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THIS OLD FASHION IS STILL ID VOGUE Cheney’s Daily Grows in Popular ity as More People Recognize Its Worth There’* one fashion that hasn’t Changed In over sixty years. Not only that, but It Is one that is growing In popularity year by year. It Is the fashion—the habit—the ne cessity for taking Cheney's Expec torant for coughs, colds, bronchitis and other affections of the throat and lungs. Long ago when grandparents of today were children, Cheney’s Ex pectorant was a widely-known family remedy to relieve these troubles. It was given to children for croup, quin ay and whooping cough. Its action was so wonderfully soothing and effi cient that in thousands of families all over the South, Cheney's Expectorant Is, today, a household word. It should be with you, too. If you haven't got a bottle of Cheney’s Ex pectorant in your medicine closet you are taking chances you have no right to Impose on those around you. Get Cheney's today to take with you on that auto trip. You may need It before you get back. Sold by all druggists and in smaller towns by general merchants in 30c and <0c bottles.—Advertisement. Too Whit, Too Whoo. The owl, lie Is a noble bird. And he has lots of grit; Thi#is the story that I heard, To-wit : He went to see his lady friend; He didn’t hill or coo, But stayed with her for hours on end To woo. GIRLS! HAIR GROWS THICK AND BEAUTIFUL t5-Cent "Danderine" Does Wonders for Lifeless, Neglected Hair. A gleamy mass of iururlant hair full of gloss, lus ter and life short ly follows a genu ine toning up of neglected scalps with dependable “Danderine.” Falling hair, Itching scalp and the dandruff is corrected Immediately. Thin, dry, wispy or fading hair Is quickly invigo rated, taking on new strength, color and youthful beauty. “Danderine” is delightful on the hair; a refreshing, stimulating tonic—not sticky or greasy 1 Any drug store.—Advertisement Electric Fans in India. The use of electric fans instead of the hand-pulled punkah, and of elec tric lights Instead of coconut oil lamps is rapidly Increasing In conservative India. MOTHER! GIVE SICK BABY “CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP” Harmless Laxative to Clean Liver and Bowels of Baby or Child. Even const! ed, bilious, ifc ish, or sick, i Babies and* < dren love to genuine “Cal nia Fig Syr No other laxs regulates the der little bo so nicely. ■ weetens stomach and bowels acting without griping. Con tains no narcotics or soothing drugs. Say “California” to your druggist and avoid counterfeits! Insist upon gen uine “California Fig Syrup” which contains directions.—Advertisement. Knowledge. "'V Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, unlimited in space and infinite in duration. "V Freshen a Heavy Skin With the antiseptic, fascinating Cutl cura Talcum Powder, an exquisitely ecented, economical face, skin, baby and dusting powder and perfume. Renders other perfumes superfluous. One of the Cuticura Toilet Trio (Soap, Ointment, Talcum).—Advertisement. Why He Was Amused. Bald-Headed Guest—“Well, sonny, what is 't that amuses you?” Sonny— "Nothing; only mother has put a brush and comb in your bedroom.” One 50-cent bottle of Dr. Peery’s “Dead Shot” will save money, time, anxiety and health. One dose expels Worms or Tape worm. 372 Pearl St., N. T. Adv. Feed the Brute. “You can generally reach a man’s heart through his stomach.” “Yes, or by feeding his vanity.” Only the Best Ingredients. ■re used in Brandreth Pills. For con stipation they have no equal. Take one or two at bed time.—Adv. A town may be beautiful all over, though in that case we don’t expect much else of it. For the best Angus Cattle, write San ford & Rich, Mocksvllle, N. C.—Adv Advice to Mules. Professor (after a very bad recita tion)—“Class is dismissed; don’t flsfl your ears when you go out’’ Timely Suggestions on Management of Horses In years gone by, hay whs cheap and it was wastefully used. The same thing is true now on some farms. Hay is worth too much to be used for bedding or wasted in any other way. Another waste is in not cutting hay at the proper stage, or curing it in a proper manner. The results are that it does not give the best returns or is refused when fed. Where there are many horses to be fed and each driver feeds his own team, there is a considerable loss of both hay and grain. In such cases, there should be only one feeder and each horse fed according to his needs and no feed wasted. Experience proves that more economical results are secured than when each driver feeds his own team. Other forms of waste are ill-fltting harness, especially collars, causing sore necks and shoulders and sween ies. Badly kept feet are often the cause of much discomfort. Horses, to work well, must be free of pain and comfortable. Abuse and mistreatment result in high feed bills. High cheeks, espe cially the overdraw, and bits that pinch, are a constant worry and should not be used on the ordinary horse. When three or more horses are driven abreast, sometimes they are not placed right in the team so as to work most