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A Profitable Bunch.
One of the nrst things I look for in
a steer bought for a feeder is a loose,
1 pliable, mellow skin, with a thick
cover of thrifty looking hair. If the
other points of the steer are satis
factory, these indicate an. animal that
can turn corn into good beef at a
relatively small cost.
In buying feeders in stock pens or
at auction sales, look for the short
neck, short legs, deep body and
straight back, says a writer in the
Farm Progress. Os course, I do not
expect smoothness in a feeder steer,
but neither do I want high thigh
bones and a general appearance of
coarseness
Try to imagine how the steer will
look ^hen fat and ready for the mar
ket. If his neck is thin, will it become
thicker? If the back is thin, is there
still thickness enough to carry the
load of fat that you hope to pat
there?
It does not matter much whether
the feeder steer is an animal in which
Angus or Galloway, Hereford or
Shorthorn blood predominates. They
are all breeds in which the same pur
pose has been kept in mind. They
are all well fleshed, early maturing
stock, with a capacity of turn
ing large amounts of feed into good
red beef at a low cost.
When 1 buy a feeder steer I look for
an animal with a short, broad head,
large muzzle, heavy, strong jaw;
smooth, strong shoulders, and a wide,
deep chest, I want no disturbers in a
herd that I am feeding, so I keep
away from the wild and quarrelsome
sort as near as I can. Os course, when
buying in car load or half car load
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TRAINING TREE FOR
ANY SHAPE DESIRED
Care Should Be Exercieed to Keep
Top Open to Admit Rays
erf Sun.
It is much better to train a tree the
shape it is wanted than allow it to
grow wild, then chop and saw it into
the desired shape, says the Mirror
and Farmer.
If sprouts starting frorp the body
of the tree or along the main branches ■
are pinched when they are three or
four inches long they will ordinarily
form fruit spurs. Aim to get more
fruit buds near the body of the tree
and along the larger limbs instead of
the branches.
As color is an Important factor,
care should be exercised to keep the
top open so that the rays of the sun ,
can reach to every part at some por- '
tion of the day. To accomplish this I
it may be well to do some pruning
when the tree is in full leaf; cutting
10 or even 15 per cent of the top
away when the tree is in full leaf
will cause no serious injury.'
If the trees are carefully looked
over about three times during the
growing season, and the ends of
those spots that are growing too long
are pinched off, the tree may be kept
to the desired shape. But where a ■
shoot has been overlooked it is bet- I
ter to cut it out when found than ;
wait until winter. Negligence during |
the growing season is about .the only |
logical reason for severe winter prun
ing. j
Severe pruning while the tree is in I
a dormant state stimulates more
rapid and . abundant wood growth,
about four-fifths of which will grow
where it is not wanted, necessitating
yet more cutting the following sea
son. Pinching the summer pruning |
stimulates the production of fruit '
buds, and tends toward better ma
turity of both buds and fruit. Plan
to grow an abundance of fruit spurs
Well distributed over the whole tree.
Eggs and Meat.
Eggs do not differ greatly in com
position from meat. The average egg,
as purchased, consists of about eleven
per cent, waste material or shell. The
edible portion consists of about 74
per cent, water. 13 per cent, protein
or muscle-building material, 10.5 per ;
cent, fat, and 1 per cent, mineral mat-|i
ter. 1:
lots you have to take the disposition
for granted.
The chest should be wide, especially
at the bottom, and the body big
enough to give storage room to the
corn and the roughage that you are
going to put in this machine that it is
to turn it into beef. The more nearly
the feeder steer approaches the gen
eral type of the fat beef steer, the
more he is worth to the man who
buys and the man who sells him.
For a good many years I have been
buying feeder steers shipped into a
stockyard, shipping them about
eighty miles and finishing them on
corn and roughage. Most of them are
western cattle. They are a little slow
in starting to take on weight, but fat
ten very rapidly a little later in their
feeding. It is better to buy them by
carload lots, in order to save money
on the yardage, the commission and
the freight. A carload of such steers
will run from, eighteen to twenty-two
head.
The change in the steer during the
finishing period is remarkable.
Where the heavy muscles are notice
able fat layers will appear, giving
smoothness to form. The rump, the
back, the neck and the shoulder
points will broaden and round out
The feeder steer is valuable to the
man with ready money for his pur
chase, and the feed necessary for his
finishing up into a fat steer. If you
are able to turn him into an animal
that will yield a minimum of waste
and a maximum of carcass, you have
an animal that will make the feeding
of corn that costs as high as 80 cents
a bushel profitable.
