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- WE HIGH QUALITY SEWMO MACHINE WORST Ef' KEEPING HENS IN ORDINARY FARM FLOCK NOT SOLD UNDER ANY OTHER NAME Write for frea booklet " Points to be considered bef or purchasing A Sewing Machine." Learn the facts. THE NEW HOME 8EWIN6 MACHINECO.,0RANGE,MA83. KODAKS & SUPPLIES We alo do highest claaa of finishing. Prices and Catalogue upon request. S. Gsletki Optical Ca.. ticbaoad, Va. TEACHERS WANTED VSfSRSE choolB. ItiO to 175 (2) Ladles combining music and common School, unprecedented demand. (8) Grade and high sobooL Can place all qualified teachers for any of the above. Write today. Southern Teachera'AK'cy.H-MCanllaa Ink UIj.lublM.O t : . .. ' INCREASING YIELD OF MILK fEvery "Woman M aSa MAM :;';-Vt: Well-Shaped Pecan The pecan girdler can be effecttvelj controlled by clean culture. The ad ults lay eggs In the twigs before gir dling. These twigs fall to the ground .end the young live in the twigs dur'ng the larval stage. According to J. II. Watson of the University of Florida experiment station the girdlers are touch more numerous this year than or several years. This Indicates that there will -be a large crop next year if precautions re not take against them. Concerning he Insect, Professor "Watson remarks :The insect ts one of the worst enemies of young pecan trees. The adult female lays eggs In the leaf scars of the twigs a year old or younger, usually In those about the .sire of a lead pencil. Below th last gg she gnaws a trench around the twig which leaves It Joined to the tree for a short time by a thin neck of vood. If the girdlers are abundant they will seriously Interfere with the growth of the tree. The twig soon falls, and. supplies the dead wood necessary for the lar vae which hatch from tjje eggs. Lar 'Vae live for several months In the GREAT DANGERS OF HIGHWAY .Thick Shrubbery or Trees Make It Im possibla for Driver to See Ap proaching Vehicles. Safety on highways ought to re - celve more attention. Speed fiends and drunken drivers are already attended to by laws, but there are many very real dangers which have received no . attention. One of these is the road .- Intersection where thick shrubbery or -t trees make It Impossible for the driver on one street to see an approaching vehicle on the other urltll the two are j. ready to collide. Slow driving Is of :. little avail In such places. The only ; remedy Is to clear away the obstruc . tlons to sight, as Is required by regu " : latlon in some places. Another danger ; spot Is the narrow road, with sharp . curves where It Is Impossible to see . ahead on account of shrub and trees. i Automobiles have considerable trouble at times when they meet on such -curves, but the darker to them Is by jno means so great as It is to the young tman who Is holding his best girl In a "fcuggy and neglecting his horse. Such an obstruction in the center of a nar row, winding road is not quickly guid ed to the Bide where it .belongs. Un--derbrush ought to be cleared away on the inner sides of such curves, at jleast so that a driver can detect an . other vehicle on the road ahead before It Is nearer than 75 feet. This does :iiot require the destruction of shrub 'bery or trees,-but merely enough thin .ning out of the growth to enable a car riage or motor car to be seen. Still .another danger point is the junction -of a road with another at right an gles, concealed by an Intervening rise or curve so that the Junction point Is xiot seen until Just before the moment when the driver on the adjoining road must turn Into the main road. Such places are extremely dangerous, and eign posts should be erected to warn the traveler of their proximity. Amer ican Highway Association Bulletin. .WAKE SUCCESS WITH MELONS -JVtuch Depends Upon Preparation of 8oll With Muskmelons Well Rotttid Manure Is Needed. Success in growing muskmelons de pends on the care with which the soil Js prepared. - A light sandy soil with an abund ance of vell-rotted manure worked to a depth of about four inches la an Ideal seed bed. Working the soil before planting time to pulverize it and to improve l on'"t'n !" necessary. 2 Tree in Georgia. twigs. They become full grown during spring or early summer and during the latter part of the summer emerge as adults. 