds she might shock
i the balanced ration enthusiast by vio
lating some of the rules of standard
izing. She may turn up her nose at
gluten feed, or even alfalfa, or some
thing else that most cows eat readily.
This is individuality that is often
spoken of.
Cows do best on feeds they like.
They eat more of them, and it is the
excess of feed above body maintenance
that goes into milk production.
Watch your cows. If one refuses
musty hay you would better favor her
with something better if she is a good
milker.
Cows Need Much Grass.
Cows should have plenty of grass,
as they do best and produce larger
quantities of milk in early summer,
when grass is abundant.
Avoid Fatty Feed.
Do not feed whole grain oftener
than once a day and that at the eve
ning feed, as it will make your hens
so fat they will produce but few eggs.
Feed grains that cont^" a large per
cent of protein and carbohydrates.
Guard Against Insects.
Getting rid of grass, weeds and un
dergrowth about the farm during the
winter months is one of the best pro
tective measures against crop-damag
ing insects the following year.
Increase the Egg Yield.
To increase that egg yield, feed a
good, warm mash at noon, and grain
in litter at morning and night. One
thing essential is to give them warm
drinking water two or three times a
day.
Right Breeds.
Many fail with sheep because they
do not keep the breeds best adapted
to their farms, and do not raise the
kind that the market demands and is
ready to pay the highest price for.
"MM ME IffllMflT
_BUT OAKEY IS NO SAVAGE_
As a rule, the man who becomes
a member of congress fir3t gets his
name up while occupying some other
office. The rule applies to P. Davis
Oakey of Hartford. Conn. Oakey
made a reputation for himself as presi
dent of the American Association of
Baldheaded Men. The organization,
while national in itE scope, usually held
its annual meetings in Connecticut,
and Oakey made speeches at these
gatherings which could not fail to
impress one and all with his mastery
of the spoken word.
In addition to heading the bald
heads of America, Oakey has served
as alderman in Hartford and as a
member of the school board.
One feature of Oakeys speeches
which has helped to popularize them
and him in Connecticut is theii
brevity.
^ | iu ouuniuu iu iiui ua us uiauv
---—« opportunities for making after-dinner
speeches as he would like. Oakey s life has been marred somewhat by the
fact that he is always being thrown where he is obliged to listen to music—
and he was born without the slightest sense of tonal harmony. Music may
soothe the savage, but Oakey' is no savage, and it merely annoys and
distracts him. What is music to anybody else is to Oakey only a sys
tematic distribution of needless noise. He dislikes it all from lullaby to
oratorio, and from ragtime to dirge.
QUIT MAKING SPEECHES? NEVER
Senator Martine of New Jersey
| dotes on making speeches. He is free
i to say that he would much prefer to
abandon utmost any other vice he has
| rather than speechmaking. Last sum
I m Jr Martine was one of a number of
j members of congress who went on a
i journey to Hawaii. Part of their en
| tertainment there consisted of an ini
tiation into a so-called Order of Ha
1 waiian Chiefs. This initiation, which
was held on a lonely island, reserved
lor that purpose, was a good deal like
I joining a college fraternity. Dignified
congressmen wore no clothes except
I a modish skirt made of grass, and
were put through various amusing
capers. One feature of the exercises
was an electric mat on which great
men were laid full length, with hands
and feet tied, and blindfolded. Then
the electric current was turned on and
! all manner of grave promises were ex
acicu irum me victims. uncie ,ioe
Cannon, Congressman McKinley, Senator Martine and various other come
dians were among the number.
McKinley was ordered to promise that he would stump the country for
Theodore Roosevelt in 1916. At first McKinley was inclined to demur at
this, but they turned on the ’tricity arid he promptly agreed to do as he was
asked. Uncle Joe Cannon refused to pledge himself to support the Demo
cratic tariff policies.
"Never,'’ he insisted. They increased the flow of electrical current and
i he hastened to shout, "I promise!”
The next man was Martine. They hade liim to enter into a covenant
| never again to make a speech in the United States senate.
“Nub. nuh. nuh!” exclaimed Martine. excitedly. "I'll never promise that.”
They gave him a series of severe electrical shocks. But Martine was
firm.
Nor would all the electricity at the disposal of his tormentors move
him from his purpose.
