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How Often Should You Feed the Chicken Flock? Just how frequently chickens should be fed depends on whether they are confined or on the range. Some poultrymen feed their flocks twice a day, while others feed them three times a day. The best plan is to feed fowls in confinement three times a day and those having free range in summer twice a day. When there is a very long interval be tween feeds it is difficult to keep fowls busy which are kept in con finement. Idle fowls often contract bad habits, such as feather pulling and egg eating, besides going out of condition from lack of exercise. In case it is not convenient to teed three times a day, the moistened mash may be fed in the morning, and at the same time the noon feed of grain may be scattered in the litter, which will keep the fowls busy a great part of the day. For those who cannot conveniently feed their fowls early in the morn ing a good plan is to scatter grain plentifully in the litter after the birds have gone to roost. This grain will furnish feed for the early morn ing. say poultry speicalists in the United States department of agri culture. Some poultry keepers can look after their fowls only once a day. If this is in the morning, moistened mash may be fed. followed by throw ing grain in the litter to furnish feed for the remainder of the day. If it is in the evening, before dark, a moistened mash may be given, and either after the fowls go to roost or in the morning, before daylight, grain may be scattered in the litter for eating during the day. Convert Brush Into Pasture; Utilize All There are many hundreds of thou sands of acres of land grown up in brush that should be in permanent pasture. Most farms all over the country have some such acres. With labor as high as it is at present, many farmers figure that they can not afford to clear brush land for pasture, but the United States de partment of agriculture points out that the labor employed on practical ly any farm can be utilized to clear from one to a few acres of brush land every year at times when regu lar form work cannot be done. The brush can be cleared away at any time, of course, and after it is off the ground may be plowed at inter vals when the tilled fields are too wet for plowing. Every acre of land cleared and put in permanent pas ture means an investment that will pay’ dividends through a life-time. The kinds of grass to sow vary with the locality. The departmbent of agriculture has conducted extensive investigations to determine the best methods of making permanent pas tures in the various sections of the country. Literature and other in formation on the subject may be had by writing the. department. The fundamental factors that are Involved in making good corn silage also apply in making beet-top silage.- Pae kthe mass thoroughly to ex- Pack the mass thoroughly to ex tight. Good silage requires thor ough packing. Co-operative Marketing Successful to Farmers During the first 100 days of 1920, 68 co-operative carloads of hogs were shipped from 22 Arkansas counties. The <1,480 hogs in the cars were owned by 700 different farmers, or an average of more than 10 ship pers to each carload. Returns total ing >127,590.52 were received for these hogs at the central markets. The average cost of shipping was only 94.3 cents per hundredweight. The amount made above the highest price offered locally, where there was a local market, amounted to $260 per car. or a total saving of more than $17,500 on all shipments. The season for shipping Arkansas cattle has not started; but In 1919 cattle shipments from that state ex ceeded the' co-operative- shipments- <jf hogs, and Indications this year are that almost all the Arkansas cattle will be shipped co-operatively. The co-operative shipping of live stock by the method advocated by the United States Department of Ag riculture has been found practicable and profitable in all sections of the country where live stock is produced in connection with general or spec ialized systems of farming. Start the Home Cannery Home canning at its best provides a supply of every fruit and vegeta ble that has been in season during the summer for use during the win ter. Rhubarb, asparagus, and dan delion greens are in season now Enough of each to serve once a week during the cold months will add variety to the menus next winter. Market white-shelled and brown shelled eggs in separate packages. Eggs irregular in shape, those which are unusually long or thin-shelled, or which have shells otherwise defec tive, should be kept by the pro ducer for home use, so that break age in transit may be reduced as much as possible. GUARANTEED BEST QUALITY STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS DIRECT TO YOU AT (WHOLESALE PRICES Why pay middlemen’« high prlcex when you can get highest grade new goods direct from ua by parcel post or fast express at wholesale prices and save 60 to 75 per cent, on each purchase? No better goods made at any price. Front Spring (wt. 18 lbs.) $2.25 Rear Spring (wt. 42 lbs.) 7.8 S Radius Rods (wt. 7 lbs.) 2.25 For quick action send money order and Bay how to ship. If by parcel post add enough to cover postage and revenue — your postmaster will tell you exact amount. All orders filled witbin two r hours after receipt. Satisfaction guar anteed. GOLDEN EAGLE GUARAN- MIC TEED INNER TUBES (2 lbg.)3SS 10 Write for Money-Saving Catalogue of Auto Parts and Accessories. 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L«*> ■ ■ J■- , ■ *1 mH WHMMMTW i 1 iB HMr* ' mB A WOODLAND. Cal.