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Qrov th of Duck ising in U, $t Census 2,817,624 'iVorfh $3..> 3.S66 in T/i.s Country. .,.v y,." . ? ?? ? ^in;: is oon j' s I side (> ( ,, ' "a - 1 1 ? 1 as a spe- | - * ? ' *fale. The v ? r : ? i" hreed for tt. and the Indian 1M,:. ;s : ? J h,|.ii la r for the ' : V. The rear- | n ^ct i'n a lnr-*e I t, r,.,r - ? ??? a^vo eapital and j ?' ? ?'? \t*w York : ur ^ ''neks to reed for* j,? ? -v ? ' ?' ; ?n';eted at from ' ,r j,) u ? ?< -Jv s of a^e are j t,i ?v.-v.m" ? :? ?!?>. They weigh , [j r*.'i:r -'ail' to six pounds I ? principal source of I 1 ... < i duck farms. ensus of ID of the Uni rf of Agriculture, illl? t'D ( " ?i -???' A *lV''r |,ri. of the United fr> I,,'i">l f!? uyrv _>!T.r.J4 ducks in the te,i States. sallied at $3,373,906. < >!:invs a > !--! decrease in num c ;r 'ii: '.'a vriM:s ??f 1010, Indicat rh.it fli'4 pr. -dilution of thicks in (*.r;::try a> a uliole is barely hohi ,|Ni)un. T!;c decrease oecurred in U'lirl.erri -:ar?->. hut several of the jf< in u ?:?*??) ducks are raised on U| il;; k :'arjns showed an increase '? ' < 1 1 1, ?!; ?! lcoot. York Ahead in Duck Raising. .California and Colo ,< ; i Increase ? Of about 5 ?... \,>n ?Y?>rii, which contains r t ? - 1 number of yliJck ,i ?!,(. ,vs R" ? hunire In t lie num nf :;;rkN ! ms the number raised w?: has undoubtedly Pllv-' ? My in the last ten * 9 ...? In the number of .m 'arms must hjjve oe p(| ?: this increase "bn duck i> ;i r? ? ,V ut the same number Bck< \< I'? this country, and "'fourths as many $ n? ! : ; - 1 Micks are most nu (?:* in r! <? M'twln#; states, ar |fj , . j their production: l I r Pennsylvania, New t, M!ss?>-,;r . M'nnesota, Tennessee, ^ S5?<u*'.: I ' . i k . * ; i . Indiana and Ne t.i. tip : :: her ranging from u ' ? ! :r. I ? :i to 100.000 In Ne k:l I: - - ? ? t-n standard breeds ir!> been admitted to n S: tB'h.ird of Perfection. ? S av be divided into , ? fn The meat class, ln t? ?? !'? Aylesbury, Mus i; ? : 1 ' > . Huff and Swed- 1 |(-M ? !::ss. represented bv "? ? ' ' ? r. ;md (,??) the orna- J <. :: .o^ed of the Call, j ' v ;:nd the Iilack East ' : *? < Miunonly kept on ? 1 ?? South and Middle ' ' breeding, and are :e. iioor layers P- x ' '? " :?<** <>f market duck. M-;? ::ll our economic ' ? ? dd t ? have oriiri- I ? I rd nr wild duck, j ' a L-rgs Scale. - ?>? i large scale has ! i ? - a special business ? ' ' ? extent on Long ' ? "?< within easy ship* ; \?'w York city, Ros- \ I: Ma. Intensive duck scale has been ??'m! th in Intensive chicken 1 - ducks, especially, I ? " > : ? well, are more eas- ' ;in?! ;ire le<s subject to ? : "rs. Artificial meth- j . .ind rearing and labor- ' V id t" I saving maol'iincry have been used very successfully on duck farms. "The .demand for table ducks at goou prices is mostly limited to a few large cities, and is not nearly so gen eral as the demand for chickens or fowls. ? The demand, however, ap pears to be gradually increasing, but this lack of wide market materially influences the establishment and growth of duck farms. The market conditions should he studied carefully before making a large Investment in ducks. "A prejudice against the duck flesh and eggs exists in many places, caused probably by eating the common duck, which lias been allowed to roam in places where til thy conditions exist. The rearing of ducWs for market on a large scale is a business requiring cap ital and extensive experience. Practi cal experience on a large duck plant V the best teacher, but the novice can begin in a small way and enlarge as experience Justifies. Ducks can be raised with success and at a profit on general farms, but do not appear to he so well adapted as a source of In come to average farm conditions as fowl, although they serve to add va riety of both meat and eggs for the farmer's table." CALIFORNIA HAS RECORD So far as known, ims i> t?ttj n.^nest auto license number ever issued ? num ber 1 ,000,000 ? which was recently is sued l?y the state of California. The one-millionth license was not Issued out of order, but only after 999,999 previous ones had been given out. Hen Lays 183 Eggs in Seven Month*, Springfield, 111. ? with a record of 183 eggs laid in t he seven months from November 1, 1922, to .Tufie 1, 11)23, a white leghorn hen owned by II. 15. Hammer of Weaver, la., hus outlaid all other hens In the two-stati* they belong to Ecu idor. llere, sur(v ly, is a new field l'or enterprise." Islands Natural History Museum Midden Gold, Strange Birds and Giant Tortoises on the Galapagos. Washington, D. C? "The Galapagos islands are being revisited by sclen ! tists because they form an incoinpar I able natural history museum," says & bulletin from the Washington (I). C.) i headquarters of the