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THE CLAYTON TRIBUNE, CLAYTON, GEORGIA.
Grr-orG^DiNAJiY
1 f-People
PURVEYOR OF ENTERTAINMENT
• humor Is a natural part. They say In
say Secretary Malone in a pessimistic
personally. Ho always looked as if he
a formal wedding, and was conceded to
it came to wearing a top hat.
When ho was assistant secretary of
Btate, Dudley Field Malone, now col
lector of the port of New York, found
entertaining a largo portion of his Job. j
He is a young man, and, needless to
say, is Irish. His full title was third
assistant secretary. There was little'
that the government expected from
him except that he exert his natural
talents as a purveyor of entertainment.
When a jaded potentate or prince with
a sallow, sorrowful look came to this
country upon an official visit It was
Secretary Malone's duty to take him
firmly in hand and show him what a
bright little world this is. Uncle Sam
didn’t worry about the expense. He
cheerfully paid tho bills, and only
asked that the third assistant secre
tary make merry until the guest de
parted from the shores of this country.
Former Secretary Malone was one
of the most successful entertainers in !
the government. He is possessed of j
one of those natures of which good j
the state department that no man ever j
state of mind or an untidy appearance j
had just finished preparing himself for j
be an artist rivaled by only a few when
SURGEON GENERAL OF THE ARMY
Prig. Gen. George H. Torney, sur
geon general of the army, says in
his summary of tho work done by
the medical department that typhoid
fever, the most formidable of all
camn diseases in the past, has prac
tically ceased to be a cause of non-
effectiveness in our army.
"This, as is well known,” says Gen.
Torney, ‘‘is the brilliant result of the
immunization of our army against
this dicease by the typhoid prophy
lactic. It was demonstrated in the
maneuver camp at San Antonio in
^,1911 that it was entirely practicable
to immunize a division upon mobiliza
tion without materially interfering
with tho military duties. The same
can bo done for any number of di
visions. Thus, If at any time it be
comes necessary to mobilize a large
army of militia and volunteers they
can bo properly protected ngainst this
disease in a short time after arrival
in camp."
Surgeon General Torney says that he considers this achievement in re
gard to typhoid fever as second only in importance to the suppression of
yellow fever. The surgeon general also says that beri-beri has practically
disappeared from among the Philippine Islands.
None likes a joke upon himself bet
ter than Admiral Dewey.
“Awhile ago I wished to purchase
a riding horse,” said the hero of Ma
nila, “and on inquiry found an animal
in Virginia, that home of excellent
saddle horses, which, I wus assured
by the seller, was a thoroughbred of
youth and lineage fully warranting the
fancy price he was asking for the
boast.
“Forthwith 1 purchased it, fearful
leBt some other horse-fancier might
snap up tho rare prize if I delayed in
haggling over a few hundred dollars’
difference between us.
“A few days after I was astride my j
bargain on tho Conduit road, just out-1
side of Washington, when ho cast a !
shoe. I drew up at a blacksmith’s j
shop, which was fortunately near, to |
have the damage repaired.
“ ‘Well, well, old boy,’ exclaimed tho ;
blacksmith, patting my prize familiar
ly, ‘you back here?’
'That horse has never been here before,’ I said. ‘I have just purchased
him from a dealer In Virginia. He Is a young thoroughbred, fresh from the
fields of Fauquier county.’
“ ‘I don't like to contradict a gentleman,’ replied the blacksmith, 'but the
mounted policeman on this suburban beat rode that nag for nigh on a dozen
years until he was sold by the police department last spring to some o' them
horso sharps down in Virginia. Them fellows can do wonders with an old
plug!’ ”
JOKE ON ADMIRAL DEWEY
When Representative Victor Mur
dock of Kansas was a young lad he en
tered as a student at an academy
known as tho Lewis school in that
state. He was one of the promising
pupils and did well In his studies. But
one of his classmates—Jones might
have been his name—yas the “bad
boy” of the place and up to every bit
of mischief that went on.
Hut years passed by. Tho boys who
had met on the field for football und
marbles had gone out Into the world to
meet their destiny. And Murdock had
lost sight of Jones in the smoke which
hung over his political contests. But
Jones, though “gone,” was not “for
gotten.” Murdock often wondered
what had been the path in life of the
reckless, foolhardy boy.
At last, one night, Murdock was call
ed to a town in New Jersey to deliver
a speech on some important issue and
while there met an old friend of his
boyhood days. They talked over old
times and laughed about things over which they had once shed boyish tears.
“It’s strange how the old lads have turned out,” sighed the friend In a
reminiscent mood. “Those who were the worst and who were expected to go
to the bad have becomo line men, and many of those who were model boys
have gone to the bad themselves.”
