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ISta. 1905, at ths post oflee at BalhK
bary. N. C, under the act of Gongrwm
of March frd. 1117.
Salisbury, N. C, Oct. 16th, t907.
Many a, good man has. been
pauperized because he had . more
credit than money
The negroes of Cuba are anxious
to see how much hot lead they can
carry to their graves with them.
They are said to be endeavoring
to revolt.
"With President Roosevelt, Sec
retary TafVand Secretary Boot
meandering about the face of , the
earth, we are surprised that there
has been nothing said about
"holding down the lid."
It is said the new trial of Mrs,
Ethel Blair. who killed her hus
band in Columbia, is to be differ
ent from the first, Yes, if they
will manage to ring in a few of
the facts about her character, she
"will be sorry there was a second
trial,
The Hon. WV R. Hearst has
written that he cannot come down
to be one of the attractions at
the fair. This willjbe a great dis
appointment to many persons
who persist in regarding William
as one of the greatest .freaks in
the country.
Raleigh has now stepped in and
is helping to put the bond issuing
craze put of style. A vote on the
question of issuing bonds for a
city auditorium was had there re
cently and put of 1,200 registered
only 87 votes were cast for bonds
and 244 against them.
In the hearing of evidence be
fore the Inter-state Commerce
Commission concerning the mat
ter as to whether the Standard
Oil Co. is a trust and doing busi
ness contrary to federal statutes
on the subject or not, the evidence
seems to indicate what about
everybody has believed for years
that it is a heartless, grasping
trust, a truly commercial octopus.
Recently we were called upon
by Judge Palmer one of the chief
counselors of the Southern Bell
Telegraph and Telephone Co., -and
in the course of some remarks he
stated that said company's invest
ment in Salisbury, (not the coun
. ty) amounted to $60,000. We ac
cepted his statement, not being in
a position to secure tangible evi
dence to the contrary, and are
therefore somewhat surprised to
note that said company has listed
its property in the town and coun
ty ht only $24,05C. It is evident,
therefore, that the Judge's state
ment was greatly exaggerated or
the property has been listed far
below its proper 'value.
OLD FOLKS
Can Renew Their Strength,
While it is impossible for the
aged to renew their youth we want
to say to all elderly people in
Salisbury that they can renew
their strength by taking our de
licious codliver preparation, Vinol.
Vinol. being rich in the ele
ments of life, is an ideal strength
ener and body builder for old folks.
Mr. A. J. Barker, of Evansville,
Ind., says: "There is no other
mediciue in, the world equal to
Vinol for elderly people. I would
not take a thousand dollars for
the good it had done me."
Vinol is not a patent medicine,
but a real cod liver nrenaration
made by a scientific, extractive
and concentrating process from
fresh cods' livers combining with
peptoDate-of-iron all the medicinal
heal in P hnA tr.hnilri in a al am art r a
of cod liver oil, but no oil.
Vin 1 toneB up the, digestive
organs makes rich red blood, and
sound, steady nerves. In this
way it repairs worn tissues, checks
the natural decline of the aged,
builds up the run down, tired and
debilitated andj replaces weakness
with strength. We ask every
aged or weak person in Salisbury
to try Vinol on our offer to refund
money if it fails to give satisfac
tion, me T w. Grimes Drue Co
Rohohnvir 73 r
MHIHVIUJ, il. J
A Chicago concern has leased
the furniture factory in China
Grove and will shortly : begin
operations there.
BUR CLOVER.
Interest In This Winter Growing
'- -, Plant For Cattle.
