Pain In Back & Sides
«p*OR A LONO TIME,"
-T says Mrs. Dora Payne,
of Huntington, Tenn.,
M I felt listless, tired and
worn-out I did not feel like
doing my work, visiting or
anything.
I suffered much pain in
my back and sides. My
limbs hurt, my knees would
tremble without apparent
cause and I would have to
sit down. -
s "I was very nervous. ...
I would have a tired, dull
headache.
"I had read so much about
Cardui I asked my husband
CARDUI
The Woman's Tonic '
QUITE
STOCK a
Breeding Ewe's Fleece
Pays for Maintenance
With fair prices for wool, a bre&llng
ewe almost puya with her fleece for her
maintenance during tliu year, and her
one, two, or even throe, lambs ure a
net profit to her owner, tho sheep men
at Cornell say. •, Sheep also require
less lab&r than other farm animals,
they declare, especially during the busy
summer months, less outlay for shel
ter, and less feed to produce a pound
of gain than the average for othdr
live stock. They eat nearly all com
mon weeds and their manure Is mor»
valuable than that of any other farm
animals except poultry. Spreading the
manure more evenly on pasture than
by any method man has been able to
devise, sheep build up and Imp'rove
the land feeds them.
A good ahepherd,. hqwever, learn*
by experience, and his life Is by no
means all rosea. The sheep specialist
of the .State College of Agriculture, in
his talks with shepherds about the
state, linds tliatbanners wlio keep
even n few-eheep welcome help in
making the most of their flocks.
A new study course In sheep and
wool production prepared at the col
lege oollecta the experiences of suc
cessful sheepmen all over the state;
those who take It not only exchange
' experiences but also have the resulta
of (scientific study In New York and
other states. _
The course la free to any resident of
INew York state, the only requirement
being that lie must have animals to
work with, on either hie own or a
nearby farm. As in the Other
* study courses from the college, those
who take thls-one send in written re
ports of their own work which are
returned with suggestions and ideas
gained from' scientific study and from
meeting and corresponding with other
aheep men all over the state, yet
adapted to each Individual.
Stunted polt Can
Overcome Loss in Winter
The high price of grain Is cheatlrff
many young colts which are bred
fight of their ability to develop It. la
admitted by everyone that the growth
attained In the first year of a horse'a
life determines Ida final size. Colts
stunted daring the first winter can
nefer make up the loss. Most colts
do well as long as they are sucking.
-Too often they are token off the dam
and placed In a pasture which haa
been picked over all summer. Colts
are entitled to a chance when they
first eoipe, off the dams and if the first
pasture into which they ure placed la
not fresh, it ahould be supplemented
with' a bite of hay In the evening.
Grain-will bring a greater return fed
to colts daring their first year than
fed to any other close of stock. Teach
them to eat It when running with the,
mares, by using a colt creep, through
. which the youngsters will have acceaa
to a feed box. but which will keep
out the mares. If salt la placed out
side the creep, the mothers will be at
tracted thereto and the —"a assured
of an occasional chance to nibble at j
the grain in the boxes. As they grow I
older they will become more lnde
pendent and go further from their
dams to reach the creep. To produce
a finished horse of the maximum
weight this grain feeding must be con
tinued the whole of the first winter
and up to the time when green graae
appears.
Practical Farmers Dock
Lambs to Prevent Filth
A number of farmera seem to be un
able to fathom the reason for docking
young lambs, and quite a few ques
tions have been asked O. P. Williams,
sheep field agent for the North Caro
lina State college and department of
agriculture, as to the need for this
practice.
Mr. Williams says that most of the
ifrnuers who
to get it for me. The very
first bottle seemed to help
me. ; After the second.. . 1
was better than I had been
in months. I certainly can
praise Cardui.
"I have taken three bot
tles. Now 1 hardly wait,
when the sun shines, to
garden. I am feeling fine."