'Girdlers are easily and effectively controlled If one will rake and burn the fallen twigs during winter. This kills the larvae and reduces the num ber which would have become adults the following summer. "Besides the pecan, the girdler oc casionally works on persimmon, but its wild host Is the hickory. Practical ly all the pecan Insects breed on hick ory. For this reason all worthless hickories and wild persimmons uear the grove should be cut. If one does not wish to cut the trees the fallen twigs should be collected and de stroyed. Tent caterpillars and pecan defoliators can be partially control ed by cutting the hickories. Basket worms, pecan bud worms, and girdlers attack the Javanese varnish tree. The fallen twigs of this tree should be de stroyed." The pecan girdler may not be serious now, but growers cannot afford to give it a chance. PROVIDE SHADE FOR POULTRY Failure to Arrange Ample Protection From Hot Sun Results in Largo Number of Deaths. (By PROF. H. U "kbMPSTER. Missouri College of Agriculture.) Failure to provide shade for poul try during the summer months not only results in a large number of deaths, but the flocks are less produc tive. The Importance of summer 6hade cannot be overestimated. Poultry of all kinds require shade. Ducks and geese very quickly succumb if they are unable to get protection from the sun's rays. It is easy to provide plenty of shade. The Missouri College of Agri culture recommends the following ways of furnishing shade for poul try. Portable houses can be set up on blocks so that the birds may run underneath ; orchards, sunflower patches, cornfields, etc., can be so ar ranged that the young stock or mature hens may run in them. Cornfields make excellent summer range for young stock. They furnish plenty of shade and other conditions for rapid economical growth are ideal. A little planning on the part of thl farmer will make poultry-keeping more profit able. By providing shade the losses are reduced, the flock is more produc tive, and the young stock will make more economical growth. ERADICATING TICK IN TEXAS Infected Cattle Must Not Be Shipped Outside of State Conditions Must Be Remedied. The department of agriculture has ordered that no cattle be shipped out of Texas unless free from ticks or In tended for Immediate slaughter. This will work a temporary hardship on Texas cattlemen, but In the end it will be to their advantage. It Is time for all people to know that conditions that tend l disease, whether of man or beast, must be remedied. The tick must go. The sooner If Is eradicated the better for Texas. Houston Fost. i ESSENTIALS OF A GOOD SILO Cost of Different Materials Will De cide Question of Buying or Build ing of Receptacle. A well-built silo of any type will keep silage well, so the cost of differ ent materials will In many cases de cide whether to buy or build, and what type of silo to select. In choosing, low first cost, cheap maintenance, durability and smooth, airtight wall should be demanded. Two Quarts of Wheat Bran Morning and Evening Will Bring About Desired Results From Cows. If the milk is sold it will pay to give each cow two quarts of wheat bran morning and evening. Give a forkful of hay or straw to each the first thing in the morning, and after the hay is eaten the bran may be given. This method of feeding keeps the cows in good order, the milk yield is Increased and there is less danger from bloat from eating wet clover. Another ad vantage from feeding bran comes r - if. t t. $ if ? Mr?i Right Kind to Keep for Milk. from the fact that less grass will be needed by the cows, and the droppings from the cows will enrich the pasture to a considerable extent. The manure should be broken fine and spread over the sod and not left In a solid cake to kill the grass under it. Keep the cows In the pasture day and night. It may not pay to feed grain on some farms, especially when the grass is abundant. Most milk farmers be lieve it pays to feed a little grain all through the summer months this Is the custom in most dairy districts. If grain cannot be fed, arrange to have plenty of fodder corn, millet or sugar cane. Fodder corn has the most food value when the corn is in silk. Cut and allow the fodder to wilt a few hours before feeding. Place an armful of this fodder in each cow's stall for the night's feed, the cows will be ready to come to the stable in milking time as soon as the pasture gate is opened. Grain or a forkful of green feed in the cows' stall will keep them quiet during the time of milking and a larger yield of milk may be had when this is pro vided. PICKED UP AROUND DAIRY Small-Top Milk Pail Is Necessary Dirty Milk Is Dangerous Always Feed Full Ration. The small-top milk pall Is a neces sity in the production of clean milk. Dirty milk Is more dangerous than djrty water because disease germs that would starve in water will multiply rapidly in milk. When the dairy cow is -fed just enough to maintain her-body weight she cannot be eipected to give much milk. About one-half of the nutrients in the average ration go to sustain the body. Always feed a full ration. CALF REQUIRES MUCH CARE Future Success of Dairyman Depends Largely on Attention Given to Young Animals. The well-bred calf is made or un made the first 12 months of Its life. Good dairymen are poor calf raisers, and this has resulted In the stunted calf we see on the average farm. Calves are well cared for in Holland and Den mark, which fact has had much to do with