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the ofion Health It is imperative that you keep THE STOMACH NORMAL THE BOWELS REGULAR AND THE LIVER ACTIVE ToThatEnd Try HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters "ROUSHonRATS" Jjia outdoors lac sod i Roger Williams, lioger AT illiains was the founder of J the state of Rhode Island. He was born in London in either lt04 or 100."). j lie refused to join the congregation at I Boston because the people would not j make public declaration of their re pentance for having been in communion with the Church of England. Vanished from the Massachusetts Hay colony iu j Itl'd, he escaped to the shores of Nar ragansett bay, accompanied by a few of the adherents of the extreme Puri tanism which he advocated: he pur chased land of the Indians and found ed the city of Providence in 10:50. Philadelphia Ledger. SOOTHES ITCHING SCALPS And Prevents Falling Hair Do Cuticura Soap and Ointment. On retiring, gently rub spots of dan druff and itching with Cuticura Oint ment. Next morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water using plenty of Soap. Cultivate the use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment for every day toilet purposes. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv. Swearing Off. "Why are you so strong for pro hibition?" "Well," replied Uncle Bill Bottletop. "a country is a good deal like an in dividual. After havin' had liquor with out limit for a period of years, it's a mighty good thing to go without for awhile." Washington Star. WImt Dr. It. D. Patterson, of Lib erty, N. C, savs: ABOUT MOTHER'S JOY SALVE. My boy had pneumonia, his tempera ture was 104. Had tried other salves, didn't have any effect. Used jar of Mother's Joy Salve on throat and chest, In one hour's time his tempera ture was normal. Adv. A philosopher gains renown by en during other people's troubles with res ignation. Wrlght'g Indian Vegetable Pillg contain j nothing but vegetable ingredient, which act gently as a tonic and purgative by stlmu- j lation and not by Irritation. Adv. Bergen. Norway, is to have a for chauffeurs. school That Knife-Like Pain Have you a lame back, aching day and night? Do you feel sharp pains after stooping? Are the kidneys sore? Is their action Irregular? Do you have headaches, backaches, rheumatic pains, feel tired, nerv ous, all worn-out? Use Doan's Kid ney Pills the medicine recom mended by so many people In this locality. Read the experience that follows : A South Carolina Case J. M. Oshletds. S S. Enterprise St., Union. S. C, says: "I had inflam mation of the blad der and my kidneys were in awful shape. The pains in my back were terriflo. The doctor said I had gravel and dur ing one attack, four physicians sat up with me all nlpht; they thought I was priin? to die. I fin ally u s e d Doan's Kldnev Pills and "fytry Picture Tells i was soon relieved. T continued and the cure has lasted eight years. Get Doan's at Any Store, 50c a Bos DOAN'S 'VJifs FOSTER-M1LLURN CO- BUFFALO. N. Y. fro stops )h&iZ2M3rza LA MEN ESS a from a Bone Spavin, Ring Bone, Splint, Curb, Side Bone, or similar trouble and g?s liore going sound. It acts mildly b it quickly and good re sults are lastii. ; Does not blister or remove iho hair and horse can be worked. Pa.,e 17 in pamphlet with each bottle teii how. $2.00 a bottle delivered. Horse Dock 9 M free. ABSORBINE, JR., the antiseptic liniment for mankind, reduces Painful Swellings, En larged Glands, Wen:, "r jises, Varicose Veins; beats Sores. A'layi !iin. Will tell you more if you write. $1 and $2 a bottle at dealer of deUrered. Liberal trill bottle lor 10c tump. W. F.YOUNG. P. D. F.. : 1 ?,;: SLSn'tr-cftele. nable the dysprplc ts cat whatever he wlshe. They cause the food to assimilate an4 nourish tbe body, give appetite, and DEVELOP FLESH.' Prom of sfri Pills DAIRY i GIVE COW NUTRITIOUS FEEDS Pennsylvania Experiment Station Rec ommends Decrease in Silage in Drying-Off Process. For a considerable period before the dairy cow is due to freshen it Is best to feed highly nutritious feeds. About 00 days before the time for parturi tion the cow should be dried off. It is necessary that this be done care fully, as old milk left in the udder may lead to garget or other ills. For the drying-off process the Pennsylvania experiment station rec ommends decreasing the silage to, about 20 pounds and the grain to four pounds daily. No change is necessary in the amount of hay fed. After the cow is dry the grain ration is re sumed and the amount of grain in creased gradually until