Chills, & Stomach Trouble w MR. N* A. SMITH, of Shaw, Mitt., says he can't remember being l without Thedford's Black-Draught lirer med icine since he and Mrs. Smith began keeping house, many years ago. "When we have chills, says Mr. Smith, "Black- Draught is what we use and we find it just splen- , did. I had a bad case of stomach trouble. I couldn't eat enough and was very • weak. Everything I ate hurt me, formed gas and I spit up my food. I would feel stupid or staggery. I didn't feel like doing any work. I knew what Black- Draught had done in colds and I began taking small BLACK-DRAUGHT A Purely Vegetable Liver Medicine , M ■■MBBlßßllßglgiißl Willi SUDAN GRASS MAKES VALUABLE COW FEED Thnt sudan grass makes an accept able substitute, for alfalfa when /he latter cannot be h#d Is shown by the results of a recent feeding test with dairy cows at the Fort Hayes branch of the Kansas experiment station. Two lots of four "Hoist eln cows each were ted through three twenty-day periods with ten-day transition periods be tween each of the experimental periods. During the first twenty-day period one lot was fed alfalfa hay and the other su'lan grass hay. The hays were reverse! for the two lots during the second twenty-day period and again during the third period. In ad dition the cows received thirty pounds of kaflr silage dally and a grain mixture In proportion to their production. When the cows were fed alfalfa hay they produced 2.8 pounds or about 13 per cent more milk" than when they were fed the sudan hay. The weights of the cows showed no significant changes as a result of the change in rations. The cows seemed to prefer alfalfa to sudan as there was less waste of the alfalfa hny. Their pro duction, however, did not fall a great deal when sudan hay was substituted for alfalfa. Sudan grass Is used * great deal as a hay and pasture crop In Kansaa and the soutjiwest. It withstands a dry summer much better than most forage crops. It Is a very useful emergency luiy crop In the corn belt Under lowa conditions fifteen to twenty pounda of seed per acre are used and the crop Is seeded In early June. Farmers who have no hay ground this year can make very good uae of sudan grass. . Yields are from- one to two tons per acre. Flies in Summer Cause „ Considerable Annoyance Flies cause considerable annoyance to dairy cows during the summer and not only does the Irritation caused by these flies tend to lower milk produc tion, but the restlessness of the ani mals Is ft frequent cause of Inef ficient milking. A good fly spray cult be made from 4% quarts of coal tar dip, 4Vi quarts flsli oil, 8 quarts coal oil, 8 quarts whale oil and IV4 quarts oil of tar. Dissolve S pounds laun dry soup In water, aild Ingre dients of the spray and bring the whole up to 30 gallons with lukewarm soft water. This spray Is guaranteed to keep oft the flies und prevent the coats of the animals from becoming harsh, according to agricultural ex tension department specialists at lowa Stat* college. Spray twice a day, In the morntng after milking and In the afternoon when In the barn for sNage or green food. With a * portable cart, made from a half barrel with wheels at tached, and a spray pump and not tie, two men can spray 40 cows In Ave minutes. Thirty gallons of this mixture will spray 40 cows twice a day for ten days at a cost of one cent a cow a dav. Hogs Require Exercise During the summer hogs out on pas ture get plenty of exercise. However, in the winter when hogs are likely to confine themselves too doeely to their quarters, this may be sadly neglected. Some success has been obtained by ar ranging sleeping quarters some dis tance from feeding quarters. This method may not always be practical because where centralised houses are used the two may be closer together, or even in the same building. •, Rape Cause of Blister White hogs, and sometimes black and red ones, blister when running In rape. There to nothing peculiar about this crop which causes blistering; the trouble results simply from the com bination of moisture, transferred from the rape to the hog, and a hot sun. By keeplnf pigs out of the rape patch until the dew or rain has evaporated from the leaves of the plsats, blister ing csn be preventsd. Even a small patch In a feed lot will save grabs la raising pigs. __ doses. I certainly got re lief. It did me lots of good * "When I go I look first to see how near out of Black-Draught we are, and then get more. We are a good way from the doctor and keep our home remedies ana the main one is Black- Draught." In hundreds of thousands of homes, housekeepers keep Black-Draught on the shol*. handy for use when needed, 1.1 a household remedy to reliev i const p*.ion, biliousness, indi gestion, and many other simple ailments. "A tlore in time saves nine." A dose of Black- Draught costs only one