NOTES
FARM
Groom your cows.
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The silo is a time saver.
Attend to the horse's feet.
Grow strawberries for home use.
Let the young calves have plenty of
sunlight.
We cannot longer raise paying ap
ple crops unless we spray.
\
Seed grain of all kinds is scarce
and high priced again this spring.
The cleanly dairyman keep the dirt
out of the milk rather than strains it
out.
Whale oil soap may be used to de
stroy lice , scale , insects and mealy
bugs.
Clover and grass seed always do
best when they can be started to early
growth.
Profitable beef production in the fu
ture means that better gains must
be made.
In a gallon of 30 per cent , cream
there tire two and one-half pounds of
butter fat.
When butter refuses to "gather" the
cream may be too sour or the temper
ature too low.
Lack of thorough cleansing of the
separator is one cause of flavor in
butter being off.
It is a good plan to give a cow a
bucket of scalded bran as the first
feed after calving.
The shoe should fit the foot. Don't
let the blacksmith cut bars or frogs
to make the horse's foot fit the shoe.
Field mice been at the young trees ?
If the bark is knawed to the wood the
trees may be saved by bridge graft
ing.
Satisfactory results were obtained
last year at the Kansas Agricultural
college from the use of Kaffir as si
lage.
Potash , as a constituent of fertiliz
ers , exists in a number of forms , but
chiefly as chloride or muriate and as
sulphate.
After starting to .shed their hair in
spring cows are very sensitive to sud
den cold snaps. That is when stabling
pays at night.
Clover and grass seed may be
grown and a good stand secured , on
oat ground during the last of April
and the first of May.
Narrow doors in the sheep barns
are ja mighty poor thing. Broken
down hips and early dropped lambs
are some of the results.
A colt wants to be kept eating and
growing and exercising , and anything
but fattening , as long as he has a
time assigned him by nature to grow.
Any kind of fruit tree will die
when planted in ground that is all
the time saturated with water. The
tile ditch is a necessity in some
places.
Early peas may be followed by cel
ery or cabbage or potatoes , followed
by late beans or corn , thereby get
ting several crops from the same
ground each year.
A horse must have feet and legs be
side weight to be any good at heavy
work. Flat bone in the cannons and
large , round feet should be looked for
in picking horses.
Just now is the time to get the start
of the lice and a good first move is to
thoroughly clean out the hen house
then squirt some kerosene around
pretty lively over the walls , roosts ,
and nest boxes.
Young mares will sometimes refuse
to allow their foals to nurse at first.
The mare may be tied in the stall and
the colt helped to milk. As soon as it
has sucked each teat the mother will
usually allow it to continue.
A good liniment for all kinds of
swellings on dairy cows , as well as on
all other farm animals is made by
mixing equal parts of turpentine ,
sweet oil and spirits of camphor. Ap
ply liberally and frequently to the
swollen parts.
If your stable floor is of plank and
In need of repairing , the laying of a
thin coat of cement over the old and
then putting a new layer of planks on
it will serve to make the floor water
tight and at the same time , to pre-
dry rot.
Pigs relish potatoes.
Cut back climbing roses.
Care for the farrowing sow.
Treat the young heifers gentl ? .
Groom your horses well and prevent
skin diseases.
The dairyman can raise hogs cheap
er than any one else.
Old and many young trees are in
fested with the woolly aphis.
Keeping the fingernails cut may
save both milk and mortification.
Kerosene emulsion will kill plant
lice more effectively than hellebore.
There is a big difference between
a butterfly and a fly in the butter.
Be sure the little pigs have a nice
dry place to stretch out in the warm
sun.
Milk fever might often be prevented
by a little attention to the cow before
calving.
Remember that your orchard , espe
cially the young trees , needs good
cultivation.
The three important elements of
plant food are nitrogen , phosphorus
and potassium.
Alfalfa is the most wonderful of all
cultivated plants , and the oldest one
known to history.
There is no germ slayer better than
an ounce of carbolic acid added to a
pail of whitewash.
One of the chief advantages of feed
ing live stock on the farm is the
maintenance of soil fertility.
It will take good farming to keep
up and increase soil fertility without
purchasing feed grown outside.
Teach the children to respect the
dragon fly. This friend of ours kills
flies and many other obnoxious in
sects.