National Geo graphic society. "Charles Darwin began their scien tific exploration and he reported on the various species of giant tortoises, each species confined to a single islet, and pointed out that half the flowers and half the birds of the island are to be found nowhere else In the world. ".More than L\tXX> volcanic cones be sprinkle the archipelago, one estimate lias it, and the islands* volcanic origin I accounts for the peculiar interest they J hold to science. Darwin deduced thai i the group has not been nearer the j mainland, nor have the islands been closer together than now. How Peculiarities Developed. "Hence the species of Mowers and birds which drifted to the islands have undergone a development in their iso- j lated environment very different from that in their native habitats. Seldom has nature provided such a clear-cut opportunity to study the processes of evolution. "The Galapagos .hold a different sort of lure for the modern world. Most tales of hidden treasures warrant many grains of salt, hut it seems ! certain that the pirates of South Amer ica hid their loot of gold and silver where they had their headquarters, In these Islands. Two caches have been unearthed, . silver ingots and pieces of eight. The findei of one built a hotel in Ecuador; the second' drunk himself to death. "The islands lie just under the equator, but the air frequently is chilly on some of them. One, Albe- j Close-liD of Fatal Texas Oil Fir* I ?x 4 ".? ' i Ulilu V lUMi.lii ? I . '? '!'i If t llM, til ? Nn !'!?;, M I 1 ? ? i -?'i ' ! ' Htl s Kussher near Kerens, Te^c., set the gus and oil on tire !,uni?'(] to de**h. The well burned for days, the intense heat' '?ip'^sible until nipn attired and equipped with asbestos suits '! z<>riM jind recovered most of the charred bodies of the vie ''??'iMinds (if curious spectators were kept at a distance of ?>00 ' n". l*. .1. Howe, photographer for the Fort Worth Record, hin I'.o fi>et of the blaze, and at the risk of his life made this !n' Howe's clothes were ruined by the Bpouting oil and his holders, were burned. marie, also called Isabella, is 500 feet high. The cold Antarctic currents which fan the coasv of Peru strike sea ward at Cape Blanco and surge across the Galapagos group. Up to 800 feet nu ?st of the islands are barren, -above that level they are swathed in clouds whose moisture aid.i luxuriant vegeta tion. "Wild goats, cattle, cats and dogs, as well as hidden treasure, hear evi dence of the rendezvous wf bucca neers. In 1832 Ecuador annexed the islands, and since 1SS5 they have had a governor. They acquired a strate gic importance with the opening of the Panama canal, for they lie on the canal-to-Australia route. "The largest island of the group, the aforementioned Albemarle, is larger than Long Island, New York; the en ( tire group has an area considerably in | excess of that of Delaware. The ' nearest of the islands to mainland is I GOO miles west of Ecuador. Have Economic Value. "Treasure and science to o.ie side, as a famous humorist would say, the future of the islands looms large upon their agricultural merit." Ralph Stock, in his classic account of "The Dream Ship" expedition, wrote: "The soil is a rich, red loam, almost st on el ess, and scarcely touched by the plow. There are 3,500 head of cattle at present on Cristobal island, and it could support r, 0,000 with ease. There is no disease and no adverse climatic condition ifclth which to contend, and at fhree years old a steer brings $100 (gold), live weight, at Guayaquil ? when a steamer can he induced to call and take it there. "There are a few hundred acres un der cultivation when there might be thousands, and 200 bone-lazy reons do the work of 50 ordinary farm hands. "Looking down on this fertile val* l?y, it Is hard to realize i hat one Is standing on the Hp of a long-extinct crater, that in reality Cristobal Is a series of these, doiifr and uninviting to a degree, viewed from outside, but veritable gardens withjn. And there are four other islands in the Galapa gos group ? some smaller, some larger, tr.an Cristobal ? uninhabited and ex actly similar in character. Nominally, etrK-lnylng contests at Qulney and Murphysboro. Kills Self by Bomb in Mouth. Leipzig, Germany. ? When poiice ap proached to arrest him Johann Reisse placed a small bomb in his mouth, lighted the fuse and blew himself to pieces. Shot by Wad of Gum. Norfolk, Va. ? Mary E. Davis, thir teen years old, was wounded in the breast by a wad of chewing gum shot nt her during an Indian play in her school. The injury is not serious. ......... ... ? J Baby's Birth Causes Blockade in Traffic ! Eugene Reed, colored, em- t I I ployed ns a gateman by the Long Island railroad at Rockville Cen- i ter, N. V.. was advised by tele- 5 phone nt five o'clock one morn ing that a baby was belrtg born at his home. He waxed impa tient when his relief failed to ? arrive three hours later, and l telephoned his boss regularly at 1 flve-mlnute Intervals, but no re i lief arrived. At 11 :48 a. m. he lowered his i gates and went home. Twenty J. minutes later, when a long string ? of automobiles had accumulated, | the police arrived and straight l ened out the tangle. The next J day Reed lost his ^Job. k \ I MISTAKEN I I By MOLLIE MATHER '? 