cent. It may save yon a big bill for medicine later on. Keep it on your shelf. Buy it at your store. Get a package today. Watch Cream Separator to Save All Butterfat Cream-* separator that have not l>eon tested for gome time may be cheating their owners oat of consid erable butterfat every time they are used, warns O. A. Iverson, of the dairy department at lowa State col lege. This Is an avoidable loss which can bfc prevented by testing the skim milk and then regulating the separa tor to skim more closely. Farmers who have the apparatus for the Babcock test can test the skim milk at home. A double-necked test bottle should be used and 20 cu bic centimeters of skim milk used In stead of 17.0 "cubic centimeters as In the case of whole milk. Farmers who cannot do their own testing can have It done by their local creamery or can send a four-ounce sample to the dairy section at lowa State college. A charge of 10 cents for the testing la made by the college. Basis of Dairy Profits in Food, Feed and Care "One cow, well fed and cared for, will make more milk and profit than two or more cows poorly fed and cared for," la the keynote expressed In Wisconsin Circular 151 by George C. Humphrey of the animal husbandry department of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture. "Don't be satisfied to buy or raise anything but good dairy cows. "Don't try to keep more cows than It la possible to feed and carp for welL "Treat the cows kindly. Rough treatment greatly reduces the amount of milk she produces. "reed liberal rations. Make this possible by Isylng in a store of good grains such ss corn, barley and oats and some alfslfa or clover hay. These fseds make a good combination when fed with roots or stlage. ♦•Provide plenty of fresh wnter which Is cool but not too cold. It takes a lot of water to make milk so It must be provided. "Protect the cows from cold, chill ing father and storms and dampness. It helps to Increase milk production. "Give the mother of tho new-bora . calf a pall of warm wnt —she is feverish and 4Rs will relieve !>er thirst "Her 11 rut feed should be five or six quarts of ground oats and wheat bran." These are but a few of the many timely suggestion* offered by Mr. Humphrey In the bulletin, which with the valuable rations suggested make this a most desirable little pamphlet for the dairyman. Inflamed Udder of Cow May Be Avoided by Feed It Is seldom, it ever, necessary to milk a cow before freshening. If the bag Is badly swollen und milk drips from the teats. It Is sometimes a good idea to relieve the bag by drawing a little milk but the mere presence of Inflammation and "cake" In the udder does not necessarily mesn that the milking should be done. It Is much bettsr to leave the cow slone In this regard as theJsst few days before freshening the cow secretes a peculiar quality of mllkfcalled colostrum in her udder, which is very essential to the new-born calf as it acts as a purga tive and helps to deer out his system. Excessive difficulty from inflammation and caked udders may be avoided by giving laxative feeds. r Not Cnough Forest Protection. Thirty-nine states contain impor tant areas of forest Isnd, bat only 27 ,have organised state forest protection on a mora or lees adequate scale. Systematic Are protection of privately owned forest lands Is ssdly lacking. At least 16*000.000 scree of such Isnd aow receive no protection and oa msny other areas the protection fur nished Is' Incomplete snd Inadequate. An average expenditure of between two aad one-half and three cents an acre, or a total of would fairly protect all of the privately owned forest land In the United States. The task Is at present two thirds undone. DAIRY FACTS CAREFULLY SELECT ✓ DAIRY HERD SIRES Ninety-flve per cent of the men who bay herd sires wait until they need otje, then rush out to buy one ready for service. They don't know It, but .they- are following beaten paths. The successful breeder selects his herd sire when the general demand Is light est. As a result he gets a better bull at a lower price, says J. P. LaMaster, chief of the dairy divt*iod'nt Clemson college. Some people have potatoes to sell In the seasons when potatoes are high In price. Some people have real es tate to sell when the demand Is great est. But the ordinary man has pota toes to sell when prices are low, and Is burdened «*vlth real estate because he can't sell it. The reason Is that the ordinary man f-gynws the, beaten path. The olh'er fellow finds out what people are dAng generally and he does something else. He puts In more po tatoes after a y?i»r when they don't ,sell, simply because he knows most of the others won't do (hat He buy® real estate Just when almost every body else wants to get rid of his; and he buys a herd sire during the season when demand Is lowest Tills Is practically all the