WHY WOMEN
WRITE LETTERS
To Lydia E. Pinkham Medi
cine Co.
Women who are well often ask “Aro
the letters which the Lydia E. Pinkham
MeUicine Co. are continually publishing
“Are they truthful?”
>> hy do women write such letters ? ”
In answer we say that never have we
published a fictitious letter or name.
Kever, knowingly, have we published
en untruthful letter, or one without the
full and written consent of the woman
who wrote it.
The reason that thousands of women
from all parts of the country write such
grateful letters to the Lydia E. Pink
ham Medicine Co. i3 that Lydia E. Pink
ham s % egetable Compound has brought
health and happiness into their lives,
once burdened with pain and suffering.
It has relieved women from some of
the worst forms of female ills, from dis
placements. inflammation, ulceration,
irregularities, nervousness, weakness,
stomach troubles and from the blues.
It is impossible for any woman who
is weu ana wno /
has never suffered '■
to realize how these /
poor, suffering wo- V
men feel when re- I
stored to health; I
their keen desire to r
help other women V
who are suffering as r;
they did. ^
Co-Operators.
Nearly 7711.000 persons, largely suc
cessful farmers, are now aiding the
United States department of agricul
ture hy furnishing information, demon
strating the local usefulness of new
methods, testing out theories, experi
menting and reporting on conditions ie
their districts—by helping, in short,
in almost every conceivable way tn
increase the knowledge of the depart
ment and to place that knowledge at
the service of the people.
CARE FOR YOUR HAIR
Frequent Shampoos With Cuticura
Soap Will Help You. Trial Free.
Precede shampoo by touches of Cu
ticura Ointment if needed to spots
of dandruff, itching and irritation of
the scalp. Nothing better for the com
plexion. hair, hands or skic than
these super-creamy emollients. Also
as preparations for the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. L,
Bostou. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
Ccnservative.
Tii-re was ouce a lady from Dexter,
l;i.. who spent five solid hours rooted
to one spot on the rim of the Grand
1 myon, during vvliicji time the strong
-'lit -f the desert afternoon melted
into ;moIs of turquoise and purple
haze; the mile-long shadows flung
themselves into the depths or went
striding across the plateaus. . . . I'll
he picking the iwokets of my own soul
h' re in a minute. Bur, anyway, I am
trying to tell you that this lady from
Iowa witnessed a sunset in the Grand
Canyon; and when night came she
found her tongue.
" It is highly gratifying,’ she sighed.
‘Vos—highly gratifying!' ”
If you will not take my word for it
take the word of the Iowa lady. She
wa> cautious, even conservative; she
did not overstate rlie case.—C. E. Van
Loan, in the Saturday Evening Post.
Caustrc Rebuke.
There is loud chuckling in British
naval circles over the latest story:
“Somewhere In the North sea” a cer
tain flotilla was ordered to proceed to
sea for gunnery practice. During the
practice a heavy fog came on, and the
ship whose turn it was to fire did not
sight the target until within 300 yards’
range. She Immediately opened fire,
and blew the target clean out of the
water. The senior officer of the flo
tilla, who is noted for his caustic
tongue, thereupon made the following
signal to the vessel in question: “S.O.
to captain of -: Why did yon not
proceed closer and bite It?"
Mythology Is not religion.
For
Pure Goodness
and delicious, snappy flavor
no ether food-drink equals
POSTUM
Made of wheat and a bit
of wholesome molasses, it Has
the rich snap and tang of high
grade Java coffee, yet con
tains no harmful elements.
This hot table drink is ideal
for children and particularly
satisfying to all with whom
coffee disagrees.
Postum comes in two forms;
The original Postum Cereal
requires boiling; Instant
Postum is made in the cup
instantly, by adding boiling
water.
For a good time at table
( and better health all Toqnd,
Postum teils its own story.
“There’s a Reason'*
Sold by Grocers everywhere.
- , . -- -
' big problem for live-stock industry
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Cattle in Buffalo Pasture, Flathead Indian Reservation, Montana.
Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The gradual but steady decline in
he carrying capacity of native pas
ures presents a serious problem for
tiie live-stock industry. The aver
age carrying capacity of the 300,000,
■00 acres of public lands outside of
'he national forests, which are practi
cally all used for grazing purposes, is
today estimated at 115 per cent less
ihan what it once was. The privately
owned pastures show the same de
cline. On the other hand, the carrying
rapacity of much of the unfenced
grazing lands within the national for
ests has been increased in recent
years by the adoption of what is
known as deferred grazing.