Similar results to those de
scribed above have been re
ported by thousands of other
women.. Cardui's 40 years
of success should encourage
you to give it a thorough
trial for the relief of any
common female ailments.
• For sale everywhere.
never "cut Tlie "Tails 'from their Inuißs
and can't upderstand why It should be
done. He explains, however, that the
docking of lambs was not sorted by
any experiment station or agricultural
college. "Before any agricultural college 1
was ever established," he eijys, "prac
tical farmers docked their lambs to
keep them free from fllth and from
soiling the wool. Whenever sheep are
raised now In a commercial %ray the
lambs are always docked to prevent
their accumulating this fllth and be
coming untidy."
Mr. Williams states that the tall of
a sheep serves no practical purpose
anyway, and that the wool from the
tall Is of an Inferior quality and has
a largo percentage of worthless hair
mixed up with the commercial fiber.
When the Tall Is cut off at one week of
age the lamb hardly notices the opera
tion and Buffers much less than he
would If allowed to carry around a
filthy tall for a number of-years.
Barley Profitable for
Feeding Herd of Swine
Hogs do -well on barley. Some have
thought that barley contains enough
more protein than corn so that tank
age or other protein feed Is not neces
sary. While barley does contain 20
' per cent more digestible protein than
corn, yet It does not contain enough
more so that the supplemental protein
.feed may be left out of the fattening
hog's ration. In one experiment It re
quired 850 pounds of corn and S4
of tankage to make 100 pounds' gala.
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POULTRY NOTES
The necessity of cooling hatching
eggs Is a disputed point.
4• • •
When the ducks are hatched, taake
them comfortable, but do not feed for
SO to 48 hours.
• • •
, A bird with closely worn toenails la
considered a better layer than one
with long nails.
• • •
»
▲ pullet is a female bird less than
a year, old, while a cockerel la a male
bird lesa than a year old.
Hena that show the least broodlnesa
are better layers than thoae that are
broody a large part of the time.
• • •
A fowl must carry a little fat in or
der to be In a laying condition. A poor
or lean hen can never be a laying hen.
•
Diseases of Poultry, farmera* bnlle;
tin 1.137, may be had.by writing the
United States Department of Agricul
ture, Washington.'
• ■# •
' Hena that molt late and quickly are
the best layers. By this la meant that
hens molting during the latter part of
September, October and November are
better layers than thoae molting
earlier.
Portable Stove for Bkatera.
For coasting or skating parties an
excellent stove can be mode from an
old metal bucket and a discarded
kettle, snys Popular Science Monthly.
The kettle la Inverted and riveted to
the bucket, bottom to bottom. Holes
are punched about the base of the
bucket to aid combustion. A charcoal
of wof*Am, bnUt In the bucket will be
(sufficient So —uanda, but
will not be ao hot that the stove can-
Hot be carried from place to place by
the handle.
Qood Advioe, Anyway.
A famous blahop had the trick ol
pronouncing "o" like "u" thus: "I am
fund of hut cuffee." Once he yraa giv
ing advice to a working girls' dub and
Impressed on the members the neces
sity for'arranging full occupation of
their spare time. "Above all, girls,"
he. said earnestly, "try by all means
available to cultivate a hubby r
Net So Painful.
"Young man," began the boss, "you
told me yesterday afternoon yon had
an engagement with your dentist"
"Tea, air, I did," replied the other.
"Well, I you at a football match.'
"Tea, sir. The tall man altting next
to me w«s my dentist-" I j
AT AMAWnIe g A Wild
IS Ml MOT.
IK ANY LDCRTION
Neat, Substantial Nome of Type
1 Sure to Appeal to Builders
and Home Owners.
I By WILLIAM A. RADFORD
Mr. William A. Radford will andhrer
questions and give advloe FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building, (or the readers of
this paper. Oh account «of his wide
experience as Editor, Author and
Manufacturer, he Is, without doubt.
th»)ilghest authority ori- all these sub
jects. Address all Inquiries to William
A. Radford, No. 1827 Prairie avenue,
Chicago. 111., and only Inclose two-cent
stamp for reply.