“For instance?” queried Murdock, with interest in his voice.
“Well, thero's Charley Jones and yourself for an instance." replied ths
old friend. “Charley was such a dare devil that every ono believed he would
land Jn the pen—he Is now a minister here in this very town. While you,
whom every one thought a prize pupil, are actually going to ccmgressl*’
DISAPPOINTED IN MURDOCK
Live Stock Means Good Homes.
A systematic culling out of a flock
and the replacing of the culls by the
most thrifty and promising is a fea
ture of sheep management that de
serves more thought than is ordinarily
given to It. It must be attended to
annually if the owner expects to make
any progress in the general improve
ment of his sheep.
When weaning the lambs is the
most opportune time for this work,
for It Is then that the owner can best
estimate the value of each ewe on
the basis of her performance, both
as a lamb and a woo! producer. If a
lamb is strong and thrifty and its
mother has a healthy, rugged ap
pearance, tlie chances are that she is
qualified to give service for at least
another year, especially if on further
examination of the ewe herself It is
found she still has a full sound fret of
teeth and that her skin has a good
pink, healthy color.
At the time the flock master is cull
ing the ewes he should decide on
which ewe lambs should be kept to
perpetuate the flock. IUs selection
should be based on the principle of
flock uniformity in all points of size
and type and upon the appearance of
the lambs that are selected. The cull
ewes and lambs should then bo turned
with the wethers in order that they
may go to market in the best possible
condition.
CLEAN CULTURE KILLS ALFALFA WEEVILS
Distribution of Alfalfa Weevils Throughout the Year.
(By E. O. TITUS.)
The weevil passes the winter as an
adult Insect, having gone into hiberny.-
tion in late summer and early fall. The
time of entering hibernation varies
greatly in different years and in dif
ferent localities. If the summer is long
with warm, sunshiny weather through
out the latter part of the season, the I
weevils enter hibernation late and I
many of them perish before the sum
mer ends. On the other hand, if the j
late summer Is rather cool and cloudy, J
they will go into hibernation earlier [
and apparently more of them pass
through the winter successfully. The
place of hibernation is as varied as the.
regions where it occurs. Many secure
a shelter under dead weeds and (lead
grass along ditch banks, fence rows
and around trees. Others crawl under
old stack bottoms, piles of hay left in j
the fields, under bark of fence posts or |
dead trees, under bands on orchard j
trees, under sticks, stones and almost j
any debris that may be found on the
ground around buildings and in tho
Helds.
' By far the larger number of weevils
appear to hibernate In the fields. They
do not burrow far beneath the surface
unless the ground is very loose and
soft, and then they may go down three
or four Inches Into the ground.
To destroy the h'bernnting places as
far as possible should be the aim of
tho careful farmer. This means clean
up the weeds, grass and all rubbish
along ditches and fences. Destroy old
stack bottoms. Do not leave small
piles of hay in the fields. Burn or
plow under all the dead vines, weeds,
dalku, etc., left In tho garden at the
close of the season. Do not leave
large manure piles or other unneces
sary materials around the barns or
putbuildings. Cut and carefully re
move the alfalfa a,long the borders of
the fields, as well as as you do that
in the center.
UTILITY IS CHIEF STANDARD
Importance of Careful and Systematic
Selection and Mating Must Be
Insisted Upon.
(B.v R. G. WRATHERSTONE.)
In the breeding of today utility
swings to the front as the chief stand
ard of merit. For this to be secured
and perpetuated the importance of
careful and systematic selection and
mating must be everywhere insisted
upon.
We talk about man being helped or
hindered by his environments, by boys
being brought up under a choked en
vironment, but do we stop to consider
the environments of the farm animals
from which wo are trying to reap a
harvest of gain, or the animals that
are performing our farm work?
The successful dairyman is the man
who applies the most improved busi
ness methods to his dairy operations
from tho cow to the delivery of his
produce to the consumer.
It Is difficult to conceive of a good
system of farming without there is a
systematic rotation of crops. Any
other system is based largely upon a
hit and miss plan and is largely de
pendent upon the season and mar
kets. The man who follows a definite
cropping plan every year is the winner
during a series of years.
The practical farmer should regard
his farm as a book of nature that is
spread out before him, inviting the
closest study and the most careful ob
servation of facts pertaining to soil,
climate, variety of production to which
lc la adapted and the markets for the
products.
Use Pure Bred Bulls.
The pure bred bull has done a great
deal to improve the dairy herds of the
middle west. All states, or at leas*,
tho principal ones, are reporting an
Increased dairy production and the re
sults may bo traced to bettor cows,
not more of them.