This system is explained in an arti
cle in the new Yearbook of the de
partment of agriculture. “Improve
ment and Management of Native Pas
tures in the West." This article gives
as the causes of pasture deterioration
overstocking and premature grazing.
It has been the general belief that if
stock came off the range in satisfac
tory condition the range was not over
stocked. In the majority of cases,
however, this is not true. Animals
which are allowed to graze the green
feed of the choice forage plants near
ly as fast as it grows may for the
time being get enough to eat. but to
rob the plants continuously of this
forage robs them also of their labora
tory for manufacturing plant food, and
they are gradually starved out of ex
istence. In the course of five years or
so, the better forage plants are gradu
ally reduced and their places taken by
(ess desirable grasses and weeds. The
condition of the stock, therefore, is not
In itself a safe way to judge whether
a range is overstocked or not.
Premature grazing is injurious not
only because the vegetation, when soft.
Is badly damaged by trampling, but be
cause the plants are not allowed to
| mature their seed. In practice, some
part of the range must be grazed
early in the year. When deferred graz
ing is adopted, however, a part of the
range is set aside and the seed al
lowed to mature before the plants are
grazed.
Deferred grazing was first practiced
by the forest service of the United
States department of agriculture in
studies on the depleted ranges of an
area in northwestern Oregon. An area
with one-fourth the carrying capacity
required for a band of sheep for an
entire season was protected against
grazing until the important plants on
it had matured seed. After which it
was heavily grazed. This caused the
sheep to aid in planting the seed by
trampling it into the ground. The fol
lowing year the same area was again
protected until after seed maturity and
' was then only moderately grazed. This
gave the seedling plants from the first
year's seed crop a chance to develop
a good root system. By following this
course on each quarter of the range
in turn the entire area was reseeded
naturally without depriving the stock
l of the forage on any part of the range
in any year. The results obtained
under tills plan were compared with
similar ranges grazed throughout the
season each year and with fenced
areas that were not grazed at all.
It was found that deferred grazing
resulted in a much greater reproduc
tion from seed than either cf the other
methods and that the production of
good forage species was particularly
great. With lands totally protected
against grazing the seeds germinate on
the surface of the ground, but. not
being planted deeply, the root Systems
of the resulting plants are unable to
reach the moist lower soil and the
plants die from drought later in the
season.
The principles of deferred grazing
are being applied to national forest
ranges as rapidly as possible, and the
| results in practice b4-ar out those se
cured experimentally. In the Year
! book article already mentioned, a pas
ture of OOP acres is taken for the pur
pose of Illustrating the practical ap
plication of deferred grazing. This is
divided by cross fences into three com
partments of approximately 200 acres
each, arranged so as to give ttie best
distribution of water and shade. Be
ginning in 1916. Xo. 1 should bo grazed
ltrst; Xo. 2 second; and Xo. 3 not un
til the important forage crops have set
seed. It may then be grazed heavily.
In 1917 area Xo. 2 should be grazed
first, area Xo. 1 second, and area Xo.
3 again protected until after seed ma
turity. and then grazed moderately.
The following table shows the manage
ment of the three areas for a period
of seven years:
Area Area Area
Year. No. 1. No. 2. Xo. 3
ISIS. First Second Third
1917. Second First Third
191S. First Third Second
19’9. Second Third First
1920 . Third Second First
1921 . Third First Second
1922 . Second First. Third
By following this plan the various
portions of the range will have not
only an equal chance to reseed, but
equal protection against grazing dur
ing the forepart of the growing sea
son. Should one part of the pasture
be in greater need of building up
than another, it may be advisable to
vary the plan to secure it maximum
crop over the whole area us soon as
practicable. A knowledge of the in
dividual case is necessary in order to
decide wlint variation should be made,
but if the principles involved are clear,
this should not be a difficult matter.
FARMER ARGUES FOR
CALVES IN AUTUMN
Every Condition Is Better for Dai
ryman Then—Young Animals
Get Better Start.
Here are some arguments that a
thoughtful farmer puts up for having
the cows freshen in the fall instead of
spring:
“The fall calf usually gets a better
start in the world than the one that
arrives in the spring. The farmer
will have more time to take care of
the calves in winter than summer;
the fall pastures are coming on, fur
nishing the cow an abundance cf good
green stuff that produces a large milk
flow. The fall pastures are more nour
ishing than the spring grasses, owing
to the fact that they do not contain so
much water. There are no flies or
heat to bother either the cow or calf,
and if dropped early enough the calf
will get a good start and learn to eat
well before cold weather sets in.