If dusty hay is fed , sprinkle with
water , and it will save the horse
much annoyance ; but better not feed
it at all.
A box of ashes under a clump of
shrubbery will be greatly appreciated
by the hens in warm weather.
It is as impossible to estimate the
productiveness and value of a cow as
it is to guess the exact number of
bushels of corn a certain field will
yield.
The right kind of a farm garden
will keep the family during garden
season with the help of the hens. It
won't take many hens for this help ,
either.
A good crop for the orchard would
be cowpeas wide strips sown between
the rows of trees. This would make
good early hay and is also good for
the soil.
While sheep will eat grain and any
kind of grass and some kinds of
weeds , they are , after all , dainty
feeders , and the feed must be abso
lutely clean.
If you intend to raise sheep for wool
buy rams and ewes that are bred
for wool , and do not make the mis
take of mixing mutton types with
wool types.
The young pigs often become crook
ed in the legs , if kept on the hard
floor too long , and this means that
the pig , if a good breed , loses much
of its value.
Weighing milk at stated intervals
not only tells the owner which are
his profitable cows , and which are
robbers , but it stimulates rivalry be
tween the milkers.
Alfalfa grows best on a deep , sandy
loam underlaid by a loose and per
meable subsoil. It will not grow if
there is an excess of water in the
soil. The land must be well drained.
English farmers do not hesitate to
pay as high as $100 for a pure bred
sire ram. Do you imagine they would
do this if they could get just as good
results from a scrub at one-tenth the
price ?
The high producing dairy cow is an
animal that follows in the wake of
civilization. She never goes ahead.
Conditions must be suitable be
fore she can be of any value to the
farmer.
If strawberry plants are dried out
when received by express do not water-
them , for water on the foliage will
quickly cause the crown to rot. Dip
the roots in tepid water and lay them
in a cool cellar for a few hours.
Four ounces of sulphate of potas
sium to a gallon of water makes a ,
good solution for killing lice on horses.
Benzine is also beneficial. Both ap
plications should be rubbed in twice ,
a week apart , in order to do the work
thoroughly.
Box stalls are safer for fattening
horses in than single stalia- , but the
difference in ca0 is hardly worth
while , for witfc ordinary care horses
can be fattened to just as good ad
vantage when tied in single stalls as
7/hen confined in box stalls.
LINCOLN s rTvf ? * TTr
Examination for Rhodes -Scholarship.
The qualifying examination for the
Khodes scholarship is to be held at
the University of Nebraska on Wed
nesday , October 16 , according to ad
vices received at the chancellor's of
fice. Those composing the commit
tee of selection are : Chancellor A very
of the university , E. U. Graff of Om
aha , Chancellor Oeschger of Cotner
university , President Perry of Boane
college. At the present time there
are two men from Nebraska schools
attending Oxford on the Rhodes schol
arship. These are Horace English of
the state university , who went last
September , and William F. Haney of
Hastings college , who went the year
previous.
To Inspect Mail Order Groceries.
Food Commissioner Nels P. Hansen
has decided to comply with the re
quest of the Nebraska federation of
retailers to inspect all food products
shipped into Nebraska by mail order
houses situated outside of the state.
Mail order houses must comply with
the pure food laws of Nebraska. Mr.
Hansen will pay no attention to the
plea that goods are exempt from in
spection because the shipment is interstate
ter-state commerce. If the mail order
houses desire to test his authority he
will meet them in court.
Conditions are Good.
According to Secretary Piper , the
conditions at the tubercular hospital
are as good as could be expected. The
admission is made , however , that the
board of public lands and buildings
opened the place before they were
ready to property receive patients ,
a condition which has worked a great
hardship and has been largely respon
sible for the condemnation which has
been heaped on the hospital by half a
dozen of the fifteen or twenty patients
so far registered there.
No New Trial for Morley.
It is improbable that Charles Morley
will ever again be tried for the mur
der of either of the state penitentiary
officials who were slain on March 14
when Morley and his two companions
shot their way out of the prison. W.
C. Frampton , Morley's attorney , stated
this morning that he would not file a
motion for a new trial , being content
to abide by the verdict returned by
the jury which tried the Delahunty.
case.
Reed Released on Bail.
