FARM
Alfalfa grows anywhere.
Sheep must have dry quarters.
Tired of chickens ? Try ducks.
A fowl drenched with rain is not
comfortable.
Missouri mules are being shipped
to South Africa.
Parched corn makes a good night
feed in cold weather.
Alfalfa is winning a place in the
dairyman's rotation.
One pound of sheep's wool will
make a yard of cloth.
Corn , barley and buckwheat are
very fattening grains.
New Zealand condenses and pow
ders great quantities of milk.
Stump is the best late canning
peach , among the white varieties.
In fattening fowls the wet mash ,
seems to have tbe edge over dry feed.
Fodder that is dusty will be helped
by spraying a little in the mangers or
racks.
Grapes are still trodden with , the
bare feet in many parts of Spain and
Italy.
Duck raisers pack 40 dressed
ducklings in a barrel for ship
ment.
Sows are always in better condi
tion to raise fall pigs than they are in
the spring.
Fattening sheep should have grain
enough to push them forward as rapid
ly as possible.
The pig crop is governed by numer
ous influences that tend to increase
or decrease the supply.
J-
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New males for the flock each year
is the only sure way of keeping up
vigor and other good qualities.
The bourbon hens are said to be
quiet and easily handled , non-roving
in habit and yet very hardy.
The man who can raise hogs profit
able without pasture can increase his
profits many fold by using pasture.
That cows like a change of feed is
shown by the way they will eat rotten
hay , pull out old straw from the sheds ,
etc.
"When hogs go off feed in a terri
tory where cholera is present the
owner ought to suspect cholera at
once.
Extra feed and care are needed now
to keep up the cows' vitality , for with
out vitality a. cow is not much of a
milker.
Do not allow the sheep to stand or
lie on hot fermenting manure , as it
is sure to produce foot rot and lung
diseases.
Raspberries , strawberries and cher
ries were unknown in England until
the time of King Henry VHI. and of
Queen Elizabeth.
Clean out the hen house and put
the cleanings on the garden. 'Next
spring you will wonder what makes
things grow so fast.
A little tarred paper and a few
nails and laths will make a very
poor poultry house water and wind
proof for the winter.
Bight now , when cream Is flirting
with the 40-cent mark , is a poor time
to let the cows fall off on account of
lack of feed. Better buy.
' Quality in form , disposition and
general conformation must be coupled
with the size and style to get the
best in each class" of horses.
"Why kill off the game birds ? Most
of them repay well the cost of their
keep by destroying the insects that
threaten the fields of the farmer.
Be a friend of your poultry : When
fowls fly through the windows upon
entering the poultry-house is a pretty
good sign that something is wrong.
Let your hens know you always have
something for them.
Why not feed the laying hens some
potatoes , cabbage , turnips , etc. , and
thus make them feel somewhat as they
3id in the summer , when , they found
plenty of green material for food ?
rhen your egg basket would also fill
ap as did "in the good old summer-
ilme. "
Guard against rabbits.
All animals must have fresh alt.
Bran beats corn meal as a milk feefl.
Missouri raised $1,000,000 worth of
cotton in 1910.
Too early calving stunts the heifer
for dairy purposes.
Coal ashes are good for dusting over
the dropping boards.
Poultry keeping is a decidedly
healthful occupation.
The more active the hens the more
water they will drink.
Watch the yards and don't leave
any slippery or icy places.
Don't be too ready to take a seller's
word for what his cow can do.
A few lumps of sugar will help
wonderfully when training the colts
Look out for the breeding mare am
give her good food and plenty of ex
ercise.
Nearly 30,000,000 acres of wheat
were planted throughout India this
year.
Eggs from older hens are better for
hatching purposes than those from
pullets.
Plenty of scalding water on the milk
utensils is needed in winter as well as
summer.
It is better to give the orchard
clean cultivation than to try to raise
crops in it.
The way to judge the value of a
breeding ewe is to examine the quality
of the lamb.
To gather a pound of honey a bee
has to make nearly 23,000 trips to and
from its hive.
It is poor policy to plan for nearly
chicks unless you have a good place
to care for them.
The hog is pretty nearly all a bun
dle of money , and he should not be
neglected in any manner.
The chief aim of a wide-awake
farmer is to produce as much as pos
sible of what he consumes.
Cover the winter onions with coarse
manure from the horse stable to give
them an early start in spring.
