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II is an interesting fact announced
jjy Secretary F. D. Coburn of the state
board of agriculture that the value of
Kansas horses in 1908 is $95,682,468,
which is over seven t'illions more than
ihp combined value of all classes of
cattle, sheep, mules and asses, and
less than ten millions under that of
all live stock, with swine included. It
does not look much like the passing
of the horse. The total number of
horses is right at. one million.
Don’t Forget the Salt.
Common sense and many experi
ments teach that the proper w,^ to
salt cattle is to provide it in sufficient
quantity and make it accessible to
ihem at all times. Salt should be
placed at least in two different points
where the cattle run and they should
be allowed to get it whenever they
want it. An animal will eat not more
than is absolutely necessary in this
way. While, if salt is given at infre
quent intervals, cattle, and particular
ly fattening steers, are apt to eat
much more than is good for them.
Salt is an important factor in prepar
ing cattle for market and the same
care should be given to its use as to
feeding.
Ashes for Swine.
Professor Henry says that hogs in
a state of nature, rooting for feed,
get what they need, but when con
fined in small lots, in pens, on floors,
conditions are unnatural, and mineral
elements must be supplied. It is
thought, also, that ashes and charcoal
act as a. vermifuge and preventive of
disease. Intestinal worms may pro
duce the craving for something that
will destroy them. Soft coal is not
the best.
Ashes and charcoal, with salt, seem
to produce best results. Bonemeal is
excellent. Ashes are particularly val
uable when feeding corn. A mixture
of charcoal and ashes, with a quart of
salt to the bushel is good. Keep it
where the hogs have free access. They
will not eat too much. This is said
to prevent sows from eating their pigs,
to a great extent. If bonemeal is ad
ded, it will be still better.
When to Set Trees.
Peaches and apricot trees should
lie set when one or two years old
from the bud. When the trees are set
the roots are pruned no more than is
necessary to put them in good condi
tion and the top is pruned to almost
a straight stock. The side branches
are cut hack to two or three buds
and the central stem is cut back to
not more than two or three feet in
length. The frame work of the tree
should be formed about the same as
that of the apple tree. The trees
should be pruned each year to obtain
the best fruit. The trees nearly al
ways set more fruit than they can ma
ture, and unless the fruit is thinned
it will be small and of poor quality.
The trees should be headed in during
the winter each year. This heading in
consist of cutting back the longest
and strongest branches and usually
aims to remove about one-half of last
year's wood. This serves the purpose
of thinning the fruit and keeping the
tree within bounds.
Alfalfa as Pasturage.
As to the amount or pasturage or
the number of hogs alfalfa will carry
pf-r acre without injury to the crop,
the estimates given by farmers vary
considerably, depending on the kind of
toil, the fertility of the land, and the
•'-ize of the hogs pastured. The fol
lowing, however, is a safe average
estimate as given by conservative men
who have had much experience. River
valley and creek bottom land well
set in alfalfa will carry from 15 to 20
head per acre of 50 to 125 pound hogs,
t'pland of fair average fertility will
support frotn 8 to 10 head of the same
kind of hogs. There are fields that
have supported 25 head per acre all
through the season for a number of
years, and are still in good condition,
and there are other fields that will
not furnish pasture for more than 5
head per acre; but these are extremes.
IVhen a field is used only for pasture
h is better to divide it into several
lots and move the hogs from one to
the other as occasion requires. The
amount of pasture furnished by rye is
about three-fourths that furnished by
alfalfa, its carrying capacity being
estimated at G to 12 hogs per acre.
One man reports having pastured 50
head of hogs on 5 acres during fall,
"inter and spring, then harvesting 20
bushels of grain per acre. In the
seuthern part of this region rye would
be an excellent cover crop for the
s°il during the winter. Besides fur
nishing pasture, it could be turned
under as a green manure to add b.u
ntm to the soil.—Farmer’ Bulletin
Boiled eggs should never be fed to
'ery young chicks and should never
he fed more than twice a week.
Cleanliness is au important factor
'n successful poultry culture at all j
seasons of the year. Drinking ves
sels and feed troughs should be kepi
scrupulously clean, the quarters occu- |
Pied by both young and old must be \
kept in a sanitary condition. This
B'l means work, but must be done it
"e expect to attain the height of suc
CSKli.
Reports on Farmers’ Condition.