comfortably together, and then again they ere reined in such a way as to place some of them at a disadvantage and cause worry. After the driver has learned his horses he should arrange them so that they can work In a free, easy manner and always be comfortable. In using heavy horses at hauling, the size of the load should be increased rather than the number of trips made. Urg ing them beyond a reasonably rapid walk can be done only at the expense of feed. The teeth should receive proper at tention. Sometimes they are in such condition that the food cannot be well chewed, and consequently is only par tially digested. This results in waste of food, incapacity of the horse and low power. Feed and Exercise Are Essential Sow Factors What are the most essential factors in the successful management of the brood sow at the time of farrowing? It is important to feed right. The high price of tankage is keeping farm ers from feeding this protein feed to their sows. Corn alone is not sufficient because it is low in proton and mineral content. Experiments at Iowa State college go to show that where one fourth pound of tankage is fed along with corn, the pigs weighed 0.4 of a pound more at birth and were stronger than the pigs from the cornfed sows. Alfalfa or clover hay are good feeds to furnish protein and bulk. A liberal supply of mineral matter must also be supplied in the form of salt, soft coal, lime or wood ashes. Exercise is also an important factor. It does the sows good to run all winter in the cornfield or be obliged to go a considerable distance from the sleeping quarters for their feed. The inactive sow is usually constipated and feverish at the time of farrowing, and most of the trouble encountered at this time can be traced to lack of exercise and faulty rations. Feed and Exercise Are Important to Brood Sow The brood sow needs a variety in her feed and exercise. In experiments conducted at the North Dakota Agri cultural college, under the direction of Professor Shepperd, it was found that sows will readily eat alfalfa hay, and that when this is fed with a mixture of about half barley and half shorts at the rate of two and one-half pounds daily for a 200-pound sow, splendid re sults have been secured. Equal parts of barley, oats and bran or shorts also make a very good feed. Exercise is also very important. It was found that the best way to glye the grain feed was to sweep the floor clean and scatter the grain feed on It. This results in the sows spending hours on their feet getting their feed. Wheat Is Apt to Cause Digestive Disturbances When fed to horses, in large quanti ties, wheat is apt to develop digestive disturbances and also cause skin erup tions. The best plan to follow in giv ing the grain to horses is to feed in moderate quantities only. Grind it coarsely and mix with some other bulky feed like bran or chopped hay or straw. Clean Up Hog House. See that the lot surrounding the hog house is disinfected and cleaned up. Put in new bedding and window lights if any happen to be broken, also no tice that none of the ventilators are closed up. Feeding Wheat to Hogs. To feed wheat most economically to hogs it should be coarsely ground or rolled. Grinding adds from 16 per cent to 22 per cent to its feeding value. Soaking before grinding adds some, but tlie amount 1* ausstionabls. Underslung Wheelbarrow Useful to Handle Cans Anyone who has trie*! to carry a large filled milk can or to push It In an ordinary wheelbarrow, will appre ciate the usefulness of the underslung wheelbarrow shown In the drawing. The frame of an ordinary wheel barrow Is used, but the regular body la removed. A platform Is suspended un der the frame, by means of flat brack ets, so that It comes to within a few Inches of the ground. The rear brack ets are made In two pieces, and slot ted as Indicated, so that the platform An Underslung Wheelbarrow Enables Filled Milk Cans to Be Transported Easily. can be adjusted to suit the height of the user. The platform itself is made of one-inch boards held on each side by lengths of angle iron. The center of gravity is so low that the load can be easily balanced to prevent spilling. —Popular Mechanics Magazine. Expensive Equipment Is Not Necessary for Dairy Contrary to common belief, expen sive bams and equipment are not nec essary for the production of clean milk, says the dairy department of the New Jersey State College of Agriculture. When In the udder of the cow, milk contains no dirt and few, If any, bac teria. It Is during and after milking that contamination takes place. The three most common sources are, dirty teats and udder, dirty pail and other utensils, and a dusty bam. A little care eliminates all of these factors which make for dirty, unwhole some milk. The farmer with the sim ple equipment should find It easier to exercise care than If he had a lot of complicated equipment. The three precautions recommended are that the teats and udder of the cow be Cleaned with a damp cloth be fore milking; that all utensils be ster ilized In live steam or boiling water, and that a small top