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•SO DAIRY BELT.
There is no “dairy belt” in this
country, Just as good butter and
cheese can be made in one state as
another. Some of the finest dairies
in the country are to be found in Ten
nes^ee Mississippi and Texas, while
the W est is famous for taking first
prizes at interstate fairs. What is
needed is plenty of good water for
cows and washing dairy utensils. It
is a real cahnity to run short of water
in the dairy, and no one Should start
without a never failing supply. Then
again it must be conveniently located.
Waste no time of man or beast in
going after water, make the water
come to you. Lead it through pipes
in barn and dairy house. Do as little
pumping as possible either by hand or
power. It is a back-breaking and
weary business, and in hot days in
summer, cows drink a fearful amount
of water. Lead the water from a
j)oint on the farm high enough to
deliver it up to the knees of the cows
as they stand in the stable.—[Home
and Farm.
THE BITE OP A HOG.
It is r. serious thing to be bitten by
any domestic animal, and the danger
is probably greater when bitten by a
hog than bv any other. This is not
because there is an active poisonous
gland with hollow tooth through which
the poison is pressed. That is the way
a rattlesnake bites or rather stings.
The danger from the bite of a hog may
be as great as from a rattlesnake, but
there is danger from blood poisoning
caused by carrying on the tushes of
the hog some poisonous saliva with
which its mouth is filled, We call
this saliva poisonous because the hog
is an indiscriminate feeder, and not
careful about getting particles of dirt
or even of excrement of other animals
with its food. It is poisonous just as
are the scratches from linger nails,
which always leave an inflamed sore,
hard to be healed in proportion to the
abrasion of the skin. This is because
with each ^scratch of the nail, some of
the dirt that always gathers under it is
brought into contact with the blood.
A cut with a clean knife heals more
quickly, especially if treated at once
with some antiseptic and the air care
fully excluded.—[Chicago Times.
FATTENING THE CHICKENS.
The old hens, if they have been well
eared for, need no siiecial 2 H’e 2 >aration
for killing; but the chickens, and es
pecially the cockerels, may need a lit
tle extra feeding. The following plan
we have seen followed with excellent
results: A lady whom we know, and
whose chickens had a reputation for
being fat, used to shut fifteen or twenty
cockerels in a house made with a tight
roof and tight back, the ends and sides
being upright laths, nailed to a simple
frame and 2 >laced about two inches
a l )ft rt. The house might be eight
by ten feet on the ground. It
was moderately dark, and yet
not very dark, as the light came in
from numerous slits between the laths
on three sides. The furniture of this
house consisted of a roost, a feeding
trough and a drinking vessel. The
cockerels had all the water they
wished to drink and all the sound yel
low flint corn they cared to eat. Corn
and water for breakfast, water and
corn for dinner and corn and water
for supper made their rations. A'hd
yet cockerels, lean ivhen they went
into the house, were fat when they
came out at the end of two or three
weeks. A still better method of feed
ing is to give the chickens a warm diet
ol corn meal mixed with scalding
water and allowed fo cook through.—
[American Agriculturist.
WEEDS.
It is a common remark of tourists
from England and Europe when trav
elling through our farming country,
that we raise too many weeds. This
r <d>i each is doubtless true, and is due
partly to the high 2 >rice of labor in
is co.mtvy, which makes it impossi
e to profitably adopt hand methods
l-.-hug weeds which are used
Road , but we must admit that it is
1<J li ‘ H0 a careless neglect of
means that are within our reach, aud
{ J I " ’ >Ef ‘‘ 1 ! *n.so 1 uid means not be is neglected. the carelessness Chief
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w^p/ Y ‘ aiIuers is customary about the to seeds plough of
under any weeds that remain on fko
land after harvesting a crop, and this
is the very host way to preservo and
plant the seeds of many varieties of
weeds.
On garden land, where we can af
ford to spend some time, the weeds
should be cut up with a hoe and carted
tiff and burned, or piled up for a two
years’ process of composting to de
stroy the seeds; some weeds can be
mowed and carted oft' so as to carry
the seeds with them, but other vari
eties, especially purslane and chick
weed, grow too near the ground to be
cleaned up in this way; the hoe is the
only tool that will do it.
