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Southern Agricultural Topics.
Modem Method* That Are Helpful to
Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stockman.
Cottonseed Meal.
As a furnisher of protein for the
balancing of a ration there are few if
any cheaper concentrates. It is an
especially good feed for milch cows
when properly mixed, but is not re¬
garded as a good feed for hogs, as it
la claimed that cottonseed meal from
some cause not well understood, will
kill hogs. Cottonseed meal is now
selling at about $30 per ton and
contains about forty-four per cent,
©f protein, besides some oil and other
carbonaceous material. Considered
for its fertilizer value there are seven
pounds nitrogen in every hundred
pounds of the meal, about two pounds
of potash and about two pounds of
phosphoric acid, these calculated at
market prices would be about the
following:
Seven pounds of nitrogen at twen¬
ty cents equals $1.4 0; two pounds of
potash at five cents equals fen cents;
two pounds of phosphoric acid at five
cents equals ten cents; making a to¬
tal of $1.60, which is practically the
cost of the cottonseed meal. By us¬
ing It to balance up the cow feed
and carefully saving the manure it is
possible to save about seventy-five
per cent, of its fertilizer value as well
as to get its full feed value.—A. J.
Legg, Albion, W. Va.
Effective Wagon Jack.
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A is of oak 2x4x33 inches; B is 2x
4x14 inches; C is 12 inches long and
lever D is 5 feet long, the short end
being 1 foot. The drawing explains
ItBelf.
Bermuda to Control Crab Grass.
Efforts to grow alfalfa in the South
are becoming much more numerous;
and under suitable conditions the ef¬
forts are being 'successful. The lack
«f a well prepared seed-bed with a
firm foundation is one frequent draw¬
back. Trying to use land that is not
fertile enough or not well drained
Is another. In some cases innocula
tion of land would have made suc¬
cess more certain. These handicaps
all aVe things that can be got around,
but there is one drawback that we
4o not yet know how to get around
—that is crab grass. A harrow
aomewhat like a disc harrow is on
the market, that has about twenty
Ive-eighths-lnch spikes in the place
•f each disc; and it is claimed that
It will give alfalfa new life and pull
•ut the crab grass. But we are not
Informed how bad the crab grass can
be on the land, or how suited to
crab grass the land can be, for this
harrow to kill the grass and save the
alfalfa. This particular harrow is
rather expensive for a small farmer
to buy; and it is desired to find some
way the small farmer who has crab
grass land that is rich enough for
alfalfa can insure alfalfa against the
grass.
Here is a place that some reader
may give help of untold worth if he
»ow has or gets experience of the
kind desired. On land that is suited
to Johnson grass and alfalfa, the
two crops grow well together.
falfa has been grown with
da also. What is wanted is to learn
under what, if any, conditions,
*on grass or Bermuda has been
with alfalfa on crab grassland;
how well the alfalfa succeeded;
whether the crab grass
grows thriftily on the plowed
•f the farm—that is, land of
nature. It is urged that no one
ean give information requested
fail to do so. Our readers often
as for information; and we want
turn it around and have our
help us and our readers. This
formation is wanted at once.
note, we wish to learn whether
muda or Johnson grass will
down crab grass and enable
to grow on crab grass land.
know alfalfa will grow with
Bermuda or Johnson grass, so a
cussion of that question is not
but whether either of these
grasses will make alfalfa growing
crab grass land a success—and if
will, what the conditions have
—Chas. M. Scherer, iu
Farmer.
Spurs For Poultry-men.
Thought. feed and
three things necessary for
with poultry.
Pear trees are not suitable
poultry runs, since the
will make them grow fast aud
more subject to blight.
Begin to eat the old hens as
as hatching is over with and they
are in good condition. Pullets, if
well developed, will be better winter
layers.
Open the hen house sure. Let the
pure air and the breezes in. Good
air is worth as much as good feed.
Old birds need no protection now
further than a rain-proof roof.
Do not be annoyed by keeping
more than one breed of chickens,
unless making a specialty of selling
breeders; and even then it is doubt¬
ful that it will be best to have more
than one breed.
There is as much in the poultry
man as there is in the breed of poul¬
try. Don’t get a start with good
birds and then neglect them. They
must have a chance to do good work
or they will not make their owner
glad.
Kill the rats. They are among
the worst thieves of the poultry
yard. They destroy noth enormous
quantities of feed and many young
birds, and are so sly about it that
half the time their depredations are
not laid to them.
Those who want eggs sometimes
make the mistake of waiting till they
%ant the eggs before they begin to
push the pullets for them. They
should be fed so as to develop well
long before winter eggs are wanted.
Extra care later cannot make good
any neglect of to-day.