—Born, to Car nation King Sylvia and his wife Tilly Alcartra, at their home near this city, a son weighing sixty-one pounds. Both mother end son are re ported doing nicely. The name Alcartra King Sylvia has been chosen for the young aristocrat who is expected soon to take his place with his father and mother as a leader of bovine society. He will probably make his debut into high society early in June when, with a Save Waste of Purebred Bull Calves; Every Dairyman Knows Their Value Nature has her own percentage rules ■which are as infallible, in the long run, as the dealer’s margin at a Monte Carlo gambling resort. Ac cording to this inflexible law of av erages, there are about as many bull calves born each year as there are heifer calves. Every good .dairyman knows the value of a pure-bred sire of good rec ord, and what such an animal may accomplish in the way of improving a grade or scrub herd. Despite their acknowledged value, it appears that 73,000 pure-bred bull calves of dairy breeds were killed for veal or were fattened for beef'in 1918. 1 A chart has been prepared by the dairy division. United States depart ment of agriculture, which furnishes a graphic illustration of what hap pened to the pure-bred bull calves in 1918. The line representing Holstein-Friesian cows registered in I§lß runs out to 80,000. The line Spr the bulls of this breed registered More Eggs, Feed Hens Meat Scraps, Fish and Milk in Diet Add 60 Per Cent Hens given meat, fish, or milk products in their diet will lay from 38 to 66 per cent more eggs than those.which have only:gxai» food and whet’bugß anti ’Worms" can pick, up on free range, recent experiments made by the United States depart ment of agriculture show. The birds used in the experiments were given conditions as nearly like those on a normal farm as possible. The experiments were repeated un der different conditions and in differ ent years to avoid,'as far as possible, any error due to the varied charac teristics of the birds. The average farmer feeds very lit tle meat, fish, or animal protein feed of any kind to his poultry, and con sequently gets few egg.s during the late fall And winter when eggs are selling at the highest prices. In the experiments conducted on the government poultry farm, pens of pullets on free range were fed a mash New Peach Grader Attracts Attention and Farmers Get Wise Peach growers are displaying keen interest in the new peach-sizing de vice perfected by the bureau of mar kets, United States department of agriculture. Application for a public patent covering the sizer has been granted by the patent office, and many requests, for drawings have been received. The machines will be used in the peach belt during the coming sea son. The performance of the sizer will be carefully watched by peach growers and manufacturers general ly. and if the device proves to be all that is claimed for it the next peach season will doubtless find a large number of the machine's in practical operation. , , The object sought by the use of the machine is to handle fruit more COW CONNECTS ARITHMETIC WITH LIFE FOR MANY BOYS If you started out to find, among the boys of today in the United States, the one who is to become the first man in the world in relation to dairying', the first place you would go would not be a cottOn farm in South Carolina, would it? But that would have been the place to go on that mission thirty years ago. The present chief of the dairy division, United States department of agricul ture, would have been the boy. You would have found him, probably, chopping cotton or maybe plowing corn or cutting wheat with an old fashioned cradle. And you might have picked him for a leader in any one of half a dozen agricultural lines,* but not for dairying, because there was no market for milk in his community. How a Dairyman Was Made How do you suppose he happened to become a dairy specialist? Well, his aunt gave him a heifer one time. He cared for the •animal, fed her, milked her, sold her calves and kept the money, and generally felt that the cow was his. His interest in that cow led to his interest in all cows. That is one of the illustrations that the department of agriculture might cite in beginning its work of encour aging the formation of boys’ cow clubs. There are many calf clubs. Banks have done a great deal toward encouraging boys to own calves. The plan, ordinarily, is to lend a boy mon ey to buy a calf, which he keeps for a year, then sells and repays the bank. The dairy specialists believe that there should be cow clubs, also— and there are a few already. A boy can borow money to buy. a ’ heifer about ready to freshe’n, and make her pay for herself in from one to two years, provided, of course, that there is an available market for his milk or cream. One of the objects sought, of course, is to interest the boy in cows and in dairying, but the dairy spe cialists believe that they see away to use the cow for deepening the boy’s interest in other things. They propose, wherever it can be done, that the cow become the basis of the boy’s arithmetic at school. For the average boy, it is pointed out, arithmetic is not related to life. The figures are not symbols—they are just figures. Every problem is an abstract 4 times 4, or 6 per cent of - tin retinue of cheering cattlemen, he will appear in Milwaukee with the ex pressed intention of establishing a new price record, now held by his sire. Already, while still under the care of a doting mother, he is considered a very wealthy youngster, being val ued at $50,000. It is confidently pre dicted that he will be worth more than $106,000. the reputed worth of his father, when he arrives at Mil waukee. during the same year extends only to 30,000. The difference, 50,000, represents the approximate number of bull valves not registered. Pre sumably most of them were either vealed or fattened as steers. The Jersey breed in 19188 register ed 30,000 cows and about 12,000 bulls —a loss of 18,000 pure-bred sires, many of which might be more profit ably employed in the work of im proving scrub herds. Guernsey and Ayrshire totals are less, but the percentage of loss is heavy there also. In the face of