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WHERE FARMER DOES NOT SPECIALIZE
LITTLE ATTENTION IS PAID TO QUALITY
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Result Is That On Vast Numb sr of Farms Where No Milk,
Cream or Butter Is Sold Cows Are Mostly Inferior-
Poor Foundation tor Success.
Unless we are actively engaged In
the dairy business, or raising beef
cattle, we are not apt to pay much
attention to the quality and money
Value of our cows on the farm. The
result of this is that on a vast num
ber of farms where no milk, cream or
butter is sold, the cows are mostly in
ferior.
Os course, this is no Reference to
the men who go in for beet breeds of
cattle rather than dairy breeds. But
there are a great many men, who
do more or less in the dairy line, and
who nevertheless keep inferior stock,
says a writer In the Farm Progress.
In most cases 1 think it likely this is
due to the fact that the owners of
such stock are not sufficiently fa
miliar with cows and cow values to be
Influenced to secure better stock.
As I have owned a large number of
cows, I know very well what a poor
investment a lot of inferior cattle
are. But, judging from what is seen
on the majority of farms over the
country, “cows are cows;” and so
long as some milk and some butter —
though it may not always be in abun
dance—are supplied, the owners let it
go' at that.
As a rule, men who have that sort
of indifference to their cattle, also
have scrub hogs and poultry, and in a
general way all the features about
the farm are of the scrub type. Ido
not believe any man of this type can
ever be a very successful farmer. The
same interests that make a man a
successful business man make the
farmer a successful one.
The farmer who owns poor scrub
cows, not good for either milk or but
termaking, and worth little on the
Ideal Type of Dairy Cow.
block, can never expect to make any
real profit out of his cows.
Os course, the vast majority of cow
owners are those who do not sell
milk and butter, and expect to sell
veal calves or yearlings, not kept to
be butchered at home, do not get any
returns from keeping cows except
the milk and butter, and now and
then some beef or veal from an ani
mal butchered on shares in the
neighborhood. Os course, this is no
small thing. I have been associated
with a neighborhood club a great
deal of the time, and we lived where
it. was handy for a bunch of neigh
bors to take turn about and butch
er a yearling and i divide among
them.
I have found that we got more out
of an animal In that way than where
we sold to a butcher to be paid for
in fresh beef or cash and bought
fresh meat with the money.
If a half dozen families join in this
plan they can begin killing in Novem
ber and keep it up till March, and
thus all families keep supplied with
HARMFUL LITTLE
ENGLISH SPARROW
Expert of United States Biologi
cal Survey Urges War
on Small Bird.
The frequent and vigorous condem
nation of English sparrows finds sup
port in a recent statement of the
government made by Ned Dear
born.'' an expert in the United States
Biological Survey, tvho files a bill of
complaint against the sparrow, and
gives reasons for waging war upon it.
It is so vigorous and emphatic in de
tail as to remind one of the “swat the
fly” campaign that has been promi
nent for several years. It has been
stated that the sparrow feeds upon
insects which perform a useful serv
ice in agriculture and that there are
about 99 counts against one in his
favor. It is said that he is guilty of
destroying fruit, such as cherries,
grapes, pears and peaches, and fur
ther says:
He gobbles up buds and flowers of
cultivated shrubs, trees and vines.
He causes havoc in gardens by nib
bling at the peas and lettuce. He is
destructive to wheat and other grains
Some idea of the extent of his depre
dations is gained by the statement
that a flock of fifty of his fellows re
quire daily the equivalent of a quart
of grain. Hence the annual loss
fresh meat during the entire time
when it is cold enough to keep
the meat till each family can
get its share. The only drawback to
the plan is that the beef is often on !
hand at a time when the hogs are
killed and the meat salted down, and '
there are few families that do not
.like fresh pork so well but that they '
eat a lot of it, both fresh and salted,
before it is made into bacon.
Os course, this fact interferes with
the consumption of much beef on
farms after cold weather sets in; but
no family, no matter how well they
like hog meat, ought to eat it too
freely.
Personally, I like both pork and
bacon better than any but the best
and tenderest of beef; but, of course,
every farmers’ club ought surely to
hat^ as good beef as can be had any
where.
