BACKACHE
Mississippi Lady Benefited by
Taking CardoL
"I took Cardui for backache and*
a weakened, run-down condition,
and it strengthened and helped
me," says Mrs. Mattie Hurt, of
Coldwater, Miss.
"Before the birth of mv children,
when weak and nauseated, I took
Cardui. After ihe birth of my
children, when Just getting up to do
my work, 1 took a couple of bottles
of Cardui and it never tailed to
strengthen and help me when tak
,n?'l seemed to enjoy my food and
my back would feel stronger. 1
don't believe 1 could have kept
going had it not been for Cardui
and the strength it gave me.
"When change ol life came on I
... got down in bed. Life seemed
to be just a terrible drag. I did
not have strength for anything. My
back hurt. My limbs hurt. 1 was
so nervous I couldn't rest.
"i knew what Caitroi had done,
saJMnt straight for itiand it did just
asu had done before—strengthen
ed and built me up."
At all drug stores. " c-30
CARDUI
TheWomaitfsTomc
Prevent Cows From
Eating Garlic Tops
Disagreeable Flavor and
Odor Spread Quickly.
Pro pa red by the United Stetee Department
of Agriculture.)
One minute after garlic Is eaten by
a cow the disagreeable flavor and odor
of this pungent plant may be detected
In the rallk. This Is one of the facta
brought out In an Investigation car
ried on by the bureau of dairying,
United States Department of Agricul
ture, and reported In Department Bul
letin 1326, Effect of Garlic on the
Flavor of Milk, by G J. Babcock. The
only practical way to prevent the ap
pearance of this flavor and odor In
milk In regions where the weed In
fests pastures is to keep the cows
from eating the plant
In the tests, which were made by
giving to several persons samples of
milk from cows milked at different
periods after hiving been fed garlic
and from check cows, it was found
that the intensity of the bad flavor
and odor Increased until It reached a
maximum at ten minutes after feed
ing the odorous ration. Bad flavor and
odor were present to an objectionable
degree when the cows ate one-half
-pound of garlic tops four hours before
milking. As the time between the eat
ing of the garlic and milking time In
creased, the bad flavor and odor di
minished and in seven boors practical
ly disappeared.
Not only were the garlic flavor and
odor taken In by eating, but It was
shown that Inhaling garlic \for ten
minutes gives strong flavor and odor
to the milk. Milk drawn 00 minutes
after Inhalation of garlic was prac
tically free from objectionable flavors
and odors.
Copies of the bulletin may be ob
tained free, as long as the supply lasts,
from the United States Department of
Agriculture, Washington.
Bordeaux Mixture Spray
Will Protect Potatoes
When the potato plants are six
Inches high, spray with bordeaux mix
ture. See that every part of the plant,
(eaves, upper and under sides of the
leaves, and stems are reached with the
•pray to protect tbem from blights
and rust.
This spraying Is very
tt reaches the heart of the cluster of
■terns and leaves —which Is hardest to
reacb as the plant grows.
Just as Important Is spraying to
kill Insect enemies. Use one-half
pound of pure paris green In SO gal
lons of the bordeaux mixture. Spray
with the poison just as the eggs of the
Colorado beetle first show signs of
batching. Make one or two more ap
plications of the poison three to five
days apart as required.
Spray with bordeaux at least four
tlmea. Spray every ten days or two
weeks until the potato tops get large
-ieaough to meet In the rows, or until
are as large af they ever will ba
it you cant set In four sprayings tea
.days or two weeks apart while the
plants are making this growth, spray
softener.
• That is, do this If you an planting
potatoes tor {troflt Careful teats In
■New Jersey show a profit of f«0 an
■acre of potatoes by spraying, and slro
.ll sr results have been arrived at etae
abeie. People who make a business
of growing tbem tor the market would
never think of omitting the spraying.