' In the southern section bur clover
promises to be a .great crop. In Wayne
cotinty. it is ' grown In big fields.' and
many .farmers are afraid it will take
the country. One farmer of my ac
quaintance ...down there drove me out
to his farm last November while I was
stopping in: the- little town-ofxJesup,
and be showed me a field of forty-five
acres that he had cleared of stumps
and sowed to bur clover. It was then
two feet deep all over the place, and
hogs and cattle" were doing all they
could to destroy it The farmers for
many miles around gathered and want
ed to know what to do to keep on
farming. - In every little corner that
was not closely cultivated the hur
clover- showed Itself In fine shape. I
told them to plant more of it and buy
cattle. That was a good way to settle
the labor question, I told them. I in
quired of the owner of the farm,
which, by the way, "consisted of 325
acres, how much he valued the place
at. To this he replied he had been of
fering it at $3,000. There were, all told,
100 acres of land cleared, and I ad
vised him to put it all In clover and
buy a hundred head of high grade beef
'cattle. and raise cattle. He could use
the ;ldle land for pasturage" and put
them on the clover when he desired to
dO'SO. - v
I learned smce.that he has done this
and now puts the value of the land at
doable what he did. If the farmers of
that territory will go Into the work of
raising cattle and hogs on the right
plan, Oay wtfl man vtJtam fbefer tool
at flOO an acre. The onry reason It
stays so low In price now is the farm
ers do not realize what immense reve
nue can be procured through the cow
pea and -bxtx clover crops. J, -J. M. In
Southern Agriculturist
KILLING FARM POULTRY.
A Practical Device For Making: a
Quick, Clean Oat.
A useful article for those who have
any poultry to kill is the device shown
in the illustration. Take a strip of iron
one Inch by one-eighth of an inch and
thirty Inches long, such as an old buggy
tire, and bend In the center, so that the
straps come parallel, leaving a slot In
the center the thickness of the blade.
For the blade any sheet of steel three
Inches wide and nine Inches long on
top will do a piece of an old scythe
flattened out 'or Instance.
The ends of the blade can be beveled
or squared, as shown by dotted lines In
Fig. L Fit the two parts together,
TOB KTTiTiTNO POULTRY.
drill holes (A A) about two inches,
from each end and fasten with soft
iron or copper rivets. A piece of the
same material as the straps can now
be cut equal to the remaining lengths
of the slot holes drilled at B B, about
one inch from each end and riveted as
before. Drill a hole at O for hanging
up, sharpen well, and Jhe tool Is ready
for use. Drive two spikes on a slant
about an inch apart into a block (see
Fig. 2) and place the chicken's neck
between them. In this way the neck
can be nicely stretched,- and a combi
nation of the two ideas will save both
tune and frouble, says a reader of
Farm and Fireside.
Bee, Corn and Cotton.
We would like very much to see our
farmers keep more bees. We are sat
isfied It would pay them to do so, hand
somely, for the purpose of carrying the
pollen among our corn and cotton if for
nothing else. We are satisfied that in
mflMng our corn and cotton more profit
able the bee plays most Important
part We would not have so many bar
ren stalks of corn and unfruitful
squares on our cotton. Providence
made the bee our friend, and why not
use Mm to the very best advantage?
Southern Cultivator.
Machine Work.
The cotton picking machine, the
milking machine and the earn husking
machine are still in their inciplency.
It is barely possible that genius wfii
some time present us with machines
that will perform such work as well as
or even better than It can be done at
present by hand. The latest machine to
supplant hand work is the sheep shear
ing machine, Which has come to stay.
Exchange.
Farm Brevities. '
Never pasture the alfalfa the & jX.
year.
A healthy flock of sheep Is a profita
ble flock.
Dragging the roads will make them
less dusty.
Mutton eaters are Increasing faster
than mutton.
Weeds and poor seed cause many of
the alfalfa failures. .
You can't afford to have a clock
watcher for a hired man.
There is such a thing as compelling1
success to come your way.
Alfalfa can be raised in Maine How
about its winter killing in Iowa?
Soil that has been well cultivated
and fertilized seldom needs Inoculat
ing. .. . . ; ' - .
" For permanent . pasture sow every
kind of grass that Is known to do well
In your section. Kimball's Dairy
Farmer.
Out of Sight, s
'"Out of sight, out of mind," is
an old saying which applies with
special force , to a sore, burn or
wound that's been treated with
Buckleu's Arnica Salve, It's out
of sight, out of mind and out of
existance. Piles too and chil
blains disappear under its healing
influence. Guaranteed by all drug
gists. 50c, v - f 1
PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
In addition to "Paolo and Franceses,"
"The Lyons Mail," "Hamlet", and the
little Stevenson drama, "Markheim'
will befeatures of H. B. living's reper
tory In America. ' . ,v .;V ; "." ; -V
Alexander. Clark hasrWn engaged
to play the leading comedy role in ."The
Student King," a comedy opera. TChe
rolo was played last seaSdn by Ray
mond Hitchcock. "'
Nance O'Neil has acquired the rights
to "The Sorceress," the SardOu play in I
which Mrs. Patrick Campbell appeared, i
Miss. O'Neil will discard her repertory
and use the play exclusively. '
William Faversham and Forbes. Rob
ertson will make a short tour In the
spring in a revival of "Othello," Mr.