More and more, In recent years, we
are seeing the erection of homes
Which measure up to the best Ameri
can traditions. It Is not that they are
growing larger, for modern living con
ditions seem to favor the smaller
house; but -there Is no denying the
fact that there has arisen a more crit
ical standard of what constitutes good
tuste.
No one could accuse the owner of
this handsome dwelling of anything ap
proaching extravagance In building and
living In It., Could they? It seems a
simple, unobtrusive place, such as you
might find occupied by the town bank
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I Floor Plan.
er or business man. Yet the average
workman need not find it beyond his
means, either.
I No, it simply baa been well designed
and built; that ia aIL We look at Its
well-balanced exterior, at the sym
metrical gabllng of the porch, the dis
tinctive tbuch of the little pergola dec
prat ion above the middle window, the
pergola at the side, extending from
the terrace over the driveway—all
tiave been so well thought out that
they add their attractiveness to the
(Whole, making It complete and pleas
rg to the eye.
There are seven rooms. The re
cessed porch leads directly Into the
living room, which extends the whole
■width of the houses with a fireplace at
the end, and the windows set at prop
er distances, so thst-there ia excellent
(wall backgrounding for the proper dis
play of plcturea and furniture. Sep
arating It from the dining room Is a
colonnaded double doorway, making
the whole Interior view here extreme
ly pleasing with the French windows
and doors of the dining room opening
bnto the outer pergolaed terrace.
By a very good hall arrangement we
have convenient access to every bed
room, and yet they are Isolated from
|he rest of the house. The kitchen Is
reached across this same hall, and one
ran safely assume that the cooking
triors will never be too obvious In the
dining room of this house. While it
Is small, the kitchen Is very efficiently
arranged. The sink Is by a dooble
window, with cabinet shelving at one
rod; immediately behind la the range,
and the pantry has the Ice box so
placed as to enable outside Icing from
the rear hallway. -
Throughout the bouse there Is ample
provision made for closet space A
good housewife knows that she can
never.have too many of theqe. There
ire six. all told, the one In the dining
room especially being very handy.
This bouse Is in such simple good
laste exteriorly thst It would be a.
ibame to have Ita Interior cluttered
irttb nondescript 111-chosen furnish
ings. Bear In mln-* that. If it la an
Inexpensive house to build. It Is no
less inexpensive to furnish Well and
pleasingly. The simple Colonial pat
terns to mahoffiny, birch, maple and
hickory furniture BOW SO much in
vogue do not coat much, and would fit
in well here; spindle and splay-backed
chairs, maybe a longish table for the
long living room, and a cozy uphol
stered chair to flank the fireplace on
either side. The wall finish 'should
not be too obvious;, by staying close
to neutral grays, tans, gray-browns
juu} creams, one would not go far
wrong. The woodwork could be
Wfiite enamel, or the wood could be
stained lightly and then varnished or
waxed.
JEWEL SHRINE AT RANCOON
Graceful, Golden Pile Towers 370
Feet Above City In East
ern Asia.
_____ \
The Jewel shrine of eastern India,
in Rangoon, towers above the city 370
feet from a platform. Itself more than
150 feet higher than the surrounding
level.
The graceful golden pile, flashing In
the blaze of an Indian sun, is sur
mounted by a Jewtled umbrella hung
with a chime of bells which may be
tinkled by the gentlest breath of wind,
says a bulletin of the National Geo
graphic society. The material in this
canopy alone is valued at a quarter
of a million dollars. f
Tradition has it that men who had
acquired eight precious hairs from the
beard of Gautama decided to bury
them on the already sacred knoll'and
that the original pagoda, 80 feet high,
was ejected to protect them, says the
Detroit News. This mound was in
caaed with successive layers until the
final quo of gold now sheath the great
pile. Once in a generation more gold
is added by voluntary contributions,
which 1 poor In because taking a part
In the building of a pagoda la a
Buddhist act of high devotfen.