They know their bnslsass.
i , Witch Hot*
The back of tbe shrub from whlct\
witch hazel is made was used by Amer
ican Indians as • sedative application
tar external Inflammation. Extract of
stki bar,el la attti esMesJveiy used
tsr turn purpose. Tbe shruto grows
ban S U IS fest bigb. and t» tM»*>
to all secttsM of tbe United States,
anally on felMs or in stony places,
and' often oo banks at streams.
TU TmU the World"
Isabella In Shakespe re's "Measure
for Measure" "With outstretched
throat tflll tbe world aloud wfcat
*jad tf a man tfcaa art."
FACTS OF POULTRY
WORTH REMEMBERING !
The poultry producer* wlio do not
give their flocks the run of the farm
u problem of yard management
to consider In the handling of their
flocks. Where the poultry have the
run of the farm this problem Is not
HO Important, but, instead, the pro
ducer has the problem of keeping the >
ground immediately adjacent to the
hon si's In a sanitary condition.
It has bjen demonstrated In all
classes of live stock that rotation of
pastures is an Important means of
lessening disease. This has been rec
ognized for many years In the man
agement of sheep and Is • becoming
more recognized in the handling of
]jt»gs under the system which Is
known as the McClean county sys
tem.
In the handling of poultry It is we'.l
to have double yards so that one
might rotate green crops. The yards
may be sown to rye, oats, wheat or
any quick-growing crop and while the
(owls are using one yard the tfreon
feed In the other fs getting a fresh
start
If the yards are only on one side
of the house It is preferable that they
be on the south side in or.der that the
birds get the benefit of the dry
gronnd and the wnrm sun In the early
spring.
If the yards are in permanent sod it
usually requires from 70 to SO square
feet for each bird. If part of the
green feed Is supplied in other forms
half of this amount will be sufficient
sfiade of some type Is needed In the
poultry yards. Fruit trees are often
used for this
not available then some t.xpe of arti
ficial shade Should be supplied.
Select the test eggs for hatching,
tse the mother hen when possible
or hatch early chicks with Incubators.
Care for early hatched baby chicks
welt. ' x
,Keel early baby chick# properly to
give them a good start.
It Is always well to clean and dis
infect the house# and pens thoroughly
where the pullets are to live. This Is
especially true If the birds formerly
occupying the building have been dis
eased or have find worms.
Artificial lights should* not be used
on pullets until they have had a
chance t,o respond to normal condi
tions. If they do not respond quickly
enough, or if neck molt starts, then
lights can be used with good effect.
Lack of ventilation cai*es dampness
In the houses and this In turn results
In colds and roup.
.Sunlight a Panacea for
All Kansas Hen Flocks i
"Why use the ultra-violet ray ma
chine or cod-liver oil to stimulate egg
production whA Kansas sunlight Is so
available?" asks )rof. L. F. Payne,
be#d of the department of poultry hus
bandry at the Kansas State Agricul
tural college.
Experiments at the college have Indi
cated that a vital element for egg pro
duction and for general vigor of poul
try Is provided by sunlight, by the
ultra-violet ray, or by the vltamlne con
tained in cod liver oil, and that If this
element Is lacking improper develop
ment results.
Professor I'ayne has conducted ex
periments which Indicate that direct
sunlight Is more beueflclal than that
which cornea through ordinary window
glass. In nn experiment contrasting
egg production of pullets grown in an
open house with those grown In a
glum-front house the ones grown in
the open house were heavier producers
and had no trouble with cold* or molt
ing, while those In the glass-front
house suffered from colds and from
molting.
Palatability of Feeds
Appreciated by Fowls
A hen doea not have a keen senae
of taate. but the does dUllke certain
fee*la, and If they make up an appre
ciable part of the maab ahe will reduce
the quantity eaten. Unseed rocul. I>enn
men la and ground huila muat be used
only to a limited extent. Blood meala,
rj« and obttonaeed meal should ba left
out of the. ration. Wheat bran ant)
millet are probably the bee' liked
flbroua feeda. Ught colored ma shea
are usually eaten more readily than
dark once.