Robertson will play the title role "and
Mr. Faversham will be cast as "Iago."
. David Bel&sco Is to build a new thea
ter In New York on Forty-fourth street
between Broadway and Sixth avenue, j
Plans for the -work have already been ;
completed. It Is expected to have the
house open for occupancy by the fall i
of 1907.
Mary Shaw has concluded a five j
years' contract with Sweely, Shlpman I
& Co. Her first vehicle will be "Alice-Sitrby-the-FIre,"
and in connection with
this tour she will also present Ibsen
plays and later In the season "Lady
Macbeth."
8HORT STORIES,
The black diamond is so hard that It
cannot be polished.
She Bermuda have ft parflfirnflnt of
of voters is only L200. M
Promotion used to be most rapid In
the French army, but today a man
stands a better chance of rising In our
own. "
For a finger nail to reach its full
length, an average of seven-twelfths of
an inch, from 121 to 188 days of growth
are ' necessary. -
The population of the United States
Is estimated to be 85,000,000, and only
89,000,000 are connected with any
church, Catholic or Protestant
Billiards was brought into fashion
by Louis XIV. of France in the seven
teenth century, because his doctor or
dered him to take exercise after his
meals.
To protect an Invention all over the
world it Is necessary to take out sixty-!
four patents in as many different conn-
tries, the estimated cost of which la
$2,500.
EDITORIAL FLINGS.
Since the London smart set has com
menced serving dinners In a balloon,
there Is Increased' danger of the bibu
lously inclined taking a drop too much.
Washington Post
China Is to have a new constitution;
but its custodians should be careful
that the dowager empress doesn't see
it first She might need it In her, busi
ness. New York Herald.
Who says that Kentucky men don't
take any interest In water? It is a
man from Covington who has obtained
from the Turkish government the sole
right of shipping water of the Jordan
river to all parts of the world for bap
tismal and other purposes. Boston
Globe.
One of the college professors has
written a magazine article in which
he argues that members of his profes
sion ought to be paid at least $15,000 a
year each. He's extravagant Thaf s
as much as the average prize fighter
gets for staying twenty rounds Chica
go Record-Herald.
ENGLISH ETCHINGS.
More than 2,000 persons die of mea
sles In London every year.
In High street, Stratford-on-Avon, a
restaurant called the Shakespeare is
kept by A. Bacon. '
On Friday parliament meets at noon
and rises at 6. On other days the full
hours are 2 p. m. to 1 a. m.
The members of the Yorkshire (Eng
land) brigade volunteers have been ask
ed by the colonel to cut off their curls.
In the year 1580 It was forbidden to
erect fresh buildings in London in any
place "where no former hath been
known to have been."
London has purchased Halnault for
est for a new park. In 1857 about 100,
000 trees were felled there, but there
is a new growth of 80,000.
NEW YORK CITY.
There are 14300 actors who claim
their homes are in New York city.
There are In New York city 168,000
members of clubs that have an enroll
ment of more than 300 members each.
There is more money per capita spent
In New York city every year for amuse
ments than -in any other place in the
world.
New York city's growth is shown by
one little item. The water rents are
$50,000 more each month than they
were a year ago.
Unused personal property In the
warehouses of New York city is "eat
ing itself up" In storage fees at the
rate of $11,700 a day. New York Her
ald. NEW ENGLAND 8AYING8.
The still pig eats the swllL
A short horse is soon curried.
He's got a gate like a. pair of bars.
Sitting on the little edge of nothing.
I'll do it In two shakes of a dead
lamb's tail. -s r
Her tongue runs as if it was hung in
the middle and wagged at both ends.
Don't try to come your dumb Isaacs
over me L e., mislead me, pull the wool
over my eyes. American Journal of
Folklore.
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CARE OF CLOTHES.
Bow a Well Dresaed Woman Looks
After Her Dreasea and Hats "
The woman who knows how to put
away her belongings is. not only neat !
but economical and generally smart in
appearance; says the Kansas City Star.