Several times on my own farm we
have taken a quarter of a 700-pound
yearling, and it kept hanging in the |
smokehouse from the last of Novem
ber till we began to smoke the bacon, |
and it. was as good as we could get i
from the best butcher. Our club,
claimed to divide the animal into
quarters, and we rotated the hind
quarters and forequarters among the
four, that being the nufnber in it.
After the hogs are killed, of
course, almost everybody eats pork
in some form most of the time; but 1 i
think it would be well to go on with i
the beef club as long as the weather ■
keeps cold enough to keep it sound j
and fresh. Having an Icehouse on my .
farm, we could. keep beef fresh long
er than some of the others.
Probably the best plan of all would
be to arrange with a butcher to
slaughter the beef and buy the bulk
of It from the club, and,it would not
then be long before the club would
be ready for another one. And, really,
it is a good plan, If it can be arranged,
to have the beef club continue in
operation as much of the time as
possible, so that beef may be had
more or less all the time from the
middle of fall till the middle of
spring.
Os course, each member, if he is
like me, would want some fresh pork
as well as cured bacon all along dur
ing the beef period. Maybe the time
will come when there can be farm
ers’ cold storage warehouses on a
small scale to keep meats fresh as
well as help in keeping fruits in
sound condition. If such things pay
the meat packers and butchers, they
would pay farmers as well. But this
is one of the things that not many
have given any thought to. Yet both
health and comfort require some such
method of keeping meats, fruit, etc.,
fresh and sound.
throughout the country amounts to a
large total.
Furthermore, he is a pirate and a i
disturber in the bird world He preys
on some of our most useful and at
tractive birds, among the number be
ing bluebirds, house . wrens, purple
martins, tree swallows, cliff swal
lows, barn swallows, the wrens, cat
birds and mocking birds.
This is a matter of importance to ;
farmers as well as to city dwellers
for the sparrows are getting cut
further into the country each year
and gre now found where they were i
unknown a year ago. The birds upon I
which it is said to prey scatter more
or less widely from the locality where
hatched, and are of inestimable value !
to farmers in many ways. The meth
ods of destruction named by Mr
Dearborn are tearing down nests,
catching the birds In nests, shooting
in large flocks and poisoning. A sys
tematic movement in villages and
small cities is recommended for their
destruction.
Causes of Failure With Alfalfa. •
Experiments at the Cornell station
have been conducted to determine the
causes of failure in alfalfa culture
and the practical suggestions derived
from the results were that at least ;
moderately fertile soil is needed so:
this crop, that the use of phosphaU
as a fertilizer Is valuable in this con
nection, and that inoculation is fv
tile, unless the soil is in a conditio:
to favor the growth of th* bacteria
EB
Some of the
best physicians
prescribe
OXIDINE
in cases of malaria
They can doso ethically, for
Oxidine Is a known remedy
, with a known result.
1 n cases of either Incipient
or chronic malar la. Oxidine
effects definite benefit w
and almost instant relief.
Take i t as a preventive, aa
well as a remedy.
It is a great tonic.
OXIDINE i. split bya I Idrug-
I gists under the strietguaran*
I teethatif the first bottle does
I not benefit you. return the
| empty bottle to the druggist
I— ■ L who sold Hand receive the J -XI
£ ) full purchase price, C )
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POOR JOHN NEATLYCAUGHT
Cleverly Contrived Trap That Led to
the Downfall of One Forget
ful Husband.
He had returned home in the eve
ning tired and ready for a restful hour
or two.
“John, my love,” said his little wife
sweetly, “did you post that letter I (
gave you this morning?"
“Yes, my pet,” said John, hiding his
conscience-stricken face behind the ;
i newspaper.
“Well, what is your answer?” still
j more sweetly.
“Wh —what is what?" gasped John.
“What is your answer, dear?" said
his little wife, clearly. “That letter
was addressed to you.”
“Addressed to me?” exclaimed John.
“I didn't notice it."
And then, like a foolish man," he
fell into the trap and produced the
letter from his pocket to see. The
envelope was not addressed to him;
but a long and severe lecture was
shortly after.
