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PREVENT BREEDING OF FLIES Essential That Carcasses of Dead Animals Be Burned or Buried Method ef Control. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The black blowfly, the bluebottle fiy, and the flesh flies are carrion, breeders. They attack wounds on liv ing animals mainly as a result of the presence of the flies in abnormally large numbers. To prevent the breed ing of the black blowfly It is essential that carcasses be burned or buried, even during the winter months. Thus the proper disposal of carcasses be comes of much importance all the year. Where these flies become a nuisance by contaminating food prod ucts or by entering houses, which is usual In towns or cities, attention must be given to the proper disposal of garbage, as they will breed In the meat scraps in garbage cans or on dumps as well as in carcasses. To destroy maggots in sores the same method as for the screw worm is to be followed. It is not always possible to prevent maggot in festation following dehorning, but If periods of cool weather in winter are chosen for this operation usually no trouble follows. To prevent maggots from gaining entrance to wounds the application of pine tar is advised. Fol lowing dehorning, some advise cover ing the wounds with pieces of cloth dipped in pine tar. Many of these will remain in place several days. The tails of lambs are sometimes infested by maggots following dock lng. This can be largely prevented entine and tar have been tried in Australia for the destruction of wool maggots and the prevention of subse quent infestation, with a fair degree of success. It is important that some thing be applied to deodorize the in fested parts and hasten healing. Some sheepmen use air-slaked lime dusted lightly over the parts to dry up the discharge and reduce the odor. This undoubtedly is accomplished to some extent, but there is some danger of forming crusts and having maggots infest the sore places or wounds be neath these. On large sheep ranges, when the iambing Is done during seasons which are favorable for infestations, it is best to have the flocks divided into rather small units and carefully watched, so that any fly-blown sheep may receive immediate attention. To protect lambs and other sheep during the summer monlhs from be ing blown by bluebottle flies an effort should be made to prevent diarrhea, and when sheep get dirty they should be promptly trimmed up. Apply to the rump, nnd to the pnrts fouled by diarrhea, grease containing a few drops nf crude carbolic acid or tar oil. The grease will bold the tarry odor in suspense and net as a fly re- llpnt. n th I I I CABI There are thoughts that lie too deep for words, There are dreams and hopes we nev er share, There are secret pages In life's book, And we alone know what is there. THE ART OF TEA MAKING. The three components of tea are essential oil, theine and tannin. These give character to the beverage. The flavor of the tea depends chiefly upon the essential oil. The caffeine found in coffee Is an alkaloid like theine and the fatigued one who finds refresh ment and restored energy from a cupful of tea has been stimu lated by this ingredient. There are hundreds of blends of teas but those commonly known and most used are English Breakfast, For mosa, Oolong, Ceylon, Orange Pekos, young Hyson, and Souchong. Properly brewed tea is an important essential. Tea should not be infused too long and should under no circum stances be boiled. Ceylon tea is the tea best liked for iced tea and when serving it hot the tea ball is desirable. Green tea known by gun powder, Hyson and various other names, Is much lighter in color, a drink of high fragrance, but a bit more harsh than black teas. The English know the value of fresh boiled water for the fragrant beverage. In many places certain springs or wells have water which makes a most superior tea, the tea makers going many rods to carry this precious wa ter to have the right tasting cup of tea. Russians, we are apt to think, al ways require a slice of lemon In their tea while as a fact they serve jam with their national drink, dropping it into the tea which is drunk from tumblers. In Morocco the leaves of thyme and verbena are added to the tea to lend it piquancy. fuls of salt, a teaspoonful of sugar and a dash of pepper. Serve very hot. Chop Suey. Heat a half cupful of sweet fat in a kettle, add one pound of chicken cut into bits, remove chicken when brown and add a pound of lean pork also cut In bits, return the chick en to the kettle and add one cupful of chopped onion, the same of celery and a can of mushrooms, using the liquor in the can, one and one-half cupfuls of water and one cupful of blanched and finely chopped peanuts. Add salt and pepper to taste and boll one-half hour. A juicy pie may still be palatable and save Its Juice by using an egg beaten with the sugar and a little flour well stirred into the fruit when putting it Into the crust. Another method to save the juice in the pie Is to insert a paper funnel In one of the small openings of the crust. The juice bolls up but does not escape. Inattention. "I am always being misunderstood," remarked the man who complains. "You are not misunderstood," re plied Mr. Rufnec-k. "You have been milking the same complaints for years id people have simply got t'.red 0 :--rentng. NETS w. 1 1 . '.: , . .. . , 1 . , -y Our Part in Feeding the Nation (Special Information Service, United SAVE FOOD AND Carload of Potatoes and Cucumbers Badly Damaged as the Result of Improper Bracing Upper Right-Hand Corner, Basket of Cucumbers Crated fo Market. PROPER LOADIN TO AVOID WASTE Greater Care on Part of Shippers in Packing Perishable Pro ,'f duce Is Urqed. 