Hartford Reed , charged with aiding
and abeting Albert Prince in the mur
der of Deputy Warden Davis , by fur
nishing him with the knife with which
the deed was done , has been released
on his personal recognizance in the
sum of $500. It is not probable that
he will ever be brought to trial on
this charge , but as long as he is un
der bond he can be taken into cusnito-
dy if wanted.
Manufacturers Delinquent.
Six hundred manufacturers have
failed to file a report with Labor Com
missioner Guye. He has issued a third
notice to the delinquents , and if re
ports are not filed at once he intends
to begin prosecutions. The law pro
vides a penalty of $10 a day for each
day the report' is delayed. The labor
commissioner has fixed May 15 as
the time limit for the filing of re
ports.
To Search for Skeletons.
An expedition composed of univer
sity students is being organized'under
the direction of Professor Barbour ,
which will search , the famous bone
quarries of Sioux county and southern
Wyoming for skeletons to replace
those which were -recently destroyed
by fire in the museum.
Nebraska Cattle for Alaska.
The United States government has
recognized the excellence of Nebras
ka's cattle by purchasing six Gallo
way heifers to be shipped to the gov
ernment experiment station at Kodak ,
Alaska. This breed of cattle has long
hair , and it is believed will do well
in a far northern climate.
Joseph Teeter of Lincoln has gone
to the soldiers home at Milford to take
charge as the newly appointed com
mandant.
Starvation Story Denied.
Land Commissioner Cowles , in de
nial of the story of a woman from Om
aha that she wf.s given meat only once
during the month of March when she
was a patient at the state hospital for
dependent tuberculosis , has produced
the chart of the nurses of the institu
tion showing that the patient was giv
en thirty-one eggs during the month ,
ninety-one glasses of milk and that
meat was served once and sometimes
twice a day.
Secretary W. R. Mellor of the state
board of agriculture has commenced
early to advertise the state fair which
is to be held at Lincoln , September
2 to G. He has mailed advance sheets
of the premium list with this state
ment of attractions : The entire Chey
enne , Wyo. , frontier day shows as a
free attraction before the grand stand ,
aeroplane flights , $13,000 for harness
and running races , * Liberati's military
baud and grand opera company ,
vaudeville attractions , Wortham & Al
len shows , stupendous fire works ,
night races , live stock exhibition , best
agricultural display on earth.
AID IS SOUGHT FOR INDIANS
Catawbas of South Carolina Have
Always Been Friendly to
the Whites.
In South Carolina is the earliest
civilized tribe of Indians in the United
States , and they-are not the v/ards of
the government. These are the Ca
tawbas , and they number approximate
ly 100.
State Senator W. H. Stewart , of
South Carolina , is in Washington to
confer with the congressional delega
tion of that state with the view of
having these Indians placed on the
same basis as all other red men , and
it is probable that a bill will shortly
be introduced to this end.
"It is strange , perhaps , that the Ca-
tawba Indians , who have been wards
of the state of South Carolina for
many years , should never have receiv
ed any recognition from the national
government , " said Senator Stewart ,
"but it is a fact , nevertheless. The
Catawbas are the only American In
dians , so far as my knowledge goes ,
that have always been friends of the
white man. They never took the blood
of a white man , and during all the
early struggles of the whites against
the Indians the Catawbas remained
true. They were in what is now South
Carolina when the first whites reach
ed that territory , and they have re
mained there.
"For a long time the Cherokees oc
cupied the same territory , and there
was continual strife between the two
tribes , for the Cherokees were among
the most bloodthirsty tribes on this
continent. In all the struggles the
Catawbas took sides with the settlers
against the Cherokees. The latter In
dians massacred many of the settlers
in South Carolina.
"The state government , after having
ing taken care of these Indians for so
many y.ears , now is seeking to have
the national government make pro
vision for them , so that they can. in
common with other Indians , have
lands allotted to them and become
American citizens , which is only just
and fair. " Washington Post.
MRS. SELBY AND PRIZE BABY
"I have always used Cuticura Soap
and no other for my baby and lie has
never had a sore of any kind. He
does not even chafe as most babies
do. I feel sure that it is all owing to
Cuticura Soap , for he is fine and
healthy , and when five months old ,
won a prize in a baby contest. It
makes rny heart ache to go into so
many homes and see a sweet-faced
baby with the whole top of its head
a solid mass of scurf , caused by poor
soap. I always recommend Cuticura ,
and nine times out of ten the next
time I see the mother she says : 'Oh !