When she comes In from ' awalk she
never hangs' up her coat by the loop '
Inside the collar. If she puts it away in ;
the closet she uses a coat hanger; if she
leaves it around the room, knowing she
may need -it .soon, she disposes it over
the back of a chair that will keep, it in
shape. The skirts of her gowns never
have a stringy "look because they are 1
always -hooked and then bung by two
loops. For a tailor made skirt she uses ;
a small coat hanger with the ends bent
down a little. This keeps' the skirt in j
excellent shape and -causes it -to hang !
In even folds. The strings of her un-
dersklrts are tied -and the garment is
hung by the Joops, thus neier showing
a hump where it has rested on the j
hook. For the same reason her shirt,
waists are always hung by the arm- j
holes, unless they have hanging loops, j
Handsome waists have both sleeves;
and body stuffed with tissue paper and
are then laid In drawers or boxes.
Shoes are easily . kept In shape by
slipping a pair of trees Into them as
soon as they are removed from the
feet If trees are not available, news
paper will do, if it Is stuffed In tight
It Is well to roll -each veil on a stjff
piece of paper. A. single foil will often
spoil the set of a veil and . sometimes
even mar the expression, of a face.
Gloves should always be removed by
tnmbr tba wojog ooa Ibqr
fSxxdd then be turned back again,
blown Into shape and-each finger
smoothed out Ties, especially four-ln-hand
or gob! ties, should be hung to
avoid "creasing.
Hats, of course, should be kept out of
the dust and placed so that the. trim
ming "will not be disarranged. This dis
position depends so much on the hat
and the available space that each wo
man nust use her own ingenuity.
However, it is safe to say that no hat
should be laid flat down on a shelf.
Furs, also, should be protected from
dust and a muff, should always be
stood on end.
How to Wash an Automobile.
When the owner of an automobile
has engaged a new driver he should
stand by to watch the method adopted
when the new broom washes the car
for the first time, says the Pittsburg
Press. If a hose Is provided and the
new man forthwith plunges a sponge
into water and commences to wipe the
mud and dust off the paint work it is
clear that he does not know his job
and should be stopped at once. Mud
and dust should never be wiped off,
even with a wet sponge, but should be
washed awaywith water Just running
from the hose pipe without force. It
should be sluiced away, and that can
not be done properly if the water is
pouring forcibly through the nozzle
Where mud has caked upon the car
water must be allowed to run gently
over the Incrustations until they break
up and are washed away. Then a
clean sponge and clean water must be
used for finally washing the paint work
when all the mud and grit have disap
peared. The final drying and polishing
can be done with perfectly clean, grit
less chamois leathers. Cars should be
washed immediately upon coming' into
the garage. Wherever dried mud rests
for any time a dull stain remains which
nothing will remove.
How to Care For a Watch.
,If a watch ' is expected to go well
and to keep good time, the first and
chief demand It makes is that it should
have regular attention, says the Pitts
burg Press. As far as possible It should
be wound up every day about the same
hour, and If it is worn let it be worn
regularly, not taken out for three days
and then returned to its case for the re
mainder of the week. Extremes of
temperature should also be avoided,
as sudden cold or heat works havoc
with a valuable watch and its delicate
mechanism. Another point to be noted
Is that the watch should be kept In the
same position. If it is carried by day
in an upright position, hang It on a
hook at night preferably against some
thing Boft
How to Remove Greaae From Carpet.
Grease may be removed from a car
pet by spreading over the spot a thick
paste of potter's clay. Tack down
tightly over this some thick brown
paper, and at the end of a week re
move this paper and brush off the clay.
It may be necessary in some cases to
repeat this process, but one applica
tion is usually sufficient If the grease
has penetrated the floor it may be
necessary to raise the carpet and put
the clay on the floor in the same man
ner if it cannot be removed by hard
scrubbing.
How to Remove Flab Odors.
The smell of fish that Is so hard to
remove from pans and plates by wash
ing or soaking will yield to lemon skin
rubbed over them. This will kill the
flavor of even salt mackerel and salm
on in a bakepan. After rubbing with
the lemon let the dish stand for a. little,
then wash In cold water and rinse with
hot
How to Polish Mirrors.
To, polish your . mirrors, use a soft
sponge dipped In alcohol, rubbing the
glass vigorously. NowN rub it lightly
and quickly with a dry soft cloth, and (
nnaiiy pousn wen witn tissue paper or
preferably with an old, silk handker
chief. How to Rid Booka of Inlc Stains.