the development of the industry In those countries. The future success of the dairyman depends so largely upon the care of his calves that too much emphasis cannot be placed upon this subject. REMOVE CAL FROM MOTHER Strong, Vigorous Youngster Can Very Safely Be Taken Away After One Good Filling Up. The time of taking a calf from Its mother should be governed by the condition of the calf. A strong, vig orous calf can very safely be removed after one good filling up; but it is a distinct mistake to take a weakly, poor-nourished calf from its darn be fore three days or a week. Common sense Is worth many fixed ,fc t?j2J n m'!frrpR rtlcuTarly Wit i m 7 Wm ftoX .Bio- Ordinary, Mixed Experience has convinced many that It pays In the ordinary farm flock to keep hens for three years before turn ing them off. The greatest egg yield can be ex pected during the pullet year, and many poultrymen advocate keeping them only for that length of time. TThey pay about as good returns for the work and expense given them dur ing the succeeding two years in the average farm flock. One of the big outhiys of both time ; and capital in the poultry business is the raising of chicks. If the hens drop ; off laying In September or October ' and get busy once more early in the year, they can be carried through the period of rest much cheaper than pul lets can be raised. So, since poultry is only a very profitable side line with us, many believe the keeping of hens j reduces the work of chicken raising without materially reducing the in come, says a writer in an exchange. Most hens generally consider their year's work completed In September or early October. They are as care fully and generously fed during the molting season "as when they are lay ing. An occasional bird begins laying In November, a few more during the next month, and by the first of Feb- CAUSE OF SOFT-SHELL EGGS Lack of Lime May Be Aided by Feed ing Oyster Shells Another Help Is Green Stuff. . . The laying of soft-shelled eggs may be caused by the lack of shell-forming material In the food they get; for ex ample, the lack of lime. This can be aided in a measure by the feeding of oyster shells, that is, the ground prepared shells. These contain so much lime that they help out In a great measure. Another help Is the feeding of a little slaked lime In the soft feed, say a tablespoonful of lime to 15 to 20 hens. This lime will aid In the production of eggs very mate rially if fed regularly for some weeks. Another cause of soft-shelled eggs be ing produced by a good healthy flock is the lack of green stuff. This fur nishes the shell-forming material in the best possible form and should not be neglected. This is one reason why hens so of ten lay them In the win ter time. Another fruitful source of the trou ble is the feeding stimulants and con diments of various kinds. Poultry keepers so often get the habit of feed ing stimulating foods In order to get their hens to laying in cold weather, forgetting that such a course, while they may obtain the desired results, yet is at the sacrifice of the health of their hens. Such a course may be all right where one has a bunch of layers that he does not care for further than to get all the eggs from them that he possibly can. If he does not expect to keep such hens but the one laying HOW TO MAKE A RATPROOF CHICKEN COOP 6 FEET, 6 Ratproof Coop The accompanying Illustration shows one of the best coops for either Incubator chicks or hen with chicks lhat we have ever used, says a writer :n Farm Progress. The coop Is com posed of brood chamber and run, being in total length 6 feet 6 inches end 3 Teet wide. The brood chamber is 2 feet by 3 feet, inside measurement, by 20 Inches high in the rear and 24 nches b'.gh in front. The ran is 10 inches high, being con structed of planed boards 10 Inches aide, which extend in one piece the full length of the coop. Pine lumber ,s used throughout. Fot handling the chicks and clean ng out the brood chamber this com partment is provided in front with "a linked door. From a center board ..running across the middle of the run it the lop two cover doors for the run ife hinged. These doors are simply liht, wooden frames covered with jinall-meshed poultry netting to let in un and air and to keep out poultry TTv rrm tts1v rnftwf mnA Farm Flock. ruary you can depend upon a generous basketful. With the Leghorns there seems to be no tendency toward over fatness. The few that become broody as jspring advances are "broken up" in a humane manner and are back on the nest with a "red face" in a few days. They are given a free range and all the care vouchsafed the pullets. Last year our hens made an average of ten dozen per head. Many of these were laid during the months of cheap eggs, but not all by any means. Dur ing August they laid as heavily as In April, and August prices are not to be scorned. At that time