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" Htr'5T'':'W(WPff'-. & l & ' ' 24 The Commoner . Subscribers' Advertising Dept. TIjIb department In for tho benefit of Commoner hubscribcrs, and a special rntn (if ulv nmitii n wnnl nor (nMorflon tho lowent rate haM been mado for i them. AddreHS all communications to ! The Commoner, Lincoln, Nebraska, j FAMILY Medicine Cane. Save doctors'! bins- J 3 remedies ror 12 common diseases. Colds, coughs, croup, cramps, dlurfuocu, fever, rheumatism, sick head ache, 6re throat, etc. 300 doses In tabloid form. Convenient, pleasant to take, absolutely safe. Contain no opium, alcohol, morphine, cocalno or similar drugs, $2.00 prepaid. Malefac tion guaranteed. Information on re quest. The Tabloid Remedies Co., P. O. U0X..133H. Denver, Col. Reference, The Denver National Bank. FCSSHMA SPECIFIC Will absolutely - cur eczema, salt rheum, barbers Itch and other skin diseases. Sent by mall. $1.50. Send for recommendations. Almklov'H pharmacy, Cooperstown, North Dakota. 17I&K6T irrigable fruit, alfalfa, grain lands; Pecos Valley; 3 to 15 acre; -10 tons alfalfa one cutting 20 -acres', C out ting annually. First premiums World's Fair, Low rate excursions. Iron Moun tain via Kansas City. Write P. H. Goodloc, Ft. Worth, Texas. FOR SALE 900 aero irrigated cattle , ranch. Not another Mich a bargain In America. Box 177, Saratoga, Wyo. FOR SALE 191 acres, 7 miles from Calico Rock, Ark., three miles from WJilte River It. H. Ideal for fruit, poul try and stock. 30 acres cleared; balance In small timber: 3 room house, 3 springs and fruit for family use. Only small portion rough. Price $1,500. N. D. Hall. C10 So. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, Calif. FINE Broom Corn Seed Wholesale, retail. All varieties. Fanning Seed Co., Oakland, 111. " DROTIIER Accidentally discovered J root cures tobacco habit. Indigestion. Gladly sent particulars. J. W. Stokes, Mohawk, Fla. 1720 Colorado Roiilc.vurtf Denver, Colo. place when the corn is fed alone. We need alfalfa because we can in this way grow on our farms the pro tein more profitably than we can buy It In feed stuffs. We need al falfa because it feeds the soil and en ables us to grow larger crops of corn and oats. THE FAKMHIl AXI TAX THE INCOME 1 Start 1914 RIGHT 6pen an account with us on an interest bearing basis, either a Time Certificate or Savings Ac count and have your monoy available on demand with a Reasonable earning power, and with tho absolute protection as sured you by tho Oklahoma Guaranty Law. With depositors from over thirty states, wo glvo especial i attention to foreign accounts, and guarantee you prompt and efficient service. Booklet on Banking by Mail and copy of law mailed on re quest. Are your idle funds protected? If not why not? GUARANTY STATE BANK MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA . M. G. HASKELL, President The new income tax law will af fect the income of farmers the same as city men, except this difference only, that the farmer himself will re port his net annual income and pay the tax direct, while tho city man on a stated salary or income will have the tax deducted by his employer or at the source of his regular income. The law provides that the tax on the "Income of an indivdu.il which is not fixed or certain, and not payable at stated periods,' or is indefinite or irregular as to amount or time of accrual" shall be paid by the indi vidual himself and names the farmer as the first man included in this list, says the Farm.er and Stockman. The ordinary man, be he farmer or city man, has to pay 1 per cent on what ever amount his net annual income is in excess of $8,000. If he is a married man, with a wife living with him, the exemption is $4,000. The tax is then 1 per cent on the amount in excess of these figures up to the limit of 820,000 a year net income, when tho tax assessment increases. The law is specific o.n the point of figuring up the not income, the de ductions that shall bo made, which are listed as toiiows: iirst rue necessary expenses actually paid in carrying on any business, not includ ing personal, living or family ex penses. This would include the Wages paid hired men, cost pf food and seed purchased and so on. Sec ond All interest paid within the year by a taxable person on indebted ness. This would include interest on a mortgage on the farm, the stock or machinery. Third, -All national, state, county, school and municipal taxes paid within the year. Fourth Losses sustained through the year, incurred in trade or arising from fires, storms and so on, and not com pensated for by insurance. This would include damage to crops by hail, to buildings by fire, and so on, provided it was not covered by in surance. Fifth Accounts due and actually charged off, during the year, as worthless. Sixth A reasonable allowance for the exhaustion, wear and tear of property arising out of its use in the business. This would include wear and tear on farm ma chinery and depreciation of build ings. HOW POSTS SHOULD BE SET third of those set top down rotted off, as compared with a little over