Much stress has been laid on th6
work of the country life commission,
appointed by the president, and much
has been the interest displayed by the
people in general. Recently the
president sent a message to Congress
in which was embodied the report of
the country life commission. Extracts
front the report are as follows:
The commission finds that agricul
ture in the United States, taken to
gether, is prosperous commercially,
when measured by the conditions that
have obtained in previous years, al
though there are some regions in
which this is only partially true. The
country people are producing vast
quantities of supplies for food, shel
ter, clothing, and for use in the arts.
The country homes are improving in
comfort, attractiveness, and healthful
ness. Not only in the material wealth
that they produce, but in the supply
of independent and strong citizenship,
the agricultural people constitute the
very foundation of our national effi
ciency. As agriculture is the imme
diate basis of country life, so it fol
lows that the general affairs of the
open country, speaking broadly, are in
a condition of improvement.
.uany institutions, organizations,
and movements are actively contrib
uting to the increasing welfare of the
open country. The most important of
these are the United States depart
ment of agriculture, the colleges of ag
riculture, and the experiment stations
in the states, and the national farm
ers’ organizations. These institutions
and organizations are now properly as
suming leadership in country life
affairs, and consequently in many of
the public questions of national bear
ing. With these agencies must be
mentioned state departments of ag
riculture, agricultural societies, and
organizations of very many kinds,
teachers in schools, workers in church
and other relifious associations, trav
eling libraries, and many other
groupes, all working with commenda
ble zeal to further the welfare of the
people of the open country.
Yet it is true, notwithstanding all
this, progress as measured by histori
cal standards, that agricultural is not
commercially as profitabe as it is en
titled to be for the labor and energy
that (he farmer expends and the risks
thai he assumes, and that the social
conditions in the open country are far
short of their possibilities. We must
measure our agricultural efficiency by
the possibilities rather than by com
parison with previous conditions. The
farmer is almost necessarily handicap
ped iii the development of his business
because his capital is small and the
volume of his transactions limited:and
he usually stands practically alone
against organized interests. In the
general readjustment of modern life
due to the great changes in manufac
tures and commerce, inepualities and
discriminations have arisen, and nat
urally the separate man suffers most.
The unattached man has problems
that government should understand.
The reasons for the lack of a highly
organized rural society are very many,
as the full report explains. The lead
ing specific causes are:
A lack of knowledge on the part of
farmers of the exact agricultural con
ditions and possibilities of their re
gions;
Lack of good training for country
life in the schools;
The disadvantage or handicap of the
farmer as against the established
business systems and interests, pre
venting him from securing adequate
returns for his products, depriving him
of the benefits that would result from
unmonopolized rivers and the conserv
ation of forests, and depriving the
community, in many cases, of the
good that would come from the use
of great tracts of agricultural lands
that are now held for speculative pur
poses :
Lack of good highway facilities;
The widespread continuing deple
tion of soils, with the injurious effect
on rural life;
A general need of new and active
leadership
Other causes contributing to the
general result are: Lack of any ade
quate system of agricultural credit,
whereby the farmer may readily se
cure loans on fair terms; the short
age of labor, a condition that is often
complicated by intemperance among
workmen; lack of institutions and in
centives that tie the laboring man to
the soil; the burdens and the narrow
life of farm women: lack of adequate
supervision of public health.
Some of the remedies lie with the
National Government, some of them
with the states and communities in
their corporate capacities, some with
voluntry organizations, and some with
individuals atcing alone.
Selecting eggs for hatching should
be from hens which are winter lay
ers. The eggs should be regular, not
rough, pointed or rough, thin or thick
shelled or ununiform. They should
be not over two weeks old. If ship
ped any distance they should stand
24 hours in a warm room before they
are put in a machine. They should
not be piled but kept in oats, etc.
Haul Out the Manure.
If manure is not hauled out and
spread as fast as made the plan of
keeping it tramped under foot in the
stalls is the best way, for it loses far
less in that way than if loosened up
and thrown out in piles. And piles
under cover 1 think it worse than out
side, as it will tire-fang worse kept
dry. But. do not be afraid to haul
out manure as fast ac made and
spread it. It loses less spread on the
iand than in any other way.—W. F.
Jlassey.
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ISN’T THIS A FAIR PROPOSITION ?