they picked much of their living about the fields and grain stacks. It was' very dry, so we supplied them with all the green food In the way of early cabbage and sprouted oats that they , would con sume. Abundance of food postponed the molt and kept them "on their Job." At the end of their third laying year they are sold at once. After that age hens seem more susceptible to disease,- and we consider it a risk to keep them longer. The secret of get ting old hens to lay seems to rest in keeping them busy, giving them free range, plenty of good food, an abun dance of green stuff. season, and does not want to use any of their eggs for hatching, it may be all right. But all such stimulation by the feeding of so-called egg pro ducers, cayenne pepper and the like, over-stimulates the organs of repro duction until they become weakened and unable to hold the eggs as formed until they are shelled over, and for that reason they are voided while in that soft state. - TREATMENT FOR BROODY HEN Practical and Humane Way Is to Iso late Her in Open, Airy Coop in Sight of Others. The sensible wayto treat a brood? hen Is to treat her as a laying hen. She has temporarily stopped laying, and with proper treatment can soon be brought to laying again. The prac tical and humane way Is to confine her in an open, airy coop in sight of the outside hens, and provide roost for her at night. While confined, give the same, or1 better, care In the way of food, drink and comfort as the hens outside receive. Confining a broody hen for a day or longer In a tub of water where she must stand up continuously, or hang ing her up in a sack for three days without food or water are methods that are neither humane nor econonv leal. Compel Hens to Exercise. If hens are confined, a good way to feed corn is to feed it on the ear, thus compelling the- hens to exercise in getting it off the cob. INCHES for Chicks. lowered in feeding and caring for the chicks. The roof of the brood chamber and the floor of the same are of matched pine flooring, very heavily painted with the best white lead and oil paint The underside of the floor and all wooden parts resting on the ground are heavily painted for. preservation. The entire coop Is heavily painted inside and out side to seal small cracks against dis ease and insects. The floor is on two-inch crosspieces two inches above the ground to insure dryness of brooder floor. Heavy wood en strips are nailed vertically in all comers for added strength. About 50 feet-of lumber was used In the con struction, which costs $1.25. The cost of the paint was 75 cents, or a total of $2 for the finished coop for ma terial. I did the work myself. The special value of a coop of this kind is that it is a good protection against cold spring winds, while being well ventilated and sunny inside. It la PHstly moveil about, safe and durable. FOR PERSONAL. 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It road, ATLA KTA, G A, Uttuart of Imitations WHY CHILDREN RUN AWAY Not Mere Naughtiness That Start Kiddies on the Road to Ad venture Land. When little Willie runs away to ride the brake beams, to become a hunter of the wild Apache, or mayhap a Jesse James; when curly-headed Mary toddles far from home with her dollie, the mother usually attributes their truancy to "mere naughtiness" or bad companions, or maybe original sin. But the children's motive, accord ing to investigators, is the same as that which makes their parents visit Europe or their uncle John start off on a hunting trip. The causes ascribed for these various actions are usually quite different from the real cause, which is the primitive racial In stinct to wander an Instinct so deep seated that it is found in lower ani mals as well as In man. We all have It, presumably, but some of us are more enmeshed by conven tionalities and " the habjts of civ ilized society that we never really re spond to the luring call of the wild or the blind impulses to start off some where no matter where. Others are so attuned to this instinct; that only lock and key can keep them in one place. . The Bad Time. "Isn't Billy delighted over his new motor car?" "Yes, except when he's under it." Many a man who Is apparently a deep thinker merely has a new kind of pain and is wondering what caused It. Everybody needs it stored for emergency in a well-developed, well-preserved, well - nourished body and brain. ' Grape-Nuts food stands preeminent as a builder of this kind of energy. It is made of the entire nutri . ment of whole wheat and barley, two of the richest sources of food strength. Grape-Nuts also includes the vital mineral elements of the grain, so much emphasized in these days of investigation of real food values. Crisp, ready to eat, easy to digest, wonderfully nourishing and delicious. "There's, a Reason" ior Grape -Nuts Hi mm (
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