the week just previous to freshening. The grain ration ought to be laxa tive in character, highly nutritious and palatable. During the last week the cow should be placed in a box stall and her grain lessened. Equal parts of wheat bran and ground oats or chop with alfalfa hay and man gels is recommended as a good ration to feed at this time. After parturition the tow should not be milked until the second day, except by the calf, unless, as is the practice of some dairymen, the calf is removed at once. For several days the cow should be allowed omy tepid water. For feed, good clover hay. mangels and bran and oats are probably best until her system becomes normal again. By the third day the cow may be returned to her stall. KEEP DAIRY PRODUCTS COLD Special Precautions Should Be Taken to Cool Milk After Being Drawn and Then Kept So. Milk and cream are perishable prod ucts and every possible precaution should be taken at the farm and in the home to keep these products whole come. In the fall- with the cooler weather, there exists an opinion that ice or other methods of cooling milk and cream is unnecessary to have these products remain sweet in cold weather, says Prof. V. It. Jones of the South Dakota department of dairy hus bandry. This is a false assumption. Special precautions to see that these dairy products are cooled immediately after drawn and kept cold until deliv ?ry are important. Milk and cream will contain germs or (lactic acid) bacteria no matter how careful we are in its production. The bacteria that cause milk to sour multiply very rapidly at moderately high temperatures (70-80 degrees F.) If the milk or cream is cooled to oO degrees F. or less, the growth of these germs is held In check and these food products remain sweet for a longer period. If the dairy farmer does his duty In properly cooling milk and cream at the farm, either with ice or cold run ning water, and the same precautions are taken In the home, there will be less trouble with sour milk and cream. REMOVE CREAM FROM BOTTLE Simple Utensil With Which Cream May Be Taken From Milk Bottle With out Mixing Milk. A utensil for removing cream from a milk bottle consists cf a cylinder about half the length of a quart bot tle ami of a diameter slightly less than that of the mouth of the ordinary milk container. The device is held in one hand, the index finger passing through a small looped handle at the upper end. Projecting from the otherwise closed upper end of the cylinder is a small tube. A screen extends across the ; cylinder's lower end. After inserting : the separator into the bottle to the depth of the cream, the thumb is placed over the end of the tube. The sep arator may now be lifted from the bot tle tilled with cream, the screen and ; suction combining to keep the fluid j from llowing downward. Popular Me chanics Magazine. CLEANLINESS OF CALF PENS Use Abundance of Nice Straw and Dig Out All Manure Frequently Calves Are FrLky. The calf pen must be kept clean. tNe lots of nice straw, not putting it i upon a lot of fermented filth, but diu j out all manure very frequently and add fresh straw almost daily. Calves I are so frisky that they tramp the straw into the manure to beat every thing. Separator milk, tender clover or al falfa hay, bran, oil meal, silage, shelled corn, such feeds are the stuff good fulves are made of. I L . ; ' ' Cream Separator. j IS BUZZARD A MENACE? Accused of Spreading Hog Cholera and-Anthrax. For Nearly Three Centuries Work of Bird Has Been Appreciated at Its Full Value in South Per secution Is Begun. (By W. U M'ATEE.) Turkey buzzards are familiar fea tures of Southern landscapes. Their wonderful soaring flight has been a subject of study by a multitude of ob servers, and the buzzard Is not only the model but also the Inspiration of the American-Invented airplane. All vultures specialize in feeding on :arrion. While under natural condi tions the number of dead animals available for them is somewhat limit ed, yet when the human population is considerable and sanitary conditions not over good, there is much work for buzzards, and they fill an Important place. For nearly three centuries their .vork has been appreciated at its full value in the South, and these birds have been scrupulously protected. The turkey buzzard now Is threat ened with persecution in the land where heretofore it has received the most zealous protection, for the bird has been accused of spreading such diseases of live stock as hog cholera and anthrax. The charge that It spreads hog cholera has never been demonstrated, and