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Farm Department V (Conducted bv J. M. Hkaty. Permanent Farm Homes. The ambitiou of a great major* i ifcy of our western farmer* in to get their farms paid for, ami enough money ahead to buy a home in the village, where they expect to retire and take life easy. This, I think, is not tis it should be. The fact is these retired farmers, as a rule, do not take the comfort they expect and are very little help to the village. A man with any ambition is much happier employed than idle, and lives longer. The farmer that expects to leave his farm at some future time, generally puts very few per manent imurovements on the place while there, and lets it fail into decay when he leaves it. He will see plenty of ways for the in come of his acres to be used in his new home and will forget, as a rule, that constant repairs have to be made in order to keep up the farm. brother farmers, think twice before you leave the farm. He member you have pulled the load up the hill when you have the farm paid for, and that the level road is before you where you can have many more of the comforts, yes, and the luxuries of life now, than while you were paying for the home. Take the money you would spend on the village home and put it on the farm in the way of permanent improvements and conveniences, and it will make the home so pleasant and com fortable you will dot desire to go to the village. There is another thing to take into consideration. Those boys and girls that you take with you will learn to look back on the farm as a place of drudgery, and will rarely want to go back again when the time conies to begin life for themselves. They remem ber the old place as uncared for, all run down, and the prespect is not very inviting. On the other hand, if h ather and Mother had staid on the farm and improved and beautified it, added some good stock and got thebovs and girls interested, instead of wean ed from if, the probability is that they would have remained and taken up father's work. The most beautiful sight 1 have seen this winter, while out on institute w ork, was a farm come near Nor wood, Minn., where father and mother were living on their well improved farm, surrounded by all the'comforts that one could desire, with their three sons and six daughters, mostly grown to manhood and womanhood, aud all interested in the farm aud the home. The girls told me they took hold and helped milk, as they were running a dairy and all were not needed to help moth er. The girls were with their pa rents at the institute aud were dressed as neatly as could be de sired and were among the best listeners there. I was struck with the thought that these people, brought up as they were, must be a great comfort to their parents while that farm and home yere certainly an object lesson to that whole country. ? Foreat Henry, in The Nortwesteru Agri culturist. Home Life on the Farm. Success on the farm caunot be measured truly by the farmer's balance at the bank, his standing in the community or even the buildings and equipments of the farm itself. These all aid in mak ing it possible for him to enjoy life and to make a profit by his labor on the farm; but more is needed. V> ith all possible chance to make the farm life almost an ideal one, too often it is not. It is well to spend a little time in trying to learn how to live best, to get all possible good from life on the farm, as it is to study how to make the farm produce fine grain, stock or fruit; for there are better products of the farm than prize colts, cattle, grain or fruits. 1 he farm should be a means to an end, a loved friend, to becared for and to be associated with pleasaut memories of busy, cheer till work and equally pleasant leisure, it; should be unide to yield the irreatest, possible amount of happiness to each member of the family. This it ? can do; but if so much cash sav, ed, so much fence built or repair ed, so many rods of drain laid, so many calves and pigs raised' and sold. l>e the chief end. then the most double fruits will not lie gathered. If love for one's work creates an interest in it and makes it easy, in like manner a love for the home wiil cause lime and money lidded to u.ake it a place 1 of pleasant habitation to bei cheerfully driven und never regret- 1 ted. Ttiere must ite conveniences t of many kinds in the homes to | li _ liten toil and shorten labor'' before time can be found for the I | enjoyment of books, newspapers, i music, flowers, visitors und the other pleusunt things of life i Fach day should have its share | of sociability. Cultivate that < rare power that leav? s work and i worry outside the door when the | family meets in the dining room i and the evening living room. It is care constantly borne about that wears out many human i lives and casts a shadow over many a home. It is well to cul tivate a spirit tliat will always i Hud something to be thankful i for. If the fox takes the last | duck, why not be glud that he could not steal thepond? Among j good resolutions no one is more conducive to happiness than the determination