“Milk products are much easier
taken care of in winter than summer
and milk and butter prices are at
their best at this time.”
EASY TO GROW RASPBERRIES
Bush Will Continue in Bearing for Five
or Ten Years—Entirely Unlike
Strawberry.
A raspberry bush will continue in
bearing for five or ten years accord
ing to the attention given, whereas a
j strawberry patch is not expected to
j bear more than one or two seasons be
fore it is plowed under and a new
plantation set out. There are many
people who claim they are so busy they
cannot grow strawberries, but this
argument will not apply to the rasp
berry, which everyone has seen flour
ishing in the fence corners of the field,
growing wild without any attention
whatever.
Crude Oil Good for Hog Lice.
Crude oil is a good remedy for hog
lice. It may be applied with a
sprinkler, when the hogs are confined
in-a small inclosure, or with a spray
pump. It is also a good idea to pour
some of it on top of the pools in
which they wallow.
Makes Tractor Cost More.
The recent advance in the price of
gasoline--whether necessary or mere
ly speculative—is a factor that farm
ers are discussing at every crossroads
schoolhouse.
YOUNG LAMBS LIKE
THEIR GRAIN FEED
Creeps Will Aid Materially in
Rapid Growth—Satisfactory
Ration Is Given.
If creeps are provided where the
lambs can be fed grain away from
their mothers it will aid materially
In their rapid growth. It is surpris
ing how early they will learn to like
grain. By the time they are two weeks
old they will always be around at
feeding time. A place 12 by 15 feet
will be room enough for 3G to 45
lambs. In this is placed a trough 14
to 1G inches wide and 2 to 3 inches
deep in which they are fed twice a
day. It is worth while to be punctual
in the feeding. No stale grain should
be left in these troughs. Clean them
out. A satisfactory ration will be
found to be one made of two parts
cornmeal, one part bran and one part
oilnleal. Lambs like oats, too. Some
sheepmen prefer to fit up the en
trances to the creeps with two rollers
held in place by springs. This is a
good way to take care of lambs of dif
ferent sizes and the rollers prevent
tearing the wool.
LIBERAL WITH LITTLE PIGS
Profitable to Feed Young Animals as
Much as Possible—Give Sow
Milk-Producing Feed.
It pays to feed the young pig as
much ns possible, both through the
mother and later directly from the
trough. Never again will he make
such rapid and cheap gains and it pays
to keep him growing as rapidly as pos
sible while young. To this end the
sow should be given all the good, milk
producing feed she will eat. When the
pigs are about a month old they will
begin to need something in addition
to the mother's milk, even though she
is well fed.
When Fruits Are Best.
Fruits are usually at their best when
; served fresh, ripe and in season, and
there are but few with whom they
do not agree Those who cannot take
them in the raw state often .find them
acospii-Me when cooked.
Method of Farming.
Good fanning is not so much in
what we do as in the way we do it.
Need for a Silo.
If you have ten or more cows, you
neetfta silo.
DADDY'S EVENING
y FAIRY TALE
b>. MAW GRAHAM BONNER
CO*r«>oHt •> rwi
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PIG AND GIANT.
“How do you do, Mr. Giant,” said
Master Pink Pig, as he walked along
to the Giant’s cave to pay hint a
call.
“Pin well, I thank yon,” said Mr.
Giant, who was always very polite.1
“And how are you. may I ask?”
“Pin feeling healthy,” said Master
Pir.k Pig. “Yes, Pm feeling what you
might fall handsome.”
"You know. Piggie dear,” said Mr.
Giant. “{Sat healthy and handsome
don’t mean quite the same thing.”
“Oh. well,” said Master Pink Pig,
“what's the difference? They both be
gin with tlie same letter aud if they
don’t end alike or go on the same way;
it's no fault of mine Pm sure. 1 nev
er made up either of those words.”
And Master Pink Pig whispered that
to Mr. Giant as if it were u great
secret.
“I consider It very narrow-minded
to he so fussy about words anyway.
None of my family are. Why just
think, we're called Pigs and often they
call very greedy people Pigs too. Pm
sure that’s no compliment to us. hut
do we mind it?—not at all. We're far
ton broad-minded.”
The Giant was enjoying this con
versation hugely, and so. to make the
Pig say something more, lie asked him
if lie had never wanted to be some
uami/ ~' -rr->
in i 7-.„ r. ff ■ — - — i
Giant Was Enjoying Conversation.
other animal—a Deer for instance,
with great big beautiful brown eyes.
