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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. ,c 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 | w h en they arrive from the m J - k ; x\ s. PS iN> 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 i 1 would be coarse and tough, j “A turkey farm like mine easily from $1500 to $2600 a Farm Magazine, MRS. FRANK STROEBE lip mm s 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. « Uht 1 r-* Scinbatj-Scbocf 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. xj. IY.V. m & 5 Proof is inexhaustible that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound carries women safely through the Change of Life. Read the letter Mrs. E. Hanson, 304 E. Long St., Columbus, Ohio, writes to Mrs. Pinkham; “ I was passing through the Change of Life, headaches, and suffered and ot from * ie !' an nervous¬ ness, doctor told me, , tha a t symptoms. 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