Ink stains may be removed from a
book by applying with a camel's hall
pencil a small "quantity of oxalic acid
diluted with water and then using blot
ting paper. Two applications will re
move all traces of the Ink,
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DURABLE FENCE' POSTS.
Good Potnta That Are Claimed For
Re-enforced Cement.
There Is a constantly increasing de
mand for some form of fence post
which is not subject decay.' The life
of. wooden posts is .very limited, and
the scarcity of suitable timber in many
localities has made , it imperative to
find a substitute. A' fence post to prove
thoroughly satisfactory - must fulfill
three conditions: First, it must be ob
tainable at a reasonable cost; second,
It must possess sufficient strength to
meet the demands of general farm use;
third, it must not be subject to decay
and must be able to withstand success
fully the effects of water, frost and.
fire. Although iron, posts of . various
designs are frequently used for orna
mental purposes, their" adoption for
general farm use is prohibited by their
excessive cost ' Then, too, iron posts
exposed to the weather are subject to
corrosion, to prevent which they should
be repainted from time to time, and
this item will entail considerable ex
pense in cases where a large number of
posts are to be used.
. At the present time the material
which seems most "nearly to meet these
requirements is re-enforced concrete.
The idea of constructing fence posts
of concrete re-enforced with iron or
steel is by no means a new one, but on
thecontrary such posts have been,, ex
perimented with for years, and a great
number of patents have been issued
covering many of the possible forms of
re-enforcement. It is frequently stated
that a re-enforced concrete post can be
made and pal to the ground for the
same price as a, wooden post Of
course this will depend In any locality
upon the relative value of wood and
the various materials which go to make
up the concrete post but In thegreat
majority, of cases wood will prove the
cheaper material in regard to first cost
On the other band, a concrete post will
last Indefinitely, its strength increasing
with age, whereas the wooden post
must be replaced at short Intervals,
probably making it more expensive In
the long run. .
In regard to strength, it must be
borne in mind that it is not practica
ble to make concrete fence posts as
strong as wooden posts of the same
size, but since wooden posts, as a rule,
are many times stronger than Is neces
sary this difference in strength should
not condemn the use of re-enforced
concrete for this purpose. Moreover,
strength in many cases is of little Im
portance, the fence being used only as
a dividing line, and in such cases small
concrete posts provide ample strength
and present a very uniform and' neat
appearance. ; In any case, to enable
concrete posts to withstand the loads
they are called upon to carry sufficient
strength may be secured by means
of reenforcement and where 'great
strength Is required this may be ob
tained by-uslng a larger post witha
greater proportion of metal and well
braced, as is usual in such cases. In
point of durability concrete is unsur
passed by any material of construc
tion. It offers a perfect protection to
the metal re-enforcement and is not
itself affected by exposure, so that a
post constructed of concrete re-enforced
with steel will last indefinitely and
require no attention in the way of re
pairs. Farmer's Bulletin.
Homemade Ladder.
The accompanying illustration shows
how to construct a convenient ladder
to be used about
the farm build
ings and in the
fruit orchard,
where the trees
are low. It can
be made any de
sired height and
the construction
is not at all dif
ficult It is too
good a thing to
be without Use
strong material,
hickory being
FABM LADDER. , , K
admirable for
the crossbars. American Agriculturist
Alfalfa at the South.
In the great bottom of the Zargoo
delta region of the Mississippi, from
Vicksburg on the south to near the
state line on the north, along the line
of the Southern railway the greatest
crops of alfalfa in the south are raised.
It is only during the past few years
that southern farmers could be in
duced to cultivate the crop, but It has
proved very successful where proper
methods have been employed. In the
delta region last season one planter
made five cuttings from a 'single field
of alfalfa, securing over a ton per
acre each cutting, which is worth from
$16 to $18 per ton In that region, says
Country Gentleman."
Hillside Farms.
The hill lands of Georgia are not
permitted to wash away down the
steep hillsides. Around such hills
there are bands or terraces thrown
up with great care to stop the down
ward rush of water, and thus the
washing tendency is checked as soon
as begun. These belts of firm sod land
are most effective They rise one above
the other hi steps of five or eight feet
hi vertical height The rows bend
around the hill, conforming strictly to
these terraces. This Is a most excel
lent system and one badly needed on
many farms of the new southwest
Exchange.