to make the home i life of the Is rm what it should be. ?Tribune Farmer. j About Hog Raising. \ ou will hear many farmers saying this winter "Fork is go ing down and I am going out of business." This is another evidence that we have a great many farmers that are not as good business' [ men as they should be. What j j would you think of a manufact-1 urer going out of business when the finished produce did not sell as high as it once did, and going ? back into it again when the pro- j duct sold higher? No, they coulu I not afford to close up as long as! a fair profit could be realized, j Neither can the hog raiser afford I to let his hog buildings and past-1 ures lie idle, and much less to dis pose of his brood stock that he | has been years in breeding up. j More than this, he will lose the [ value of his past experience and j will be in no shape to reap a har ; vest when prices are higher. On the other hand, prices are not so low yet as not to insure a ' good profit to the grower. Hogs can be grown under favorable conditions, taking one year with | another, for ft.*} 00 per hundred : weight. This will include every I expense that could be properly attached to the growing. It has not cost us that to raise pork forj the past twenty years on ana ver age. All that cau be realized' above that is clear gain and at j present prices it would mean $21 per hundred weight clear gaiu.' less expense of shipping. No, nogs are not low. They are lower than a year ago, but the prices for the past two years have been exceptionally high prices. We couli not ex pect them to continue. The time will not come when a careful, ex perienced feeded cannot make a reasonable profit in the business. The man that tries to jump out of the business when hogs are low. an<l into it again when they go up. will usually find his dish wTong side up when it rains por ridge.?The Northwestern Agri culturist. Shredding. I believe many of the farmers have made a mistake in not shredding their corn-fodder. On account of the drought last sum mer most of our farmers cut their corn for fodder, it being almost destitute of ears; consequently, all who had stock to winter fed corn-fodder, ifoth horses and cattle eat this shredded feed very well, and the farmer who has barn room can, to a great ex tent, feed this to his horses in stead of timothy hay, and to his cattle instead of clover, thereby saving much of the hay. \Ye shredded eighty-five shocks of fodder and fed it to our horses and cows, who clean it up well. Those who do not use this feed should give it a trial, as it can be shredded cheaply, at ten cents a shock, which is the regular price here. Shredding not only saves feed, but the cattle clean up the stalks which they will not do when fed whole. The stalks have been proven more nutritious when shredded than any other por tions of the husked stover ?M H. Lancaster, Hunker Hill, 111. Keep the Pig Growing. There seems to be a "habit of growth," not only in the pig, but in all farm animals, says a writer j in Col man's Rural World. Our j best authorities advise us never to let the pig stop gro?mg from oil*n to killing time. When once it stops grow'ng t he pig seems never to pick up its former rapid ity or habit of growth. The wise farmer will see that his youn<? suckling pigs have all the milk they will eat, and us often as thev Wttrjt it. The m tinT noiiio times u> supply ftioiitih milk For ber litfe-r, and if. is here that | the scientific farmer umv hi-> mi perior kncwlttd a in supplying ths scarcity of food with sorm l?HNt adapted forthemiuriahrueiit of the young pigs. The time of weaning is the moat critical period in the life of the pig. Changing from the milk diet often puts the pig off feed or : [fives it some illness to check its growth. Then about thin time the farmer who is fattening cat tle on hia place, tnriiH hia piga in | to follow hia steers utilizing the corn they'fail to digest. It ia here, too, that mistakes *te of ten made. T e farmer doea not give the pig enough feed, thiuk ing to make it work for what it gets, giving it exerciae. Indeed, it takea a practical, careful, watchful man to know how much : to feed to prevent the pig from being atunted, and yet not to j give it enough that it will cease to work for ita living.?The Xorth- j western Agriculturist. The Young Calf. The young calf should be fed whole milk the first week or two of its existence. A good plan is to give the mother's milk until one wishes it for house hold use, then gradually lessen the quan tity of whole milk by adding a small quantity of warmed skim milk at each feed. Do not force t he calf to partake of solids until the digestive ap paratus is strong enough to re sist the effects of a radical chaDge of diet. As soon as the caif reaches a skim milk basis, add to this at each feed, from one to three tablespooufuls oil meal, ac customing it gradually to even this small addition. Give liber ally of hay fodder, sorghum, or any other forage. Shelter well and the calf will surprise you by I its rapid growth.?C. H. Barrett,' iu the Northwestern Agricultur alist. Honored at Home. Rev. Parker Holmes. pastor of the 1st M K. Church South Ilickorv. N. (J says: "I have used RvdaUs Stumach Tablets for indigestion and regard them as a perfect remedy for this disease 1 take pleasure in recommending them to all sufferers from Indigestion. Use Ky dales Stomach Tablets tor your stomach trouble and you will join L>r. Holmes in this strong endorsement. These tablets will digest the food your weak stomach cauuot. and thus nourish the body and prevent the partial starva tion, from winch all dyspeptics stiff r and which causes the loss in fle.