I am so glad you told me of Cuticura. ' "
( Signed ) Mrs. G. A. Selby , Redondo
Beach , California , Jan. 15 , 1911.
Although Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment are sold everywhere , a sample
of each , with 32-page book , will be
mailed free on application to "Cuti
cura , " Dept. L , Boston.
Competition.
"Royalty has its difficulties. " re
marked the lord high keeper of the
buttonhook.
"Yes , " replied the uneasy monarch.
"It has gotten so that a court function
finds it hard to compete with the
scenery and costumes of a ! big musical
show. "
The One Sure Thing.
"We can always be sure of one
thing , " said the wise man.
"What is that ? " asked the foolish
one.
one."That
"That we are never sure of any
thing. "
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA , a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children , and see that it
Bears the
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Rather Disinterested.
"Let me take your sister apart. "
"Don't. She is all broken up , as it
is. "
Every man has some good in him ,
but sometimes it takes a lot of coax
ing to bring it out.
"That horrible weather" how pleasant It
really is when you are welll Garfield Tea
helps always.
We all admire a man who says just
\vhat he thinks about other people.
Please Read These Two Letter s.
The following letter from Mrs. Orville Rock -will prove how unwisa
it is for women to submit to the dangers of a surgical operation when it
maybe avoided by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
She was four -weeks in the hospital and came home suffering
worse than before. Then after all that suffering Lydia E. Pink-
ham's Vegetable Compound restored her health.
HERE IS JEER OWN STATEMENT.
Paw Paw , Mich. "Two years ago I suffered
very severely with a displacement I could not
be on my feet for a long time. My physician
treated me for several months without much re
lief , and at last sent me to Ann Arbor for an op
eration. I was there four weeks and came home
suffering worse than before. My mother advised
me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound , and 1 did. To-day I am well and strong
and do all my own. house work. I owe my health
to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
advise every woman who is afflicted with any
female complaint to try it. " Mrs. OBVILLE ROOK ,
R. R. No. 5 , Paw Paw , Mich.
"THERE NEVER WAS A WOESS CASE. "
Rockport , Ind. " There never was a worse case of women's ills
than mine , and I cannot begin to tell you what I suffered. For over
two years I was not able to do anything. I was in bed for a month
and the doctor said nothing but an operation would cure me. My
father suggested Lydia E. Pinkliam's Vegetable Compound ; so to
please him I took it , and I improved wonderfully , so I am able to
Mrs. MARGARET MEREDITH , R. F. D. No. 3 , Rockport , Ind.
We will pay a handsome reward to any person who will prove to us
that these letters are not genuine and truthful or that either of these
women were paid in any way for their testimonials , or that the orig
inal letter from each did not come to us entirely unsolicited.
For 3O years ! Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has been the standard remedy for fe
male ills. No one sick with woman's ailments
does justice to herself who will not try this fa
mous medicine , made from roots and herbs , it
has restored so many suffering women to health.
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S ( CONFIDENTIAL ) LYNN , MASS. , for advice.
Your letter will be opened , read and answered
by a woman and held , in strict confidence.
Rheumatism , Gout , Lumbago , Use.
Camphorated Vaseline gets right to the seat of the
trouble.
Gives quick and grateful relief from rheumatic and similar
pains.
pains.Put
Put up in neat , metal-capped glass bottles.
Every mother should know all about the different
' 'Vaseline" preparations. They are just what she needs for
the minor family ailments and accidents.
Send a postal to-day for 32 pp. illustrated booklet
free prepaid. Address Dept. E.
i
Chesebrough Manufacturing Company
17 State Street ( Consolidated ) New York
W. L. Douglas makes and sells more
$3.00 , $3.50 and $4.00 shoes than
any other manufacturer in the world
FOR MEN , WOMEN AND BOYS
"WX.Douglas $3.00 & $3.50 shoes are -worn by millions
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W. L. Douglas $4.00 , $4.50 & $5.00 shoes equal Custom
Bench Worls costing $6.00 to $8.00
Why does W. L. Douglas make and sell more $3.00 , $3.50
and $4.00 shoes than any other manufacturer in the world ?
