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GARDEN, FARM and CROPS
a SUGGESTIONS |ppj|
AGrSTtmTsT fSI
Horss Note*.
Everythin* now point* to a big de
mand for good draft, hoiaee for a per
iod of aeveral year* to come.
Farmers should avail themselves or
•very opportunity to buy choice mares
and mate them wtth the best Bullion*,
aa the home induatry la destined to
be the beet paying branch of animal
husbandry. Industrial development In
the United States Is only partry accom
plished and heavy commercial homes
' are wire to be In steady demand at re
munerative prices.
Farmers should not neglect weanling
foals. They should be fed generously
and go Into winter quarters In good
condition. The first year's manage
ment of the foal usually determines the
'merit of the animal as a market com
modity.—lndiana Farmer.
Colts. —Lice and Worms.
The Horse World In a timely way
calls attention to these posts of young
colts, and says they should be looked
a/ter very carefully at this season for
.putting them in the winter stables. The
two most common causes for poor con
dition will be found to be lice and
worms. A thorough spraying with
•nw of the coal tar lice preparations
once a week will keep the first trouble
In hand. For worms the remedies are
common enough, but the trouble Is
'owners are prone to delay their use
until the colt get In bad shape. A
taaapoonful of pure spirits of turpen
tine In a little milk In the morning
Ktforo feeding for three or four morn
gs, followed by a dose of raw oil
will usually do the business. If not,
an Injection of lea, made by boiling
quassia chips In water will be almost
sure to afford relief.
Draft Horse Methods.
It Is said by horsemen familiar with
foreign methods that In England and
rfVance the farmers as a rule sell their
idraft foals as weanlings, as they are
tie progeny of mares that perform
regular farm work. The foals repre
sent clear profit to the farmer, as
Compared with using geldings In agri
cultural operations. The weanlings
aro taught to eat grain and hay be
fore being offered for sale and make
Jconllnuous growth as weanlings. It
Is one branch of the foreign horse In
dustry to raise foals and another de
portment to maintain them for com
mercial or Industrial use. As Ainerl
cjin breeders raise their foals It would
be well for them to emulate the for
eign method and feed their weanlings
liberally until matured If they want
to produce high-class commercial
horses. Good size and early maturity
ire the accompaniments of a gen
erous system of feeding, anil weight
Md quality determine the value of
Saft horses when placed on the mar
ket. —Indiana Farmer.
Keep the Breeding Stock.
| The farmer certainly should not sell
his good breeding Btock. The law of
and demand will bring up the
fprlce If he does. As an individual In
Indiana ho probably should sell. The
'cost of producing live stock has near
fjy doubled, while the Income has be
jfeome little greater. Any considerable
advance la unlikely for the reason that
fffc don't control the price of our ex
,porta. That 1b a lesson many are llke
lly to learn to their grief. Average
stock should go without eating too
much high-priced feed. Put that
iponey In thoroughbred stock and
.'‘breed your breeders” now while the
>atart can be made at low cost.
11 Is the man who keeps ahead of his
'class (hat makes the money. The man
'fiat sells before everybody else sells
Lad makes the decline. The mau that
[buys before everybody buys and makes
the advance. If you go after thor-
Ipughbred stock now you can get It
[fight. Your feed then will be glowing
[into twice the value it now Is. And
you will be ready for the rise.—C. H.,
In the Indiana Farmer.
Sheep on the Farm.
t The Importance of the sheep antt
■wool trade is constantly growing and
fanners have not been behind hand In
reading the signs which promise ma
terial and substantial profits. The
Industry has not been spread over the
country as It now looks like It would
.become tn the near future. Careful and
business like farmers have been count
ing up the comparative value of hogs
and sheep, and they have found in
inuiy cases that the hog has been
outclassed by the meek and cleanly,
the healthy sheep. And this comes as
a sort of a shock to some of them, for
they have for years regarded the hog
as the real mortgage lifter, and the
sheep as u faddish departure with lit
tle to recommend to the practical
farmer. The energetic way in which
aheep have come to the front, warrants
the prediction that farmers have found
t|n other means of making money out
th e ir land. The ancients called the
Sheep the •'Golden Hoof for the rea
jSQii that they discovered abundant
<*rops spring up after the sheep had
b, >;n pastured on the land. This is
merely the poetical way of declaring
that sheep pay. and its truth is being
Remonstrated by every uiau who han
dles them with judgment under right
conditions.