“That reminds me,” said Master
Pink Pig. “of the time I wanted to be
a Deer. How very funny you should
have mentioned the very animal I
envied.”
“Ah—" said Mr. Giant, “1 know
many secrets. But continue with your
story.”
“You see the Deer was everything
that I was not. He was beautiful—
lie had brown eyes while mine were a
watery pink—he had soft skin and
mine never gets much admiration—
and he ran so quickly and gracefully.
I always wanted to be graceful and
somehow I never could learn how to
move in the lovely ways that the Deer
did. Oh. there was one Deer, espe
cially, that used to fill my poor pig
heart with great envy.
“And above all. Instead of living in
a Pig pen, he lived In the woods and
ran about the meadows. He was very
shy and didn’t like many people—
whereas anyone at all would talk to
me. 1 got so I didn’t like it. I
thought it would have been so fine to
have been shy.
“But one day, I wandered about in
to the woods, near where the Deer I
thought so much of lived. And there
to my horror, what do you think I
saw?”
"What?” asked the Giant in great
surprise, for Master Pink Pig’s story
was not turning out at all ns he had
thought it would.
“Oh. I saw a dreadful sight,” and
Master Pink Pig’s pink eyes began
to water some more.
"Well, tell me," said the Giant. “I
can never hear to bo kept waiting for
the end of a story.”
“There, on the moss, in the woods,”
said the Pig. “where the lovely- Deer
had been playing and running about
only the day before. I saw six Grown
up Men sitting around a bonfire from
which came a very strange smell.
“I got as near as I could without
being seen, and stayed behind a tree
to find out what it all meant.
“ ‘There now I think it’s ready.’ said
one of the Men.
\>e were lucsy to nave seen that
l)eer,’ said a second, as lie looked" at
his gun on the ground beside him. *1
do like venison—really fine meat—
nothing cheap like pork, or ham. or
bacon. Give me venison every rime!
I have grown so tired lately of the
same thing.’
“And then I understood. Venison
simply meant the Deer when he was
cooked. Oh, how badly I felt. But
I never wanted to be anything else
hut a Pig again when I hnd heard
the way they had talked about how
delicious deei meat could be.
“Ar~! wasn’t I thankful they had
turned irv their noses at me! At
least, I thought to myself—If I should
be a beautiful Deer my life would
never be safe—and as for being a
Pig—well. I can have some time yet
of health and mud and a good old
lazy time, before I am eaten. So, Pm
glad I’m a Pig. See?”
“I see. I see,” said the old Giant.
”Yes, sometimes it's just as well not
to he anything extra fine!”
There Is Vast Difference.
It is surprising how many people do
not know tile difference between ob
stinacy and firmness. Some girls fee!
uncomfortnhle over standing by th^lr
principles, for fear someone will tlfink
them obstinate, and others pride them
selves on never making a concession
to please anyone, and imagine they ar*
beautifully firm. It Is quite importer*
to get the difference quite clear in
your own mind, since firmness is one
of the most necessary virtues, and ob
stinacy one of the most serious faults.
—Girl’s Companion.
Achy joints Give Warning
A creaky joint often predicts rain. It
may also mean that the kidneys are not
liitering the poisonous uric acid from the
blood. Bad backs, rheumati pains, sore,
aching joints, headaches, dizziness and
urinary disorders are all effects of weak
kidneys and if nothing is done, there's
danger of more serious trouble. I'se
Dean s Kidney Fills, the best recommended
kidney remedy.
An Iowa Cue
John W. Wright.
1022 Sixth St..
Knoxville, Iowa.
says: “Four years j
tack of rheuma
tism in one of my£
arms and the painJS
was awful. At
times I couldn’t Ilf te
rn y arm.withoutfc
sharp twinges dart-■
lng through it. I [1
finally get Doan’s#
moneys mus ana
had taken them only a short time be
fore 1 found relief. Two boxes per
manently cured me.”
Get Dean’s at Any Store, 50c a Bex
DOAN’S WAV
FOSTER-M1LBURN CO, BUFFALO. N. Y.
Ordered to Be Ignorant.