1 - &VIER LOADS ARE CARRIED Jbavy Demands on Railroads Duo to War Conditions Have Increased Difficulties In Handling Fruits and Vegetables. It Is not enough to select, grade, and !:k perishable produce carefully; it ist be properly loaded in the cars to vent food waste. Many thousands pounds of fruits and vegetables that re not properly loaded in freight rs arrive at large market centers in yh condition that they must be re cked and sold at low prices, while rne cargoes are practically ruined m shifting and lack of ventilation in put the loss is not borne entirely by 1 producer and shipper, for today, 111 the nation at war, every freight i must haul more cargo, and im rer loading, which wastes food, also ites car space, because cars loaded llessly do not serve the nation's s. Carry Heavier Loads. ports from railroads and shippers that under the stress of car short freight cars have been carrying er loads than in the past, and in Cases maximum safe loading has worked out for certain crops, epartment of agriculture and the ds are endeavoring to educate rs to the necessity for proper g, arrangement, and bracing of n cars to prevent injury in tran- lents of carefully graded pro- luch as peaches, put up in good s have been received at market condition that they had to be d before they could be sold, pampers being so broken that of fruit was great. All this the hampers were not prop- iced and braced in the cars. I when loads are braced prop- ll arrive intact, Inattention to lents of refrigeration and ven- often results In great losses mold and decay. Efficient loading of perishables prohibits put ting so much in a car as to result in such losses. The limit of safety must be adhered to even though there is danger through car shortage of not be ing able to ship the entire crop. If cars are properly loaded with open spaces between packages and an ample air passage beneath floor racks, the maximum weight of carloads may be greatly Increased, with less danger from loss than with light loads put In the cars Indifferently. Very perish able produce, such as cherries, peaches, pears, and plums, being shipped under refrigeration, need special attention in this regard, since fruit loaded within two feet of the roof does not receive proper refrigeration, and unless this space is open the remainder of the load is in danger through inadequate circulation of air to and from the ice. Standard Ventilation. Produce that can be shipped safely under "standard ventilation" (vents open, without ice) may be loaded near Vhe roof with less danger than produce thit requires ice. But safe shipment nf such produce requires air spaces above, between, and below the pack ages, so that cool, fresh air entering ihe open vents mny reach all parts of he load, otherwise the latent heat of he product, together with the heat States Department of Agriculture.) CAR SPACE, TOO. - generated when closely packed to gether, will cause rapid decay and great losses. Mixed carlot shipments are some times received with the produce, such as potatoes and cucumbers, scattered through the load because the contain ers have broken open in transit. It Is well in mixed carlot shipments to see that each type of produce is loaded by itself, spaced and braced, so that it will not shift about while traveling to market. $ DON'T WASTE CAR SPACE I jjj You know that, at this time, food is precious and that none of it can be allowed to go to waste. Do you know that, at this time, J freight car space is equally lJ precious and that to waste it is to Invite disaster? When shipments of produce J and other perishable food prod- X ucts are not properly packed in J the car, they fare badly and 4, there is loss of food. J When produce, vegetables and the like are not properly packed J in the car, there is loss of equal- 4 ly valuable car space. ? money loss, and for the protec- 4 tion of the country from food $ 4 loss and shipping loss, exercise 4 scrupulous care to see that ship- 4 ments are packed properly in it the car. I i "t"tii'if"i?'ip'h'b'h'h"b't'i"t'k"b'k't"k'h'i?'i?'k'h"i Helping on the Farms. Farm women, boys, and girls In Indiana are helping food production by taking the places of the men who have been called to the colors and the city industries. Investigation of the cost of milk production, conducted by the dairy division of the United States department of agriculture, in co-operation with Purdue university, shows that, in 1915-16, hired men performed nearly half of the work in the dairies In the Chicago milk district of northern Indiana. A year later, after many of these men had left to join the army or responded to the higher wages paid by the steel mills and munition factories at Gary, Ind., and other cities, the women and young people went out to the barns and are now performing over half of the labor which was formerly done by the hired men. The men who are left at home are also spending more time in the dairies, but, were it not for the fact that their families are helping them, they would have consid erably less time to devote to the pro duction of much-needed crops. Efficiency and the Beehive. A productive colony of bees may be likened figuratively to a machine which consumes in friction 90 per cent of the energy applied. This is not a high de gree of efficiency when measured by this standard. The colony in a box hive, then, Is likened to such a machine in bad repair and with no attention, in which all the energy is used simply to drive the wheels. Such a machine Is totally unproductive. The properly housed colony which is badly manipu lated is then comparable to the ma chine intgood repair but in the hands of a poor mechanic. Such a machine may do fair worksfor a time, but the mechanic falls to do the necessary work at the right time and the machine is only occasionally productive. Final ly, the productive colony is like a good machine in the hands of a good me chanic. While energy Is consumed simply to run the machine, the good mechanic does the right work at the right time and obtains the greatest pos sible reward in the machine's output. Such a figurative comparison must not be carried too far, nnd is used here only to point out the lamentable waste in much present-day beekeeping. DAIRY PRODUCTS IN DEMAND Essential to Weil-Being of Nation and Effort Should Be Made to Maintain Supply. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) The shifting demands due to the war have called for important changes in the dairy industry. Dairying is one of the largest of the agricultural enter prises of this country and the demands upon It will be in proportion to its im portance. Dairy products are essen tial to the well-being of the nation and every effort should be expended to maintain the supply of this country and so far as possible to meet the in creasing demands of the allies. Some of the principal advantages of dairy ing are: 1. The sale of dairy products fur nishes a steady income throughout the year. The farmer who depends upon crop sales for his income usually makes the bulk of his sales during one or two months of the year, while dur ing the rest of the year he has no cash These Dairy Cows Are Doing Their Part in Feeding the Nation. Income. Such a system requires long credits In the community. 2. The market for dairy products fluctuates very little year by year as compared with other farm products. 3. Through the return of manure to the land the fertility and physical con dition of the soil may be maintained at a high level and crops increased. Even after many years a properly maintained dairy farm has constantly Increasing crop yields instead of de creasing ones. 4. In dairying, labor may be utilized at a more uniform rate throughout the year, for example, may have to employ much additional labor at harvest time, but so far as the dairy Is concerned the dairyman has about the same duties to perform every month of the year. Thus less help is required seasonally and permanent employees may be kept. 5. Through the dairy cow many un salable roughages may be transformed into products from which cash may be realized. Grass, hay, corn-fodder and other roughage which may not have a ready sale are economically utilized by the dairy cow. Land which Is not suitable for cultivation can be utilized for pasturage for dairy cows. DUTIES OF DAIRYMEN GIVEN Use Best Methods of Breeding and Management and Utilize All Prod ucts to Advantage. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Airrlculture.) The duties and responsibilities of dairymen are especially important in the maintenance of the dairy industry for the good of the nation. An op portunity Is presented to dairymen to serve humanity by the conservation of dairying. Their part is to use the best methods of breeding and manage ment, feed wisely and economically, hnd utilize all products to the best advantage. The fuller utilization of by-products for human food brings an added financial return that will do much to help maintain the Industry. We are depending upon the Ingenuity and efficiency of the American people to play a large part In the winning of the war. This same ingenuity and ef ficiency must Je used in the productive Industries as well as in destructive ones. If, after putting into effect the best methods and practices for econ omy and efficiency, It still Is necessary to dispose of dairy cows, the dairymen should endeavor to sell them to other dairymen, better situated, in order that the supply of milk may not be reduced. On the small farm, and it is from such farms that the bulk of our dairy products come, most of the work is done by the farmer and his family. Would it not be possible on many of these farms to keep one or two or three more cows without great Incon venience? This and increased effi ciency will meet the situation. We shall have milk for our babies; we shall maintain our industry; we shall have dairy products for our armies, and, In addition, shall be able to share liberally with our friends across the sea. Proper Feeding for Calves. Calves should be fed on food that will develop a strong, vigorous consti tution and a large frame, with a healthy appetite the milk veins and udder manipulated, or rubbed to in crease capacity early in life and up to the time heifer drops her first calf. THAT CHANGE Itl WOWS LIFE ft - Mrs. Godden Tells How If May bo Passed in Safety and Comfort. Fremont. 0."I was passing through the critical period of life, being forty- six years of age and had all the symp toms incident to that chance heat flash es, nervousness, and was in a general run, ' down condition, so it was hard for me to do my work. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound waa recom mended to me as the best remedy for my troubles, which it surely proved to be. I feel better and stronger in every way since taking it, and the annoying symptoms have disap peared. " Mrs. M. Godden, 825 Na poleon St., Fremont, Ohio. Such annoying symptons as heat flashes, nervousnsss, backache, head ache, irritability and "the blues," may be speedily overcome and the system restored to notmal conditions by this famous root and herb remedy Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. If any complications present them selves write the Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for suggestions how to overcome them. The result of forty years experience is at your service and .your letter held in strict confidence. Quit Laxatives, - Purges; Try HB HR Tonight Tomorrow Feel Right It is a mistake to continually dosa yourself with so-called laxative pills, calomel, oil, purges and cathartics and force bowel action. It weakens the bowels and liver and makes eon stant dosing necessary. Why don't you begrln right today to overcome your constipation and get your system in such shape that daily purging will be unnecessary? You can to bo if you get a 25c box of Nature's Remedy (NR Tablets) and take one each night for a week or so. NR Tablets do much more than merely cause rrteasant easy bowel ac tion. This Siediclne acts upon the) digestive as well as elimlnative organs promotes good digestion, causes tha body to get the nourishment from all the food you eat, gives you a good, hearty appetite, strengthens the liver, overcomes biliousness, regulates kidney and bowel action and gives the whole body a thorough cleaning out. This accomplished you will not have to take medicine every day. An occasional NR tablet will keep your body In condi tion and you can always feel your best. Try Nature's Remedy (NR Tablets) and prove this It Is the best bowel medicine that you can use and costs only 25c per box, containing enough to last twenty-five days. Nature's Rem edy (NR Tablets) Is sold, guaranteed and recommended, by your druggist. TIRES direct from the FACTORY 40 off We ship direct from' our factory to you at the factory price. No branches, no salesmen, no middlemen profits. 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