To Eradicate Bnrdocfc
If merely cut off at or near the sur
face, burdocks will sprout again." The
only sure way to get rid of them for
ever Islto pull them up, roots and all,
or to cut them -off near the ground and
pour a small quantity of kerosene, tur
pentine or sulphuric add upon the root
left In the ground. .
KILL the COUGH
AND CURE the LUNGS
Dr. Cling's
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BUMBLEFOOT.
--vyg?-1 jii hi i Mil, -' . ' -- "
A Diaeaae That Ia tne Bane of tkm
Foaltrrnian'a LifeThe Core.
: Bomblefoot is noticed mostly In fowls
that are fat and In heavy varieties Is
attributed : by. some to jumping from J
nigh roosting places, but a writer In
Western Poultry Journal ' has known
very bad cases to break out In flocks
which were accustomed to roosting on
flat surfaces and where all conditions
were seemingly, perfect although un
doubtedly the trouble'arlses from
bruises of the feet either by stones In
scratching or from jumping. Cases
have been known where the corn form
ed on the underside of the foot cover
ing a surface measuring three-quarters
of an Inch and when forcibly removed
pulled with it a hard white pus of the
same length. Treatment 4f taken in
time, is simple and effective, and con
sists In beeping the bottom of the" foot
soft either by placing the fowl on straw
or softening the swollen foot by the
application of vaseline or some carbolic
antiseptic Proper treatment consists
in first wasBlng the affected foot re
moving any foreign substance, and If
on examination the foot seems soft and
likely to eQtaln pus open by making
an Incision with a sharp, knife and
syringe the wound with the antiseptic,
one part, and water, fifty parts, bind
ing on It also an ointment consisting of
one part antiseptic, and forty parts vas--elme.
. An excellent remedy also con
sists in binding on the diseased foot a
small piece .of salt pork, which will
soften it In two or three days, when
the corn may be removed and the pork
again pjy'WI to heal up the wound.
Unless &afed banbletbot will pass
upward through the leg. of the fowl af
fected and lead to swelling, great sore
ness, and gangrene r abscesses. The
trouble yields, readily to the above
treatment and will, if treated in time,
save the f owL
To Get Lots of KggB.
A. P. Ancler of Earlrille, N. YM gives
the following rules for producing heavy
egg returns: In the morning feed a
mash composed of ground corn, oats,
wheat, clover and green bone, just what
they will eat up clean, and later throw
Into the litter a little wheat or millet
for which they will have to scratch.
At noon give steamed clover with mid
dlings, at night cracked corn, wheat
and barley, all they will clean up at
once. Never feed more than they will
eat immediately. Suspend a head of
cabbage In the pen for them to pick
at during the day. You will, be sur
prised at the amount of green food they
will eat during the winter season. A
most excellent green food for all kinds
of fowls Is Dwarf Essex rape. Sow the
poultry yards to rape In winter and
when the snow Is off give the fowls
free access to it and your eggs will
practically all be fertile.
The Season's Fertility.
Nothing we can add will throw one
ray of light on the season's fertility of
eggs-f or-hatchlng topic, but the reader
may have faith enough to read of a
few Instances that we will mention
even after we make the above admis
sion, says American Poultry Journal.
Those who are among the poultrymen
report low fertility. In some western
yards the fertility has been high all
season, but to balance this comes the
report from down east that over half
the shipments are failures. Every
season has its good and bad hatches
and yet no statistician has had the
colossal nerve required to gather data
on the subject Lately we noted that
a shipment of eggs from Scotland
hatched better than 40 per cent This
is remarkable, though the eggs were
extra well packed.
For Quality Egrgw.
The day of the market poultryman Is
dawning, for now the big egg buyers
demand eggs by the dozen Instead of
by the case Buying by case- means
accepting good, bad and rotten; buy
ing by the dozen means that eggs are
candled and poor ones, not paid for.
This aids the poultryman who desires
to work up a high class demand for a
strictly fancy product The largest
buyers of eggs now demand quality
before quantity, and they pay good,
liberal margins over the market price to
get what they want Clean, fresh eggs
are what they demand, and they soon
cut from their lists the ones who for
ward the Inferior stuff along with the
good.