Undoubtedly hena or fl*cka develop
individual Ukea and dlallkea. ltlrda
raised on kaflr. for Inatance, may like
it. while another Soak to which It la
newjy introduced may prcct|c-aljy re
j fuae to ect It. Hena do not eajoy
or eat aa heartily whan H must be d«f
eut of a nithy litter.—O. a Kram,
Colorado Agricultural College, in Kfr
tenaiun Bulletin 2R4-A, "Feeding tor
Commercial Egg Production."
Feed for Young Chicks
The young chicks should not be Ml
until they are 48 hours old, whether
they are with hen or in n brooder. The
fir%t feed should consist of baked
)oiinnf.Hcake broken up Into amall
.piece*, or fcart-bolled eo> mixed with
stale bread crumbs or rolled oats, using
a' auffldent quantity of the l#tter t»
make a dry, crumbly mixture or a
null of two quarts of rolled oats, one
peit bran and one part middlings by
weight, aslxed with milk or wltfc MM
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this paj>er. On account of his wide
experience as Editor. Author and Man
ufacturer, he Is, without doubt, the
highest authority on the subject. Ad
dress all inquiries to William A. Rad
ford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
111., and only Inclose two-oent stamp
for reply.
In proportion to the amount of wall
construction required, the square house
affords more actual Bpace than any
other shape of building. Because of
this fsct .architects very frequently use
the square, or nekrly square, floor plan
when designing a house where maxi
mum space must be combined with low
construction cost. At the same time
the nearly square house can always be
uade attractive without the danger of
awkward lines which may nppoar In
the more Irregular shujies unless most
carefully designed. -
In planning the square bouse,
thought should 4 be given to tbe .ex
terior design tOf avoid monotony or
what might be called a box-like ap
pearance. and this can be done by
means of lines which break tbe wall
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Second Floor Plan.
surface u well aa by ornamental fea
ture*. porches and entrancea, trelllsea.
window awnings and ahrubbery.
4 fine example of this can be Men
In t|Us two-story seven-room sift son
parlor feouM. While not absolutely
square, this house U of the square
type, being 35 feet wide and 2T feet •
inches deep. The walla a* well aa the
roof are shingled and tfc* expanse of
wall is broken by a bait course Juitt
below the aecoodstory windows. Also,
these windows break the line of the
envea, which are finished In an at
t motive thatch effect-
No foundation is risible, the walls
running straight to tbe ground but the
ground lavfl la broken by the naa of
hedges extending o«t from either
of tbe tervaeed front porch. TUs front
porch, with Its pillar entrance la tbe
main feature at tbe front elevation bat
Is net so heavy as to be out of bal
ance with tbe rest of tbe building.
Though tbe windows at one side of the
porch are large and those at the other
side are small and placed high, the bal
ance Is maintained by means of tbe
trellises supporting vines, which frame
the wall at each aide of tbe entrance.
Tbe boese la entered throng* a
anail vestibule which opeqs Into a
central hall extending dear throogh to
the rear entry and porch. At one aide
la tbe living room nnd sun paitov, a
novel arrangement In which a large
, Iregthiw, with a door at el the sM*
• ' . '»* C? v
iAHAHOK OLEAAM, frUUHAIf/H,
forms tbe partition between the two
rooms. At tbe front end of tbe living
room, bullt-ln bookcases extend clear
across the room with two small win
dows above the cases. These are the
two*4rlndows seen in the front view of
the house at one side of the entrance.
The sun parlor is almost wholly glass
enclosed on two sides.
At tbe other side of fhe hall is tbe
dining room with the kitchen directly
behind it The dining room is a large
light room and the kitchen is eqaipped
with the bullt-ln cabinets and other ap
pliances which characterise the modem
home. In the hall are stairs which
lead to the basement and second floor.
On the second floor there are equal
sired bedrooms occupying the four
corners of the building and arranged
about a central hull. At the front, a
part of the hall space is used for the
bathroom. Kach bedroom has a good
sized closet and there la a balcony
built over the rear porch.