until this is done judgment should be suspended. Its relation to anthrax has been investi gated with the result that in the dis tribution of the disease the bird must be considered a minor agency as com pared with man and various domestic and certain wild animals. The nature of their food would -indicate that buzzards have strong diges tive powers. The spores of anthrax, or carbon, a virulent stock disease, have been shown by two independent investigations to be destroyed by pass- Ing through the alimentary canals of buzzards. Anthrax spores are not de stroyed in the digestive tracts of other carrion-feeding animals,' as the dog, cat, hog, chicken, or opossum. It is true that buzzards may carry the genus f anthrax or other stock diseases on their plumage, feet, or bills, and thus distribute them; but all the other animals just mentioned may similarly carry disease germs on the surfaces of their bodies, as may also flies, domestic pigeons and other poul try, horses, mules, and cattle, not to mention members of the human fam ily. In fact at the same time that steps are being taken greatly to re duce or exterminate a wild bird the buzzard which may possibly play a minor part in the transmission of an thrax, farmers are harboring several domestic animals that have far greater possibilities as spreaders of the dis ease. The fact that anthrax may be carried by flies is more than sufficient to explain the most severe epidemics. Turkey Buzzard. MARKET FOR BREEDING CATTLE IN SOUTH GROUP OF HEREFORDS With tl.? South driven to diversified farming on account of the boll weevil's foray on the cotton crop, and the resultant fight on the Texas fever tick that has been the bane of the cattle industry, stock raising is beginning to loom large on the horizon of the Southern states. The advantages of the South ns a live stork country are manifold. There Is a ready market with high prices for beef, dairy and poultry products and grains; land is cheap; the climate Is mild; two and sometimes three crops can be grown on the same soil in the same year, and the soil Is adapted to the growing of a great variety of forage crops, corn and other grains. Iieef and pork can be produced at low cost, as live stock can be pastured the year around, lluinfall Is abundant and everywhere are streams and springs to water the herds. At present land Is cheap and the South can pro duce as much rn to the acre as the most fertile lauds of the corn belt U the North. Obviously, it Is unfair to attempt to place the blame for general dissemi nation of stock diseases on the buz zard. Considering the multitude of ways In which these diseases may be spread, it cannot be doubted that stock diseases would be as widely distribut ed as now If turkey buzzards were eliminated, as has been proposed. What amounts to proof of this is the fact that hog cholera at times Is virulent and seriously destructive in regions where there are few or no turkey buz zards, as in certain northern states and Canadian provinces. Attacks in the South by buzzards upon living farm nnlmals Indicate that there are too many buzzards there for the best economic interests. In the North, where buzzards are fewer, such attacks are believed never to occur. Reduction in the number of buzzards may be desirable, especially if accom panied by or resulting from a proper system of carrion disposal, but there Is a wide gidf both in meaning and de sirability between reduction in num bers and extermination. FERTILITY SOLD FROM FARM Too Common Practice of Producer to Calculate Value of His Crop on the Market Price. (By C. A. W1LT.SON. Kentucky Experi ment Station.) Nothing else has mitigated so much against the rational relation of live stock to average farm operations as the utter disregard of the fertility sold from the farm when corn and other crops are sold direct and not fed. In other words, for the sake of the soils of the state and their future produc tion It has been altogether too common a practice for the producer to calculate the value of his crop on the market price. The market price less the fer tility sold in each pound, bushel, ton, or other commercial unit, is a more logical basis of estimate, and : et un der any system of direct marketing of crops we lose sight of the possibility of a better price If fed to live stock on the farm, the value of the utilization of roughage, the accumulation of elements of plantfood and vegetable matter In the manure, a more judicious and profitable rotation and diversity of crops, and an Increasing crp yield at much less cost per