this waste it is esti mated that five grade or scrub bulls are in use for every pure-bred bull. According to experts of the United States departmant of agriculture the replacement of scrub and grade bulls with good pure breds would quickly and materially raise the average pro duction of dairy herds. One. of the reasons for the surprising situation outlined is probably an under-devel oped system of distribution. of corn meal, bran and middlings and a scratch mixture of wheat, oats, and corn. This is a greater variety of grain than is used by many farmers. Jn addition the birds had absolutely free range on land where bugs, green feed, and worms were plentiful. Oth er pens were given the same ration, with one pound of commercial meat scrap added to every four pounds of mash. The pullets without the meat scrap laid only 990 eggs apiece (which is more eggs per hen than the average farm flock lays), while those receiv ing meat scrap averaged from 125 to 150 eggs apiece. Meat scrap is not produced on most farms, and has to be bought at a higher price than grain. It produces eggs, though, several cents a dozen cheaper than where no meat scrap is used. Milk products or fish give as good results as meat in increasing egg production. efficiently than heretofore and at lower cost. The over-all dimensions* of the machine are twenty-four by fifteen feet, and with from ten to fifteen packers working at one time, each machine permits a run of from two to three carloads of peaches a day. The device can be operated by an electric motor of less than one horsepower capacity, or by a small gas engine, and can be run at half capacity, if desired. According to estimates of the designers, the ma chine should sell commercially at not more than $450. It is thought that, in addition to sizing peaches the machine has pos sibilities for grading fruits such as apples, pears and oranges. The de vice now is being tested for grading sweet potatoes. 385, extremely tiresome and uninter esting, because it does not connect with anything that the boy knows in his everyday life. Making Dead Figures Dive But if multiplication means 4 pounds of cream from the boy’s own cow multiplied by 40 cents at the creamery door, or if percentage means the portion of the milk that can be sold as cream, then arithmetic becomes related to life, because it deals with the things that the boy touches and is interested in. It is possible to base the whole of the boy’s arithmetic on his work with the cow. He would keep track of all the feed she consumes, the cost of the feed, and later onthe neutrition ratios from time to time. He would keep track of the milk produced, the fat it contains, how much butter it would make, and what it would be worth at varying prices for differ ent grades of butter. Somewhere along the line he would figure the cost of raising a calf and balance it against the price the calf would bring. He would learn arithmetic, get a basis of business, and be come a practical dairyman and cat tle husbandman, all by the one proc ess—a process, too, that would keep him interested and happy. Think the Idea Over Not every boy, of course, is in position to do a thing like that. The biggest limiting factor, it is realized, is the school-teacher. There are a great many teachers of rural schools who could not teach dairy arithmetic; and there are a great many others who could teach it if they had time, but are so busy that they, could not give it the necessary attention. But. all, over the country, there are neighborhoods where the scheme would work, and in practical ly every neighborhood there are some boys who could just as well manage a. cow as grow a calf for a year and then sell it. The department does not expect that the thing will become general all at once, but suggests it as a matter to be thought over bv boys, parents, teachers, progressive bank ers, and others. And the thinking along this line need not be confined to hoys, either. There are probably nearly as many girls as there are boys who could very well under take tiie management of a cow. The newly-arrived youngster comes of sturdy stock. During an illustrious and industrious lifetime his mother has established a world’s milk recorfj for one to seven years, and the world’s butter record for two to seven years. In seven years she produced 180,460 pounds of milk and 7,077 puonds of butter. The mother and sen will be at home to visitors at the A. W. Mor ris & Co.’s ranch every afternoon from 2 to 5. How to Make Sure That Eggs Are Fresh When supplying a fancy trade with eggs, or on receiving eggs from outside sources, it is often desirable to determine their freshness. The method generally usM by commis sion merchants for this purpose is known as “candling,” and consists in holding the egg between the eye and a light so as to note the con tents. This should be done in a dark ened room, using one of the egg testers on the market or simple home-made tester. The air space in a perfectly fresh egg is very small, and as the egg loses part of its contents by evapo ration this air space increases in size with the age of the egg. Fresh eggs should appear clear and bright, show ing no dark spots. Those accustomed to “candling” soon learn to detect stale eggs with a good degree of ac curacy and rapidity. Another method employed by some who have not a great number to test is to put the eggs in a basin of water. If good they will lie on their sides; if .bad they will stand on the small ends. The older the egg the more upright it stands, and if very old it will be suspended in the water or even float on the surface. Care Young Chickens Should Have in Brooders When chickens are first put into a brooder they should be confined un der or around the hover by placing a board or wire frame a few inches outside (this would not apply to the small outdoor colony brooders). The fence or guard should be moved