Figurehead of Chesapeake.
Among the figureheads of famous
ships still preserved at Chatham dock
yards la that pf the Chesapeake, the
American frigate defeated aqd cap
tured In the day-long fight with the
British ship, Shannon, in 1818.
The battle was fought within alght of
Boston harbor. Capt. Sir Philip Broke
brought home the Chesapeake. The
figurehead of his ship, the Shannon,
became his jlerqulsite and waa housed
In his county seat, Broke Hall, Nscton,
near Ipswich.
The Chesapeake figurehead is a fine
specimen of the art The head is
crowned with the American Indian head
dress of feathers.—Detroit News.
Blowing Into Patlsnfs-Cars. «]
In Zululand, South Africa, native
1 doctors collect* rich fees by blowing
into the ears of their patients to caat
out evil siuVtis. ,
seats the victim on the blanketed
floor of the outdoor surgery, after an
nouncing that he la to dispel the
wicked demons causing sickness. Qe
place* a horn to the patient's ear and
blows. The 111 one generally makes
a bad face, cries "enough," and, b&
lng convinced that be has been cured,
la troubled no more.
Bi severe cases herbs are used.is a
remedy, when the horn la not effeettvd.
—Detrblt News. • -
Too Slow.
The young Londoner waa hla
alow country cousin out to' at
French restaurant In tic bo.
TThese," he said, as a dish waa
brought "are snails."
rOh," said the countryman, "we nev
er get them In Sussex."
"No," said the Londoner, "of coarse
»«. Ton couldn't entefc thank* __
POULTRY
YKTS ■
Right Feeding Vital to
Get Eggy Duilng Winter
The poultryman who wants to keep?
his -pullets laying during the winter
must give careful attention to feeding,
lay the'chicken men at the State Agri
cultural college at Cornell.
The birds, they say, must be fat, as
this gives them strength and endur
ance. Three-fourthg of the food they
eat should be hard grain. Mash is not
as important during the latter part of
their development as when they are
ready to lay. If milk is fed,' little mash
Is necessary. They should have plenty
of green food at all times.
When the first eggs are found on the
range at least one-third or one-half of
the best-developed birds should be
placed In their winter quarters,
whether it be September 1 or Novem
ber 1.
GoqjJ' Judgment must then be exer
cised in feeding the pullets after they
are mutate and are in their winter
houses. Usually eight quarts of hard
grain a day is fed to 100 birds.
One-third or one-fourth >of this
„ amount should •be fed in the morning
and the balance at night. When about
half the birds arq laying well they
may require as much as twelve quarts
a day. '
Sometimes, however, eight quarts is
too much and it Is necessary -to cut
down on this amount until the birds
can easily clean it up. Mash should
always be kept before them in hop
pers or feeders. • .
Pullets at Cofnell have been found
to lay best when fed three parts of
hard grain to two parts of mash by
weight It Is necessary to feed green
food In some form, such as sprouted
oats, or beets or cabhage.' A small
amount of milk Is a valuable addition
> to the helps' to keep the
birds in good condition. The birds
should never be starved, but on the
other hand they should be hungry at
feeding time. ,
The secret of long and conynuous
laying with a pure bred flock is to keep
the birds always reasonably fat, the
college concludes.
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Chicken Mineral Mixture
Superior for Laying Hens
A mixture of salt, lime and bone
meal added to soybean meal or other
vegetable protein nearly doubled its
I value in the*feed foij laying hens or
! growing chicks, in recent tests at the
Ohio experiment station.
These minerals though making up
only 4 per cent of the mash and cost
ing less than 4 cents a year per hen,
proved as necessary as any other part
of the feed.