1 ((c), 1923, Western Newspaper Union.) ii CHE'S a little heart-wrecker, Bar ^ ry," Tomlins said, "and if you'll take my advice you'll stay away fror.l her." Barry MacAndrewi laughed; he was rather confident of his own charms, where women were concerned. "So-called 'heart-wreckers' are usu ally disappointments," he remarked. "But this friend of your sister's has a winsome way, I'll admit. And there fore I do not Intend to stay away from her." "Others as wise as yourself have mocked and suffered," Tomlins darkly replied. "In those good old days when you and I attended college to^ cether I brought, innocently enough, our nice little pal, Fred Simmons, home with me for vacation. Rhoda, the sweet and guileless, turned her soft lamps on poor Fred In much the manner she favored you today, as you sat here on our veranda. Freddie fell for the glance to the extent that their engagement ? I mean his and Rhoda's ? was announced the following season. Why that engagement failed to cul n^nate In marriage was due to her flrtatious tendencies. Next in line to fall for the enchantment of her>amile was Sanders. He didn't get as far as an engagement ? Rhoda, at the serious moment, insisted that she had con sidered him but a friend all along. And Sanders never forgave me for being the instrument leading him to his pain. The idiot had Insisted upon my introducing him to Rhoda." Barry looked up in new interest. "And how about you?" he asked sar castically ? "have you escaped the sad enchantment?" I naven ti" Tomiins' tone was doie i ful. "Rhoda began and finished with me long ago. I remain a shattered sign, pointing the tray past danger. Before many days of favored friend liness with the demure little Rhoda, Barry admitted gravely to Tomiins the fact of .,her undoubted charm. But | even Tomiins himself would have been surprised had he known the masterful manner of Barry's wooing. When he had known Bhoda a fortnight he had proposed ? and had been accepted. The engagement Rhoda appealingly requested be kept secret until the nec i essary time of his departure. | "We will announce it," Rhoda as sured him, "when you return to stay." j "I'll admit," Barry told her laugh ! ingly, "that it makes me jealous to see you walking around with one of those i men who would have been your ad mirer if I hadn't got the start, Rhoda." "But you won't see me when you are away from town," she Ingeniously | comforted. The thought rankled, and one evening Barry, happening to have a business errand a good many miles from his sweetheart's home, still made a point of stopping over at that town. He dropped in on Tomiins unexpected. "Going right ove? to see Rhoda," he said. I "Then," Tomiins explained, "you 1 may as well rest on our veranda ; Rhoda, I happen to know, is attend ing a meeting with my sister. They will be home about nine o'clock. ! Impatient to see the face of win some charm that held his dreams, , Barry, nevertheless, was forced to lin ger. When Tomiins was called in to the telephone Barry stiN lingered on ! the veranda. And presently from the : shadows screening him he saw two : figures pass the bright street light and j come on, continuing their conversa ! tion ; the woman's figure was unmis j takable. No one save Rhoda carried herself with such graceful lightness. The other Barry recognized as one of the admirers whom he had vanquished. Rhoda's sweet voice came to him distinctly. "?I wish our engagement to be kept secret until I myself -tell you to announce It. You will have to trust me that this is best. ''And if you can not trust me ? " The words trailed into silence. Barry, with a s*k!ng heart, saw Rhoda's companion bend closer as they >valked. He did not know how long lie sat there; a sense of Tomiins' warning conversation came to himr "When you are pretty darned sure of her? look out." And he had been pretty? darned ? sure. Barry did not want to see anyone that night, so he slipped qujetly away in the darkness. Still, in his sorrow, he was foolish enough to pass, for a farewell glance perhaps, ? Rhoda's home. She was in the garden ; he saw the white of her gown beneath the tree, where they had sat together. In his blur of pain he forgot that he would be visible in the