WOMANLY AltS
Kortacky Lady Got Wefl
After Taking Canhri. *
"1 got down in health—suffering
from womanly troubles whictv
caused me much painand worry,"
says Mrs. Rhoda Canary, of
R. F. D. 6, Owensboro. Ky.
"My stepmother nad taken
Cardui when she was in my same
condition, so 1 got to inquiring
around among my friends about ft
and found several women who
were taking it at that time.
"Thev all told me how good it
was, sol told myhusbandto get me
a bottle to try. That night he came
home with a bottle of Cardui...
"1 had a ... which left pie in a
very serious condition. 1 hid been
in bed eight weeks,and wu unable
to move in bed without hap.
"By the time 1 had takrnJudfa
bottle (of Cardui), my strength be
gan to come back. 1 could sit dp
in bed.
"I finished up that bottle and by
that time 1 was able to walk across
the floor. 1 continued taking
Cardui for several months and I
got well."
At all drug stores. C-ii
•gsseai.
i Timely Facts on
Meat Production
Food Animals Slaughtered
ia 1924 Reached Highest
Peak in History;
(Prepared by lbs United HUM DtputoNl
W Agriculture.)
' A coropllntion of figures on meat
[>.-production and consumption, by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, contains tha following Informa
>, ~an:
During 1004 tbo estimated number
of food animals slaughtered lo the
United' Stutea reached the highest
peak in history, totaling or
•bout 1.1 anltnala foe every man, wom
an'and child of the population.
Federally Inspected.
J, * About two-thirds of all food animals
slaughtered are federally Inspected;
* Jthe remaining oae-third, which do not
enter interstate or foreign commerce,
• are not subject to federal Inspection.
More swine than any other kind of
animals were slaughtered last year,
the total exceeding 80,000,000.
The smallest slaughter of food ani
mals was for goats, Of which
v were converted Into meat; but goats
4?wed * larger per cent of Increase
In slaughter over the previous year
than the other classes of food ani
mals.
The United Statea stands first
among the stock-raising countries of
the world, but Argentina and Austra
lia, which are sparsely populated,
hove large surpluses of beef and mut
ton and are the principal factors In
supplying the European deficit In
these classes of meat
The United States babltnally ex
ports from 12 to 15 per cent ot It% to
/ tal production of pork.
The United States bss approximate
fc ly one-sixteenth of the world's popu
lation, but has within Its 1 (orders about
one-seventh of the fopd snlmals.
Meat Consumed.
- > The total quantity of meat con
sumed In the United Statea has In
creased steadily each year for tbo last
six years, bnt the ever-Increasing pop
ulation reduced the per capita con
sumption about one pouft In 1924
compared with the previous year. Per
capita consumption waa 164.0 pounds
exclualve of 1&8 pounds ot lard.
Indications point to a somewhat
shorter supply of meat for the neat
year or two at least
Plant Bermuda Grass to
Check Blight on Pears
For blight on pear, tree* the best
thing to do U to cut oat the blighted
part* and destroy them. Cut from tlx
■ * .to eight Inches below the blighted part,
otherwise you may spread the disease
by having the knife or shears become
|r Infected. Pear trees always blight
* worse on rich soil, or whan they aro
la a vigorous growing condition, thera
.... fore, in order to check the blight wa
must check the growth of the trees.
This rosy be dona by sowing grata
•round the trees in the fall, allowing
It to msture on tha land, and turatag
It under la the spring. If you have only
a few" trees you may easily check tha
growth by pi sating Bermuda grata
•sound them tad letting tha trees f
» main la sod permanently.
. Poisoning Cutworms to
Save the Garden Truck
Watch for tha lowly cutworm on
t cabbages and tomatoes, for great may
, be the destruction It causea
Plants set out on newly plowed sod
laad are likely to be especially subject
ta attack by this pest, states H. E
L Hodgklss, extension sntomologlst of
' tba Pennsylvania Stata college. If the
worms appear destroy them quickly
i by wring sweetened poison bait
'•* Tba formula given by Hodgklss Is as
|r fallows: 20 parts of bran, two quarts
| pnf cheap molasses, one pound of parts
j »eeo or white arsenic, and gallons
|1 or watar. or'enoagh to maka a "sloppy"
I bS tEwmaiTtiam
PROPER FEEDS FOR
RAISING DAIRY COW
This calf should receive the first
milk, or colostrum, as it is called,
daring its first three or four days of
life. This Is laxative In Its nature
sod Is of great help In keeping the
calf In good healthy condition. For
this reason it Is probably best to leave
the calf with the cow for these first
few days. There has been much dis
cussion pn whether or not It la best
to leave tbe calf with Its dam, but
It Is most generally agreed that the
calf will do better If allowed to re
main for the first day or two at least.