• Grains and seeds are deficient in
protein and minerals. These are sup- I
plied by the addition of meat scrap,
skim milk or other animal supplement
to the feed of grain and mash. Soy
bean meal, peanut meal, cotton-seed
meal, and the like supply protein but
are deficient in' minerals. \
When the mineral mixture was attd
ed to soybean meal at the rate of 4
pounds per hundred Its value was
doubled, making it almost equal to
meat scrap or milk for egg production
and growth. ,
The Station mineral mixture Is made
up of 00 parts of bonemeal, 20 of
limestone, and 20 of common salt.
Feeding Good Balanced
i Ration to Secure Eggs
Feed the chickens a good balanced
ration. Feed scratch grain in the lit
ter, mash in hoppers (available all the'
time). Green succulence is necessary
for egg production tifid hatcbable eggs
I during breeding season. Have "fresh
1 water always available; oyster shell,
charcoal and grit in hoppers. Provide
milk in some form either as a beverage
in addition to regular mash or to tpke
place of part of protein element; It
contains v|tamlnes which are essen
tial for loylrife hens.
The above In brief Is the advice of
poultry authorities on care of laying
stock. Some formulas for mashes for
egg production are suggested below:
1 part wheat bran 1 part oats
1 part wheat mid- 1 pert cornmeal
dllnge 1 part meat scrap
IL
I parte cornmeal 1 part middling
1 part bran 1 part meat scrap
111.
a pane cornmeal 1 part, meat aerap
Adult Geese Should Be ...'
Fed for Eggs Very Early
fr should be fed for eggs
auotn February 1, or so that the gos
lings will be hatched by the time
there Is good grass pasture. Feed a
mash in the morning of nqual parts by
weight of com meal, bran and miff
dllngs, or low-grade flour, with 10 per
cent of beef scrap, and glte whole or
cracked corn at night
Corn for Fattening Onsi.
- Cracked corn Is good for* fattening
geese bat should be fed sparingly to
breeders. Goslings should have only
fresh young (rasa for the first day or
two; after that three small feeds dally
of mash or scalded cracked com with
plenty of green staff. After six weeks
goslings being fattened for market may
have cornmeal. eae part and bran eon
pnrt
, Old Hena Seldom Pay.
Hens more than thirty old
seldom pay. n T ' .*
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MOTHER! Castoria is a harmless Substitute for
Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups,
orepared to relieve Infants in arms and Children all ages of
* •
Constipation iWind Coli/
, ■* (Flatulency fTo Sweeten Stomach
Diarrhea Regulate bowels, ' %
Aids-in the assimilation of Food, promoting Cheerfulness, R4st. and
Natural Sleep without Opiates ~ -
To avfid imitations, always look for the signature ot-
Proven directions on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend it.
B4ERY
FICTS
Give Strict Attention
to Feeding Dairy Cows
*ln outer to get economical produc
tion, farmers mast pay strict attention
to the feeding of their dairy cattle dur
ing the winter months, for feeding
comprises mors than one*half the cdet
of producing milk," says the dairy spe
cialist at the Mew Jersey' State Col
lege of Agriculture. "Home-grown
feeds are the cheapest feeds the dalry
-1 man can get, and roughages, even at
the high price of hay, are the cheep
eft of home-grown feeds. Alfalfa, clo
ver end com silage are the beat milk
producers; yet mixed hay and stalks
ean he fed to advantage If they are
pnstnt on the farm.
| TCfcose who have a supply of com
1 ears' are fortunate. Corn end cob
meal should famish the bests of the
rhtfeu. By the purchase of hnn or
eats and a tew high protjln concen
trates a good milk-making ration caa
be compounded according to the fol
lowing recommended proportions: Ten
penads of alfalfa or clover hay, 80
pounds of com silage with all the
bright stalks the cow will clean up
daily, together with 900 pounds of
| «4m Send cob meal, 800 pounds of bran
j or oats, 200 pounds of gluten, 100
pounds of cottonseed meal, and 100
pounda at oil meal The cost of this
mixture will vary, depending upon lo
cal prices.