Use Lining Paper in
Covering New Walls
Many .householders cannot «under
•tand why the wall paper man, when
called In to give an estimate of work
to be done, suggests that a lining paper
be placed on the walls before the paper
Selected is applied. Especially If It Is
a new house, freshly plastered, they
cannot see why they should go to the
expense-of having those d&tiling new
walls twice covered.
The chief use of a lining paper en
new plaster walla, explains a veteran
paperhanger of 80 years' experience, is
to prevent the papers from slipping,
M tliey will sometimes a considerable
fraction of an Inch, what they are
placed wet with paste on a hard-fin
ished new plaster wall. Of course, this
slipping results, in the case of ft fig.
ured wall paper. In throwing the Join
ing slightly Out of perfect alignment
And there Is nothing more unpleasant
than Imperfectly matched wall paper
designs.
Another reason Why lining papers
should be used la that they are very
absorbent, and when the outer coat of
paper is applied the lining paper, as
obliging as s desk blotter. qqlokly afc
sorbf all | he excess moisture In the
paste and prevents stains from appear
ing on the delicate outer paper. Em
bossed papers win eft en flatten oat un
less they are backed by a good lining
So the ne*t time yen ge to select
interior decorations and the wall paper
man suggests lining paper, do not
jump to the hasty conclusion that hs
Is trying to "do" yon. Hs simply
wishes to give yon a thoroughly aatls
fying Job, and this, he knows from ex
perlepca. he can beat do tf ran permit
I hlia to hang first a gaad lining paper.
Garage Doors
" Rapid Increase la the use of auto
mobiles has brought garage bolMbkg
to an Important place tat ro—ti uctloc
activity. It baa beea truly stated that
the garage door Is the moat tmportaat
Item of the garage, and the aAriencr
of the door la. of coarse, dependent
upon the way tt is supported. Mana
facto rers of garage- door equipment
have risen to the occasion by produc
lag types at hungers that not only
permit ease of operation, bat (Mr
east h dnite rrasfshla.
Pffiß
INCREASE PROFITS
BY GROWING FEED
The dairy farmer who can raise all
or a big proportion of the feed for hi*
dairy cows has a distinct advantage
over the dairyman who has to pur
chase his feed, according to Prof. J.
B. Fitch, head of the dairy depart
ment at the Knnsns State Agricultural
college. His feed will be cheaper, giv
ing him greater profits on his milk
products, and he has the chance of
getting market prices for his surplus
feed. •
Alfalfa is tire best hay for dairy
cattle. Professor Fitch stated. In sect
tlons where alfalfa cannot be grown/
iweet clover is being used to great
advantage. Soy beans and cowpeaa
are being used In some sections, both
M a hay crop and protein substitute.
Corn or "cane" silage Is the best
and cheapest feed with which to sup
plement legume liay. As to the use
of corn, "cane!" or kaflr as a silage
crop. Professor Flteh recommends the
ope which wIH give the largest yield
with the greatest degree of certainty.
For higher production it Is neces
sary to use grain In addition to the
bulky feeds. Kansas produces corn,
oats, barley, kaflr, "cane," and wheat,
all of which may be used In s dairy
ration. Bran is another popular con
centrated feed because of the large
amount of wheat milled. Linseed oil
meal and cotton-seed meal are both
used as concentrated protein for high
producers. .
Besides the natural pasture crops,
the use of wheat and rye for pasture
is very extensive. Sweet clover and
sudan crass, both of which are rtt
atlvely neir, have also become very
popular as pasture for dairy cattle.
Future of 2 airy Herds
Depends on Heifer Care
Declaring that tbe future of the
dairy herd depends a great deal upon
the care given the beifer calves which
will be the cows of tomorrow, H. M.
Jones, dairy extension specialist at
South Dukota State college point? out
that the usefulness of many a good
cow is impaired by neglect or mis
treatment as a calf.