Poultry keeping does not require
much hard work, but it is not a busi¬
ness in which loafers have success.
By systematizing the work, however,
it can be disposed of with little
ble. Do It regularly and it will
most seem to do itself.
keeping on the farm calls for less
work than anywhere else.
The dry mash mixture used by the
Maine Experiment Station is
posed of two parts by weight
wheat bran and one part each
corn meal, middlings, gluten meal
brewers’ grain, linseed meal and
scrap. Mix up a quantity at one
by shoveling it over and over,
store it away to draw on when
ing is to be done.
An orchard of fruit trees is an
cellent place to keep young
if the grass is not so high as to
them too much while the dew is
The youngsters will race about
pick up many bugs that the trees
better off without, and will also
good shade from the trees.
who have bare poultry yards
well plant fruit trees in them.
droppings will make the trees
rapidly.—Progressive Farmer.
Growing Strawberries.
Trim the roots of strawberry
to about two-thirds of their
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They will then make better
and the plants will be stronger.
cut shows the growth of roots
weeks old,—Home and Farm.
A Turkey Farmer’s Secret.
A turkey farmer pointed to a
mill wherein a petroleum
chugged, chugged vigorously.
“In that mill,” he said, “the
for my 2000 turkeys is ground,
secret of successful turkey
lies in abundant feeding. It
six men busy to feed my birds.
• • They are fed five times a day,
each turkey gets as much as he
hold. Carrots boiled in lard,
crushed barley and milk are
good fatteners, and the birds
themselves with them. Then,
last thing before going to roost
eat all the oatmeal porridge and
termilk they can find room for.
“Cocks cost more than hens on
market, because they are
raise. If they get together they
and kill one another, and they
five times as much as a hen.
! “A cock three hours before
j *s made to swallow a half pint
j flesh vinegar. fine and This tender; vinegar without makes it
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1 would be coarse and tough,
j “A turkey farm like mine
easily from $1500 to $2600 a
Farm Magazine,
MRS. FRANK STROEBE
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A Remarkable Recovery.
Mrs. Frank Stroebe, R. F. D. 1, Apple
ton, Wis., writes: “I began using Peru
na a few months ago, when my health
and strength were all gone, and I was
nothing bnt a nervous wreck, could
not sleep, eat or rest properly, and felt
no desire to live. Peruna made me look
at life in a different light, as I began to
regain my lost strength.
I certainly think Peruna is without
a rival as a tonic and strength buildet. ”
Probably from the viewpoint of the
man in the moon a balloon doesn’t
come up to his expectations.
Hicks’ Capudine Cures Nervousness,
Whether tired out, worried, overworked, or
what not. It refreshes the brain and
nerves. It’s Liquid and pleasant to take.
10c., 25c., and 50c., at drug stores.
The Most Delicious Eggs.
Many a Chinaman in New York
would like to have those addled egg*
of Andrew Carnegie's Minorca hens.
By a son of Confucius nothing is
Unore prized than an addled egg. We
Americans use the term with great
I license, as if it meant the same as
rotten egg. Far from it. An egg
laddled is merely in the earliest stage
of decomposition. The French epi
.cure hangs his meats, poultry, game,
fish, etc., until they are almost “in
ialncere. All offensive odors dlsap
pear in the cooking. A rotten egg is
one of the foul things of earth; but
la stale egg, properly prepared, beats
nil the “strictly freshes” ever brought
to a table.
I want to claim this invention and
Ishould like to have It patened, trade
marked and copyrighted. Finding it
impossible to eat and enjoy a soft
boiled egg nowadays on account of
the toughness and preponderance of
the white, I instructed my chef to
give each egg a thorough shaking be¬
fore cocking, The idea was to mix
perfectly In the shell the white and
yellow. It was exquisitely success
iful. Yo-u could never imagine any
thing better, A few days ago I
bought a milkshake machine, such as
may be seen In all public resorts in
■summer. Instead of milk In the
glass, I tilled the latter with cot¬
ton and put in the egg. A few turns
of the crank and—as Delmore says—
:tLare you are!—New York Press.
WIFE WON.
Husband Finally Convinced.
Some men are wise enough to try
new foods and beverages and then
generous enough to give others the
benefit of their experience.
A very “conservative” Ills, man,
however, let his good wife find out
for herself what a blessing Postum is
to those who are distressed in many
ways, by drinking coffee. The wife
writes:
“No slave in chains, it seemed to
me, was more helpless than I, a coffee
captive. Yet there were innumerable
warnings—waking from a troubled
sleep with a feeling of suffocation, at
times dizzy and out of breath, attacks
of palpitation of the heart that fright¬
ened me.