After the calf Is taken away from
the cow It should receive warm fresh
whole milk from two to four times
dally. This should be continued until
the calf Is about three weeks of age,
when you may begin to substitute
sweet skim milk with a grain ration
for part of the whole. Gradually, as
the calf ages, Increase the ration of
skim milk until tbe calf is receiving
a full feed of it. After six weeks of
age, sixteen pounds, dally will be about
the right amount. If It doesn't cause
scouring.
During the time the calf Is on njllk
encourage tt to eat grain. A grain
mixture quite widely advised is corn,
bran and oats In equal parts, with s
small amount of ollmeal, or tbe whole
oats and corn chop may be fed. The
corn chop should be replaced by
shelled corn In a month or month and
a half. Oornmeal with bran also
makes a food feed In combination
with skim milk. In fact tbe feeder
Ms sn almost unlimited number of
rations at hand, depending on the sort
•f feed he has.
At sn early age the calf will begin
to nibble at hay and such forage.
Alfalfa and good bright clover are
excellent feeds) though a trifle rich In
proteins. Too liberal nse of alfalfa,
will cause scones. Clover IS better
from this standpoint and is excellent
when mixed with alfalfa. Clean bright
mixed hay Is as good from the stand
point of forage as anything else.
Good corn silage, absolutely free from
all mold and apollage, will prove ex
cellent In small quantities. It provldss
succulence in excellent form, and If
the calf Is started out alowly at first
will prove a valuable feed.
When It comes to raising the dairy
belfer, her purpose In life most be
considered. An excessive amount of
fat will not be conducive-to useful*
ness when the heifer becomes a cow.
Therefore fseds rich In protein or
muscle builders must be fed rather
than fattening feeds. Much depends
en the tine of the year, of course.
Liberal feeding of alfalfa or clover
supplemented a small amount of
grain will provide for good growth.
If silage la available, about fifteen
pounds of that seven of alfalfa, and
about three pounds of grain, will pro
vide an excellent ration for the dairy
heifer.
In addition to proper feed, a point
to watch In the building of a herd W
a proper water supply. Without wa
ter, the feed consumed will not be
properly assimilated. Calves like ws*
ter frequently nnd In smsll qusntltles.
Another thing often lacking la salt,
which Is absolutely required for the
best results. It should be given to
calves and heifers regularly, or alas
be kept before them all the time.
It Is not so difficult to provide the
proper fesds for best development of
the dairy cow. All tbat la really
necessary to * realisation of the neces
sity for good cure and then the appli
cation of sound principles st feeding.
Remember that a heifer of knofrn an
cestry, raised by proper methods, wfll
prove mors valuable to you than an
other animal you could buy for guy
reasonable amount
Swollen Udders Caused
by Various Conditions
Swollen udder* may be caused by
many different thin** «uch u expoeure
to cold or wet weather, sudden
chiniet of temperature, blows. hicks, |
bruises or abrasions ef tbe odder, an
Injudicious allowance of rich feed, tbe!
retention of tbe milk. Infrequent or lr- j
regular milking, tbe Introduction el
contaminated Instruments Into the
udder, local Infection, Indigestion or
any serious disturbance of tbe ani
mal's health. Good care to arold all
of these causes prevents tbe occur
rence of the trouble. An odder that la
In perfectly normal condition Is not
any mora lately to become Inflamed If
K has been swollen at some former
time thaa If It has been perfectly nor
real at all times. A copy of Farmers'
Bulletin No. 1422, entitled "Udder Die- 1
eases of Dairy Cows." should be In
the home of every farmer who owns a
cow. It may be obtained by sending
• cents to the Superintendent of Docu
ments, Government Printing Office,
Washington.