pall be used. Milk drawn under these conditions will be free from dirt and will contain only a few bacteria. In order to pre vent these bacteria from multiplying, the milk should Immediately be trans ferred to the can and cooled to as near 60 degrees Fahrenheit as possible. Straining of such milk Is unnecessary. Alfalfa Most Excellent Feed for All Dairy Cows The farmers are indeed fortunate to have at their disposal the alfalfa crop. Of all the rations which are fed to dairy cows, alfalfa hay heads the list from the standpoint of value. Its feed ing value Is due to Its high protein content and to Its palatablllty. In the West, alfalfa Is our cheapest roughage and for this reason some farmers are Inclined to feed It alone to dairy cows. This is expecting too much from this great feed, says B. W. Fairbanks of the Colorado Agricultural college. When fed alone It makes an unbalanced ration as it Is too high In protein and too low In net feeding nutrients. The animals cannot be kept up in health and vigor and they will fall oft In production when limited to alfalfa for feed. Add to alfalfa a variety of grain, and during the winter a succulent feed for an excellent dairy ration. Cooling Cream Promptly After Separated Is Best The necessity of cooling milk im mediately after it is drawn is pretty thoroughly understood by most dairy men. Too often, however, the farmer selling cream falls to realise that there would be a corresponding im provement in his cream if it were | cooled promptly after separating. The most efficient cooling can be obtained by use of a surface cooler, over which the cream is passed In a thin film, while water is circulated through the inside. Ordinarily the volume of cream is Insufficient to justify the use of such a cooler. In that case it should be put in a tall, cylindrical can of the shotgun type and set in a cooler un til thoroughly cooled. Never Gets Right Answer. “Scrub stock multiples as fast as pure bred but It never gets the right answer," says the Washington State Extension Service News. Scrub Sire te Undoing. A good sire maketh a good herd, but a scrub Blre is the undoing of his owner. One Pertinent Question. Is there a farmer that does not need or could not use profitably more or better cows? Standard Varieties of Our American Chickens (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The standard varieties of chickens belonging to the American class are de scribed in detail in a recent revision of one of the series of bulletins by the United States Department of Agricul ture under the general title, Standard Varieties of Chickens. The breeds now classed as American are the Plymouth Rock, Wyandotte, Java, Dominique, Rhode Island Red, Rhode Island White. Buckeye, Jersey Black Giant, and Chantecler. The chickens of these several breeds are commonly called general purpose fowls as they are usually good egg pro ducers and yield carcasses well suited to the table. They are especially well suited for farm flock and Include some of the most popular varieties in the country. Birds of this type are in great favor with poultry packers. They lay brown-shelled eggs and have yellow skins. In size most of these breeds are In termediate between the smaller egg breeds, such as the Leghorns, and the larger meat breeds, such as the Brah mas. The Jersey Black Giants, how ever, are about as large as the meat breeds. Most of these American breeds are less active than the strict ly egg breeds, but they are more ac tive than the heavy kinds and are good foragers. The Chantecler, which is a recent addition to the Standard, is well adapt ed to extremely cold regions because of its small comb and wattles and Its heavy, closely feathered plumage. Copies of this Farmers’ Bulletin 1347 may be obtained without charge as long as the supply lasts, by ad dressing the Department of Agricul ture, Washington, D. C. Trace Poultry Diseases to Dampness in Houses As winter approaches more trouble will be experienced in the health of the fowls than during the summer months. It is true that the young chicks are often overcome with bowel trouble and diarrhea, by cold, damp ness and poor feeding. Scaly legs, which are a scourge in many poultry yards, can be traced absolutely to filth, damp quarters and neglect. Ronp, canker, consumption and sore eyes may all be traced to dampness, cold draughts blowing through the houses and unnatural exposure to inclement weather. Nothing causes the ailment as quickly as damp, unhealthy poul try houses in which the fowls are com pelled to stay. Diphtheria, canker and roup are all kindred diseases, which can directly be blamed upon those having charge of the fowls. If the birds have com fortable, dry houses, properly venti lated, with sanitary conditions, there is little danger of these ailments, un less they are caught by coming in con tact with other ailing birds. -Rheu matism, gout and leg weakness are usually blamable upon hereditary con ditions, inbreeding or unhealthy, dnmp quarters. Poor Ventilation Will Weaken Poultry Flock Give the layers the same air they would get if they were