{ It is the opinion of experienced
sheep men, men who have handled all
other varieties of domestic stock, that
sheep will pay an even greater percent
of profit than any other farm animal.
Bheep do the land a great deal of good,
for where they have been pastured,
and where their manure has been ap
plied to the land, the crops which are
there planted, show wonderful Im
provement,
With sheep, as with every farm ani
mal or domestic fowl, the blood will
tell. Let no man forget that, breeding
jrlmoet Insures success. The better the
quality of the parent stock, the more
virility and energy will be owned by
the offspring. This selection of the
breeding stock Is second In Importance
to no other stage In sheep raising. A
high standard of excellence should be
established and every animal selected
for breeding purposes should be re
quired to rigidly measure up to the re
quirements.—Epltomlst.
Care and Use of Oxen.
The picture of that fine ox team
American Cultivator etao Is etasetaoln
drawing a cutaway harrow In the
American Cultivator brought memories
of the time when we used to do all the
heavy work on the farm with oxen,
and I can say I never enjoyed work
ing any team so well.
There are still a good many oxen In
Rhode Island, but. I believe there could
be many more used to advantage on
many of our rough, hilly farms. There
Is no team that can compare with
oxen for breaking up bush land or
plowing among rocks; they are so
steady and true, and don't get fretful
like horses; and while we do not keep
any at. present I mles them the most of
anything on the farm. They are so
easy to hitch up; just put on the yoke
and hitch to a cart, and you can go
where you wouldn't think of going
with a horse team. Either In mud or
rocks they are right at home.
Where one has plenty of pasture It
does not cost much to keep them, and
In winter they will do well on most
any kind of coarse fodder. There is
always a good market for a good han
dy pair of oxen, and It Is far less
trouble to raise them than horses. 1
have raised and broken a good many
pairs, and always enjoyed the work
very much. I doubt If there Is any
thing that will Interest a boy and keep
him on the farm like a pair of steers
he can ratse and call his own.
If any one who reads this has a boy
that, ip getting tired of the farm just
try the plan and see If It doesn't cure
hint. Select a nice, well-matched pair
of calves, turn them over to him and
let him have the full care of them.
To have oxen good and trusty you
must make pets of them from the very
first. Have them so they will come
when you call them like a dog. They
should he yoked when small, as you
can handle them easy then, and they
get accustomed to it very soon. Then
hitch a rail to the yoke, and let them
draw that for a while, and next have
a pair of light wheels with a tongue
for them to draw around, and when
I hey get used to them the oxen are
half broken.
For the benefit of the hoys that
want to break steers, I will tell you
how we boys used to make a cheap
light cart. We got a pair of old lum
ber wagon wheels and axle, put a
small while oak large enough for a
tongue, split and bolt to axle. Then
take four pieces of three-by-four joists
and halve and bolt the corners togeth
ed. Nail the floor on crosswise, holt
a stake Iron on each corner and yon
will have a nice cheap cart to break
and work your steers in, and It Is very
handy to carry light loads in.—J. A.
S., In the American Cultivator.
Farm Notes.
Pure butter fat has no so-called but
ter flavor.
It wouldn't be a bad idea to clean
out that poultry feed trough, would it?
Forcing for eggs during the winter
generally results tn poor fertility in
the spring.
Six weeks is long enough for a cow
to go dry. Some cows will keep right
on giving milk.
Cold, dry weather is not injurious to
poultry, but cold, wet weather and
damp houses and yards are frequent
causes of trouble.
There is a most delicate daily re
sponse by milk cows, showing the ef
fects of feed or conditions which would
be imperceptible in animals fed for
other purposes.
Fur and fat are non-conductors of
heat and cold, and the best preparation
for changing weather. These condi
tions are best brought about by liberal
feeding aud outdoor life.
A stallion ought to be driven eight
or ten nules at least and worked every
day for three or four hours during the
breeding season. Too many horses are
ruined by being pampered.
For lumps in a cow's udder, give
half a pound of Epsom salts every 3
days. Also mix in drink daily one
ounce powdered nitrate potash. Do
not feed corn in any form.