acre. Realizing the rather unconscious ef fect which market values, as or dinarily interpreted, are havini, and may have, upon live-stock in'erests, and hence upon the general agriculture of the state, the station has undertaken a series of experiments with the view of comparing market and farm values of various Tennessee crops. WHITEWASH GOOD FOR FARM Formula Submitted by Expert of Ok lahoma Station Especially Use ful on Walls and Fences. The following formula of a white wash containing lime, skim milk and salt is submitted by Dr. Charles K. Francis, chemist at the Oklahoma ex periment station at Stillwater: Slake one bushel of good quickllmn with not more than 12 gallons of wa ter. Slake the lime and keep the ves sel covered until steam ceases to rise, stirring occasionally to prevent scorch ing. Prepare a second mixture con taining two pounds common salt and one pound zinc sulphate in two gallons of boiling water. Pour this into the slaked ,lime and stir In two gallons of skini miUc. Stir vigorously. This makes an excellent weather proof white wash, suitable for walls and fences. IDEAL HOUSE FOR CHICKENS Should Be Well Ventilated and Fre From Drafts First Item Is of Greatest Importance. The ideal winter poultry house Is dry. free from drafts, and well venti lated. Proper ventilation does not mean sacrificing warmth or comfort In a properly designed house. The Importance of good ventilation cannot be overestimated. Poor venti lation soon results In a decrease In the egg supply, and in disease in the flock. READY FOR MARKET. t)f Yr) 'Vyi. V $ KEEPING BULL IN CONDITION As General Rule Animals Are Alto gether Too Thin In Flesh to Do Justice to Themselves. Many a breeder of Improved stock has fallen just a little short a success through a wrong notion of what con stitutes breeding condition. When we visit a breeder for the purpose of buy ing a young bull, and he remarks on the way to the barn: "I don't pamper my young cattle; I keep them in just good breeding condition," we find as a rule that his bulls are altogether too thin In flesh to do justice to themselves or to him. He is a rare man who can form an accurate judgment of a young bull when he is thin. The average buyer wants to see young stuff in good, smooth flesh. This does not mean over-fat ; but there are very few young bulls which have been Injured by car rying too much flesh during the first year of their life. It takes feed, and plenty of it, to present a young bull in attractive sale condition ; but it pays even in these days of high-priced feed ; and the sensible buyer will demand it, first, because it indicates that the bull is n good feeder, and, second, because It gives him a fair opportunity to judge of Us quality. Improved stock is fetch ing good prices, and those who are preparing young stuff for sale can well afford to feed liberally. In fact, they can much better afford to do this than not. It is nil well enough to carry through the breeding cows in just good, strong breeding condition, but with jouug stuff a liberal hr.ud has its reward. Wallace's Farmer. WARMING WATER FOR CATTLE Tank May Be Built With Board Sides and Galvanized Iron Bottom on a Brick Foundation. Have you noticed that your stock drink less water when it is ice cold? Yet plenty of water is necessary for their well-being. Water can be kept i at a sufficiently high temperature for I cattle at very little expense in a prop i erly-eonstruetod tank. I The tank may be built with board sides and galvanized iron bottom so Warm Water Tank. that it can be placed on a brick founda tion and a small fire built under it. The stovepipe should come through the foundation close to the bottom of the lank and ought to give plenty of clear ance to the board side. REMEDY THAT ALWAYS CURES Very Best Treatment for Pig-Eating Sow Is to Fatten Her Up and Sell Her for Pork. Experts in hog psychology have of fered many recipes for curing the pig eating sow. They vary all the way from a liberal ration of salt pork to a liberal application of a club. The very best treatment for such a sow, says our old friend, experience, Is to feed liberally on corn, run a sharp knife into her throat at a point well known to all her best friends, dash the carcass into scalding hot water, clean outside and in, trim, salt and smoke,' and serve with eggs right off the nest I and skillet. It is a sure and happy i cure. TREATMENT FOR CHILLED PIG Young Animals May Be Quickly Re. vived by Immersing in Water of About Blood Heat. Pigs that have been chilled may be quickly revived by Immersing them to