On farm lands, where it will not
pay to take so much jiains, the best
way to get rid of weeds before plough
ing is to pasture the land with sheep,
and then seed heavily with rye and
clover, which will usually choke out
the weeds jiretty well.
To the rich man who farms for the
fun of the thing, weeds are a reproach
and a nuisance; to the poor man they
are robbers which are yearly stealing
the substance of his farm and robbing
his family of their heritage. Both
should use their best wits to be rid of
them. — [Massachusetts Ploughman.
Farm and garden notes.
Never neglect a small matter like
salting the cows.
Live queen bees aro shipped from
this country to Japan.
A dirt floor is best for young pigs.
There is less cause for dampness.
For health of poultry feed plenty
of oats, for fat feed plenty of corn.
Fowls like mustard seed occasion
ally ; cook chopped onions in winter.
The full-grown goose should aver
age a pound of feathers during the
season.
OyBter shells, being rich in lime,
may profitably be crushed aud fed to
laying hens.
Don’t kee 2 > a colt tied up iu a stall
without suitable exercise. It is
likely to spoil it.
It is said that oue bushel of wheat
will do as much for the 2 >oultry as a
bushel and a quarter of corn.
Anything like roots, cabbage, peas,
sweet corn, and bran is suitable for
feeding the cows when the 2 jas ture is
short.
Do not be tempted into thinking
there is much [irofit from fall chickens.
This is a delusion and a snare for the
ordinary poultry grower.
Where there is no artificial warmth,
the animals have to furnish their own
heat, aud it must be done from the
food which they consume.
When the calves are raised by hand
they are less trouble, all things con
sidered, if they are dro 2 qied in the
fall rather than iu the s|jring.
Make the barn as tight as boards
and shingles and chqiboards will make
it, and see that it is made tight under
neath so that the cold will not drive
in there.
Professor Henry shows by experi
ment that it cost $2.G1 to 2 >roduce 100
pounds of gain with lambs and $2.03
to produce the same gain with pigs of
about the same age.
The flavor of eggs will depend large
ly on the kind of food given the fowls.
Hens fed on sour milk and decaying
matter will produce eggs whose flavor
is far from satisfactory.
The bull should be made to do
much more toward earning his living
than he does. How? is the problem.
He is not always governable in a team.
Making him work a tread mill to saw
wood, churn milk, etc., has beqn sug
gested.
Animals must be ketit growing from
the time they are born until they are
led to the slaughtering house. But
there is a difference between glowing
and growing fat. All of the young an
mals should be growing rapidly, but
growing size, bulk, strength, bone
and sinew, and not in fat.
To protect cattle from troublesome
fleas, allonge dipped in the kerosene
emulsion may be rubbed over the
skin. A little creosote added to the
emulsion, so as to give it ty smoky
odor, will liety to make it more efl’ect
ive. For the large lice, the same 2 >ro-
2 >ortion of linseed oil as of kerosene
added to the emulsion will be an im
provemefit. This is the best ap 2 >lica
tion for the horn fly, as well as all
other insect vermin
SCHLEY COUNTY NEWS.
Devotion to Principles.
Old Mrs. Geewilikins reads in a
New York paper a short account of h
ballet, but .as her eyesight is poor
makes a mistake.
“Land sakes, Josiah, the good times
have come, and women are voting in
New York. This paper says the cast of
the ballot was very fine, and a large
number of girls took part and were
good at the figures. The paper says
some of ’em, it is sure, were grand
mothers, though they were Josiah, spry.
That’s devotion to principles
even grandmothers cornin’ forward on
the stage of duty and usin the ballot.
I wish I was there .”—Princeton Ti
ger.
Stand a wet umbrella on the handle
to drain; otherwise, the water collect
ing at the center will rot the silk.
Flaccid Muscle* Grow Strong,
Weak attenuated frames acquire sound,
healthy flesh, woe begone, hollow faces fill
out and become cheerful when Hostetter’s
Stomach Bitters is used as a stomachic to
improve digestion and assimilation. More
over, it cures bilious and kidney trouble, and
protects the system against malaria and
chronic rheumatism. Use it systematically.
If you can’t talk fluently, comfort fluently. yourself
with the reflection that you can work
Malaria cured and eradicated from the sys
tem by Brown’s Iron Bitters, which enriches
the blood, tones the nerves, aids digestion. ill
Acts like a charm on persons strength. in general
health, giving new energy and
Add nothing to your pleasures that subtracts
from your character.