PROPER FEEDING OF
MOULTING CHICKENS
Hens Require Extra Amount of Care
and Attention During
Period.
(By PROF. L. SWINEY.)
During moulting the hens require an
extra amount of care and in fact all
the attention which can be given
them. In too many instances moult
ing is considered just a natural se
■ quence of poultry keeping. The fowls
at this time are just as bad as a child
cutting his teeth. It is not the mere
fact of losing feathers or pushing a
tooth through as much as the consti
tutional disturbance that is set up.
One symptom of moulting is lethargy.
The birds, instead of being early risers,
mepe about on their perches and will
i not venture out in search of food that
■ is so essential to them at this trying
: period. 1 Dainty food should be pre
pared. Warm meal with a dash of
spice in it-in the morning and contin
ual change.
In regard to grain: Corn, wheat,
barley, oats and mashed potatoes with
meal —anything to tempt the appetite
—two or three rusty nails or a bit of
sulphur in the drinking water are
great helps. In confined runs meat
must be added, and. in fact, scraps of
■ meat may well be given on any run.
i Two things are essential: (1) That
i fairly early each morning the hen
i house should be cleared of belated
j risers; (2) the floor should be swept
at the same time, as a let of vermin
| come off with the shed feathers. These
। sweepings should be taken right away
and not put, on the nearest manure
heap. After moulting is over give
morning mash of shorts and bran in
a crumbly condition and feed plenty
of oats.
Benefits of Fall Plowing.
Fall plowing has many advantages.
Perhaps the greatest one among them
all is the fact that it does a great
oeal of helping to avoid the usual
rush of spring work. In these days
of labor scarcity, this means a great
deal. Fall plowing is also very ef
ficient in conserving the moisture sup
ply owing to the creation of a mulch
at the surface during the winter and
spring months. The practice of fall
plowing is not adapted to a section
where the soil blows badly, but then
are really few such sections in th#
middle west.
FOR Luncheon —or picnic
sandwiches, nothing equals
‘S^Veal Loaf
^Or, «erve it cold with crisp new lettuce.
It is a tasty treat and economical as well.
At All Grocer.
Libby, MiNeill & Libby
Chicago
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Save Your Dollars
Buy your Shoes direct from factory
at wholesale factory price of 32.50,
like retail at ^5.00. Solid Leather Goodyear
Weltsand guaranteed with a new pair, if
they don’t wear, or money will be refunded.
Write for free catalog of styles and cuts.
$2.50 SHOE FACTORY, BALTIMORE. MD.
The Chamberlayne School
A Country School for Boys at Richmond. Va. Board
ing Department limited. Individual Instruction.
Second session begins Sept. 23, 1912. C.G.Cbamberlayne.
H. A.., Ph. b.. Mea&MKter, 3311 Grove Avenue, Richmond,
5 or 6 doses 666
breaks any case of Chills & Fever; and
if taken then as a tonic the Fever will
not return. Price 25c.
FOR SALE—GENERAL STORE. GRO
ceries. hardw., feed, etc. New frame bldg.,
complete stock, flxt., etc. Also 10 a. land.
For particulars, Box 86, Orange Center, Fla.
BLU EJ AY LI VES in WOO DS
Hawks, Owls and Other Birds Are
Teased and Tormented by These
Noisy Birds.
The bluejay likes best to live in
thick woods, but it often comes into |
open fields, orchards and near dwell- j
ings search of food. When it dis
covers you it assumes a proud and
angry air of conceit and defiance.
The bluejay’s upper parts are pur
plish-blue. The lower parts are pur
plish-gray. The wings and tail are
bright blue with black bars. The tail
feathers are tipped with white. It has
a crested head.
The bluejay builds its nest about
twenty feet above ground. It is made
of twigs and fine roots. From four to
six eggs are laid. They are of a green
ish drab color flecked with brown.