The more chickens in a given 'house
or on a given piece of grrouud the more
important it is that they receive the
best of care and everything is kept
perfectly clean and sanitary.
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM
MENTS FOB JANUARY 24.
Subject: The Lame Man Healed, Acts
3:1-20—Golden Text, Acts 3:10
—Commit Verses 9, 10—Expo
sition of the Lesson.
TIME.—A D. 30. PLACE.—Jeru
salem. The Temple, Door Beautiful.
EXPOSITION.—I. The Lame Beg
gar, 1-8. Peter and John were men
of prayer, and at the regular Jewish
hour of prayer we see them wending
their way to the temple (cf. Ps. 6:
6, 17; Dan. 6:10; 9:21). The ninth
hour wns the hour of prayer because
It was the hour of sacrifice (Ex. 29:
39; 1 K. 18:36), and all approach to
God In prayer must be on the ground
of shed blood. It was the very hour
at which Jesus died and opened up
for us a way Into the holiest of all
(cf. Luke 23:44, 46; Heb. 10:19,
29). The man had been there often
before and was expecting nothing tin
usual that day. But something very
unusual was to occur simply because
two men who really knew God were
to pass that way. All he expected
from Peter and John was some small
coin, but he was to get vastly more
than he expected.
11. The Man of God, 4-70. Peter
first took a good look at the man and
then demanded his attention. Here
are two good points for any one who
would bring Christ’s power into the
life of another. Peter did not give
the man what he asked for, he did
not have It to glYe. His pockets were
empty, but he was full of power.
Peter had had an excellent opportu
nity to get silver and gold (ch. 2:45;
4:37). Asa rule It hag been the men
without silver or gold who have done
the most for the world's highest good
(1 Cor. 4:11). It Is an utterance full
of meaning that fell from Peter's
lips, "What I have, that give I.”
Every Christian ought to be able to
say that (1 Pet. 4:10, 11). Peter
hade the man do the very thing he
couldn't do. But that which Is nat
urally Impossible Is possible "In the
name of Jesus Christ." The power
that there was in that mighty nama
came Into that man's Impotent feet
the moment he believed and sought
to obey (v. 7; cf. v. 16).
111. The Man Made Whole, 7a-10.
Luke's training as a physician comes
out in his details about feet and an
kle bones. It was the gladdest mo
ment of the man’s life; he leaped up,
stood a moment in wonder, began to
walk and then began to leap and
praise God. No wonder. He walked
to a good place with bis new strength
-—God's own house. He couldn't do
much but praise God. There was no
guesswork about this miracle. The
man was well known to all the ob
servers, and the reality of the cure
wag evident and unmistakable. It
was utterly different trom the cases
cj many to-day who proclaim that
they have been healed, when to all
appearances they are as slek as ever.
The people who witnessed the change
were filled with wonder and amaze
ment, and many were converted.
IV. Jesus, the Holy and Righteous
One, the Prince of Life, 11 -1 <t. The
healed man held fast on to Peter and
John. He was afraid they might get
away from him. He had not yet
learned to lean directly on Jesus and
not on the Instrument He uses. The
miracle drew a great crowd (cf. ch.
2:6), Peter Immediately turned at
tention away from himself to his
Lord. How unlike many modern
claimants to healing power. Pete!