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Value of Pasture Crop
A good pasture crop that win teed
the cow* for ene-half o t the yen*,
i wltboot supplement, except. Cor high- 1
producing cows. Is certainly supreme
In the realm" of economy- It relieves
tbe dairyman of much labpr In feeding
his cowi right In the cropping sea
son and, tn addition, cots almost la
half the acreage ef crops that mart
he raised, harvested and stored CM
UrTing Cm Ctwf it gamer uiw twi
lif IffOl QT.lAlffMt, QIAHIM. J, ft i
This Quaint Six-Roortv Frame House
Suggests Old-Fashfoned Farm Home
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First Floor Plan.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD
Mr. William A. Radford will answer
tiueMtlons and Rive advice FREE OF
COST on all problems pertaining to the
viibject of building, for the readers of
this paper. On aocount of hla "wide
experience aa 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. ISI7 Prairie avenue, Chicago,
liL. "nnd only Inclose two-cent stamp
for rui>iy.
The attractiveness that marked the
old-fushloned farm home, especially
those that were common In the east
ern section of the country many years
ngo, is revealed In the modern farm
home shown here. This suggests the
Dutch type of architecture.* Its squat
appearance with the side entrance and
dormer windows and the balcony over
the porch are reminiscent of the homes
the Dutch fanners built In the neigh
borhood of New York te early days.
However, a glance at the floor plans
will show that this la a strictly mod
ern type of home. The good-sized
living and dining rooms at the front
of the house, the French windows that'
open out of each onto the porch, and
the conveniences indicated on the
plana, mark It, as the type of home
that will suit the needs of the modern
farm family.
The house Is of frame construction
throughout end is 85 feet deep snd 27
feet 0 Inches wide. The side en
trance leads directly Into the living
Architectural Beauty
1 Depends on Location
It is seldom that we find* street
where the homes collectively form a
really artistic architectural plan. In
dividual examples of artistic beauty
are everywhere evident, but an entire
block of homes built and planned for
their particular setting and in rela
tion to the other homes Is hard to
.And. .
Many builders follow a given line
of sameness in the exterior plan of
their buildings, leaving the artistic
touch to the Individual landscaping of
each particular location. It works out
In some Instance*,, but not to a degree
which would be te'nufcd a success.
. Some day a building organization
will purchase a tract of land and de
velop the entire property In accord
ance with the proper placing of homes
In relation to the lot and the surrounrf
ing structures, and when this Is done
It will present such a real departure
f-oro modern aubdlvlsion development
and will meet with auch a ready re
aponse from the buying public that It
will be followed by many other organ
isations aa good bualneea procedure.
Closets Built in on
Rear Porch Valuable
Closet 9 In the service entry at the
I rear of the home, on the back porch,
or even built In under the back, porch
provide a safe and cool place In which
to v keep certain provisions or articles
that are needed about the back yard.
Ton will find such closets so conven
ient you will wonder bow you got
sloag without them. The butcher and
other delivery men can place their
packages In the closet when yea are
not at home and the contents will be
aafe from dogs and cats.
Boch closets can be placed m
porches already built and can be lo
cated across the end, or against the
wall of the house. Almost any good,
serviceable color will be satisfactory
for the exterior, but It should be la
keeping with the bousel* Too will
probably want to eoamel In white er
ivory for the sake of cleanliness.
If yon desire to decorate the front
or visible portions, simply outline the
door panels or other portions In a con
trasting color, or a lighter tint of tho
grand color.
Mottled Effects
Rough or smooth plaster walls of
the hone today; fabric walla—that Ist
walls covered with canvas, burlap or
otttleth wall board, smooth or racghw
lead themselves after the prlmlag coat
has been properly applied, to
Second Floor Flan.
room, while ari optn stair opposite the
entrance leads to the second floor.
Tbe living room and dining room at
the front are connected by a Ased
opening, which makes one large room
partially divided In the center. Both
of these rooms are large and well
lighted, each having windows at the
side as'well as those opening on tbe
.porch. Back of the dining room Is
the kltrtien, and at the side of the
house is n large washroom and entry,
doors leading frorfi the washroom into
both -the kitchen and dining room.
One bedroom, 13 by 15 feet Is shown
on the first floor. This 18 a corner
room and adjoins the kltclfen.
Upstairs the slope of the roof gives
space for only two bedrooms, one In
each gable. Both of these rooms are
large for bedrooms, being 12 by 18
rtet. In the dormer at'tbe front is a
sewing or storage room, while the cor
responding sitace on the opposite aide
of the house is used for a bathroom.