-h and strength all dyspeptics experience. These tablets relieve all disagreeable symptoms at once They will increase yourstrength and flesh, almost from the first days use and will soon restore you to perfect health. Hood Bros , J. N. Ledbetter, Princeton, N. C. Traveling baths on one of the Russian railways are the latest provision for its employes' com fort iu the outlying districts. STRENGTH OF RIVAL FLEETS. Japan Has the Larqer Number of Small Fighting Craft. The following indicates the rel ative naval strength of Russia and Japan in the Far East: Russia? Battleships (8),Sebas topal, Osiaba, Tzarewitch, and ! Pobieda; cruisers (IT), Russia,! Rurik, 'iromobol, Boyarin, I'aia da, Diana, Variag, Askold, Bog- j atyr, Novik, Razboynik, Rjigit, Zabiyaka, and Bayan; torpedo I craft, 2 gunboats, 1!) destroyers; transports, 2. In addition there are several non-fighting vessels of different types, including transports. Japan?Battleships (G), Fuji, Joshima, Asahi, Hatsuse, Shiki shima, and Mikasa; cruisers (21), i Arama, Tokiwa, Azuma, Chitose, Kasagi, Takasagi. Joshino, Aka shi, Surna, Nantwa, Idsumi, Yak umo, Idsumo, Iwate, Yayeyama, Chiyoda, Hashidate, Itsukushi ma, Matsushima, Akitsushima, and Takachiho; torpedo craft, 2 gunboats, 16 destroyers, and 18 torpedo boats. Japan has a number of other; ships of various types, including1 some which are purely defensive, I both armored and of the torpe-1 do variety. Hhe has a call also on the thirty-three vessels of the Nippon Yusau Kaisha for use as auxiliaries or transports for troops.?Washington Fust. Danger in Cold Weather. There 's danger in cold weither be cause it produces conditions favorable to the development of fhotc germ diseases known as Lagrlppe, Pneumonia. Bron chitis, Consumption, etc. Tbesediseascs are contracted while the mucous mem brane of the throat and lungs is weaken ed by inflammation resulting from acold It s dangerous to neglect even a slight cold Help nature to ward off disease l?y using By dales Kllxlr. This modern scientific remedy can always lie relied on in all diseased conditions of tho throat j and lungs II lod Bros . J. N Ledbetter, Princeton, N C. STARVED CUT. Many a garrison baa been force<l to give up tile light ami hang out tile white nag of surrender, when lack of food has weakened the men past all power to continue the struggle. :?iiiuy <t nmn 11 similarly starved out of business. His digestion is impaired. His food does not nourish him, and for lack of strength to carry on V the struggle he turns his store over to an other. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery cures diseases of the stomach and other or gans of digestion and nntrition. It restores strength to weak, nerv ous, run-down men and women. ?About ten yya*"* I began to be afflicted with stomach trouble, also diar rhea," write* Mr. Wui. Walters, of Antrim, Mo. ?In warm weather it grew worse until it would throw me into a cramping chill. Was troubled ao often that I sometimes thought my end had come. Tried many remedies but they gave only temporary relief. In i November, 1899, thought I would trv Doctor Pierce'a Golden Ntedical Discovery. I got six bottles una took five in succession. then thought I would wait for a time and take the one left. Acx>n found I haa symptoms of the trouble coming back, so took the sixth bottle and it cured me. I have enjoyed the beat of health this summer, and the credit all belongs to your Golden Medical Discovery.' I can't express my many thanks to Dr. Pierce for his remedy, for it did 90 much for me. Worda can not express how severely I suffered, "If any doubt the above statement let them address me. and 1 will take great pleasure in answering." J Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse the bowels and stimulate the sluggish liver. There are about 11,000,000 Catholics in the United States. When You Have A Cold. The first action when you have a cold should be to relieve the lungs. This is best accomplished by the free use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This Remedy liquefies the tough mucus and causes its expulsion from the air cells of the lungs, produces a free expectoration, ' and opens the secretions A complete cure soon follows, 'this remedy "ill cure a s-vere cold in less time than any oti.er treatment and it leaves the system in a natural and .healthy condition It (ounteracts any tendency toward pneu monia For sale by Hood Bros., Smith field: Selma Drug I o.; Benson Drug Co., Benson, JN. C. 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