Doubtless the bluejay helped to
name itself, as its common utterance
is a long drawn, "jay, jay, jay.” This
1 cry, with the bright blue color, has
given it Its name. ' <
While the jay sings no song It is
able ‘o imitate the calls of other
birds, by which means it often at
tracts them. It likes to tease and
torment the owl and especially the lit
tle sparrow hawk. This is done by i
imitating the cry of a wounded bird,
which draws the hawk near. Then
, several jayv will dart at the hawk :
squealing and frolicking about in •
gieat glee. Sometimes the play ends
in a tragedy, for the hawk pounces
upon one of them to the dismay of
the others. Jays may be caged and
tamed like crows and some writers
say they can be taught to utter words.
—“Bird Studies,’* by Herman C. De ;
Groat.
Too Much Renunciation.
“How foolish you women are,” said ;
Mr. Nagg to his better half. “You I
don’t catch men doing such things as
joining ‘Don’t Worry’ clubs.”
“Os course not,” snapped Mrs. Nagg. :
"Men couldn’t give up the pleasure of I
worrying their wives.”
The woman who cares for a clean,
wholesome mouth, and sweet breath, ;
will find Paxtine Antiseptic a joy for- ;
ever. At druggists. 25c a box or sent
postpaid* on receipt of price by The !
Paxton Toilet Co., Boston, Mass.
And many a girl who starts out with
the intention of making a name for
herself winds up by turning the job j
over to some man.
A great majority of summer ills are ■
due to Malaria in suppressed form. Las- I
situde and headaches are but two symp
toms. OXIDINE eradicates the Malaria
gcnn and tones up the entire system. ,
Ideals in America are almost as high >
as the cost of living.
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothlnp syrup for Children
teething, softens the sums, reduces Inßummn- |
lion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c a bottle, i
More often it is the man who gets
justice that kicks. <
I Death Lurks In A Weak Heart I
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WANTED INCENTIVE.
She —Would you save me if I should
start to drown?
He —Sure, if your father is well
rated.
If your appetite is not what it should be
perhaps Malaria is developing. It affects
the whole system. OXIDINE will clear
away the germs, ’ rid you of Malaria and gen
erally Improve your condition.
A woman seldom hits anything she
aims at, especially if she thiows her
self at a man’s head. *
DOES YOUR HEAD ACHE Z
Try Hicks’ CAPVDINE. It’s liquid—pleas
ant to take—effects immediate —good to prevent
Sick Headaches and Nervous Headaches also.
Your money back if not satisfied. 10c., 25c. and
50c. at medicine stores.
A Word to the Wise.
The proverbial advice, “Cobbler,
stick to your last,” had an opposite
exemplification in the following anec
dote, for which Zion’s Advocate is re
sponsible.
A colored man was brought before
a police judge, charged ■with stealing
chickens. He pleaded guilty, and re
ceived sentence, when the judge asked
how it was he managed to lift those
chickens right under the window ot
their owner’s house when there was a
dog in the yard.
"Hit wouldn't be of no use, judge,”
said the culprit, “to try to ’splain dis
thing to you all. Es you was to try
it, like as not you would git yer hide
full o’ shot, an’ git no chickens, nei
ther. Es you want to engage in any
rascality, judge, yo’ bettah stick to
de bench, whar yo' am familiar.”
Its Class.
"I don’t like this chicken-raising
for a man to go j*ito.”
“Why not?”
"It’s such a hen-pecking kind of
business.”
Sounds So.
“How oddly that man cleaning the
machinery talks.”
“How- do you mean?”
“I heard him telling his helper to
save the waste.”
HANDS ITCHED AND BURNED
Warrenton, Va. —"My little girl was
troubled with eczema for three years.
Her hands burned and itched and look
ed as if they were scalded. She could
not sleep at night; I had to be up all
night to keep, her hands in warm wa
ter. She rubbed her hands and large
white blisters came full of yellow wa
ter. Then sores came and yellow cor
ruption formed. She could not take
hold of anything with her hands. I
used an ointment and tried a treat
ment, but nothing did her any good,
so I got some Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment. After bathing her hands with
the Cuticura Soap and applying the
Cuticura Ointment I was astonished
to see the great relief, and Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment cured her
: hands in three weeks.” (Signed)
Mrs. John W. Wines, Mar. 8, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Oii^ment sold
' throughout the world. Sample of each
: free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
post-card “Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.”
Opening Up Lhasa.
Lhassa, which is the capital of
Tibet, for generations was known as
the Forbidden City, because of its
political and religious exclusiveness.