GOOD FORM OF DAIRY COW
Development of Digestive, Secretive,
Circulatory and Nervous Systems
Are Essential.
(By W. C'. RICHARDS, Nortli Dakota
Agricultural College.)
The form which good dairy cuttle
posses results from the milk produc
ing functions which they develop.
There are four main centers of activ
ity, tho digestive Hystein, the milk
secreting system or udder, the circu
latory system, und the nervous sys
tem. To produce largo quantities of
milk, it is necessary that a cow (or
a bull if he becomes the sire of cows
capable of producing a largo quan
tity of milk) have these systems well
developed. Good producing cows and
good dairy sires invariably have good
dairy form, because it is the high de
gree of development of these parts
known as the digestive, secretive, cir
culatory and nervous systems which
give the dairy animal the dairy
form.
A cow that has a good dairy form
has a lean appearance over every
part of the body which indicates a ner
vous temperament and that she util
izes a large proportion of the feed
consumed for the making of milk.. She
has a wedge shaped appearance, view
ed from above, in front and from the
side. The wedge shape appearance
from above results from the narrow
projecting wethers which form the
apex of the wedge and the large bar
rel, below, the base of tlie wedge. The
wedge viewed from in front is made
by the narrowness of the cow in
front compared with the width at the
widest part of the barrel or through
the region of the hips. The wedgo
shaped appearance from the sides
Don't keep your horses in pooily
ventilated stables.
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A poultryman who is successful,
works all the time.
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A mule never overeats or over- !
drinks. Think this over.
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Ventilation Is necessary but there j
Is a difference between ventilation j
and draughts.
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It is generally estimated that broil- :
ers shrink—about a half pound each ,
when dressed.
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The most expensive policy Is to try
to save feed by giving the cows less :
than they can use.
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Keep the sheep pen level and keep !
it dry. Any moisture is dangerous, '
causing snuffles, etc.
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Never market ailing chickens. |
Never ship the latter part of the i
week, except by special order.
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‘Squab broilers” must not weigh |
over three-quarters of a pound each;
generally a half pound is moat ac
ceptable.
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Tho raising of a couple of good
horse or mule colts on the farm each
year does not call for an increased
Investment.
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Many of the farms that have had
one silo before are using two this
year. This is further evidence that
the silo pays.
...
Short legged fowls generally make
the best table poultry. Never pack
poultry for shipment until they have
heeu thoroughly chilled.
comes from the dairy cow having less
depth in the region of the shoulders
than in the region of the barrel and
udder. The more marked these
wedges the more closely the animal
conforms to the dairy type.
BREEDING STOCK FOR DAIRY
Cow Should Have Large Middle and
Strong Constitution—Real Good
Sireo Are Rare Thing.
(By PROF. W. J. KENNEDY, Iowa Sta
tion.)
In selecting dairy cattle the real
test must be the scales and the Bab
cock tester. The cow is a machine to
convert food Into milk; thus she must
have a large middle and a strong con
stitution to insure the best results.
She must also have a large udder,
large milk wells, large crooked milk
veins and good-sized teats.
Her head should be clean and an
gular In appearance, with the eyes
standing out prominently. The neck
should be rather long and lean In ap
pearance; the shoulders pointed and
the backbone rather prominent. The
skin should be loose and soft to the
touch. In selecting herd bullB either
mature animals which have already
demonstrated their worth as sires or
younger animals from high-testing
dams and sires only should be used.
The best and surest will always fol
low the use of a mature sire which has
sired heifers with good records. A
good dairy bull should be kept until
he is twelve or fifteen years old; in
fact, as long as he is a sure sire. Real
good sires are so rare that when we do
find one he should die only of old age.
All breeders of dairy cattle should
secure yearly tests on each and every
cow in the herd. Shorter tests do not
really mean very much. It Is the cow
that stays by her job that is really val
uable.
Feeding Raw Beet Pulp.
Our leading dairymen have silos and
feed ensilage nights and mornings and
a feeding of hay at noon. They are
not feeding very much grain at pres
ent prices. The best wheat feeds, glu
ten and cottonseed meal, are the prin
cipal grains.
A few dairymen are feeding beet
pulp and receiving good results. One
farmer who is milking 12 cows told me
a few days ago that since ho com
menced feeding this with the same
amount of grain, his cows had gained
a little over a 40-quart can of milk per
day. savs a writer in an exchange Beet
pulp costs three dollars pel - ' ton in car
lots. Farmers give about eight quarts
to a feed per cow twice a day.
Don’t Hurry Cow*.
Do not hurry the cows pr encour
age them to rush pell-mell in and out
of the stable. Great danger can re
sult. CaroleBB hired men and the boys
should be cautioned against this.