While this Is not a large home, the
space In It lias been so well planned
that It will accommodate a good-sized
family. Many farm owners like a
downstairs bedroom, while others may
desire to. use the extra room on tbe
first floor as a farm office.
A basement of the same dimensions
as the house Itself provldep plenty of
space for basement lieatlng plant and
storage room for* fuel, and for frpita
and vegetables.
House Kept in Repair
With Proper Painting
When you consider the painting of
jrour property, be sure to look at the
matter from the stn'ndpolnt of econ
omy and conservation.
Any piece of property not painted
4it least once In four years depreciates
In value and costs from Ave toaten
times as much In repairs as the paint
and varnish required to keep It perma
nently In K>od condition.
For example, a well-painted house
will last from five to ten times as long
as an uniuilnted stricture. In other
words, a house that Is protected with
paint' at regular intervals will be In
perfect condition after five or ten un
palnted houses ha\e In turn become
unlnhahltnble. This applies to paint
ing and varnishing Inside as well as
outside.
While outside surfaces have to re
sist weather, Inside surfaces have to
resist wear—the touch of hands, the
grinding of feet, the contact of furni
ture —and a thin film of paint or var
nlifh 1-400 th of an Inch thick will give
ten times better protection than I
sheet of steel of equal thickness.
Examine Oak Floor
Lumber Before Laying
It la well that yoa examine the oak
floMing lumber before it la laid, aa
In many cases It la not of the aame
color, and while you ly»ve ordered
dear lumber, you will In many In
stances, find pieces which will not
match, and result In a poor floor.
Oak la oat of the beat flooring lum
ber*. It haa color and the neceaaary
hardneaa to atand up against hard
uaage. and can be flnlabed to bleed in
with almost any color scheme of In
terior decoration.
The treatments of oak flooring are
many, and m be left t& the home
owner's choice. Some prefer te wax
the lumber without any varnlab or
shellac. while others prefer that the
wood he varnished and rubbed smooth
before waxing; either la satisfactory.
Ash Chute
Never build a fireplace without aa
aril chute, and In building the chute
make It of suOdent sUe to Uke care
of all aU«e of ash and wood. The
greatest mistake la to build one which
la ao small that It dogs op and makes
nor* wore than to ahovai out the ash
ta the first place.
Came From India
Oaa afory ho usee oK bnngalewa, aa
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POULTRY
CURE BROODINESS IN
OPEN YARD IS BEST
AM the hatching season li ended the
problem of broody hens will be con
fronting moat poultry, raiser* for the
following months.
Numerous methods have been advo
cated from time to time for handling
broody bens. Almost every one in any
neighborhood has a pet plan for break
ing the bens of this condition, which
is guaranteed to work. Many of these
are founded on tense and will give re
sults,' while a good ipany are founded
on abuse of tbe bens, which should
not be practiced.
' One favorite methods we used to
haw on tbe farm was to dip the hens
in a tub Ailed with water, says a writer
in the Michigan Farmer. We kept
them under the water Just as long as
we dared without drowning them. This
qras supposed to scare the hen so bad
ly that she forgot about Wanting to
set. Sometimes it worked arid some
times it didn't. When it didn't, some
thing else had to be tried. The broody
trait of hens is not a, "notion" but a
natural condition in response to nat
ural laws. The longer the hens are
tolerated in this condition, the longer
it will be before they-return to laying
and the lees the profit realized from
the Investment
It Is foolish to think that mistreat
ment and abuse which breaks up the
tendency Is a wise one. One Idea
sometimes used was to starve the hens
when they became broody In order to
break them up and get them back to
laying. We now knpw that this was
the exact opposite to whit we should
Irave done In order to encourage .early
laying. What Is advtsaHe is to feed
the hens liberally on a good egg ra
tion which would wtthln a few days
have IniMicc I r!>e to lay. Once
laying is rdfcucied the broody trait will
disappear.
The open-yard method of breaking
up bsoody hens Is one of the most hu
mane treatments we can give the fowls
and Is also most prodtytlve of results.
The method is simple. A small area
Is fenced off In a grassy and shady
corner In which a bdx Is placed for
protection In bad weather. The hens
are turned loose In thW yard and
plenty of fresh water and feed is given,
and as a rule the broodlness ceases In
a short time.