In 1904 a British armed expedition
opened the mysterious old city. Pre
vious to that time practically every
European traveler had been stopped
in his efforts to reach the place. The
population in Lhasa is about 35,000.
As a summer tonic there is no medicine
that quite compares .with OXIDINE. It not
only builds up the system, but taken reg
ularly. prevents Malaria. Regular or Taste
less formula al Druggists.
Many a man can’t even do his duty
without feeling that he is doing more
than his share.
‘WtfffE^^MlTHS GENERAL TONIC I
•Qi! ll Ton ic>est I -‘*? of CURES J
Appropriate.
“That angling friend of yours cer
tainly has a fitting physique."
"In what way?"
"I noticed he has fishy eyes and a
decided catch in his voice.”
One way to become popular is to let
other people impose on you.
AUTOMOBILE HAS A WING ।
Frnech Motor Car Is Driven in the
Same Manner as an
Aeroplane.
A successful trial run was made re
cently from Paris to London, about
320 miles, by a motor car driven by
a revolving wing, the Paris Figaro
states.
The vehicle, which was designed by
M. Bertrand de Lesseps, and is called
the "winged car," has the appearance
of an ordinary motor car, save that
in front it is shaped like the prow ■
of a ship. From the extremity of j
the prow extends a shaft to which is
attached the propeller—or revolving
wing—invented by M. Filippi.
The wing Is small, strong and thick
and revolves within a protecting cage.
The engine is of 40 horse power and j
rotates the wing by shaft and chain !
transmission.
There is no other mechanism, the :
wheels of the car being free, except ,
for footbrakes. By the side of the j
driver is a single lever which con
trols the clutch and the forward and I
reverse .movement of the wing. Jhe
! wing can be reversed at a moment’s .
■ notice, thereby forming an additional
' brake. In the trial runs a speed of
! 62 miles an hour was obtained with
2,100 revolutions of the wing a min
ute. One curious feature was that the
car made no dust.
Barber Shops In China.
Since the Chinese revolution a great 1
। many Chinese have had their cues cut !
off, and this has led to the opening of ■
a large number of barber shops
■ throughout the far east wherever Chi- |
j nese are located, says an exchange.
• Several progressive business men of
Singapore, anticipating this, imported
a large number of American barber
' chairs, and they are now unable to
get supplies quickly enough. It has
■ i also been learned that the Chinese in
i ! sist on having American hair clippers,
’ i and refuse all other makes offered
! 1 It would seem that American manu
t facturers of barbers’ supplies should
i experience a large increase in their
i Oriental trade.
Important to Mothers
> Examine carefully every bottle oi
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
. infants and children, and see that it
) Bears the //&/’
Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years:
' Children Cry for Fletcher’s Castoria
T j
Where He Balked.
“She has a terrible time with her
f husband.”
“Yes, she is driving him to drink.”
“Nonsense! If she was driving him
> to drink things would be different;
she's trying to drive him the other
way.”
) <
The nearest some people ever come
Ito getting close to nature is to sit
I ; in a palm room.
!TO DRIVE OCT MALARIA „
; I AND BI ILD IT THE SYSTEM
Take the Old Standard GKOVB'S TASTKLKSS
CHILL TONIC. You know wbat you are taking.
The formula Is plainly printed on every bottle,
‘ showing it is simply Ouinine and Iron in a tasteless
I form, and the most effectual form. For grown
; people and children. 50 cents.
Diplomacy.
■ “Mrs. Jinks always has such a good
■ time when she goes anywhere. How j
■ does she manage to convey the impres- ’
’ sion she is a widow?"
1 “She always makes an allusion
• to her tardy husband as ‘my late
■ busband.’ ”
i
i ' To prevent Malaria is far better than
. to cure it. In malarial countries take a
; ' dose of OXIDINE regularly once each week
j and save yourself from Chills and Fever and
1 | other malarial troubles.
Patriotism.
Marks —So your Italian barber re
i 'fused to shave you. Why was that?
i Parks —I told him I'd just had a '
i ; Turkish bath.
• Begjuniu^Monday^ept^StnTone wees^ free course in Caartier baortuand io all who apply.
S2OO in scholarships given as prizes. After one week pupils can write business letters. No ex*
। pense. No obligation. Send your name at once. Bagwell Easiness Ceiiege. 34 Leckie St.. Atlanta, Ga.
1 ,10* !