"If neither alfalfa nor clover hay
k available It will be necessary to
double the amount of linseed or cot
tonseed meal. If no silage or suc
culent feed- Is being fed. linseed meal
should' be substituted for the cotton
seed meal. Jt Is advisable also to feed
beet pulp at the rate of three pounds
per cow If silage Is not available. The
beet pulp should be fed when in a
soaked rondltlon.
"There IS a distinction between cot
tonseed meal - and cottonseed feed.
Cottonseed feed contains a large pro
portion of bolls and has a very Infe
rior feeding value, and should not be
purchased If cottonseed meal can be
bought.
"It la always poor economy to un
derfeed dairy stock; feed them enough
t« keep them In a good, thrifty condi
tion. Oows In milk should be fed all
the roughage they will eat and, In ad
dition, one pound of grata dally for
each three and one-half pounds of
mlDc they give each day."
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Uniform Laws Urged to
Stop Spread of Disease
(Tnpant by Us* United Statea Department
at itrlMiet*.)
At the recent WUrld's Dairy con
gress, held at Washington, D. C, Dr.
John R. Mbhler, chief of the bureau
of animal Industry, United States De
partment of Agriculture, suggested to
the delegates that efforts should be
made to obtain some uniformity In
the laWS of the various countries reg
ulating, International trade In live
stock. Some move of this sort Is
needed now, said Doctor Mohler, be
cause of the greet extant of Interna
tional trade ta live stock, sod because
ef prevalence of destructive animal (Bs
sases tn many parts of the weald.
. Certain fundamental features which
probably would be desirable for all
eounirftsß wsrs brought out .In the
mede t» the dsiegsfs. It
.wm nil II i J that each country en
gaged in Miaiadt and foreign com
merce in live atotft end Its products
labould establish a competent voter*
Should linveHu la t-.cpect Us aul
wuls to be received In other countries;
provisions should be made to prevent
the spread of contagious diseases ill
the country, the Introduction of in
fection from abroad, or the transmis
sion diseases to' other countries;
and there should be an international
co-operative system of exchange of in*
formation in regard to animal health
In the various countries.
,
All Insanitary Dairy
Practices Unprofitable
Below are listed a few practices
Which are insanitary, injurious and
unprofitable for the* dairy farmer:
To milk cows that have dirty flanks
and udders, so that at every move
ment of the milker, dirt falls into the
milk pail.
To milk with wet hands, so that the
milk, saturated with filth, falls Into
the milk pall. .
To use separatees and utensils'
Which have not been thoroughly ster
ilised and aired.
Pouring freshly separated cream
Into previous skimmings before cool*
tag-
Keeping cream In root cellars,
pantries, kitchens, stables, back
porches or in any room where bad
air exists. —L. K. Crowe, Animal As
bandry Department, Colorado Agricul
tural College. >
Rapidity Is One of Big
Essentials in Milking
Tests have shown 'that rapidity II
one of the essentials In milking a cow.
Massaging the cow's udder with th«
hand excites nervous action which la •*'
turn stimulates action of the mill
glands. The more rapid the massagt
movements, the greater is the nerveui
stimulation of gland action, and 8
greater amount of milk will be yield- .
ed. Not only Is the quantity of milk
Increased, but the faster the milk ll
drawn the richer It is in butterfat
To Bultd Houses on Hotel.
On the roof of a hotel to be erect
ed In Chicngo five bungalows will be
built, with gardens and tennis end
handball courts.
New Substitute for Rubber.
"Pactlce" Is the given to a
new rubber substitute formed by com
bining sulphur chloride with any of
the various vegetable oils. 4
First Zinc Made In 1838.
The first sine madejin the United
States was from y>e red oxide of New
Jersey at the arsenal in Washington,
D. C., in 1838.
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CJC H Cures Malaria, Chills
ODD and Fever, folious
Fever, Colds and Grippe.,