THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER Thursday, June 6, 1907. itt Poultry Its ion and - If v ,.J ... I" , Treatment. 1A ' - TT&iiaorpcBi? Off SO Fwrifr'- Try the temper of a Keen Kutter Fork spring it, twist it, pry with it. After you've tried it you'll be willing to Ivork with it. j MbA farm tools each has a fine oil temper which makes it withstand strain and keep a good edge or point. The Keen Kutter trade-mark covers-Forks, Hoes, Rakes, Scythes, etc. as' well as all bench tools Axes, Hammers, Saws, Pknes, Adzes, Chisels, Augers, Bits,Braces, Gimlets, Bevels, Squares, Drawknives, Gouges, etc. If not with your dealer, write us. " The Recollection of Quality Remains Long After the Price is Forgotten.' E. C. Simmons. Trade Mrk Begistered. ,;: 'r. SIMMONS HARDWARE COMPANY (Inc.), St. Louis and New York, U.S. A. Farm and Timbered Lands at Close Prices, We can furnish good soil in farms from 100 to 1,000 acres, and in the most fertile section of Southside Virginia. These lands are in communities that are being- more thoroughly de veloped every day, are in demand, and being sold. An excellent opportunity for energetic men. Write ns for further details. MECKLENBURG REALTY COMPANY, Inc. BOYDTON, VIRQINIA. M 0l WENT AND IRON rCNCCG. Cooper Bros., Raleigh, N. C. Catalogue ifree. We pay the freight. ovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv The Raleigh Banking & Trust Co., The Round Steps Bank, frfrfrfrw-s-w-s- Cor. Hargett and FayetteviUe Sts. Hi Does a Benerai Banking Bosto and Will b Pleased to Senre alT In that Line. The Trust part of our name means that we can become Administrators and Exe cutors of Estates, under Will, Trustees under Mortagages and Deeds of Trust, and act In any fiduciary capacity whatever. , . . We have a Strong Fire and Burglar Proof Vault, absolutely Safe, and In It we have Safe-Deposit Boxes for rent All who have valuable papers, deeds, and wills should nave one. , . iSSPTP8-01!!: M- Bubee. Chaa. B. Johnson, James A. Briggs, Chas. H. SS'viSrffS Thomas B. Urowder, W. A. IehanTF. O Morlng, J. R. Chamberlain, H. EL Norris, J. W. Harden, Jr., Alfred William. LI8HED 11 1. THE COMMERCIAL & FARMERS BANK. ; OF RAIUIGH, N. C. Capital Stook, - - $100,000.00 Surplus and Profits Earned, SI 00,000.00 Assets Over One Million Dollars It is known as THE FARMERS' BANK and solicits your patronage. J. J. Thomas President. B. 8. Jkkxan, Cashier.! , A. A. Thompsok, Vice-President. . H. w. Jacksok, Asst. Cashier It is a Troublesome Malady and All Care Should be Used in Order to Prevent Its Appearance in jthe Flock. Messrs. Editors: Having answer ed my last fair correspondent's queries, I will now turn my atten tion to the sterner sex. The first is from Mr. L. T. Ayres, Laton, Cal., R. F. D. ( Possibly "you all," mean ing The Progressive Farmer Family, did not know that it really does ex tend from Maine to California.) He writes: "Please advise me how to prevent or cure sore-head in poultry. It takes off nearly all late chickens, and is quite serious here." f To give "Harrow" another oppor tunity to scratch my back, will say the way to cure it is not to have it, and the best way to prevent it is to give for drink two tablespoonfuls of Epsom salts in half-gallon of wa ter, twice a week, all during the summer, and before the disease makes its appearance. But should it develop after taking this precaution, give the head a light coating of pine tar, or mix and apply thirty drops of carbolic acid, four tablespoonfuls of lard and two teaspoonfuls of cedar oil. ; " -, : . Another good remedy is to wash the head with warm water and soap, to soften the scabs, then apply a weak' solution of blue-stone v; Isolate the sick birds, and feed soft food.! jTo use a dime novel expres sion, i the ' origin of sore-head is shrouded m mystery;" some p trym4ni say it is caused by the ha of a mosquito; others that it is from a chiggo (jigger) bite; while again mostfof us think, it'is due to impo v erished ; blood and low vitality, caused I by the hot summer weather, but where birds have been properly looked after, housed, fed and gi w n salts twice a week during hot weath er, a! case is rarely heard of. Roup is often called sore-head, as occasionally the head, or rather the .skin i under the eye, swells. Roup is a much harder proposition to mas ter than sore-hea'd, even if taken in time,; when the cold, the origin, first shows itself; but after the nostrils close 