difference between "Just ordinary existing" and getting ahead. You can find put to which class you belong by asking your self this set of questions: When will I need a new herd sire? Let us suppose you will need a new one before next March. When wlll'l look up a herd slreT (If your answer Is, "Oh, next fall when I'm not so busy," you belong to the "beaten-path Rang." Tou will start out Just when 95 per cent ot the breeders start, you will buy one of the "left over" bulls and you will pay all the bull Is worth.) Now you have your choice between a great many good bulls. All these will be gone before fall to the success ful 5 per cent If you say, "I'm too busy now," you are following beaten paths. If you sit down this very day and line up your next herd sire, you can depend upon It, you will buy a better one than the luckiest in ember of the "beaten-path gang" will ever see. Care and Attention' Is Essential for Ringworm The following Is reported as a good cure for calves with ringworm: Wash the parta with strong soap and water to remove as much as possible of the crusts or scabs and, when dry, rub the spots with some of. the following oint ment : Flowers Of sulphur, two ounces; oil of creosote, two drams; prepared lard, four ounces. This ointment should be applied morning and evening. Painting the affected parts with tincture of lodine on alternate days Is also very effective, but this agent should not be applied near the animal's eyes. The woodwork and the walls of the shed In which th«»e calves are housed should be painted with hot llmewasb, to which has been rfMed a couple of ounces of crude caH>oUc acid With a little care and attention one ahould soon get rid of the trouble.. Easiest Way to Dehorn Is by Applying Caustic The easiest and most really pain less way to dehorn Is to use caustic potash inn the young calves. This f astatic. should b; applied on the but tons where the" Jioms come out by the time the calves*fcre a week old. The hitlr should around the buttons and the skin around the horns rub!>ed with vaseline to prevent the caustic - from burning. The stick of caustic Is wrapped with paper to pre vent, It from eating the fingers, one end of the stick is moistened In water and rubbed on the horns until they become white. The caustic should not be wet enough so It will run down on the cairn head or Into Its eyes. This treatment wttl kill the horns, stopping further growth. i Clean Vessels and Warm Milk of Big Importance A good rule to go by Is never "to feed a >4lf out of a pall you would aot drink out of yourself or feed her any milk you would not be wining to drink. Feed the milk as warm af fresh milk from a cow. Keep the pens dry after calf has had her milk. After the heifer Is weaned then it Is weU to put some od meal Into the grata mixture. "A good mixture muck uged Is: IS* pounds wheat bran. ' 111 pounds oornmeaL . r, SCO pound* ground oata. iee pounds oil meat This is particularly desirable to use after weaning. 9 Cause of Bad Flavors Bad flavors «a cream snd dairy products are usually caused by care lessness la the cino of the milk. If a little dirt falls In tbe mOk It be- j comes contaminated 'bacteria %hioh gives It tad flavors and if the milk Is sllowed .to stand sround the barn awhile before taken to the house and cooled it will often take on a fed flavor. Tbe feeding of some sjcx of succulent feed will often help to overcome this; roots, cabbage, and silage are good. lAMAirCE GLEANER, GRAHAM, *.' a Junior Farmers Need Club Leaders 1200tdo^ GROWTH ° F BOVS /,ND omLS ASR,CULTDRA, - CLUBS 1,050,000 / \ 459,074 249,416 000.000 *hr~~ —DIFFERENT L TOTAL ' £7 \ WYS4GIBIS DIFFERENT !S] \ ENROLLED, BOYSS6IRLS r ~ 2/ \ ' COMPLETING 750,000 i'-f- j" ' Jk 1 / \ , J \ §1 \- COO,OOO ff- V Z7 ij \ / 450,000 rT *— • J / 500,000 s/ 150,000 | ; I IQ _______ ______ ____ WWW —«ic» 4—tcmnHut rowwp*TW» 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 . That Club leadership must be Increased properly to train tlie bo.VK and girls of the nation who decide to remain on farms and become tbe bulwark of American agriculture is shown In a survey of the dub work of the junior farmers Just completed by Benjamin H. Darrow, director of the boys' and girls' club work of the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation. According to the report of the Foundation, based on a count by the De partment of Agriculture, 722,408 projects were begun In 1923 by boys and girls, a number which Is.less than 6 per cent of the farm youth of the na tion of club age. Of these projects 429.746 were completed by 249,416 club members. Girls completing their work outnumber the boys three to two, there being 150,194 girls and 99,222 boys. The report also Indicates that 05.6-per jrent. of the enrolled gfrls finished their projects, while only 52.9 per cfent of the boy* completed