How’s This I
offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fot
any cane of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cura. Toledo,
We, F. J. undersigned, Chknkt – Co., have Props., known F. J. Cha- O.
the
ney for the last 15 years, and believe transactions him per
fectly honorable in all business
and financially their able firm. to carry oat any obliga
tion made by
Wist – Trcax,-W holesale Druggists, Toledo,
Warding, Ohio, Wholesale
KmvAN – Marvin,
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly the upon the Prioe, blood 75c. and mucous bottle. Bold sur
faces of system. per
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Grass aud Clover Seed.
The largest. grower of Grass and Clover Seed
in the world is Salzer, La Crosse, Wis. Over
50 hardy varieties, with lowest pricesl
Special low freight to New York, Pa, and the
East.
I* YOU WILL Cl T T THIS OUT AND SEND IT with
14c postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse. Wis., you will receive eleven packages
grass and clover sorts and his mammoth farm
seed catalogue; full of good things for the far
mer, the gardener ard the citizen. A
Have good aims, hut see that your gun is
loaded with the cartridge of energy and edu
cation.
Brown’s Iron Bitters cures Dyspepsia, Ma
laria, Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
strength, aids Digestion, tones the nerve-— Nursing
creates appetite. The best tonic for
Mothers, weak women and children.
Make good character before you commence
to make money.
Japanese Tooth Powder, Genuine.
A large box mailed for 10 cents. Lapp Drug
Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
For Cou.ohs and Throat Troubles use
“ Brown's Bronchial Troches." They relieve all
Throat irritations caused by Cold or use of the
voice.
Beecham’s Pills insteal of sloehy mineral
waters. Beecham’s—no others. 25 cents a box.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thomp
son’s Eye-water.Druggists sell at 25c per bottle.
Tlie Arid Region of Kansas.
jfn this almost rainless region lie 39
counties of the state of Kansas. A state
census made in 1888 showed the 2 iopu
tion of these counties to be at that time
200,000. Protracted droughts occurred
iu 1888 and in 1890, and fully 50,000
2 )eople left in search of food and aban
doned their farms and homes as worth
less. Although the seasons of 1891 and
1892 were favorable, and large enqis
were raised, the population in the
spring of 1893 was only 143,000. The
past year the harvest was a failure.
Mr. C. Wood Davis states that the re
gion extending from the ninety-eighth
meridian to the valleys of the Pacific
coast region are unfit for cultivation
exeexit by irrigation, and that there is
sufficient water to irrigate not more
than 5 per cent of the region.
A saiice 2 iau in which rice, oatmeal
or anything sticky has been cooked
may be very easily cleaned by 2 >utting
in a cu|)ful of ashes when you take it
oft' the fire and then fill with water.
Young’ We Offer You a Remedy
Which Insures Safety to
Life of Mother and Child.
Mothers:—^
“Mothers’ Friend”
Robs Confinement of Its Pain, Horror and Risk.
“After using one bottle of ‘Mothers’ Friend,’ I suffered
but little pain, and did not experience that weakness afterward
usual in such cases.— Mrs. Annie Gage, Baxter Springs, Kas.
Sent by Sold express, al) charges Druggists. prepaid, Book on receipt Mothers of price, mailed $1.50 free. per bottle.
by to
BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga.
GET THERE ' I 1 1— i-O’V — POTATOES
ELI - V RACdSH 9 * J/ The person planting Saber’s Seeds never know of hard times, –2?J> PEP BRL
A because they double all million. yields! 35pl£gs. Try ft for Earliest ISM Vegetable aud be happy. seeds,
5 . . -m Vegetable 9l.00postp.aid. seeds Largest for the of Farm Seeds Into world. VERB,
growers 5
sample pkg. ‘-Get There Eli” Radish lit for use In 16 dayaand cat.
alogue for 7c postage. Catalogue alone, 6c for postage. ■■
John A SalzerSeed (§• LaCr°s5,e W is:
T HE U. S. Government Chemists have
reported, after an examination of the
different brands, that the ROYAL Bak
ing Powder is absolutely pure, greatest
in strength, and superior to all others.