"Feeding Is of prime importance,'*
he says. "On well-managed dairy
farms, regularity in feeding Is the
rule, and the palls used for feeding
calves are as clean as those Into which
ml!it is drawn for human use. The
best Insurance for the health of the
calf is cleanliness In quarters and
feeding pails."-
liaising tTie calf on whole milk Is
not economical, according to Jones,
but It Is necessary that the whole milk
he fed for at least the first two or
three weeks of the calfs life. After
that, he suggests a gradual shifting of
skim Milk plus a grain ration of
ground oats and corn. Hie cause for
an "undersized" cow, he says, can usu
ally be traced to too scanty feeding
during the early period of her life.
Butterfat and Feed Are
Most Important Items
If a cow receives sufficient nutrients
to maintain Jber body weight, the per
centage of fat cannot materially
change for any considerable period of*
feeding or by supplying particu
lar kind of feed. Cows that are great
ly underfed may produce milk some
what lower In fat percentage than
normal. All experiments conducted
up to the present time show that there
Is no positive evidence of any contin
ued direct effect of a feed In stimulat
ing milk production or Increasing the
percentage of fat. No kind of feed of
care will cause a Holstein to give milk
rich In fat like the Jersey. However,
a cow may be fattened before freshen
ing and caused to milk off this body
fat In the first month of lactation,
thereby raising the percent of butter
fat in her milk.—From Colorado Ex
periment Station Bulletin 295, "Make
the Dairy Pay."
Dairy Notes
Sometimes cow-testing 'shows that
the cow you think Is a "poor stick" Is
being maligned.
• f • "*
See that the pasture fence Is la
good coodltloil for the snmmer, mak
ing necesssry repairs.
• • •
Freshen up the premises with white
wash—ell buildings snd fences which
hare not been painted.
• • e
The cost of producing mOk may be
reduced by using postures. The tend
coal Is generally the biggest expense
Item la prodadng milk.
Bee that the salt boxes In the pas
tares are kept well filled. Milk cows
nssd mors salt when on green psstnr*.
• e •
Continue to feed liberal grata ra
tions te the cows fn milk especially.
Fresh green grass la Very watery aad
little food valaa
• • •
The feed and care given the dairy
cow will bear a rich harvest all
through her coming laetntlen period
It will help her ts start wsfl and that
she will cootlnaa veil, tf yea
4s year part.
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MOTHER ! Fletcher's Castoria is a harmless Substitute for
Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups,
orepared to relieve Infants x in arms and Children all ages of
Constipation [Wind Colic
J Flatulency I ~To Sweeten Stomach
Diarrhea 1 Regulate Rowels
Aids in the assimilation of Food, promoting Cheerfulness, Rest, and
Natural Sleep without Opiates *
Tb avoid imitations, always look for the signature of C£as? a fy/£&J&U-
Proven directions on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend it
Trapping and Poisoning
for Control of Gophers
Trapping and poisoning are methods
recommended for the control of go
phers, according to Fred D. Batcher,
extension entomologist at lowa State
college. Traps set In runways should
always bo used to supplement other
control measures. Special pocket go
pher traps are advised.
r For poisoning gophers, use a bait
- made by cutting sweet potatoes, car
rots or parsnips into pieces about one
Inch long and about one-half inch in
diameter. Wajh and drain the pieces
as soon as they are cut. Over one gal
lon of the bait sprinkle one-eighth of
an ounce of powdered strychnine. Stir
one or two pieces of belt into the go
pher runways one or two feet from
each mound. The runways may be lo
cated by means of a sharp stick or
wagonbox endgate rod used as a probe
and the bait dropped through the holes
thus made. Close the boles after In
serting the bait
FABHJMTK
Spring la the best season for the
Ranting of all kinds of nursery stock.
• • •
It la leas costly to be prepared for
apple scab than to be surprised by It
• • •
Don't rely too i*uch on your own
opinion; men have been known to
err.