SKIN DISEASE ON FACE
Barthell, Ky.—“l had a skin -disease
on my face, neck and hands that tor
mented me all the time and when I
would get hot the places would burn
so that I had to keep my face wet in
cold water. It began as pimples and
indeed it was disfiguring, for it would
get in spots on my face and hands as
large as a quarter of a dollar. It would
' get into blisters sometimes and I sure
did suffer. My face burned all the
time. It was this way so bad for
-about six years and I tried everything
that I could hear of, but nothing did
! any good.
I “One day I found the Cuticura Soap
; and Ointment advertised and ordered '
i some at once. I would wash my face
; good with the Cuticura Soap and then
; apply the Cuticura Ointment and they
■ have cured me. It would take half a
tablet to tell all I suffered in those six
■ years." (Signed) Mrs. Della Hill,
! Jan. 3, 1912.
I Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
post-card “Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston.”
Adv.
Quite the Thing.
“I told you that if you came tomor
row morning I would give you the :
money for my wash. Why did you :
1 come tonight?” said Miss Philis to the
I daughter of her laundress.
! “I know you said tomorrow morn- ;
in’,” responded the girl, “but me moth- ,
er she told me io come tonight, 'cause
she was afraid you might be gone
away by tomorrow mornin’.’’
“I certainly should not go without
' paying my laundry bill,” said Miss
Philis sharply. “No respectable wom
an would do such a thing.”
; “Oh, yes, ma’am, they would," re
’ plied the child knowingly. “There's
lots of respectable ladies does.”
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EI.IXIR DAUEK STOPS CHILLS
; and is the finest kind of tonic.
"Your •Babek’ acts like magic, I have
J given It to numerous people in my par
; ish who were suffering with chilis, ma
laria and fever. I recommend it to those
who are sufferers and in need of a good
tonic." — Kev. S. Szymanowski, St.
Stephen's Church, Perth Amboy, N. J.
Elixir Bnbek. 50 cents, all druggists, or
Kloczewski & Co., Washington, D.C. Adv.
Doing His Part.
"What part are you taking in the
| war on flies?”
"I do sentry duty at the breakfast
table over the milk pitcher every
morning.”
For SUMMER HEADACHES
: Hicks’ CAPUDINE is tile best remedy
no matter what causes them—whether
from the heat, sitting in draughts, fever- j
Ish condition, etc. 10c., 25c and oOc per ;
bottle at medicine stores. Adv.
Changed Its Species.
"Wasn’t the forbidden fruit an ap- 1
I pie?”
“Yes, but at the time Eve handed
it to Adam, It was a lemon.”
Dropsy cured. Swelling quickly reduced. Shortness
of Breath relieved in a few hours. Sample treatment
free. COLLES DROPST RKXKDY CO., ATLANTA., GA. Adv.
Their Use.
“Why do ships have needle guns?"
“To thread their way with, stupid."
Political arguments lose us more
■ friends than they gain votes.
| You Look Prematurely Old |
NO SLEEPING BAG FOR THEM
Laplanders Preferred the Snow and
the Open Air, and So Had a
Comfortable Night.
Sir Henry Lucy tells in the Corn
hill. Magazine a good story that he
had from Nansen, the explorer. It
amusingly illustrates the hardy health
of the Laplanders.
Part of Nansen’s equipment for his
trip across Greenland consisted of two
sleeping-bags made of undressed
skins. On the first night of the jour
ney Nansen and his two Norwegian
companions got into one of the bags,
pulled the mouth tight across their
necks, and so slept In the snow with
only their heads out.
Before retiring for rest, Nansen saw
the three Laplanders he had engaged
for the expedition cozily tucked into
the other sleeping-bag. When he
awoke in the morning, almost numb
with cold, he observed that the bag
in which he had tied up the Lapland
ers was empty, and that they were no
where in sight. He was afraid they
had deserted him, and scrambling
out of the bag/ went in search of
them. He found the three men fast i
asleep behind a hillock of snow that
they had scraped together as a pro
tection against the wind.
“Ah, master," they said, when ask- !
ed to explain this extraordinary con- j
duct, “we couldn't sleep in that thing. ■
It was too hot, so we got out and
have had a comfortable night here.”
YOU ArFpOISONING
YOURSELF WITH FOOD
PURE FOOD DOES NOT PREVENT
POISONOUS GASES.
Al! Could Be Methuselahs if We Did
Not Shorten Life by Self-Poisoning.