roosting out in the trees, but protect them from the wet and wind. Too low houses or restricted roost ing closets are liable to limit the amount of pure air as well as cause the breathing and rebreathing of foul air. It is well to consider this in the use of cloth curtains for the roosting quarters. Disease and weakness follow in the wake of impure air. That means the vitality of the laying stock will be low ered, which, in turn, diminishes the normal egg yield. iiNMUiiilflfi-itrp.illllllililiMlIHl'IIIIIIIllll'.lltlllNimii: Market Notes Boiled Down i—wnm^HIH»im|ll(WIIII)milI1l,mffTllllllllllllllllllll‘t''nl‘" " IIMIUI“lll‘,llllilM“lllll‘IIM‘ Market male birds in separate pack ages. • • • Market old birds before they start to molt. • • • April broiler* must weigh one and one half pounds each. • • • Market as soon as desired weight is gained. • * * Packages for shipment should not weigh over 100 pounds. * * • Carcasses should be dry and cold, but not frozen, before being packed for shipment. * * * Monday is the best killing day of the week. • • * A tag on every carcass is a good ad vertisement. • • • Torn skin will cripple the price of the carcass. • • • There must be uniformity of color, grade and size. • 9 * Roasting fowls sell best during the months from March 1 to the last of 4 ncrust Children Cry for MOTHERFletcher’ Castoria is a pleasant, harm less Substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups, prepared for Infants in arm* and Children all ages. ___w_^__signature of Proven directions on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend It Hwo pleasant ways to relieve a cough> Take your choice and suit your taste. S-B—or Menthol flavor. A sure relief for coughs, colds and hoarseness. Put one in your mouth at bedtime. Always keep a box on hand. MARS SMITH BROTHERS coyS.!1J?Rops MBHfe HIS OPINION OF ACTRESSES » Stage Aspirant Relates Remark Made by Photographer When She Needed Encouragement. The trials and tribulations of the embryo actress are legion. One learns from many sources of all the obstacles placed in her way. She is told that success means hard work and so forth, and those girls with courage enough to go on, their eyes fixed on a shining goal, are the first to agree that hard work is the real means to an end. “We have our disappointments and discouragements,” said one, “letters from managers that when you follow them up often turn out to be only form letters, kindly written, it’s true, but still form letters. And one can’t blame the manager. He gets so many letters from aspiring applicants. But” —with a courageous and determined toss of a lovely brown head—“I’ll have I a part this fall!” “I’ve had a good many blows and disappointments, discouragement and the like, but the funniest of all was the photographer’s I visited the other day to have some professional pictures taken. He looked me over. ‘Going on the stage?’ said he. ‘Well, I suppose by next spring you’ll be posing for the cloak and suit trade.’ ”—New York Sun and Globe. That Kind of Feet Customer—I would like to see a pair of shoes that would fit my feet. Salesman—So would I. ‘RAIN TREE’ SUPPLIES WATER Beautiful and Common Tree in TropW cal America Holds Liquid in Leaves. The name “rain tree” has been given to a beautiful and very common tree of tropical America. The name is prob ably due to the fnct that the tree ha* the habit of closing its leaflets before and during rains, and not to any ten dency to shed water from the leave* The original rain tree story, as found In the narratives of early voyager* back as far as the Fifteenth century, located the tree in tlje island of Ferrov one of the Canaries. This island ha* no springs and a scanty rainfall, but, according to the story, derived an am ple supply of fresh water from a sin gle tree. The natives say that the famoun rain tree thnt once supplied the whole island was blown down in a storms Detroit News. Told by a Clergyman. “A strapping big fellow the otheff day brought a demure little lass to the parsonage in order that they might bn joined In the bonds of matrimony. “In accordance with my custom I turned to the bridegroom at a certain part of the ceremony and said, Thin is now your lawful wedded wife.’ “Trembling with embarrassment, a* he had been from the outset, the bl# fellow turned awkwardly In the direc tion of the girl and said: “Pleased tt meet you.’ ” What’s the Verdict? THE test of a mealtime drink is not alone how it tastes, but also what it does. Many a <^>2ee-user finds wakeful ness and restlessness after drinking coffee with the evening meal—and other health disturbances follow on. There’s double pleasure and benefit in Postum; delightful taster complete satis faction, and agreeahle friendship with nerves and health. There’s charm without harm in Postum. Let a ten-days’ trial of Postum tnsrpad of coffee show you the marked improve ment in health and comfort which so many others have found. Sold by grocers everywhere! Postum for Health “There's a Reason" Urni.fcrlW.C.fwlCow. be. BMd.CraA.MiGh.
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