A Guaranteed Cur® for Female TroubUe—No
Matter of How Long Standing
NO CURE, NO PAY
Tbe Staoley-Barnos Medicine Co., at Little
Rock, Arkansas, bare a new and wonderful
discovery called
DR. STANLEY’S F. F. TABLETS'*
which they guarantee to cure any case of
female trouble no matter of how long standing,
and will refund the money in every case where
it fails. It cures by strengthening the whole
female system. Because you have tried many
other remedies without satisfactory results, do
not conclude that there Is no cure for It, but
send at once and give this new discovery a
trial. You do not know us and we do not
know you, therefore we do not ask you to send
the full amount. We are willing to risk you
one-half (1-2) tbe amount and you will risk us
for the other. Send us one-half (1-2) the
price (60c) iu postage stamps or coin, and we
will send you the treatment by mail. After
using it. If you are not entirely satisfied,
notify us, and we will return the money jou
sent us, and of course if you are satisfied
with the treatment after giving it a trial, you
may tend us the balance 60c. We make this
liberal offer because we know that anyone who
uses it will recommend It to their friends.
Everything that has. been placed on the
market for the cure of female troubles has
been satisfactory and you realise we could not
afford to go to the heavy expense of adver
tising a remedy of this klud without we knew
it wfas a new discovery and really superior to
anything ever placed on the market, and will
actually cure old chronic cases.
ROUGH STUFFING.
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cut off in my prime, but to be stuffed
by an amateur taxidermist is realiy
too hard to bear!
HAD AWFUL WEEPING ECZEMA.
Face and Neck Were Raw—Terrible
Itching, Inflammation and Soreness
—All Treatments Failed.
Cuticura Proved a Great Success.
“Eczema began over the top of my
ear. It cracked and then began to
spread. I had three different doctors
and tried several things, but they did
me no good. At last one side of my
face and my neck were raw. The
water ran out of it so that I had to
wear medicated cotton, and it was so
inflamed and sore that I had to put
a piece of cloth over my pillow to keep
the water from it, and it would stain
the cloth a sort of yellow. The ec
zema itched so that it seemed as though
I could tear my face all to pieces.
Then I began to use the Cuticura Soap
and Ointment, and it was not more
than three months before it was all
healed up. Miss Ann Pearsons, North
field, Vt„ Dec. 19, 1907.”
Potter Drug & Chern. Corp., Solo Props., Boston.
Town Run by One Family.
A curious fact is reported from a
small township situated in the south of
France, called Saint Martin. The
whole municipal council is composed
of one family, and has now been re
elected. The mayor is Louis Guigo,
and the councillors are Joseph, Alex
andre. Pierre, Louis, Vincent, Jean
Andre and Gabriel, all with the sur
name, Guigo.
Important to Mothers.
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
Bears the
Signature of(
In Use For Over 30 Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
A Trained Taste.
“But, Dorothy, dear, don’t you care
for this lovely sunset?’’
“Why, you know very well, mamma,
that I’ve got lots of picture post cards
that are much lovelier.”
Red, Weak. Weary, Watery Eyes
Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. Com
pounded by Experienced Physicians. Mu
rine Doesn't Smart; Soothes Eye Pain.
Write Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago,
for illustrated Eye Book. At Druggists.
History Revised.
The Professor—What was it defeat
ed Leonidas at Thermopylae?
The Blight Student—The new rules.
He held the pass too long.
For Colds and Gripp—Capudine.
The best remedy for Gripp and Colds is
Hicks' Capudine. Relieves the aching and
feverishness. Cures the cold—Headaches
also. It's Liquid—Effects immediately—10,
25 ar»c 50c at Drug Stores.
Many a fellow who tells a girl he
would lay down his life for her is
afraid to take a chance by breaking
the news to her father.
For relieving Coughs. Asthma and Bron
| chitis “Brown’s Bronchial Troches” are
effective. 23 cents a box. Samples free,
i John I. Brown & Son, Boston, Mass.
! It never did yet hurt to lay down
likelihoods and forms of hope.—Shake
| sneare. J__
ONLY ONE “RROMO QUININE."
That Is LAXATIVE BltOMO LIN INK. book fol
the signature of K. W. tiKOVK. I'sed the World
over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c*
Life does not make us, we make
life.—Kavanagh.
If Your Foot Ache or Burn
get a 25c package of Allen's Foot-Base. It gives
I quick relief. Two million packages sold yearly.
Even iu fishing for husbands it is
generally the big ones that get away.
| Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford’a
l Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. At druggists.
i Our powers owe much of their en
| ergy to our hopes.—Johnson.
I
Added a Saving Clause.