EVERY CHILD SHOULD HAVE THE
Starch Twin Dolls
Miss Lilly White and Mise Phoebe Prisa.
L-Jr L’A If vou wiD u*e starch made both these j I1
roc dolls, each 121-2 Inchee high and ready t^^t out j n }
I nr j I and stuff, will be sent to any address, postpaid, on re> I f
I vJ / ceipt of six fronts of 10 cent Faultless Starch packages, \ Z
or twelve fronts of 5 cent Faultless Starch package* X I
'WMI end 8 cents in stamp* to cover postage and packing.
Or either doll will be sent on receipt of three 10 cent
Xx * ' [* L x \ front* or six 5 cent fronts and 4 cents in stamp*. Cut,
' Xfont this ad. It will be accepted in p«ace of one 10
। cent front, or two 5 cent fronts. Only one ad will
*y acoepteowith each application. 1 w |
FAULTLESS STARCH CO.. Kiaua City, Ma. MM
No. 666
This is a prescription prepared especial
l ly for Chills and Fever. Five or six doses
will break any case of Chills and Fever,
and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will
t not return. It acts on the liver better than
I Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c.
CRITICAL TIME
OF WOMAN’S LIFE
From 40 to 50 Years of Age.
How It May Be Passed
in Safety.
Odd, Va.:—“l am enjoying better
health than I have for 20 years, and I
believe I can safely
say now that I am a
well woman. I was
reared on a farm and
had all kindsof heavy
work to do which
caused the troubles
that came on me la
ter. For five years
during the Change of
Life I was not abto
to lift a pail of wa
' ter. I had hemor-
rhages which would last for weeksand I
was not able to sit up in bed. I suffered
a great deal with my back and was so
nervous I could scarcely sleep at night,
and I did not do any housework for three
years.
“Now I can do as much work as
any woman of my age in the county,
thanks to the benefit I have received
from Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound. I recommend your remedies
I to all suffering women.’’—Mrs. Martha
L. Holloway, Odd, Va.
No other medicine for woman’s ills has
received such wide-spread and unquali
fied endorsement We know of no other
medicine which has such a record of
success as has Lydia E. Pinkham s
Vegetable Compound. For more than 30
years it has been the standard remedy
for woman’s ills.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegeta
ble Compound will help you, write
to Lvdia E.Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confidential) Lynn, Mass., for ad
vice. Your letter will be opened*
read and answered by a woman*
and field in strict confidence.
Make the Liver
IDo its Duty
Nine times in ten when the liver is
right the stomach and bowels are right.
CARTER’S LITTLE
LIVER PILLS
gently but firmly
Ito
ao its auty. KITTLE
Cures
riirn> : ~r. \~-
digestion,
sick /gr ,
Headache,
and Distress After Eating.
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE, SMALL PRICE.
Genuine must bear Signature ■
AGENTS MAKE BIG MONEY
You can represent us and make
$25.00 to $50.00 weekly
Salary and commission paid to live agents,
either male or female, to represent us io
: every town in the south. Write for terri
tory at once. Carens College of Dress
making, Clark Bldg., Jacksonville, Florida
BLADDER & KIDNEY TROUBLE
i Take Bladder and Kidney Specific and ba
i quickly cured. Send card for particulars*
BLADDER & KIDNEY CURE COMPANY
, R. F. D. No. 5, Box 298 Atlanta* Ga.
fi^RnP^Y TREATED. Glrequlekw-
Wnviwl usua Hy remcre swel
ling and short breath In a few days and
entire relief in 15-45 days, trial weaimeat
FREE DB.GBUXSSOXS. BexAMtkoaMla
L^aTHOMPSONS weak, inflamed eya^
<®EYE WATER Booklet free. ।
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POP CAT r General Merchandise .garage,iea
* JrlLEi bldg, material business, in goo 4
: town. Does* to 130,000 year. Can be doubled. WID
clearfe,oooto 16,000. BOX 143. AUSTELL, GA.
IKDIANmmIDUCKS^S
. Munnlmaker Poultry Farm, Koreaady, Tea*.
^ARRtR’S
HAIR BALSAM
Claanees and beautifiea the halt
Promotes a luxuriant growth.
Hewer Tails to Beetore Gray
Hair to its Youthful Color.
Prevents hair falling:.
50c. and f 1.00 at prugyirta.
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W. N. U., ATLANTA, NO. 35-1912.