was not at all puffed up by the won
der that had been wrought through
his Instrumentality, nor did he fancy
for a moment that It was due to any
peculiar power or godliness of his
own (cf. ch. 14:11-15; Gen. 40:8; 2
Cor. 3:6: contrast Num. 20:10). He
wished them to get their eyes on the
Lord, not upon him. With an almost
distressed earnestness he cries, "Why
look ye so earnestly on us?" In the
original there Is strong emphasis on
"us." He used that name of God
which would show the Jews that It
was not some new God that he
preached, but the God of their fath
ers. The one doctrine that he em
phasized was that of the resurrection
of Jesus (cf. 1:22; 2:24. 32: 3:15,
26; 4:33; 10:40, 41; 13:30. 34; 17:
31). The sin he especially pointed
out was the sin of rejecting and de
nying the One whom God had so ex
sited (cf 2:22, 23, 36; 4:10; 5:30;
7.62). There are four counts In Pet
er's terrible Indictment of his hear
ers: (1) Ye delivered up God's serv
ant Jesus. (2) Ye denied the Holy
One and the Just. (3) Ye desired a
murderer instead of Him. (4) I’d
killed the Prince of Life. He used
four very significant titles for Jesus:
God's Servaat (R V.), the Holy One,
the Righteous One, the Prince of Life,
And this was the one they had deliv
ered up, denied and killed. And this
| Is the one men reject, deny and tram
pie under foot to-day. But while the
Jews had thus misused Jesus, God
had glorified Him. He had raised
Him from the dead and exalted Him
to His own right hand (cf. Jno. 17:5;
Matt. 28:18; Jno. 13:3; Eph. 1:20-
23; Phil 2:9-11). How awful man’s
treatment of Christ appears against
God's! Perhaps it was the recollec
tion of his own denial of his Master
that led Peter to dwell so sadly upon
their denial of Him. The same mon
strous choice that the Jews made In
1 desiring a murderer Instead of the
I Prince of Life is repeated by many to
| day, indeed by all who reject Jesus
j and accept Satan. The condition
! upon which the name of Jesus exer
| cises Its power Is "faith in His name."
CONFESSES SIXTY HOLD-UPS.
Chicago Thug liobbcd so Many That
Thieving Failed ou Him.
Chicago.—Sixty burglaries and
hold-ups of which nt was the perpe
trator were admitted by Leo Adams,
according to the police. Adams said
that sometimes the routine of ‘•doing
jobs" palled on him, at which times
he would get legitimate employment.
Gentleness ist strength's highes
attribute.
CATARRHJIN HEAD.
Pe-ru-na —Pe-ru • na.
MR. DM. A. PRCSACR.
Mr william a. phesser, 1722
Third Ave., Moline, lIL write.:
“1 have been suffering from catarrh
in the head for th past two montha and
tried innumerable no called remedies with
out avail. No one knowa how I have Buf
fered, not only from the diaeaae ltaclf, but
from mortification when in company of
fnonda or atrangers.
“1 have Used two bottles of your med
icine for a ahort time only, and it effected a
lanyl.lc medical cure, and what U
better yet, the diaeaae has not returned.
“ | can moat emphatically recommend Pe
runs to all sufferers from this disease.''
Read This Experience.
Mr. A. Thompson, Bo* 65, R. R. 1, Mar
tel, Ohio, writes: “When I began your
treatment my eyes were inflamed, none
was "topped up half of the tune, and
was sore and scabby. I could not rest at
night on account of continual hawking
and tpllUng.
“I had tried aeveral remedies and was
about to give up, but thought 1 would try
Peruua.
“After I had taken about one-third of a
bottle I noticed a difference. 1 am now
completely cured, after euffenng with
catarrh for eighteen yean.
“1 think if thoee who are afflicted with
catarrh would try Peruna they would never
regret it."
Peruna is manufactured by Tbs Peruna
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Persian Justice.
The revolutionary party In Persia
is circulating on postcards and In
larger form a picture descriptive of
•'Persian Justice," which shown three
•bandits hanging by their feet from
city gate of Taurle. The men,
almost naked, are shown suspended
from an opening In the wall, the ropes
binding their feet being fastened to
pillar, next to which a military
guard stands at “attention." “For
hours," runs the legend under the pic
ture, “these wretches, the robber Ago
and his companions, hung, in their
badly wounded condition, before death
relieved their agony. Thousands of
people of *ll ages and classes look
ed mournfully upon these victims of
'Persian justice.’ ”
Black Cat Turna Steamer.
Two stories are told by marina
men explaining the return of tie
steamer John Duncan, which reach
ed North Point on Its way to Erie,
Pa., but then returned to port. A
cross-eyed black cat in the fo'castle,
says the crew.
The waves were too heavy and
the promise of a blizzard too great
to risk the men’s lives. Is the an
nouncement of the captain, who
scouts the black cat yarn.
Anyway, the John Duncan came
back. After the gale subsided or
the cat disappeared, as you please,
the Duncan again started on its trip
to tie lower lakes.
HER MOTHER-IN-LAW
Proved a Wise, Good Friend.
A yonng woman out In la. found a
wise, good friend In her mother-in
law, jokes notwithstanding. Sha
writes:
"it la two years since we began
using Postum In our house. I was
greatly troubled with my stomach,
complexion waa blotchy and yellow.