Miscellany has receive.! a ''tier i
from the front for its readers. It i
gives one or two little stories of ac
tual incidents which have occurred in
the writer's regiment somewhere in
France: All ranks, as soon as they
land in Fiance, are urgently warned
against answering questions asked
them by people whom they don't know
—even though the questioner is ap
parently a British officer, for enemy
agents have been found in the uniform j
of all ranks. A certain conscientious i
t young sub. was in the front line the j
other day when a major of the Di- i
visional Staff came along and began
questioning the boy. with a view of ,
testing his alertness and efficiency.
“What trench is this?"
“I don't know, sir.”
“What regiment is on your right?"
“I don't know, sir."
“How do your rations come up?”
“I don't know, sir.”
“Well you don’t seem to know much, i
young fellow, do you?"
"Excuse me, sir. but 1 don’t know j
who you are."—Manchester Guardian, j
—
Some men are long on dollars and i
short on common sense.
1^——»«,
HELP TOUR
STOMACH
TO DO ITS WORK
NATURALLY- A
NORMALLY- S G*
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IS
NATURE’S
“FIRST AID’’
IN STOMACH
OR BOWEL DISORDERS
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Children Cry For
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What is CASTORIA
Castoria Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Karcotio
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it
has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, "Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and
Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children’s Panacea—The Mother’s Friend*
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
In Use For Over 30 Years
- The Kind You Have Always Bought
WtappCt. TMK CENTAUR COMPANY. NI« YORK CITY,
Their Part in the War.
Several young clubmen met recently
and the question of the war became the
chief topic of conversation. They felt
awfully sorry for the poor soldiers in
the trenches. "We ought to do some
thing for them," said one. "So we
should,'’ advised another. A third
member, in speaking of this a few days
later, remarked, “So we drank their
health all evening.”—London Mail.
Plenty of It.
“My dear sir, I am an agen}, for
this wonderful theater. Will you not
let us keep you in hot water in your
home?”
"Thanks—quite unnecessary. My
wife attends to that.”
„ Boasting of an old love affair is a
poor vrrjr to boost a new one.
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Electricity Kilts Insect.
A process lius just been developed in
the department of agriculture by
means of which insects and pests may
be killed by electricity. The process
consists in the application of salt wa
ter to the ground that is to he treated,
and then causing a current of elec
tricity to pass through the soil. The
current generates a gas which will in
stantly kill all germs, larvae and in
sect pests in the soil, without In any
way , injuring the vegetation. A
lerge area of ground can be treated
by digging shallow trenches in which
a powerful current can be develops..
The Drawback.
“Why did you discharge your chatcr
feur? Wasn't he a good one?”
“Fine. But he took too much tunc
off to go to jail."
ti i t riTrm 11 m i rrm h i n i rrn r, rt
Much More Desirable.
I ‘1 don'ts believe that mercenary girl
I can imagine anything better than be
ing a rich old man's wife."
"There "h one thing she'd like hetter
to be.”
“What’s that?"
"His widow."—Baltimore American.
IF YOU OB ANY FRIEND
buffer with Rheumatism or Neuritis, acute or
j chronic, write for my FREE BOOK on Rheu._a»
I tlsm—Its Cause and Cure. Most wonderful book
i ever written, it’s absolutely FREE Jessa A.
Jase, Dept. C. W., Brockton. Mass. — Ady.
The Right Word.
“Ma husbaii's very po’ly, ma'am. He's
got dat exclamatory rheumatism.”
"You mean inflammatory. Martha.
Exclamatory is from exclaim, which
means to cry out.”
“Yes. ma’am, dat’s what it is. He
hollers if anyone goes near him.”
I 11 11 11 111 i i i i i i i i i i i . ...
Typewriter Service
in Rural Communities
The typewriter is coming into more extended use in rural com
munities because of the assistance it renders to all classes of
people. Here are a few examples of the possibilities of service:
The Farmer : Think of the possibilities of selling produce by the means
| ■■ of typewritten letters sent out to customers? Type
written letters give the sender a business standing with the people who
receive them ana also enable the keeping of carbon copies of the correspon
dence, which many times does away with misunderstandings and lawsuits.
The General Store Merchant: Mote prompt and courteous treat
tnent is likely to be accorded his
orders and correspondence with the Gty jobber and manufacturer if his letters
\ are typewritten.
In The Home: The boy or girl who is intending to follow a business
" " " —— career can secure no better start than a knowledge of
typewriter operating. Ouldren who learn to use the typewriter learn spelling
at the same rime. The housewife finds it a great convenience in writing
recipes and for general correspondence.
The Minister: No Qergyman should be without a typewriter. It is
■ , of great assistance in preparing sermons and writing
the many letters that a pastor has to write.
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