one sixth of those set top up. From this and other observations the conclu sion was reached that there is no difference which end is put in the ground, except that the sounder" or larger end should have the prefer ence. The decay of the post is most ly at the ground line, and other things being equal, the larger the post the longer it will last. If both ends are equally sound the larger should go in the ground. If one end is defective it should be up, since the conditions above ground are many times more favorable to dura bility than just at or below Ithe ground line. MEASURING HAY EVERY STOCK FARMER NEEDS IT Our Improved Gate City Steam Generator is inval uablo for cooking feed and supplying hot water. Can be used by the farmer for heating his house, and in addition ho can pijpo, steam tb tanks and food cookers with little addi tional expense. Will atand on any wood floor with safety from Are. Fire will keep over night in this steamer. It only requires OIL hv R tn 3 VV K flrtm space. Mado in six sizes. Perfectly reliable, safo and durable. Do not buy until you investigate our steamer. Write today for particulars." Keokuk Hydraulic Tire Setter Co., Keokuk, In. JjUm Wanted Ideas Wrlto for. List of Inven tions wanted. by mhmi-' facturers and prizes ofTcrcd forln ventiong, Our four books !cnt free. Patent secured or Feo R'oturhqdt VICTOR J. EVANS & CO., Washington, D..CN Measuring hay in the stack is a common method of selling hay, but the methods and rules used are varied, says the Colorado agricul tural college. Very little experi mental data have been obtained upon the accuracy of the different meth ods. The United States department of farm management has made some experiments, and uses the following method to find the cubic content of the stack: Measure the length of the stack, then the width, then with a tape measure over the stack from the ground on one side to the ground on the other side. This distance is called the over. Multiply the width by the over and this by .31. This will give the area of the cross sec tion. Multiply this by the length and get total cubic feet contents. The factor .31 is variable, according to the height, width and fulness of the stack, and may be as low as .24 in low stacks or as much as .38 in high stacks. '.The number of cubic feet , to allow for one" ton varies with the Attractive Clubbing Offers -3 1 s !" W ,$1.00 is; t " B n Co ?1.55 1.00 kind of it has usually custom. hay and the length of time stood in the stack, and is determined according to local GROWING GINSENG It is. a very common belief among farmers that a post will last longer if set in the ground the reverse cf tho way it grew in tho tree. The supposition is that sap in a tree is always ascending, or at least it is easer for the say to go up than down. Consequently, it is argued, turning a post upside down tends to prevent the riso of water, helps to keep the wood dry and therefore renders it less liable to decay. As a matter of fact, however, sap or water can flow with equal facility in either direc tion. Careful experiments on the relative durability of nost tlmbfirs have been made at the Ohio experi ment station and the above question was considered. One fence in par ticular contained 15G black locust posts, of which SC were set with the top end up, 39 with the top end down and 31 did not show in what position they were set. At the end of twenty years 80 posts, or 19 per cent, were decayed. Of this numhov no were too un. ia ton dnwn nH ti 3 s4-rtvi i 1 T- . i.l I r uuuciciumnju, 1U ucner woras, one Some years ago there was some thing approaching a glnseilg craze in some sections 6f the country, and the idea is still so rampant that the United States department of agricul ture issued a bulletin on the subject which gives some valuable advice. Plunging into ginseng, the bulletin says, is as likely to prove disastrous as in other forms of enterprise. The suggestion is offered that culture of any special crop is best begun in an inexpensive and experimental man ner, "enlarging the equipment only as reasonable success seems assured." As a commercial pr duct the agri cultural department regards ginseng as particularly liable to overproduc tion. The belief is expressed that it holds little inducement for inex perienced growers looking into quick profits from a small investment, as ginseng is a slow grower and its cul tivation involves a large amount of labor and patience. American Boy American Magazine 1.50 American .poultry Journal., 1,00 Breeder's Gazette 1.00 Cincinnati Daily Post, It. R, -"" . Edition .... 2,50 Commercial Appeal 50 Courier-Journal, "Weekly . . . 1.00 Etude (For Music Lovers) . . 1.50 Enquirer, Cincinnati, Ohio, Weekly 1.00 Field & Stream 1.50 Fruit Grower & Farmer.... 1.00 Hoard's Dairyman 1.00 Homo & State, Dallas, Tex. 1.00 wousowiLe 50 Independent, N. Y 3.00 Irrigation Age . ..... ...'.. . v. 1.00 Kansas City Weakly -Sar. -, -,.25 La Follotte's Magazine. .... . 1.00- Lippincott's1 Magazine ...... 3.00' Literary Digest (new.) ...... 3.00 McCall's. 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