light from the gates. Khoda came swiftly running. "Of course," her happy voice sang, "it's not really you, but a part <5f my dreaming. Why don't you speak to prove yourself true, Barry?" Barry spoke tonelessly. "I heard you talking to Danvers. I was on Tom iins' veranda ; you were asking him to keep your engagement secret. You said? M A moment Rhoda stood thoughtfully, then her hand caught Barry's shoul der, to draw his face near hers. ??Stupid!" she said. "I was giving an account of the breaking of my en gagement long ago to a friend of Mr. Danvers. I was a young girl when Fred Simmons and I fancied ourselves tn love. To justify myself because of Fred's unreasoning Jealousy, I repeat ed to Mr. Danvers my actual words at the time. And If you, too, are going to be jealous, Barry^-" "Nevermore lw dedared that happy man. Horticultural Facts ?! Spraying Farm Orchards Found Quite Profitable The other day a well-known Iowa farmer who is a director in his county farm bureau sriid that in his county the farm bureau was attracting mem bers by the organization of spray rings, and that he thought in that one county at least ten big new power sprayers would be at work next year in the farm orchards. It was in 1919 that the first spray ing demonstration was held in the county, and the enthusiasm has grown I by leaps and bounds. It is not only strong in its county but in adjoining ones, says a writer In the Successful Farming. What is <he cause of this enthusiasm over spraying? One thing, It is profitable. Just how profitable spraying may be is well demonstrated by the ex perience of Karl Meier, an Iowa man. His orchard was given four sprays during the season, ttoe experiment sta tion recommendations being closely followed. Careful record was kept of the cost. It cost thirty-five cents a tree for the material. Depreciation on the pump was about three cents, and the labor cost was forty-one cents. Note that Mr. Meier was actually paid for his labor on a day wage basis, something by the way, which ought to be done in figuring the cost of ccrn and pork and beef and other farm products. This makes a total cost less than eighty cents per tree. One tree was left unsprayed, to see what It would do, and to compare It with the sprayed trees. It produced 303 pounds of apples of which only 13.5 per cent or about forty-one pounds were clean. Scabby and wormy apples comprised the balance. Now how abciufc the sprayed tree? An accurate record is impossible be cause the great American traveling public entered 'the orchard and ap propriated to its own use a share of the apples from the test tree. Rest assured, the American public did not take any scabby or wormy apples away. Even with the loss of a part of Its production the sprayed Wealthy tree yielded 273 pounds of apples te their rightful owner, and of these 81.6 per cent or better than 222 pounds were clean, absolutely free from scabs and worms. In spite of the loss of some crop, the worthwhile clean fruit, fruit fit to store, from the sprayed tree was better than five times the quantity had from the un sprayed tree, all for a coat of eighty cents. Over three bushels and ft half extra of sound fruit returned for the expense of spraying is not at all an extraordinary r esult. There has been time after time even more startling results from spraying. But note that the American pubU* mil sprayed frott wkeft Jl has Its choice, and ffoe wormy, scabby, gnarly stuff will be left till the last. This runs true whether it is a small boy In thir orchard or a housekeeper with a market basket. Remove All Old Cane to Control Many Diseases In the handling of bush fruits, it has not been found as practical to control diseases attacking these plants by spraying as it Is for similar troubles on tree fruits. The general practice is to cut out and burn all old canes as soon as the fruit has been removed. Other diseased canes may well be taken out upon the first appearance of the ailments. It is wise to select varieties that are resistant to diseases. Caterpillars on the leaves of rasp berries and blackberries can be con trolled with a spray of arsenate of lead. Use one pound of the powdered arsenate to fifty gallons of water. Mildew, which appeurs as a grayish powdery fungus is controlled by an application of potassium sulphide used at the rate of one ounce of the sulphide to- two or three gallons of water. Plant lice are controlled by nico tine sulphate. This should be applied, however, before the leaves curl, since this folding of the leaves prevents the spray from reaching the lice. Best Method to Control Strawberry Leaf Roller If the strawberry bed is severely In fested with leaf roller, the best method of control is to burn off all vegetable matter. If