Slatted and wire mesh coops in
doors or out work fairly well when the
bird Is caught In time, but In warm
weather do not givo satisfaction. Ac
cording to my Judgment, the best
method for curing broodlness is the
open yard. There Is less expense,
work and trouble Involved In "this plan
'than In any other tried. It breaks
up the birds more quickly and thus
gets them back into the laying class
with a minimum toss of time.
Prevent Limberneck by
1 Removal of Carcasses
If poultrymen would spend a little
time In looking over their range dur
ing the summer months to keep It free
from dead carcasses they would un
doubtedly prevent a great many out
breaks of so-called "limberneck," or
botulism, in poultry.
Tills is the advice of Qf.' F. R.
BeaMette, poultry pathologist of the
New Jersey agricultural experiment
station, who says:
"At this time of the year decom
position take* place quite rSpldly.
Flies are attracted to carcasses and
there lay the eggs which later hatch
forth maggots. If these maggots are
eaten by a fowl an outbreak of botu
lism la very apt to occur. The out
standing symptom is the limberneck,
and generally the affected bird shows
a bright red comb. Tbe temperature
of such a bird is usually always sub
normal. Tills is of considerable lro-
portance In making a diagnosis. The
disease is not spread from one fowl
to another, and therefore can easily
be controlled by eliminating the
source of poisoning. It ia still n ques
tion whether the maggots themselves
are responsible or whether the poison
ing la doe to the botultnus toxin
which the maggot mechanically car
ries.
"Ranges which are overrun with
weeds or with' anything that would ob
scure a AMd carcass are more dan
gerous than a range relatively free
from' tall vegetation; hence. It to a
good practice to keep weeds mowed
during the summer months. Of course
there to no donge* of botulism ia
flocks that are confined to runs.
The disease cannot be cured after
marked symptoms hnve made their ap
pearance, though mild cases will often
make a spontaneous recovery. Epsom
salts In the usual dose aids in early
cases. Confinement Is a cool dark
place seems to give good results.'*
Green Feed for Fowls
•IT possible, rest the poultry yards
tor a month and grow s green crop to
parity the solL A certain amount of
green food to essential to the health
of the poultry. When In addition to
the food value, we ran have the serv
ice of purifying the soil. It to thrifty
to sow enta, or wheat or rye In the
poultry yard. Even when the yards
caaast be spared, and the cfctecens
most have their ssaal raa. hy heavy
MOTHER? Fletcher's Castoria is a harmless Substitute for
Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups,
prepared to relieve Infants in arms and Children all ages of
Constipation Wind Colic
Flatulency To Sweeten Stomach
Diarrhea Regulate Bowels
Aids in the assimilation of Food, promoting Cheerfulness, Rest, and
* Natural Sleep without Opiates *
To avoid Imitations, always look for the signature of
Proven direct ions on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend it
Hog' Production
. Costs * Reduced
I y '
Lower Capital Investment
'Needed Where Two Lit
ters Are Raised.
(Prepare* bjr the United State* Department
or Agriculture.)
Hog production costs are lower
when two litters of pigs are raised
each year than when only one litter
Is raised. Adding fall plgp to the pro
duction plan means a slight Increase In
feed and labor costs for each 100
pounds of pork produced. Other costs,
however, are decreased chiefly because
it Is feasler to save pigs at weaning
time In the summer than in the spring.
The economy of producing two litters
a year la also shown In a lower neces
sary capital Investment Maintenance
costs of the breeding herds are slight
ly-higher When two litters are raised,
largely because sows are on the farm
for a longer time. On a monthly basis
there Is practically no difference.
Interacting Lights.
These facts ajid many other lntefest
ing lights on hog-production costs are
brought out by the Department of Ag
riculture in a study recently completed
on hog raising in lowa and Illinois.