_HE DISAPPOINTS MANY
Dr. Harry C. Frankenfield, one of
the thief forecasters of the weather
bureau, is a member of the National
Aero club. In spite of the fact that
throughout the entire country eightv
five oat of the hundred forecasts of
the weather are correct, it is generally
believed that Doctor Frankenfield has
in his prognostications disappointed
more persons than anyone else in the
Tnited States, but the fact remains
the weather bureau saves the country
at least $100,000,000 annually and that
he is known throughout the world as
or.e of its greatest meteorologists.
The variableness of weather condi
tions is one of the stumbling blocks of
aerial navigation, and a comprehensive
study of its fickle laws is necessary to
every fiier, but particularly to the one
who must fly over the sea. Hence it is
easy to see why Admiral Peary wanted
Doctor Frankenfield on the commis
sion. John Hava Hammond, Jr., the
first advocate of the aerial coast patrol for all coasts, is young but well
known. Possibly above above all others he has obtained control by elec
tricity without wire connection of objects detached and distant from the
source of the current’s discharge. His boat controlled from the shore with
out pilot or crew, his aerial torpedo and other activities are new war
factors which may revolutionize military methods.
TEACHES BOYS WAR GAME
Washington has a unique “pre
paredness” feature in the school which
! has recently been started for officers
of the High School Cadet regiments.
Lieut. E. Z. Steever, U. S. A., who is
the voluntary instructor, i3 careful
to keep all thougnt of war in the back
ground, as far as possible, in teaching
the boys, yet the lessons which they
i are learning are suc h as will better
qualify them to ‘ do their bit" for their
homes in case the need ever arises.
At present the work is along theo
retical lines, conducting imaginary
troops over large maps; later prac
tical work is to be done in the field.
Boys who ha”e “played” the "map
game" are enthusiastic over it. They
claim it is more interesting than check
ers, chess or cards. Withal, they are
learning something; not how to be
militarists, but how to be resourceful;
how to be logical and how to act
I iJiumpLiv. iiicuieuaui oieever is aiso ———
enthusiastic. Not only is he greatly interested in boys as boys, but he was
himself a member of the High School Cadet organization of Washington.
ACTIVITIES OF WOMEN.
Alabama now has an antisuffrage organization.
Women are now allowed to enter the Columbia University Medical school.
Mrs. Frances Weston of New York has the peculiar occupation of manag
ing prize fighters.
Miss Nancy Boaz, aged fifty-five, of Pana, 111., recently rode upon her first
passenger train.
If a Cardiff, Wales, girl can show an record of long and faithful service,
she is awarded $200 by the firm employing her when she marries.
Miss Justine Johnstone, who is employed by a large New York hosiery
concern, recently won a $5,000 beauty prize offered by a New York newspaper.
Miss Agnes Bracken has the distinction of being the only woman village
clerk in New York state, having been appointed to that position in Long
Peach, L. I. She will receive a salary of $1,000 a year.
England's Best Dog.
The premier dog of all England and
America, being valued at $300 a
pound, ought to be a massive Daue or
St. Bernard, but is actually a Pom
eranian, and can make no better show
ing in total avoirdupois than a mere
! five pounds, total value $1,500. St.
Julien, that being his name, "is an
orange sable with a profuse coat, won
derful plumage and a short, cobby
body.”
Most Prominent.
During a talk cn charade: the teach
er held up a picture of a kind-faced
old man.
“Who is this?” she asked.
Longfellow.” chorused the class.
"Good,” said the teacher. 'Mary,
tell us what you notice about his
face?”
“Lots of whiskers,” answered Mary,
promptly—Judge.
—
Spreading Cheer.
"Asphodelia Twobble went down in
to the tenement district to brighten
the lives of poor slum dwellers.”
"Highly commendable. What did
she do for them?”
“She told them about the good times
she's been having at Palm Beach.”
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“Isn't it queer it has been so cold?”
“Why queer at this time of year?”
"Because these are the dog days.”
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Now Is the Time to Get Kid of These
V gly Spots.
There’s no Icnger the slightest need «»1
feeling ashamed of your freckles, as th*
prescription rtthiric*—double strength—ia
guaranteed to remove these hom. ’y spots
Fimply get an ounce of othine—double
strength—from your druggist, anti apply a
little of It nigh: and morning and you
should Goon s^e that even th* worst freckles
hnve b*gun to disappear, while the lighter
one® hr.vt vanished entirely. It is seldom
that more than cne ounce Is needed to com
pletely clear the skin and gain a beautiful
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double strength
othine. as this is sold under guarantee of
money back if It falls to remote freckles —
Adv.
It isn't necessary for a man to be a
hypnotist in order to get his mind con
centrated cn the toothache.
If women looked like the pictures in
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