A good old deacon in Connecticut
was very pious and very fond of
clams. When once upon a time he at
tended a Rhode Island clam bake he
overtaxed his capacity and was sore
ly distressed. But his faith in prayer
was unabated. Leaving the party and
going down on his knees behind a
tree, he was heard to supplicate:
"Forgive me, O Lord, this great sin
of gluttony. Restore my health, and
I will never eat any more clams.”
Then after a judicious pause: "Very
few, if any. Amen.”
How’s This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward Tor any
c&ae of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hail'*
Catarrh Cure.
F. T. CHENEY Sc CO.. Toledo. O.
We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the last 15 years, and believe h«m perfectly hon
orable in all business transactions and financial!:'
able to carry out any obligations made by his firm.
W ALDINQ, KlNNAN & MAKYIN.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
•jrstem. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents pet
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Should Have Looked for Elephant.
A sailor enters a livery-stable to
hire a horse for the day to take some
friends into the country. The proprie
tor has one brought out for inspection,
and begins: "There's a beauty for
you! Small head, clean legs, short 1
back—” “Short back be bio wed! We
want one with a long back. It's to
carry nine.”
For Headache Try Hicks’ Capudlne.
Whether from Colds, Heat, Stomach or
Nervous troubles, the aches are speedily
relieved by Capudine. It’s Liquid—pleas
ant to take—Effects Immediately. 10, 25
and 50c at Drug Stores.
An Illusion.
Alonzo—Tell me, old man, isn’t that
fair creature over there beckoning to
you?
Alphonzo—No—no—that’s only a
marcel wave.
If It's Your Eye Use Pettit’s Eye Salve,
for inflammation, stys, itching lids, eye
aches, defects of vision and sensitivity to
strong lights. All druggists or Howard
Bros., Buffalo, N. Y.
An Insinuation.
“He's as honest as the day is long.”
"Especially in the winter time.”
Try the Natural laxative, Garfield Tea! It
overcomes constipation and regulates liver
and kidneys. Samples sent upon request.
Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Tell a married man he doesn't, look
it and he will be terribly flattered.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing: Syrnp.
For children teething, softens the gums, reduces in
flammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle.
Silence isn’t always golden. Some
times it is an admission of guilt.
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SLICKERS
wear well
and they Keep you
dry while you are
wearing them
■$300
EVERYWH EJJE
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WISCONSIN
They never fail.
SEEDS
Let us send you our catalog.
It is free anti tells you all about vegetable,
farm and field seeds, that never disappoint you
It is free and tells yo
tna
when harvest time comes.
Wisconsin Seed Growers’ Ass’n, La Crosse,
Wis.
PARKER’S
HAIR BALSAM
Cleanses and beautifies the hair.
Promotes a luxuriant growth.
Never Fails to Best ore Gray
Hair to its Youthful Color.
Cures scalp diseases & hair failing.
50c, and $1.00 at Druggists
dy Says
“I am your friend,” writes Miss W. M. "Wiesman,
of Dorsey, 111., “and send you my thanks, for what
Cardui has done for me. My health was bad for two
years. I suffered dreadful pain in my left side and
headache and fainting spells every month. Since I j
have used Cardui, I am on the road to Wellville and
I cannot say enough in favor of Cardui.”
This famous medicine grows more popular every I
year, and when you have tried it, you will under
stand why its sales are constantly increasing.
TAKE
It Will Help You
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Cardui is a good medicine—for women. It does I
j the work. It is pleasant and harmless to take and |
seems to go to the sick spot and coax
it back to health.
Headache, backache, sideache,—
hundreds of other symptoms of fe
male trouble—have all been driven
mmf
away by the use of Cardui. Try it. 1 j (■}
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is now successfully raised in
roost sections of the country and
heavy yields are obtained by
the use of
POTASH
Potash gives vigor to the plant and insures a
deep rooted, well set stand that produces large
yields. All who have used Potash, say:
Potash is Profit
No fertiliser is complete for
alfaifa without at least 10 per
cent, of Potash or 10 pounds of
actual Potash per 100 pounds of
fertilizer. If you cannot pet such
a fertilizer from your dealer vou
should reinforce the low prade
poods with 2 pounds of Muriate of
Potash to the hundred tor each per
cent, of Potash needed.
Write for instructive pamphlets pertaining to
the fertilization of all crops, etc.
German Kali Works, 1224 Candler Bldg., Atlanta
KEY) YORK—93 Nassau St. CHICAGO—Monadnock Blk.