A 50-acre farm paid for will give
peace of mind , and if properly worked
a good profit at the least cost.
The amount of land under cultiva
tion in this country has not kept pace
with the increase of population.
Still time this month to put in some
bulbs in the ground hyacinths , tu
lips , daffodils , lily-of-the-valley , etc.
One of our dairy folks found neglect
ing to salt the cows the principal
cause of his winter churning troubles.
A drove of hogs of all colors and
sizes brings as much money as a
drove of the same breed , color and
size.
You may feed all the food your hens
can possibly use , but if you are shorten
on grit the result will not be satisfac
tory.
Cold storage men claim that brown-
shelled eggs , being heavier and thick
er , preserve better than white-shelled
ones.
One green feed a day should be
the rule. Scalded alfalfa , sprouted
grain , cabbage or .root crops are all
good.
If one of your hogs gets a-grudge
against another , put them in sep
arate pens. They will do better and
grow faster.
While good pasture and forage
crops will cause ewes to take on
flesh rapidly , they are run down in
flesh and vitality.
Bright sunshine helps to clean
dairy utensils , but it should give only
the finishing touches. It's sure to
shirk the rough work.
Clean the coops thoroughly before
you put them away. Get them un
der cover , too , if you can. They will
last so much longer.
Plenty of corn will keep the hens
from freezing to death , but it Isn't
likely to stimulate them to break any
records in egg production.
It is not too early to make up your
list of fruit trees needed for next
spring's planting , and to get the order
in. That will avoid delays during the
spring rush.
All kinds of schemes have been rec
ommended and tried as preventives
against rabbits gnawing young trees
but we still believe there is nothing
that does the work better than a bunch ,
of corn stalks tied about them with
binder twine.
If you will coil rope to the left
Lwice and then take the end and pass
: t down through the coil and then coil
t once to the right , you will probably
take the twist out. This is the meth
od used by an agent who has handled
and sold rope for a great many years.
PRESIDENT ASKS IMMEDIATE AT
TENTION TO WANTS OF
PUBLIC DOMAIN.
MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL
Legislation In Interest of Alaska Is
Imperative Homestead Laws
Need Revising Leasing Law Rec
ommended Would Probe Cost of
Living.
Washington , Fob. 2. The president's
special message on the work of the In
terior department was read to congress
today.
There la no branch of the Federal
Jurisdiction which calls more Imperative
ly for Immediate legislation than that
which concerns the public domain , and
especially the part of that domain which
is In Alaska.
The progress under the reclamation act
has made clear the defects of its limita
tions , which should be remedied. The
rules governing the acquisition of home
steads , of land that is not arid or semiarid -
arid , are not well adapted to the perfectIng -
Ing of title to land made arable by gov
ernment reclamation work.
I concur with the secretary of the in
terior In his recommendation that , after
entry Is made upon land being reclaimed ,
actual occupation as a homestead of the
same be not required until two years aft
er entry. Taut that cultivation of the same
shall be required , and that the present
provision under which the land is to be
paid for in ten annual Installments shall
be so modified as to allow a patent Issue
for the land at the end of five years'
cultivation and three years' occupation ,
with a reservation of a government Hen
for the amount of the unpaid purchase
money. This leniency to the reclamation
homesteader will relieve him from occupa
tion at a time when the condition of the
land makes it most burdensome and dif
ficult , and at the end of five years will
furnish him with a title upon which he
can borrow money and continue the im
provement of his holdings.
I also concur in the recommendation
of the secretary of the interior that all
o our public domain should be classified
and that each class should be disposed
of or administered In the manner most
appropriate to that particular class.
The chief change , however , which ought
to be made , and which I have already
*
recommended in previous mesasges and
communications to congress , Is that by
which- government coal land and phos
phate and other mineral lands containing
non-metalliferous minerals , shall be
leased by the government , with restric
tions as to size and time , resembling
those which now obtain throughout the
country between the owners in fee and
the lessees who work the mines , and in
leases like those which have been most
successful In Australia , New Zealand and
Nova Scotia. The showing made by in
vestigations into the successful working
of the leasing system leaves no doubt as
to Its wisdom and practical utility. Re
quirements as to the working of the mine
during the term may be so framed as to
prevent any holding of large mining prop
erties merely for speculation , while the
royalties may be made sufficiently low ,
not unduly to Increase the cost of the
coal mined , and at the same time suffi
cient to furnish a reasonable income for
the use of the public in the community
where the mining goes on. In Alaska ,
there Is no reason why a substantial in
come should not thus be raised for such
public works as may be deemed neces
sary or useful.