'up, and canker is present, and a rattling in the throat is heard, your Father George's keen-edged lit tle tool is the best remedy, with a hot fire to consume all that is left of your feathered pet. T ' . . : ' UNCLE JO. Mecklenburg Co., N. C. Written for The Progressive Farmer,! Pictures for the t Whn writing advertisers, please mention this paper. To Each Room of the Home Assign the Scenes and Subjects Most Appropriate to It A. Word About Frames and Enlargements. Usually a few pictures only are seen in one's hall, for here one sel dom lingers, so the pictures are placed in some other, part of the house where the eye will dwell upon them, other than in a passing manner, though if one be so' fortunate s as to possess a family portrait in oil the hall is particularly appropriate for its hanging. There it extends, as it were, the welcome of the house to the incoming guest. The charm of library, music-room or drawing-room is always enhanced by portraits in oil. The Coliseum, the Parthenon, the Campani, etc., cathedrals, I and ruins, are all suitable subjects '-tor hall pictures. 5 . For the music-room choose like nesses of famous composers, -singers, artists In any line, scenes from fa mous operas, particularly from those you have been fortunate enough to have heard,, or from those of whose romances you are particularly fond; allegorical pictures bearing upon the subject of music; different concep tions of the patron saint of music, St. Cecilia, or any good picture hav ing the slightest musical note. There, too, is the place for the dainty water color, a bit of scenery, of the? whis pering pine, of the sounding seal In the living room, where books are in evidence at all times, especially where there is no library, hang ;fam ily photographs, likenesses of one's favorite authors and heroes, I views of places one has visited and espe cially admired, and if one be : inter ested in anything particular, let the walls of this room tell of that attrac tion, be it horses, dogs, wild animals, the sea, ships, the woods, out of door life in any form, hunting, fishing, skating coasting, for in the choice of pictures you stamp your rooms with individuality. r j , Pictures of cows standing in shad ed waters, of sheep in some restful pasture of birds, of poultry, a sketch of cornfield, such studies as "The Gleaner," "The Reaper' are ail suit ed to the spirit of the dining-room. Do not have reproductions" of dead game or of fish for dining-room pic tures; Death in any formTis grue some: why unnecessarily place it be fore your eyes and particularly in the room where you take that which is primarily to continue the life that is within you? . Gibson and Christy have attained immense popularity. Their pictures are catchy, dainty, alluring, their portrayal of youth so captivating that ' it appeals especially to the young. ' These dainty sketches ar'3 charming for the best room of the home, if the room be light in charac ter, j They are attractive also for a bed-room, particularly or the bed room of a young girl. Child life offers so many opportunities to the artist that ; we find innumerable charming conceptions of it, and a pic ture j of such character 'finds a de lightfully appropriate place in a bed- iroom.M , When a picture is hung over a mantel do not place ornaments in front! of it of sufficient height to break the line of the lower edge of the frame. Ornaments underneath a picture should not obtrude in the slightest upon the picture. Be care ful in the choice of frames. Simple, unobtrusive frames are the prefer ence! always: the ornate is a thing of the past; and frames made of pine cones, shells, bits of leather, or twigs passed with the passing of wax-flowers and hair jewelry. A -word as to enlarged photo graphWj By all means have all the photographs you can of every mem ber of ! jthe family taken by a good photographer, hut do not patronize the traveling picture-man. Besides the podr quality of . work done, the charges; for enlarging are exorbitant, and usually It is made necessary to purchase the frame, which frame is without exception . an atrocity. In stead go to your nearest good pho tographer and he will make a large photograph either from life or from a small photograph, which " will be far more life-like, more artistic, and in every way more desirable: a pic ture of j which neither you nor your children will he ashamed no matter to what affluence you may attain. I MRS. WALTER GRIMES.