the mouth In warm water (not hot, hut about blood heat). This 1st much to be preferred to warming them by a fire because the heat is applied so much more uniformly and quickly. The sup position that such piy:s never amount to anything is altogether incorrect, for they gcnerany will live and thrive. Failure to get results has usually been dua to the pig's having been actually frozen or to the use of water that was too hot. LOSSES IN SPRING LITTERS Much Can De AvoidcC by Having Sow Farrow in Apri! -T!me f Mating Will Regulars This. Heavy loss in spying litters can be avoided by not ha ing the sows far row too early. If you have not first class facilities to iak; care of March litters, then h V.d (he mating until De cember 0, vhkl will bring farrowing prll 1. Th" i.eriod of gestation In iv8 in 111 dais. WOMAN COULD HARDLY STAND Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound. Fulton. N. Y. "Why will woman pay out their money for treatment and Inmm.mn.iiml Lceive. n be"e wnen so many r lit. t lu&uain y tes table Compound will make them well? For over a year I suffered so from female weak ness I couM hardly stand and was afraid to eo on the ! 8treet alone- Doc- .t,&2mfm .wa tors said medicines were useless and only an operation would help me, but Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound has proved it otherwise. I am now perfectly well and can do any kind of work." Mrs. Nellie Phelps, care of R. A. Rider, R.F.D. No. 5, Fulton, N. Y. We wish every woman who suffers from female troubles, nervousness, backache or the blues could see the let ters written by women made well by Ly dia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound. If you have bad symptoms and do not understand the cause, write to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for helpful advice given free. Was Sick All Right. "Jock Uloggs," said the manager, se verely, "you got off your work yester day afternoon with the excuse that you were 111. I saw you going to the races, and you did not appear to be bad at all." Jock was fully equal to the occa sion. "You ought to have seen me after the second race," he said. With the Fingers ! Says Corns Lift Out Without Any Pain Sore corns, hard corns, soft corns or any kind of a corff can shortly be lifted right out with the fingers if you will apply on the corn a few drops of freezone, says a Cincinnati authority. At little cost one can get a small bot tle of freezone at any drug store, which will positively rid one's feet of every corn or callus without pain or sore ness or the danger of infection. This new drug is an ether compound, and dries the moment it is applied and does not inflame or even irritate the surrounding skin. Just think ! You can lift off your corns and calluses now without a bit of pain or soreness. If your druggist hasn't freezone he can easily get a small bottle for you from his wholesale drug house. adv. Not If He's on Time. "Don't you miss the noise and bustle of the city, now that you live In the country?" "Not If I catch my tmin to town." Drowning' s Mag.izi tie. A single application of Roman Eye Bal sam upon going to bed will prove its mer it by morning. Effective for Inflamma- tions of the Eyes, external and internal. Adv. Doing sorry for yourself doesn't en list the sympathy of others. Only One "BP.OMO QUININE" To tret the centime, call fur full name LAXATTVH KKiiMO omNINK. L'lok for signature of H. W. UltOVH Cures a ColU in Ouo Laj 25c. When a man talks much about him self he has nothing much to talk about. WHAT IS LAX-F0S IS AN IMPROVED CASCARA A Digestive Laxative CATHARTIC AND LIVER TONIC Lax-Fos is not a secret or Patent Medi cine but is composed of the following old fashioned roots and herbs: CASCARA BARK BLUE FLAG ROOT RHUBARB ROOT BLACK ROOT MAY APPLE ROOT SENNA LEAVES AND PEPSIN In Lax-Fos the Cascara is improved by the addition of these digestive ingredients making it better than ordinary Cascara, and thu3 the combination acts not only as a stimulating laxative and cathartic but al- as a digestive and liver tonic. Syrup lajft tives are weak, but Lax-Fos combines strength with palatable, aromatic taste and does not gripe or disturb the stomach. One bottle will prove Lax-Fos is invaluable fot Constipation, Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price 50c. Have vou RHEUMATISM Lumbago or Gout? Tk Rfl ECM ACIDF to remove the cause and drlffl tbe poinun from tbe ifsteni. "BHKCaiCirtK O.f THI I58IOI HIS EHKLBATISS OX THE OCTSIDI" At All "JrugKlstS Jti. 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