There Is no difference between the rea
sons which call for the application of the
leasing system to the coal lands still re
tained by the government in the United
States proper and those which exist In
Alaska.
I am not In favor of government owner
ship where the same certainty and effi
ciency of service can be had by private
enterprise , but I think the conditions
presented in Alaska are of such a char
acter as to warrant the government , for
the purpose of encouraging the develop
ment of that vast and remarkable terri
tory , to build and own a trunk line rail
road , which It can lease on terms which
may be varied and changed to meet the
growing prosperity and development of
the territory.
For some years past the high and stead
ily increasing cost of living has been a
matter of such grave public concern that
I deem It of great public Interest that an
International conference be proposed at
this time for the purpose of preparing
plans , to be submitted to the various gov
ernments , for an International Inquiry in
to the high cost of living , its extent ,
cause , effects , and possible remedies. I
therefore recommend that , to enable the
president to invite foreign governments
to such a conference , to be held at Wash
ington or elsewhere , the congress provide
an appropriation , not to exceed $20,000 , to
defray the expenses of preparation and
of participation by the United States.
The magnitude and complexity of mod
ern Industrial disputes have put .upon
some of our statutes and our present
mechanism for adjusting such differences
where we can be said to have any
mechanism at all a strain they were
never Intended to bear and for which
they are unsuited. What is urgently need
ed today is a re-examination of our laws
bearing upon the relations of employer
and employe and a careful and discrim
inating scrutiny of the various plans
which are being tried in several of our
own states and in other countries. This
would seem to be the first natural step
In bringing about an adjustment of these
relations better suited to the newer con
ditions of Industry.
My attention has been called to the in
justice which is done In this country by
the sale of articles In the trade purportIng -
Ing to be made in Ireland , when they are
not so made , and It Is suggested that the
justice of the enactrrtent of a law which ,
so far as the jurisdiction of the federal
government can go , would prevent a
continuance of this misrepresentation to
the public and fraud upon those who
are entitled to use the statement in the
sale of their goods. I think It to be
greatly In the Interest of fair dealing ,
which ought always to be encouraged by
law. for congress to enact a law making
It a misdemeanor , punishable by fine or
Imprisonment , to use the mails or to put
Into interstate commerce any articles ol
merchandise which bear upon their face
a statement that they have been manu
factured In some particular country when
the fact Is otherwise.
Detained.
"A Chinaman is quoted in a news
paper as saying that his countrymen
took a step forward when they cut off
their queues. "
"No doubt they did. In fact , I once
saw a Chinaman whose queue prevent
ed him from taking a step forward. "
"How was that ? "
"It was tied to a picket fence. "
On the Market Now.
"What Is your idea of nothing to
buy ? "
"An imitation dried codfish. "
HOUSEWORK IS A HEAVY BURDEN
The woman -who "keeps house" has
enough to do when she is in good , sound
health , but if she is weak , tired all the
time , and suffering from morn to night
with an aching back , house-work becomes
a heavy burden.
Many women who were afflicted in this
way say that Doan's Kidney Pills have
made life easier for them.
Women are subject to kidney disease.
The clothing they wear , the work they do ,
the worry and strain of bearing and rear
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all tend to it.
Backache , bearing-down pains , headache ,
dizzy spells , faintness , fits of "blues , " and
other troubles often thought to be peculiar
to the sex , are found frequently in kidney
disease. When any one of these ilia ap
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too frequent , scanty or burning , just make
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A Terrible Tale of Kidney Suffering.
Mrs. H. W. Heacy , 1515 L St. , Bakersfield
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in the fall of 1907. I used remedy after
remedy prescribed by physicians but no re
lief came and I was in despair. On ac
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some nights I was not in bed half an hour.
I became so nervous and restless I hardly
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I staggered. I had a feeling as _ if there
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cretions acting too freely at times , while
again they were very scant and accom
panied by terrible pain. I cannot describe
the suffering I endured for over two years.
Finally I began using Dpan'a Kidney Pills
and while I did not notice much relief for
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JUST A LITTLE TOO HASTY
Mr. Newlywed Resented What He
Considered Impertinence , but the
Joke Was on Him.