Look Ont For the Mites How.
By cleaning the fowl house and
painting the roost with some good
liquid lice killer at least once a week,
being careful to reach all nooks, cran
nies and corners or roosts and nest
boxes, one may prevent mites. As In
every other evil, the thing to do Is to
prevent Let mites once get a foothold
In your house and you have trouble
without end getting rid of them.
"Sports" Among Fare Breda.
The Silver Laced Wyandottes, like
ny other standard variety of fowls,
we liable to throw "sports," but no one
tan tell what the percentage would be
to 100 chicks. In fact there might not
be one to 1,000, and there mieht be sev
eral to a hundred. All varieties
poultry are more or less difficult
breed, to standard requirements.
of
to
Dry Bran For Tong Fowls.
One poultryman scattered drv hrnn
about where the chicks could pick at It
and found that it worked wrmdom In
checking bowel trouble In chicks. Dry
bran Is most excellent for both young
and. old fowls and acts as a sort of
stimulant to egg production. Give It a
trial if you have not done so already.
Know What Tom Hens Are Dolna;.
A careful account of income and ex
penditures. Is one of the first steps to
successful poultry culture. To know
Wbat one's fowls are doing U of vital
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NATURAL GRAFTING.
Onion of Two Trees of the Same
Species Probable Cause.
A good illustration of the not uncom
mon phenomenon of the natural join
ing of trees of the same species grow
ing near together; probably limbs
from each tree rubbed together many
. TREES FIRMLY JOINED.
years ago until the bark was partially
denuded and then grew together, the
union gradually enlarging until it be
came the broad, firm brace so well
shown in the cut Much rarer Is the
apparent grafting or union of trees of
diverse species, but this is accomplish
ed by one growing over or around a
portion of the other and not by a true
physiological union of the tissues. Thus
we have seen a hemlock and beech
joined together, but close inspection
showed that the beech had closed about
the hemlock limb that formerly grew
through a crotch In the former, tree.
Itural New Yorker.
Work of Oxen.
We have known a man to buy a yoke
of three-year-old steers" in the spring,
work them hard six days in the week,
giving them good hay and about four
quarts of meal a day until October,
when the work lessened and the grain
was increased. In November he sold
them as beef for about $30 more than
he paid for them. If horses had done
the same work they would have want
ed more grain and probably would
have been valued much less in the fall
than they cost In the spring.
It is said that oxen might not
work as well on the reaper or. mowing
machine, but they might also. We
have had three or four year cattle that
would walk for miles as fast as any
pair of horses and force many horses
to trot a part of the way to keep up i
with them and! a pair of old cattle thatl
walked faster than the ordinary farm
horse. A part of that was due to their
having been trained "to walk quickly,
and a part was due to the breed.
Small cattle like the Devons, Jerseys
or Ayrshlres are naturally active and
easily learn to walk fast while the
larger Durhams and Heref ords like to
move more leisurely, and this is true
of grades as well as of thoroughbreds.
American Cultivator.
Animals That Sell.
In regard to selling stock the South
ern Cultivator says:
.The man that has well fitted animals
for market does not have to hunt for a
buyer. The buyer comes to him. The
man whose stock is in poor shape for
marketing has to hunt his buyer and
sell at a discount
The demand for mutton is constantly
on the Increase. With the improve
ment in quality due to the introduction
of mutton breeds much of the prejudice
that has existed against mutton has dis
appeared. The early maturing steer Is most
profitable.
Keeping; Sweet Potatoes.
Unless you live very far south it Is
not safe to hole up sweet potatoes In
the field. Better have a good cellar In
the barn out of reach of frost Line it
well with cemen to keep out water.
Cover It over securely with a tight floor
that will not allow cold air to enter in
zero weather. If put away right In a
good cellar sweet potatoes should be
kept anywhere with but little risk.
Home and Farm. .
Roughage Rack.
In the accompanying cut is shown a
roughage feeding rack that was used
with considerable success upon the Ne
braska experiment station farm last
'winter. The corners of the rack stand
FEEDING SACK.
between seven and eight feet high, with
a plank sided bottom. '. The width is
about fourAfeet, and the' length can be,
whatever may be desired. 'The general
plan of the virork Is brought out in the
accompanying "illustration. ' Prairie
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