“Common sense, reason, and my
better judgment told me that coffee
drinking was the trouble. At last my
nervous system was so disarranged
that my physician ordered ‘no more
coffee.’
“He knew he was right and he
knew I knew it, too. I capitulated.
Prior to this our family had tried
Postum but disliked it, because, as
we learned later, it was not made
right.
“Determined this time to give
Postum a fair trial, I prepared it ac¬
cording to directions on the pkg.—
’that is, boiled it 15 minutes after
boiling commenced, obtaining a dark
brown liquid with a rich, snappy
flavour similar to coffee. When
cream and sugar were added it was
not only good but delicious.
“Noting its beneficial effects in me
the rest of the family adopted it—all
except my husband, who would not
admit that coffee hurt him. Several
weeks elapsed during which I drank
Postum two or three times a day,
when, to my surprise, my husband
said: T have decided to drink
Postum. Your improvement is so
apparent—you have such fine color—
that I propose to give credit where
credit is due.’ And now we are
coffee-slaves no longer.”
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read “The Road to
Wellville,” in pkgs. There’s a Rea
son.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest. «
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COM¬
MENTS FOR JULY 12.
Subject: Saul Chosen King, 1 Sam¬
uel 9 and 10—-Golden Text, 2
Sam. 23:3—Commit Verse 24—
Read 1 Sam. 11—Commentary.
TIME.—1900 B. C. PLACE.—
Mizpeh.
EXPOSITION.—I. Saul Chosen
King, 17-23. Jehovah had already
pointed Saul out as the one whom He
had chosen to be king over Israel (cf.
ch. 9:17), and Samuel had made
known this choice of God unto Saul
(ch. 9:20, 21; 10:1). Now there is
to be a formal and public choice by
lot. Samuel called the people to¬
gether but not unto himself, “unto
the LORD.” They were to meet the
LORD face to face that day and to
hear a message from Him. Are our
gatherings together unto the Lord or
unto some man? The place of meet¬
ing was >ne that had been hallowejl 20:1*
by former gatherings (Judges
1 Sam. 7:5, 6). Samuel again re¬
proves them for asking for a king
(cf. ch. 8:7-9, 19; 12:12, 17-19). But
the reproof was not Samuel’s but
G^d’s. God rails to their remem¬
brance how He had saved them and
brought them up out of the land of
bitterness and bondage. How gross
was the ingratitude of a people that
could reject such a God, and how
great was their folly that they should
desire some human king and deliverer
instead of Him. But their ingrati¬
tude and folly was nothing in com¬
parison with that of those who reject
such a Deliverer and Lord as Jesus
Christ has proven Himself to be. It
is the method of God in reasoning
with men to call to their remem¬
brance His loving kindness towards
them, in order that they may see
their own ingratitude and folly in the
light of His abounding grace (cf. Ju.
2:1; 6:8, 9). It w r as a fourfold de¬
liverance that Jehovah had wrought
for them. (1) He had brought them
up out of Egypt, the land of bondage,
plagues and darkness. (2) He had
delivered them out of the hand of the
Egyptians; that hand had been a
heavy one. And tha hand out of
which Christ delivers us to-day is a
heavy one. (3) He had delivered
them out of the hand of all kingdoms.
He had brought them to civil liberty
and self-government, and now they
very foolishly desired a king again.
The only way tj be delivered from
the oppression of all earthly kings is
to have God for our King. (4) He
had delivered them out of the hand
of all that oppressed them (cf. Luke
1:74, 75). No earthly king could do
that. Their obstinacy and folly in
this matter was a foreshadowing of
how men would treat Christ (cf. Acts
7:51, 52). Samuel told them their
awful guilt without mincing words.
“Ye have this day rejected your God.”
This is a frightful indictment, but it
is one that ean be justly brought
against every one to-day who is re¬
jecting Christ. In the face of all God
has done they still said, “Give us a
man. Set a king over us.” The in¬
visible God is lot enough for the un¬
believing heart. t’he lot was in those
days one of the divinely appointed
ways of discovering the mind of tho
Lord (Prov. 16:33; 18:1.5; Josh.
7:16-18; 1 Sam. 14:41; Acts 1:24-
28). But there is no use of the lot
after the giving of the Holy Spirit at
Pentecost. When the tribe of Ben¬
jamin was taken they might have
seen, had they been familiar with the
Scriptures, that the choice was neces¬
sarily a temporary ore; for the per¬
manent king of Israel w r as tc come
from Judah (Gen. -49:10, 2 7). There
is scarcely a sadder stoiy in the Bibl-,
or iu history, than that of Saul.
II.—How the People Received
Their King, 24-27. Samuel was very
enthusiastic over the man chosen.