the bed is not heavy, straw can be spread over it to Insure more thorough burning. This will kill all the rollers since they live within the rolled leaves. The burning Is most ef fective when done during the middle of July. It is best to mow or pull the vines and allow them to dry some be fore attempting to burn them. If the ground Is firm, the burning will not Injure the strawberry plants. The new growth should be practically free of the pest. Location of Bushes. It makes a great deal of difference where the currant or gooseberry boshes are to be located when one considers their treatment. Tops of Bushes. The tops of the gooseberry bushes or currants should be cut back so that they extend only about eight or ten Inches above the soil when set. Dust for Strawberry Weevil. Dusting with powdered sulphur tg suggested for the strawberry weevil. TO RELIEVE PAIN AND BACKACHE Women May Depend upon Lydia EL Pinkham's Vege table Compound Minneapolis, Minn.?" I had heard so much about Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege | table Compound that when 1 realized I needed to take some thing to relieve my pains and backache, and to help build me up I began to take that, l had been sick off and on for years and barely weighed a hundred pounds, but now I nave had such good results that I am recommending the Vegetable Compound to every one. ?Mrs. J. J.Bieber, 3939 18th Ave. South, Minneapolis, Minn. Finds a True Friend "Every woman who values her health 'should be proud to have a true friend like the Vegetable Compound/' says Mrs. W. E. Shaw, 3227 Walnut Street, Chicago, Illinois. "I had female weak ness so badly that I could not stand on my feet. Half of nur time was spent in bed and I had pains in my back which were unbearable. I tried everything I could think of to help myself, ana when a friend advised Lydia E. Pinknam's Veg etable Compound I began taking it at once. I recommend it without hesi tation." M Healthy, Happy Babies \ The best way to keep baby in crowing, contented health is Mrs. Winslow's Syrup. This . safe, pleasant, effective reme dy regulates the bowels and quickly overcomes diarrhoea, colic, flatulency, constipation, and teething troubles. ^ MRS. WINSLOW*S SYRUP Tk*lnfant$' and Children's Regulator is best for baby. Guaranteed free from narcotics, opiates, alcohol and all harmful ingredients. Open 'formula on every label. At all Drug fiats Write for fre? booklet of letter* from grateful mothers. You Walk in Gomforf If you Shake Into Your Shoes 3om? Allen's Foot-Ease, the Antiseptic; Healing powder for shoes that pinch 01 feet that ache. It takes the friction from the shoe and gives instant relief to corni and bunions, hot tired, aching, swollen sweating feet, blisters and callouses. Ladies can wear shoes one size smallei by shaking Allen's Foot-Ease ir each shoe. Sold everywhere. Trial pack age and a Foot-Ease Walking Doll senf post Free. Address Allen's Foot-Ease, Le Roy, N. Y. Popular. "Of course the motorcar is popular In your little city, the same as else where?" "You betcha !" answered the gent from Jimpson Junction. "About 40 per cent of our men folks own fliv vers. Twenty per cent more sire try ing to swap for 'em, or get 'em on credit. One per cent is an idiot ^'ho doesn't know what they are for, and the rest are suspected of plotting to >teal 'em." ? Kansas City Star. Don't Forget Cuticura Talcum When adding to your toilet requisites. An exquisite face, skin, baby and dust ing powder and perfume, rendering other perfumes superfluous. You may rely on it because one of the Cuticura Trio (Soap, Ointment and Talcum), 25c each everywhere. ? Advertisement. Success Implies Sense. Successful mon as a rule are not superstitious. The nisin who lias got to' tlie top of the ladder isn't afraid to walk under one. ? l'^ston 1'vening Transcript. Help That Achy Back! Are you dragging around, day after day, with a dull, unceasing backache? Are you lame in the morning; bothered with headaches, dizziness and urinary disorders? Feel tired, irritable ..and discouraged? Then there's 6urely something wrong, and likely it's kid-^ ney weakness. Don't neglect it! Get back your health while you can. Use Doan'8 Kidney Pills. Doan's have helped thousands of ailing folks. They should help you. Ask your neighbor I A North Carolina Case Mrs. W. L. At kins. 7 First St.. Sanford. N. C., says: "Mornings my back was stiff and lame and I couldn't bend without sharp catches taking me In my back. Dizzy spells came on and spots ap peared before my _ ? eyes. My kidneys didn't ant right. My ankles and limbs swelled. A neighbor recom mended Doan's Kidney Pills, I used some. Doan's cured me." Cet Doan's at Any Store, 60c a Box DOAN'S KP\Dl.*Vr FOSTER-MILBURN CO. BUFFALO, N. V.