Ample Feed Supply.
An acre of good alfalfa, cut and fed
green to cows confined In a yard, will
supply ample feed for flye good ani
mals throughout the summer.
HI* Vow Came to an Anti-Climax.
j A much-bearded man rambled Into a
barber shop and submitted to a shave,
a haircut, a shampoo, a singe, a mas
sage and everything else the barber
! could think of, at the same time listen-
| ing with keenest enjoyment to the
. tousorialist's remarks about all thinga
i on earth and in the waters under the
I earth. So long before that he had for-
■ gotten the gentleman's name and
j what office he was running for the old
man had vowed never to be shaved or
i shorn until So-and-So was elected.
! When he at last awoke to a, realization
; that nobody cared if he never shaved
he concluded to shave just to show ’em
that ho didn’t care whether they cared
or not.—Kansas City Star.
STOMACH MiSERY
GAS. INDIGESTION
“Pape’s Diapepsin” fixes sick,
sour, gassy stomachs in
five minutes.
Time It! In five minutes all stomach
distress will go. No Indigestion, heart
burn, Bourness or belching of gas, acid,
or eructations of undigested food, no
dizziness, bloating, or foul breath.
Pape’s Diapepsin is noted for its
speed in regulating upset stomachs.
It Is tho surest, quickest and most cer
tain Indigestion remedy in the whol*
world, and besides It Is harmless.
Please for your sake, get a largo
lifty-cont case of Pape’s Diapepsin
from any store and put your stomach
right. Don’t keep on being miserable
—life is too short—you are not here
long, so make your stay agreeable.
Eat what you like and digest it; en
joy It, without dread of rebellion In
the stomach.
Pape’s Diapepsin belongs in your
home anyway. Should one of tho fam
ily eat something which don't agree
with them, or in case of an attack of
Indigestion, dyspepsia, gastritis or
stomach derangement at. daytime or
during tho night, it is handy to give
the quickest relief known. Adv.
Practical Celebration.
Ho was idealistic and poetical. She
was practical—a good matrimonial
combination. He came homo ono eve
ning after a hard day at the office and
said: “Marla, my dear, do you real
ize thal tomorrow will be our wooden
wedding? We ought to celebrate the
occasion somehow, don’t you think?”
And she said: "Hank, my darling, I
know it. Been thinking about it all
day and have it all arranged. I have
ordered a big wagon load of kindling
to be delivered tomorrow afternoon,
and you will come homo early from
the office and carry it Into the ceJ-
Hearty Welcome.
Mrs. Clay telephoned to a friend that
sho would como down and spend tho
day.
“Well, here I am!” sho exclaimed
cheerily, as tho little daughter of tho
hostess opened the door.
“Yes,” replied the child; “I’m glad
to see you; and I know mother will bo
glad, too, for this morning when you
phoned she said that she was thankful
she was going to have the visit over
with.”— Lippincott’u Magazine.
Progress.
"How Is your Shakespearian club
getting on?”
“Splendidly. We learned two new
steps last week."—Life.
It sometimes requires a buoyant na
ture to keep up appearances.
ANOTHER COFFEE WRECK
What’s the Use When There’s an Easy
Way Out?
Along with Uie coffee habit nps
grown tho prevalent “American Dis
ease”—nervous prostration.
Tho following letter bIiows the way
out of the trouble:
“Five years ago I was a great cof
fee drinker and from Its use I be
came so nervous I could scarcely
sleep at all nights. My condition grew
worse and worso until finally the phy
sician I consulted declared my trou
bles were due to coffee.
“But being so wedded to the bev
erage I did not see how I could do
without It, especially at breakfast,
as that meal seemed Incomplete with
out coffee.
"On a visit, my friends deprived me
of coffee to prove that it was harm
ful. At the end of about eight days
I was less nervous, hut the craving
for coffee was Intense, so 1 went back
to the old habit as soon as I got home
and tho old sleepless nights came
near making a wreck of me.
“I heard of Postum and decided to
try It. I did not like It at first, be
cause, as I afterwards .discovered, It
was not made properly. I found, how
ever, that *hen made after directions
on the package. It was delicious.
"It had a soothing effect on my
nerves, and none of the bad effects
that coffee had, so I bade farewell to
coffee and have used only Postum
since. The most wonderful account of
the benefit to bo derived from
Postum could not exceed my own ex
perience.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for a copy of “Tho
Road to Wellvllle.”
Postum now comes In two forms:
Regular Postum—must be well
boiled.
Instant Postum—Is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious bever
age Instantly. Grocers sell both kinds.
“There's a Reason" for Postum.