theirs. The high point reached jn 1918. as shown by the accompanying chart, was due to the expansion of club work In connection With the slogan of the day: "Food will win the war." After the crisis was over there was retrenchment and club work suffered.' "Many of "the 8,000,000 boys and girls engage]} in club work hope to leav* the farm." said Darrow, "but 80 per cent of them will remain In the country, experience has shown. All who stay on the farm should have the benefrt of the inspiration and training club work affords. If we are to provide this for tije junior fnmiers of tbe nation, we moat rapidly increase the number of coun ty club lenders.". .. ' Buying Power of the Farmer 118 1141'13 iTCl'irlTal'lO hotel |gg| ■ > l9 g& . r, 1 1984 1 , " moot MMMJ _M » -jag _ir L j 1 MAm-notsucM mmcuituiiai root«o*Tio« 11111 ' 1 1 ' 1 ■ 1 '' The purchasing power of farm commodities continues to rise. Latest esti mates 'show an average of 4.8 points higher for the first eleven months of this year than during the corresponding months of 1923, according to a report of the Se»rs-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation, based on the new Index numbers of farmprl ces prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture. | Farm prices shrita a combined value of 134 on November 1, 1924, as com pared with 100 In 1913. This combined Index number Includes 30 farm com modities which present more than 90 per cent of the value of products sold Jiy farms, the Foundation points out. Using August, 1909, to July, 1914, as 100, tlio»purcliaslng power of these products stood at 87 on November 1 of this year. In 1918 the purchasing power was 106, decreasing to 69 In 1921. In 1922 It rose to 74 and by 1923 the average stood at 78. During the first eleven months of this year the purchasing power of farm commodities averaged 82.3 as compared with 77.5 in the same period a year ago. Advances in grain, which averages about 22 per cent of the total value ■of farm products sold, anJ in price of meat which averages 27 per „ cent, have been the largest factora,ln the Increase of the farmer's purchasing power since 1921. The grain farmer received during the early part of this year prices about 10 per cent above the pre-war five-year average. This had risen to 30 per cent Increase by July. At the same time the general price level of commodities tbe farmer has to buy ranges 30 to 80 per cent above the i 1013 level. . Bright Outlook for Sheep EPaa Capita Pkoovction of Snip Has Dkcuneo Oumw ButmYUw j«g —• *gw«q>*u.**['"*l'**'*' ®~"~~ T ~ j | 11 ! | Tbe abeep Industry presents one of tbe 'bright spots In the present agrl | cultural outlook, according lo the Seara-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation. The number of aheep in the United Statea haa been Increased for two years, , but la still far from being back at wartime or pre-war figures. >! The Uqlted States produces only about 10 per cent of the world's total i! wool crop, but consumes 25 per cent of It World carry-over stocks of wool i 1 have been shrinking for four years and are now low. World production laft [ | year was 66 million pounds below the previous year. 'j I The prices of both wool and lambs have been strong the past two years H and the outloo': for reasonable profits in aheep Is excellent for several yean to - MOTHER ? Fletcher's Castoria is a harmless Substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric; Teething Drops and Syrups, prepared to relieve Infants in arms and Children all ages of Constipation Wind Colic Flatulency To Sweeten Stomach Diarrhea Regulate Bowels Aids in the assimilation of Food, proriioting Cheerfulness, Rest, and *** Natural Sleep, without Opiates ■ To avoid imitations, always look for the signature of C£aJ d yy/£AcJuA/. Proven directions on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend it Variation in Butterfat Testa Nothing Unusual The pure-bred dairyman as well as the commercial dairyman Is Interested In the tests for butterfat upon their cattle. Quite frequently these tests are made either upon the entire herd or upon individuals of the herds. these 'tests are compared with tests made previously, a wide variation or fluctuation Is noted. times .when these tests are made within a few days of each other and the varia jtion is surprising. Such fluctuations are often looked upon with suspicion, while it should be realized that It Is quite natural for cows to vary In their tests for butterfat. In fact when this point is investigated it Is found that cows vary more In their tests than la commonly thought. t Some ySars ago the Michigan Agri cultural college published a special bulletin containing the work of Ander son upon the variations In the percent age of butterfat of single mllkings of cms upon test. The seVen-day testa of 200 cows handled