BAKING POWDER COMPANY, 106 WALL ST. NEW-YORK.
Lamps Require Much Care.
The wise man who made the inter
esting remark that it required a gentle
woman to make ft drinkable cup of
coffee might have gone ou and claim
ed that it required a patrician to keep
lamps in order. The ordinary anything servant
cannot do it. She regards
beyond filling the oil tank as a work
of supererogation. Occasionally en
treaties may prevail upon her to trim
the wick, but she always does that
with the scissors, which is the worst
possible method.
The lamps should be wiped with
cheese cloth. The wicks should be
trimmed with the sharp edge of a
visiting card or with a poker, heated
redhot and passed over the wick.
This last method is a little trouble
some, but it removes the charred part
evenly. Wicks used for a long time,
even when they do not become very
short, grow thick and are apt to give
forth an unpleasant odor. They should
be-renewed once a month at least. In
duplex burners one wick should be
trimmed in the opposite direction
toward the center.
Burners should be wiped free from
bits of charred wick and drops of oil
every day. Every now and then they
should be boiled in strong soapsuds,
to make them perfectly clean. When
they have beed used a long time, they
need replacing.— Hardware.
141® Bus. Potatoes Per Acre.
This astonishing yield was reported by Abr.
Ilahn, of Wisconsin, but Salzer’s potatoes
always get there. The editor of the Rural
New Yorker reports a yield of 736 bushels and 8
pounds per acre from one of Salzer’s early po
tatoes. Above 1410 bushels are from Salzer’s
new seedling Hundred-fold. His new early
potato. Lightning Express, has a record of 803
bushels per acre. He offers potatoes as low as
$2.50 a barrel,and the best potato planter in the
world for but $ 2 .
If you will cut this out and send it with
Cc postage to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis., you will receive free his mam
moth potato catalogue and a package of six
teen-day “Get There, Eli,” radish. A
No Socialism in His.
Small Boy—“Wot do these socialists
want?”
Big Boy—“They want a paternal
form of government.” W’en
Small Boy—“They do, eh?
a boy gets too big to be bossed by his
father, they want the government to
begin bossin’ him, do they? Guess
they never had any fathers, that’s wot
I think .”—Street – Smith's Good
News.
CURES OTHERS
To build up both solid flesh and strength
after grip, pneumonia, fevers and other
prostrating diseases, there is nothing to
equal Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery.
PB9STR–TI8N FOLLOWING GRIP.
Mrs. Reuben Garrett,
King George C. H., Va.,
writes: “I was taken
with grip which finally
resulted prostrated in pneumonia. for three
t, Was
months. Had a terrible
mm I cough and was emaciated
and very weak. Was fast
s-Xk i :drifting sumption." into “quick The doctor con
gave me medicines all
the time. I grew weaker.
He advised cod liver oil
emulsion. I took two
w A j bottles of it without any
ILL'S.; {U relief. I had pain in my
■/ left shoulder and back.
Mrs. Garrett. I wrote you, and you
prescribed your ‘Golden
Medical Discovery.’ I took only one bottle be
fore I felt better. After two bottles I could sit
up, and felt I had been saved from the aTave.
I increased rapidly in flesh and strength.’
WHY NOT YOU?
Sweet Woman’s Logic.
Husband—“Don’t you think that
you are rather unreasonable to expect
me to take you to a ball, stay awake
until four o’clock, and then get up at
eight to go to my work?”
Wife—“I may be a little unreasona
ble, but it’s perfoctly brutal of you to
mention it .*’—New York Weekly.
What We Are Coining To.
First Senator (in Fifty-fitli congress)
—Do you think our minority can talk
for two weeks longer?
Second Senator—Yes; the new sen
ator who stammers will consume ono
week, and after that the chaplain has
liromised to make filibustering prayers.
— Judge.
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KNOWLEDGE
Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter man others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by best more products promptly
adapting the world’s to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of embraced the pure in liquid the
remedy, laxative Syrup principles of Figs.
Its excellence is acceptable due to its presenting and pleas
in the form most
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
ative ; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
ana permanently curing constipation. and
It has given satisfaction to millions
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in 50c ana $1 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California printed Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is on every
package, also the name, Syrup will of Figs,
and being well informed, you not
accept any substitute if ofiered.
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