They were on their wedding tour ,
and imagined that every civility giv
en them related to their new condi
tion of servitude.
Having stopped at a way station ,
the bridegroom was approached by
the station agent , who asked :
"Are you going to take the next
train ? "
"It's none of your business , " re
torted the bridegroom , indignantly , as
he guided the bride up the platform ,
where they condoled with each other
over the impertinence of some of the
natives.
Onward came the train , its vapor
curling from afar. It was the last to
their destination that day an express.
Nearer and nearer it came at full
speed ; then in a moment it whizzed
past and was gone.
"Why in thunder didn't that train
stop ! " yelled the bridegroom.
"Cos you said 'twarn't none of my
bizness. I has to signal if that train's
to stop. "
WOMEN AND HEALTH.
Women are beginning to realize
more fully that good health is not to
be found in the use of cosmetics and
face powders. The appearance of
health may follow facial treatment ,
but health itself lies much deeper than
the surface.
Most important to the health of ev
ery woman is regularity of the bowels
and digestive organs. The weary
eyes , bad breath , frequent headaches ,
pimples and general air of lassitude ,
is in most every case due'to consti
pation or indigestion , or both. There
are various remedies prescribed for
this condition , but the easiest , most
pieasant and certainly effective , is
a combination of simple laxative
herbs with pepsin known to druggists
as Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. This
simple remedy is far preferable to
harsh salts and catharticd and violent
purgative waters that disturb the
whole system without affording more
than temporary relief.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a
tonic laxative , mild in its action ,
pleasant to the taste and positive in
its effect , strengthening the muscles
of stomach and bowels so that after
a short time these organs regain the
power to perform their natural func
tions without assistance.
Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is sold
by druggists everywhere in 50c and
$1.00 bottles. If you have never tried
it , write for a sample to Dr. W. B.
Caldwell , 201 Washington St. , Monti-
cello , 111. ; he will gladly send a trial
bottle without any expense to you
whatever.
On a Main Road.
Pottleton drew up at the side of the
road and accosted a man sitting on
top of a load of hay.
"I say , colonel , " said he , "are we on
the right road to Claypool Junction ? "
"Ya-as , " said the farmer.
"How's the road , pretty good ? "
asked Pottleton.
"Fine , " said the farmer. "We've
been 20 years wearin' them ruts
through. " Harper's Weekly.
UseJess.
"Why don't you make up your mind
to cease permitting your wife to henpeck -
peck you ? "
"I have made it up half a dozen
times , but it doesn't seem to do any
good at all. She refuses to concede
that I have a mind. "
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Young America's Reply.
"Why did Shylock want a pound of
flesh ? "
"I suppose he knew that the price
of meat , was going up. "
Nothing Serious.
"Made any mistakes in the new year
as yet ? "
' . 'Well , I'm still writing in 1911. "
HER PLANS MADE.
Harry Where do you propose to go
next summer ?
Helen I Intend to propose to a man ,
who is in a position to take me wher
ever I want to go.
Child's Reasoning.
"I can't tell you anything about my
grandpa , " said solemn little Eustace ,
questioned by a happier comrade as to
his more recent ancestor , "because I
never had any. All my grandparents
died before I was born. "
"But , you had grandparents just the
same , dear , " interpolated a listening
adult. "The fact that they died before
you were born doesn't alter the fact
that they were your grandparents. "
"But if our fathers and mothers had
died before we were born they
wouldn't have been our fathers and
mothers , would they ? " the wondering
child questioned. "So I don't see how
what you say can be true. "
Ready for Anything.
A popular neighbor had just passed
to the great beyond in a rural Penn
sylvania community and the undertaker - i
taker stood at the door of the home ,
when he heard the following remarks
by the minister :
"Mine brethren und sisters , Joe
Thomas he iss dead. Maybe Joe Thom
as he go to heaven up I no know , und
maybe Joe Thomas he go to hell
down I no know , but , mine brethren
und sisters , we must be brebared to
meet him. "
A Possibility.
"He's gone to that meeting- full of
fire. "
"Then he had better be careful or
they will put him out. "
On to Her Job.
Mrs. Colin Gabble Do you ever per
mit your husband to have his own
way ?
Mrs. Strongmind Oh , yes , occasion
ally. He is sure to make a fool of
himself , and that makes him easier to
manage next time. "
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"What is your idea of economy ? "
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