under ordinary herd conditions were studied as well as similar records upon 2,000 cows en tered in the advanced registry of their respective breeds. Any conclusion* reached by these Investigations can be looked upon as being Indicative of the real condition, as the number of mllk ings studied Is la(-ge enough t« war rant this. j It may be expected that 30 per cent 1 of the cows In a herd will yary In the percentage of butterfat In the milk produced at Individual mllkings In a seven-day period 1 per cent or less* Fifty per cent of the cows during a like period will vary In their tests from 1.1 to 2 per cent, 14 per cent will i vary from 2.1 per cent to 3 per cent, while the remaining 6 per cent will Bhow a variation between mllkings of more than 3 per centi From these facta we may conclude that it is not surpris ing to have a cow test 3 per cent at one milking and 0 per cent at the next milking. I have actually seen a cow test 1.8 per cent In the morning and test over 6 per cent In the after noon. In a herd of 100 cows the aver age variation of the entire herd test would be 1.49 per cent based upon these" figures.—B. W. Fairbanks, Colo rado Agricultural College. Sue den Change to Rich Pasture May Kill Pigs It Is quite common for pigs to bloat and die quickly when suddenly turned Into green clover when they are very hungry or not accustomed to such feed. That often occurs when pigs have been grazing grass and the posture becomes so short that the owner decides" a | change is necessary, and so turns the J pigs Into a lush growth of clover witb : out due preparation. Wet clover, as with cattle, la moat likely to cause bloat Any green feed may have the aa&e effect, under similar clrcum v stances.. The modern, method of rais ing hogs la toJet thsm grazp a succes sion of green crdpa from fearly spring l until late in autumn. Bye, oats and peas, rape, clover, alfalfa and corn are the cro>s moat used for this purpose, and losses from bloat or acute indiges tion do not occur under this system of feeding, ■* the pigs become accustomed to the green feed early -in the season, and take It dally without becoming in ordinately hungry. Changing Sheep Pasture Will Prevent Infection Where sheep are kept on the farm I year after year every precaution should be exercised not to allow the flock to gram for long periods on the same pasture, but alternate frequent ly as the change la not oply a preven tive to pasture infection but stimu lates appetite- and promotes the Why Mr. N. Windsor (R. I.) Put Up with Rats for Years "Years ago I got some rat poison, which nearly killed our fine watch dog. We put up witn rata until a friend told me about Rat-Snap. It surely kills rat}, though house pets won't touch it. Rats dry up smell. Prices, 35c, wc, vl«w. Sold and guaranteed by ' gka::am r.;-ro COM pa VY Stymied at Lunch. Golf Is a game tliat has a special vocabulary of its own, and beginners aie at first a little at sea with re gard to the- meaning of some of the terms. You are "stymied," for ex ample; when your opponent's ball lies directly in the path'yur oiyn ball must'take In order to drop into the hole. Tlie Tatler snys: A gentleman was playing on a cer tain links In Scotland wlipn he turned to his caddie and s:iid: "I say, caddie, why couldn't that fellow get his ball * into the hole?" "He was stymied, sir," wa& the re ply. "He was what?" "He was stymied, sir,'' repeated the reddle. "Oh, was he?" replied the other; '1 thought he looked rather funny at lunch " —Youth's Companion PORCELAIN MADE FOR KINGS Chinawr.re Was So beautiful That It Was Never Exported, but Was Re served for Emperors. The Arabs mentioned porcelain fac tories and stores ih their writings about, 800 A. -D. The Arciblan gepg rapher, Mohnmmed-el-Efridl, who lived In Sicily at the court of Roger 11, -pub lished, -uhout 1154, a geographic work In which he told of the town of DJan kow, where "Chinese glass" was made, ne added that there-was "no finer and' more esteemed profession In Djankow than that of a potrnnUer or a pot de signer." Toward the middle of the Fourteenth century, Il>n Batutn, the "" Arabia® traveler, 4^es^rlbe«i, rentmrc afc'the 'nmsr bWtl world. The Chinese manufactured dishes and porcelain ware for a very long time. In the history of the great Chinese empire one reads that only certain towns and vlllagfea went In for porceMlh Industry. The finest china ware was made In the province of' BaxlJ. It waa so beautiful and so * much like the finest crystal Hn» It never was exported, but was exclusive ly reserved for the use of the CM***, -emperors. Source of Sediment Moat of the, sediment In milk roiuf from the bodies of caws and consist* ot hairs, manure, bedding, etc^ Improve Quality of Milk. Straining improves the commercial quality of milk, but doe* not appraaii ably lmprova its haalthftflnqfc >1