“See ye him whom the LORD hath
chosen,” h- cried. With far deeper
meaning may we point t Jesus and
say, “See ye Him whom God hath
chosen” (cf. Acts 2:36) Samuel
went on to say, “There is none like
him It was true, but how much
truer is it of Jesus, that there is none
like Him (Song 5:10). Tha people
were enthusiastic, toe; they “shout
ed. y y But, like so many shouters,
there their enthusiasm ended; the
greater part of them went “every man
t j his house.” They had a leader now,
and he could d the fighting. They
were like many modern churches,
they sheut for the new pastor
and then g<. home and leave him to
do the fighttog. Saul assumed to
himself as yet no glory, he went
quietly back to his humble hnnm and
waited for the call of Providence to
do his duty. It soon came (ch. 11:1-
11 ). Not all the people were apa
thetic. There was a faithful little
company, “a band of men whose
hearts God had touched” (cf. Ezr.
1:5, R. V.). It is always the band
whose hearts G^d has touched who do
the fighting and win the victories.
But there was another sort of men in
Israel, “Sons of worthlessness ” Their
descendants still live. These
! n ecked. They asked questions, too.
The sons of Belial are always great at
asking, hard questions, and their fav
orite question is, “how?” So
sons of Belial asked, “how shall this
l n an save us?” That is just what the
sons of Belial to-day are asking about
Christ. They showed their contempt
by bringing him no present in ac
knowledgement of his kingship. In
the same way many to-day show their
contempt for Christ. Saui showed
his wisdom and humility and meek
ness, by being silent under slights
and mockery.
Mad Doga.
“This 1® tlw thus of year when the
old fallacy connecting hot days and
mad dog® begins to show new signs
of life," fi&ld a physician, "As a mat
ter of fact, hydroprobla has no more
to do with tho temperature than It
has with the climate of Hawaii. Hy¬
drophobia is a germ disease and the
germ Is just as active in January as it
is in July. Dogs go “mad” in the win¬
ter Just as frequently as they do in
the summer, all popular superstition
to the contrary notwithstanding. “Dog
days” In the latter part of summer,
'have nothing to do with hydrophobia
hut are so called because that is the
season when Sirius, the dog star,
rises in'conjunction with the sun.
“The germ of hydrophobia attacks
the throat of the animal, irritating the
glands and finally closing the passage.
Hydrophobia means, literally, ‘afraid
of water,’ and it is commonly suppos¬
ed that a mad dog dreads the touch
and sight of it. The contrary is true.
The animal craves water and will run
any distance after it, but an attempt
to swallow increases its agony and
often results in death. This Is the
only connection between water and
dog madness. Of course hydrophobia
la a real and dangerous disease, and
the greatest care should be taken to
avoid an animal apparently afflicted;
but many useful and valuable dogs are
needlessly killed every year by panic
stricken people. Take on chances, but
don’t kill your dog just because ha
is hot and dusty and his tongue la
hanging out.”—Birmingham News.
DEATH TO KINO WOEM.
K Everywhere I go I speak for tiiimbii,
because It cured me of ringworm in its
worst form. My whole chest from neck to
waist was raw as beef; but mtteiukz cured
me. It also cured a bad case of piles.” So
says Mrs. M, P. Jones of 28 TannehiM 86.,
Pittsburg, Pa. Tettbbih*, the great skin
remedy, is sold by druggists T. or sent Dept. by mail
for 50c. Wfite J. Shuptbinb, A,
Savannah, Ga.
An interesting product shipped re
cently from a well known New En
land plant was a three-ply leathei
belt, 141 feet long and seventy-twx
lnchea wide.
John R. Dickey’s old reliable eye water
cures sore eyes or granulated lids. Don’t
hurt, feels good; get the genuine in red box.
Says Ernest Renan, my craving to
be just has prevented me from being
obliging. I am too much impressed
with the idea that in doing one per¬
son a service you as a rule disoblige
another person; that to further the
chances of one coompetitor is very of¬
ten equivalent to an injury upon an¬
other.
' NO NEED TO CUT CORNS.
Just paint them with abbott’s east In¬
dian cobk paint, following directions on
the bottle, and you’ll have no more com3. ' ■
It cures hard corns on top of the toes, soft
corns between them, bunions or sore, cal¬
lous spots on the feet without cutting, burn¬
ing or leaving any soreness. 25c. at drug
stores or by mail korn Tub Abbott Co.,
Savannah, Ga.
MODERN BUSINESS ETHICS.
*i Oh that a hoy of mine should live
to disgrace his family!”
tt Why, dad, what’s the matter with
you? It’s all right. I got off on a
technicality.”—Kansas City Journal.
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