After meals I often suffered sharp
pains and would have to lie down.
My mother often told me It waa the
coffee I drank at meals. But when
I'd quit coffee I'd have a severe head
ache.
"While visiting my mother-in-law
I remarked that shealways made such
good coffee, and asked her to tell me
how. She laughed and told me It was
easy to make good 'coffee' when you
use Postum.
“I began to use Postum as soon as
I got home, and now we have the
same good 'coffee' (Postum) every
day. and I have no more trouble. In
digestion Is a thing of the past, and
my complexion has cleared up beau
tifully.
"My grandmother suffered a great
deal with her stomach. Her doctor
told her to leave off coffee. She then
took tea, but that was just as bad.
"She finally was Induced to try
Postum, which she has used for over
a year. She traveled during the win
ter over the greater part of lowa, vis
iting. something she had not bec-n
able to do for years. She says she
owes her present good health to Pos
tum."
Name given by Postnm Cos., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to
Wellvllle,” In pkgs. "There's a Rea
son."
Ever read the above letter? A now
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of huniau
interest.
Paint Economy
It takes 10 gallons of ordinary paint the
g --.I cheap lead and oil sort for the average IsW
i Air* house. At $1.25 a gallon, the job will cost Itm 1
I l\l\ you $12.50 but— how long will the paint Emit- 1
m last ? The first touch of bad weather and it IBr g
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v x J1250 and your valuable time wasted, B
Now, take Horse Shoe Paint, 7 gal- g
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AND
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In fact everyting that is sold in a
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What Do You Know
About Life Insurance?
By William J. Graham.
E. ■— HAT do you know about life Insurance —the institution that
___ most Intimately concerns you and your dependents —the
moneys variously estimated to comprise the larger part of—
the estates of all who leave anything behind them?
of life insurance In America, It Is the complacent Ignorance
& & of Americans regarding It. Considering that the Incidental
features of life insurance science are of compelling interest
wholly aside from the business of protection, this ignorance
and apathy is still less understandable.
As the exponent of a practical system of the many sharing the burdens of
the few, life insurance has Its approach and analogy to communism and so
cialism —both here In America, where It Is exploited through corporations,
and abroad, where In addition to corporate mediums exist systems of com
pulsion and patrvnalism. The clamor of the British proletariat for old-age
pensions, the stoical German workman’s compulsory insurance, the Australian
experiment In government Insurance, are Incidental features of the life In
surance business representing live public Issues of the day.
View its proportions. Twenty-four million policies are In force In the
United States and Canada. Assuming that between three and four people are
directly interested In the life of each policy, you attain numerically the en
tire population of the United States ad territorial possessions.
That able and aggressive generalship has guided the life-insurance busi
ness is attested by Its success—measured In one way by the payment of
five hundred millions of dollars to policy-holders and beneficiaries during the
past year by American and Canadian companies, and in another way by the
record of five billion dollars paid to policy-holders and beneficiaries during
the fifty years of its existence- —The World Today.
Two Sides To It George Trumbull Ladd
*4-: tlt 11 i♦ F China and Japan were to exchange compliments with the
+ * Western World in regard to the conduct of business inter
t w 1 course, they could tell tales of exaction, fraud, debased good
* 1 J and “junk" of varied kinds palmed off upon the “heathen”
t* + which would quite outmatch the most extravagant stories
II H 111111 of the same kin<l toid the San Francisco and Seattle
?♦*♦♦♦♦♦++ dealer, or the Chicago and New York importer of Oriental
wares. That the cheating fell somehow within the lines of
** a contract —shrewdly worded to fit the case, and in a for
eign language—naturally falls altogether to appease the anger or to apolo
gize for the wrong. Besides, business dealings, carried on and consummated
usually through foreign agents in the treaty or other ports, are by no means
a sure and complete test, or perfect revelation, of the spirit of honesty, truth
fulness and fair-dealing which characterizes a nation at large. Neither is
the iinriksha-man, or the keeper of a bazaar where foreigners buy cheap
truck in Yokohama, more worthy to defame an entire nation than the “cabby”
or the shopkeeper on the Strand or Fifth Avenue, in London or New York.—*
From the Century.