—
All food eaten has some waste, un-
I used particles left in the stomach un- I
i digested. From this waste uric acid
: generates, and when uric acid gets in ;
the blood stream it poisons the system.
■ This is termed autotoxemia. Indiges
i tion, biliousness, dyspepsia, sick head
ache, languidness, loss of energy and a
i weakened physical condition result
and make the system vulnerable to
disease. Eliminate autotoxemia, and
- we might live hundreds of years.
' JACOBS’ LIVER SALT flushes the
stomach and the bowels, dissolves the
uric acid and expels it with the undi
gested putrefying waste matter that
generates the poison.
JACOBS’ LIVER SALT is better
than calomel. It causes no vomiting,
nausea or after effect. Effervescent,
agreeable, mild, quick—no other liver
medicine is equal to it. Don't take a
substitute, %-lb. jar 25c at your drug
gist (by mail 16c extra for postage).
Jacobs’ Pharmacy, Atlanta. Large free
sample and interesting booklet for 2c
stamp. Adv.
Fashion Note.
Lady Duff Gordon, at a tea at the
i Ritz-Carlton, praised the pannier
skirt.
“Everybody likes it, it is so grace
ful,” she said, smiling. “Everybody
likes it except crusty old fellows.”
She turned to a crusty old fellow
upon a Louis Seize chair beside her
and continued:
“I know a woman whose husband
growled at her when she tried on a
new pannier gown for him:
“‘I don't see why you wear those '
ridiculous big panniers. You haven't
got the hips to fill them.'
“The woman blushed and bit her
i lip. Then she said quietly:
“ 'But do you fill your silk hat,
I George?’ ”
Was Fun to Choose.
A number of drivers of racing cars
; who were in Louisville to participate
i in the motor races were present at
a luncheon in honor of one of the
i leading contestants, who told several
automobile stories.
“But my best story.” said the racer,
"is about a taxicab chauffeur. This
man was discharged for reckless
driving and so became a motorman on
a trolley car.
“As he was grumbling over his fall
en fortunes a friend said:
" 'Oh, what's the matter with you?
Can't you run over people just as
much as ever?'
" Yes,’ the ex-chauffeur replied, 'but
formerly I cosid pick and choose.' ”
Paid Minister in Tinfoil.
The meanest man in the world has
been found. He is the man who gave
the Rev. Thilo Gore, pastor of the
German Lutheran church, an envelope
filled with tinfoil for marrying him.
The bride and groom rang Dr.
Gore’s doorbell late one night and
asked him to marry them. As they ;
had a license, he did so. After the |
I ceremony was performed the man
handed the minister an envelope
which was supposed to contain the
fee. He found it contained nothing
। but several pieces of tinfoil. —Chicago
Tribune.
At 2 A. M.
Mrs. Klatter —What is it a sign
of when a man stumbles going up
stairs ?
Mrs. Klubmann —I know very well
what it’s a sign of when my husband
does It.
Does a woman feel glad or sorry
when she cries at a w-edding?
II
JI, M, ,
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get a book of cigarette papers FREE. Bp
Get a Good Fishing Reel Free
0* by saving the Coupons now packed in Liggett $ Mysrs Duke’s
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cameras, watches, toilet articles, etc. B^
These handsome presents cost you
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Remember —you still get the same uR
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z' Premium DepL
b £
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Its Kind.
“What is a voice from the tombs
like?”
“It must be a skeleton's articula
tion.”
HOES YOUR HEAD ACHEt
Try Hicks’ CAPUDINE. it’s liquid — pleas
ant to take —effects immediate—good to prevent
Sick Headaches and Nervous Headaches aiso.
Your money back if not satisfied. 10c.,25c. and
sue. at medicine stores. Adv.
j Only a lawyer or a detective can
. mind his own business when he’-pries
into other people's.
Constipation causes and aggravates many
! serious diseases. It is thoroughly cured by
Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The favorite
family laxative. Adv.
Don't brag about yourself; jolly
' ethers into doing it for you.
[— FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS PJW
/cT For Backache, Rheumatism. Kidneys and Bladder
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are not oniv a remedy for, but will prevent
SICK HEADACHE,
biliousness, constipation and kindred diseases-
Mi; Pills
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