• • •
Don't let the weeds get a start It's
worse than a large handicap In a foof
, race. Sharpen the hoes and start from
the same mark.
• • •
An incubator room that can main
tain a temperature ranging between
80 and 70 degrees F. will Increase the
efficiency of the incubator.
• • • .
Two-thirds of the seed corn sent to
the New Jersey College of Agriculture
for test has been found unfit to be
used for planting. Play safe and have
yours tested.
Crave Parpose Behind
Writing of Fiction
Universal nature, too strong for tWe
petty fiber of the bard, sits on his neck
fend writes through his hand; so that
when he seems to vent a mere caprice
and, wild romance the Issue la an exact
allegory. Hence Plato said that "poets
otter great apd wise things which
they do not themselves understand."
All the fictions of the Middle eges ex
plain themselves ss a masked or frolic
expression of that, which in grave
earnest the mind of that period toiled
te achieve. Magic, and fll that la
ascribed to It Is a deep presentment
of the powers of science. The shoes
of swiftness, the sword of sharpness,
the power of subduing the element*,
of "«'t the secret virtues of min-
erals, of understanding the Voices of
birds, are the obscure groplngs of the
mind In a right direction. The pre
ternatural prowess of the hero, the
gift of perpetual youth and the like
are bat the endeavor of the human
spirit "to bond the shows of things
to the desires of the mind." —Ralph
Waldo Bmersoa In "Essay on His
tory" •_
Why Wmnen Wrangle
•Women quarrel, aad they will al
ways qaarreL It la part of their
amusement In Hfit aad you cant stop
them having tbelr amusement"—Jodge
Parry, la English Court •
Spiders Trap Birds
Small birds are caught In trapdoor
pitfalls made by big spiders la the
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KZj herbs—Nature's own || gg
remedy for Constipation u fjaj
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GETTING START IN
POULTRY RAISING
The beginner in poultry raising
Aould start In a small way. Mistakes
are bound to be made by the beginner
and difficult problems will be presented
which must be solved before one
to make a success in the poul
try business. There are two ways of
starting in the business. One is to
I buy fowls in the fall of the year and
the other Is to buy eggs for hatching,
or baby chicks In the spring. Perhaps
the Buying of fowls In the fall is the
safer method, but for the money ln
j vested the starting with eggs or baby
chicks In the spring offers a larger op
portunity. /
In starting with poultry the begin
( ner should first of all consider
I pose for whfch he wants to use the
| fowls. There are four general classes
| of fowls, the egg breeds, the meat
| breeds, general-purpose breeds and
fancy or ornamental breeds.
I The egg breeds include the smaller
or medium-sized fowls, which are very
active, quick to mature and which pro
duce white-shelled eggs. They are
mostly nonsltters or poor sitters and
other fowls are uskally kept if natural
methods of Incubation are used. The
Leghorns, Anconas and Minorca* are
typical breeds of this class. *
The meat breeds represent the other
extreme and are especially suitable for
the production of roasters. Fowls of
this class are slow and somewhat slug
gish. They are easily confined with
low fences, slow maturing, persistent
•liters and rather Indifferent layers.
The Brahmas, Cochins and liST»g >t "' na
belong jo this class.
The general-purpose breeds are me
dium In sire and produce a good quan
tity of eggs, thereby making them ap
peal to those who want a bird which
wiU supply both eggs and meat The
general-purpose fowls an anally good
sitters and good mothers. They occupy
a medium position between the egg and
meat breeds in size, egg production and
docility. However, It should be noted
that In the recent work in breeding for
high egg production some of the gen
eral-purpose fowls have made verg
creditable egg recorda. Plymouth
Rocks. Wyandottes, Rhode island Beds
and Orpingtons are typical repreeepta
ttves of the general-porps— fowl*
Ornamental breeds are not generally
adapted to farm flocfci unlsaa some one
has time to develop some special type.
The Polish, Silkies, Sultans sad Baa
tanas are ripiostalaMie of tk«^
K ..v ■ — - m