Farmers in Henry county, lowa, and
Warren county, Illinois, co-operated
with the department representatives in
making exact records of their hog-pro
duction costs in 1921 and 192& These
counties are large producers of corn,
bogs and cattle. Although the actual
cost figures obtained in this study are
out of date ntfw, the methods of effi
cient practice that were revealed and
the light thrown on sources of loss In
the bog-raising business have perma
nent interest
Besides demonstrating the superior
efficiency of the two-litter system, the
study showed that there is a regular
Increase in corn consumed when pigs
are fed heavier weights. In other
words, it took 6n an average
feed to produce the first 50 pounds of
pork than It took to produce the sec
ond, and legß to produce the second
than the third, and so on. Thus, to
raise a herd of pigs averaging 125
pounds in weight took only 294.3
pounds of corn for each 100 pounds of
bog. When hogs were raised to the
average weight of 275 pounds, the
amount of feed necessary to produce
each hundredweight of hog was 405.2
pounds. Although the investigation
did not entirely bear out the theory
that the meat-producing power of feed
declines in a steady proportion as ani
mals are raised to greater weights, it
did confirm the generally accepted idea
that It progressively takes more com
to Increase the weight of bogs as they
approach maturity.
Effact on Profits.
Seduced costs of production have
obviously the same effect on profits
as an Increased sale price. This is
strikingly demonstrated by the depart
ment in an analysis of effects of pro
duction costs on prifits. Production
coats varied widely on the farms
studied. The cost in 1921 ranged from
. $3.07 to sl3-55 per 100 pounds of bog.
Profits In the lowest cost group aver
aged ($3.03 cents) for 100 pounds,
compared with a loas of $5.27 per fOO
pounds in the highest coat group. In
1922 the range of coats waa from $4.86
to $10.02 per hundred pounds of bog.
Farmers in the low-coat group made a
profit of S2JK> a hundred pounds,
' whereas those In the high-coat group
suffered a loos of S2JM per hundred
pounds. It was shown that each in
crease In coats meana a distinct de
craaae in profits and a decrease In the
return for each basket of con fed.
Foe farme ralaing two litters a year,
, the spread waa sailki alfhwgh con
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cent of the pigs farrowed liTthe spring'
of 1921 were lost before weaning time.
In 1922 the proportion of loss before
weaning was 40.3 per cent Average
losses before weaning out of the total
number of spring and fall pigs far
rowed In both years was 35.4 per cent
The number of pigs that died before
and after weaning was 41.4 per cent
of. the total number farrowed. Severe
weather in the spring of 1922 increased
the death losses.
Cost of Pork.
The 1921 costs were gathered from
44 farms producing 1,033,744 pounds of
marketable pork, or an average of
23,494 pounds per farm. The net cost
of this pork was $5.42 a hundred
pounds. The 1922 costs were obtained
from 39 farms producing 1,004,003
pounds of marketable pork, or an aver
age of 25,744 pounds per farm. The
net cost in 1922 was $5.86 a hundred
pounds. In general, better feed and
wise management showed a saving in
that more and better pigs were pro
duced, oven though sometimes the in
creased care meant an increased cost
of maintaining the breeding herds. The
producers who raised the largest num
ber of pigs per sow had a great Inltiul
advantage in the effort to keep pro
duction costs down. Some hog raisers
made little effort to save the pigs, and
others who tried were not thorough In
their sanitary methods anfl failed.
Feed constituted the largest item of
cost, amounting to 64 per cent of the
•total in 1921 and 75 per cent in 1922.
Labor charges were the second largest
item, constituting 8.4 per cent of the
total In 1921 and 7.1 per cent of die
total In 1922. Cost of equipment waa
the third largest item. Where fall pigs
were produced the cost of equipment
for each hundred pounds of hog raised
was below the cost of equipment on
one-lifter farms. Equipment valua
tions m the farms varied In 1922 from
$152 to $1,909. The average vrat $571
per farm. It wqs shown that the use
of expensive equipment did not alwaya
ocean more economical production.
Noxious Plants Are Bane
of Almost Every Farmer
Pasturing with sheep will kill lots
at weeds, for sheep like tha tender
'plants of white top;
Red aorrel Is a sign that soil needs
lime and manure. A good growth of
grass will crowd out sorreL Mowing
sorrel twice a year before aeed forms,
la connection with liming, manuring
sad, crop rotation, will soon get rid of
It
Prickly will soon disappear if
no seeds are allowed to ripen, for it is
to annual plant. A few plants in a
fence comer may seed a large Held—
hence keep down all weeds in f«pee
corners. The same goes for other
weeds, tea One of the beat ways to
kMV your fawn dear of weeds u
to mm deaa aeed.