BECAUSE : he stamps his name and price on the bottom and
guarantees the value , which protects the wearer against high
prices and inferior shoes of other makes. BECAUSE : they
are the most economical and satisfactory ; you can save money
by wearing W. L. Douglas shoes. BECAUSE : they have no ?
equal forstyle , fit and wear. DON'T TAKE A SUBSTITUTE FOR W.LDOUG
If your dealer cannot supply W. L. Douglas shoes , write W. L. Douglas , Brockton. Mass. , for catalog.
Shoes sent everywhere delivery charges prepaid. fast Color Eyelets Used.
A Lady Humorist.
"Who says there are no women hu
morists ? "
"I don't know. vVhy ? "
"My typewriter spells as funny as
Josh Billings in his palmiest days. "
Paxtine Antiseptic sprayed Into the
nasal passages is a surprisingly suc
cessful remedy for catarrh. At drug
gists , 25c a box or sent postpaid on re
ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co. , Boston , Mass.
Over That Now. = .
"Is their honeymoon over ? "
"I guess so. She's stopped sitting
up for him when he's out late nights. "
© NE STUONQEIS THAN HIS STI IACHa
The celebrated Dr. Abernethy of London was firmly of the opinion that disor
ders of the stomach were the most prolific source of human ailments in general. A
recent medical writer says : "every feeling , emotion and affection reports at the
stomach ( through the system of nerves ) and the stomach is affected accordingly.
It is the vital center of the body * * * * . " He continues , " so we may be
said to live { through } the stomach. " He goes on to show that the stomach is
the vital center of the body. For weak stomachs and the consequent indigestion
or dyspepsia , and the multitude of various diseases which result therefrom , no
medicine can be better suited as a curative agent than
> JP. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
" Several months ago I suffered from a severe pain right
tinder the breast-bone , " writes MBS. G. M. MUBKESof
Corona , Calif. " Had suffered from it , oft and on , for sev
eral years. I also suffered from heart-burn , did not know
what was the matter with me. I tried several medicines
but they did me no good. Finally , I was told it was my
liver. I did not dare to eat as It made me worse. When
ever I swallowed anything it seemed that I wonld faint It
hurt so. I grew very thin and weak from not eating. Was
told to take Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. I took
five bottles of It , and could feel myself getting better from
the first dose. I could eat a little without pain and grew
strong fast. To-day I am strong and well and can do a big
, - day's , work with ease- Can eat everything and have put on
' 71& 't/r / 'i/fa f flesh wonderfully. I will say to all sufferers write to Dr ,
MRS. MURKEN. Pierce. He has my undying gratitude , "
In Saskatchewan ( Western Canada )
8OO Bushels from 2O acres
.of wheat wa3 the thresher's
return from a Lloyd-
minster farm in the
season of 1910. Many
Melds in that as well as
other districts yield
ed from 25 to 35 bu
shels of wheat to the
acre. Other grains in
proportion.
LARGE PROFITS
ore thus derived
from the FREE
HOMESTEAD LANDS
of Western Canada.
This excellent showing causes
prices to advance. Land values
should double In tire years' time.
Grain grrotrliic.njLsed Tarru-
cuttle rulshifj and dairy
ing are all profitable. Free
Homesteads of 1 GO acres are
to be bud in the Tery best
districts : 16O acre pre-emp
tions at S3.OO per acre-with
in certain areas. Schools and
churcbes In every settle
ment , climate unexcelled ,
soil the richest ; -wood , tvutcr
and building material
plentiful. 39
For particulars as to location ,
low settlers' railway rates and
descriptive illustrated pamphlet.
"Last Best West , " and other in
formation , write to Sup't of Immi
gration , Ottawa , Canada , or to
Canadian Government Agent.
E.T. flcfao. 315 Jacfacs St. SL Pzd. En.
J. H. Madadtlan. Drmr 1 J7Watertr a. 5.0.
Please write to the agent nearest you
IF YOU WANT TO BEGIN OR EXPAND
business write the Board of Trade\Veybnm. Saskat
chewan. We want Industries , retailers and whole
salers. Electric power , wat r. fuel cheap. Builders
with capital needed. Population doubled this year.
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