POTATOES 6a° bcuf
■■HI Per Salzer s catalog page 129. HHHHI
Largest growers of seed potatoes and early
vegetables in the world. Big catalog free : or.
send 16c in stamps and receive catalog and
1000 kernels each of onions, carrots, celery,
radishes, 1500 lettuce, rutabaga, turnips, 100
parsley, 100 tomatoes, 100 melons, 1200
charming flower seeds, in all 10.000 kernels,
easily worth $1.00 of any man’s monev. Or,
send 20c and we add one pkg. of Earliest
Peep O’Day Sweet Corn.
SALZER SEED CO., Box W. La Crosse, Wis.
FINANCIAL FACTS
1 Is a little paper that tells about Oil Stocks.
! Mining Stocks. Bank Stocks. Bonds, and other
investments in which fortunes are being made
by all classes of people. Write for t today; it
j is free. If you own stock that you want to sell
j address
J. W. CARRINGTON & CO.
| Office ia Carmichael-Johnston Bank. - - Little Rock, Ark.
TEXAS STATE LAND
! Millions of acres of school land to be sold by 1 he
State. $1.00 to (e.00 per acre; only one-fortieth cash
and 40 years time on balance; three per cent inter
est: only (12.00 cash for 100 acres at IvkOO per acre.
Greatest opportunity; good agricultural land: send
50 cents for Book of Inst ruction sand New State Law.
J. J. Snyder, School latnd Locator, 100 0 h St.,
Austin. Tex. Reference. Austin National Bank.
“^ee^sTu* j Thompson’s Eye Water
A. N. K.—I (1909—10)
2272.
Western Canada tha Pennant Winner
“TheLast Best West”
HThe government of
Canada now gives
to every actual set
tler 160 acres of
wheat-growing
land free and an
additional 160 acres
at $3.00 an acre. The 300,000 contented
American settlers making their homes in
Western Canadu is the best evidence of
the superiority of that country. They are
becoming rich, growing from 25 to 50
bushels wheat to the acre; 60 to 110 bush
els oats and 45 to 60 bushels barley, be
sides having splendid herds of cattle raised
on the prairie grass. Dairying is an im
portant industry.
The crop of 1908 still keeps Western Canada
In the lead. The world will soon look to it as
its food-producer.
‘ ‘The thing which most impressed us was the
magnitude of the country that is available for
agricultural purposes. —National Editorial
Correspondence:, lltob.
Low railway rates, good schools and churches,
markets convenient, prices the highest, climate
perfect.
Lands are for sale by Railway and Land Com
fanies. Descriptive pamphlets and maps sent free.
or railway rates and other information apply to
Superintendent of lnnuignition, Ottawa. Canada, or
the authorized Canadian Government Agent:
J. S. CRAWFORD.
Ho. 125 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri.
B.B.B.
Cures Through the Blood
Pimples, Itching; Humors, Rheumatism, Blood
Poison, Eczema, Bone Pains.
1?. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) is the only Blood remedy that kills the poison in
the blood and then purifies it—sending a flood of pure, rich blood direct to the skin
surface. Bones, Joints and wherever the disease is located. In this way all Sores,
Ulcers, Pimples, Eruptions are healed and cured, pains and aches of Rheumatism
cease, swellings subside. B. B. B. completely changes the body into clean, healthy
condition, giving the skin the rich, red hue of perfect health. B. B. B. cures the
worst old cases. Try it. $1.00 per large bottle at Drug Stores with directions
for home cure. $AHPliE FKEEby writing BLOOII BALI1 CO , Atlanta, Ga.
A Billionaire's Motto.
"Forgive and forget is my motto.”
said Mr. Dustin Stax.
"But you don’t forgive your busi
; ness rivals.”
| "No. We expect the public to do
j the forgiving and we'll do the forget
i ting.”
Pir.KS (TREH IX « TO 14 HAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case
of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in
6 to 14 days or money refunded. 5Uo.
Faith is obedience, not confidence
—Macdonald.
PINK EYE
DISTEMPER
CATARRHAL FEVER
AND ALL NOSE
AND THROAT DISEASES
Cures the sick and acts as a preventive for others. Liquid given on
the tongue. Safe for brood mares ami al 1 others. Best kidney remedy; 50
cents and $1.00 a bottle; $5.00 and $10.00 the dozen. Sold by all druggists
and horse goods houses, or sent express paid, by the manufacturers.
SPOHN MEDICAL CO., Chemi$t., GOSHEN. INDIANA
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