grad ually farther away from the hover and discarded entirely when the chickens are three or four days old, or when they have learned to return to the source of heat, poultry spe cialists in the United States depart ment of agriculture say. Young chickens should be closely watched to see that they do not hud dle together or get chilled. They should be allowed to run on the ground whenever the weather is fa vorable, as they do much better than when kept continuously on cement or board floors. Weak chickens should usually be killed as soon as noticed, as they rarely make good stock, while they may become carriers of disease. Brooders should be disin fected at least once a year, and more frequently if the chickens brooded in them have had any dis ease. Trousers Going Up Knees PARIS. France. —Andre de Fou quieres, long recognized as the king of Paris society, appeared the other day in the shortest pair of pants ever seen on a grown-up. They fell three inches below the knees, with nice double creases, showing “perfect*” silk calves,’ and incidentally revealing that the wearer is among the men who have recently insisted upon buying wom en’s silk stockings. M. de Fouquieres’ example is taken as a prelude to a general movement for shortening trousers, a movement aided by the shortage of cloth. It will be no surprise if ultimately Frenchmen will wear them about the same length of women’s skirts, just to the knees. Iron Bolt in Nose For Many Years Dr. Irving Wilson Voorhees had re cently, in the West Side dispensary, New York, to attend a man of thirty four for serious trouble in his nose. The surgeon discovered far up the right nostril an iron bolt two and one-eighth inches long, half an inch Wide and weighing more than an ounce. This had been there for seventeen years, it having been driven in by the explosion of a gun he was trying to make. The man had never been able to find that bolt, but, strangely enough, had never looked for it in his nose and never suspected its presence. Lone Baby Travels Many Miles. Lande ' <re at Last HAYDEN, Colo.—After traveling approximately 7,000 miles alone, 3- year-old Sbirb Chakirido arrived here from Vladivostok and is safely in his mother’s arms, while the lad’s stepfather, Louis Charos, ex-sol dier, is tilling the soil on a 320- acre plot upon which the little fam ily of three expect to spend their remaining days. Two years ago Mrs. Chakirido and her husband kept a restaurant in a Siberian town. Then came the uprisings and turmoil incident to the “Red terror” that has spelled finis for so many happy homes. One day the Bolshevists entered the lit tle restaurant* and killed Mrs Chakirido’s husband. By a miracle the wife and baby escaped to her horn* near the town of Chita. When the American Army forces entered Siberia Louis Charos, a member of Company H, 175th in fantry, met the pretty widow, anil they were married. Mrs. Charos re turned to America with her soldier husband upon the evacuation of Si beria by Uncle Sam’s men, but was obliged to leave he’’ little on be hind. After months of frenzied search and through the aid of the Ameri can Red Cross ,the Charos were able to get in touch with the boy, and little Sbiro was started upon the long journey that has ended in the happy reunion with his mother. Notice the candler has places for the good eggs as well as for checks (cracked eggs), dirty eggs and “rots.” When selling eggs insist that they be bought on a quality basis. HOW TO MARKET W OODLAND PRODUCTS CO-OPERATIVELY Marketing of Woodland Products Farmers’ co-operative organiza tions for the marketing of farm produce have increased in number rapidly in recent years. Certain kinds of produce are now com monly marketed through associa tions. Woodland products also may be marketed in this manner in fact, some co-operative shingle mills are already in operation, and box factories maintained for the supplying of boxes to fruit growers at cost might be'consid ered co-operative enterprises. Mach more might be done in this line, the U. S. department of agri culture says, if persons interested would profit by what has been done in the co-operative market ing of other farm products. By utilizing the by-products of their business and handling them in large quantities, many concerns have added materially to their prof its . X , There Is a valuable object lesson in this to farmers in many parts of the country who have not been mar keting the products of their wood lands. Most farmers have not real ized that timbered areas can be made to yield a regular “crop”—which could be counted a profitable by product, if not a principal product—• nor do they appreciate the benefit that would come through handling the output of the woodland in such large quantities as is possible through co-operative effort. There are more than 12,500 co-operative purchasing and marketing organiza tions among the farmers of the Unit ed States, and forest service experts in the United States department of agriculture believe that the principle on which these associations have suc ceeded can be applied to handling woodland products in many parts of the country. Size of Association’s Interests A co-operative association of wood land owners should represent a suf ficient stand of timber to provide op erations for a considerable term of years, if not indefinitely. While it might pay such an organization to market 5,000.000 feet of lumber —the product of perhaps 1,000 acres of woodland such an organization would be vastly more profitable if its members were owners of 25,000,- 000 feet. In any case, the capital in vested should be quite definitely lim ited by the amount of lumber avail able for manufacture. The kind, of forest products to be marketed will, of course, vary in dif ferent sections, but in most cases lumber will be the chief product. For this reason an association should employ a competent manager famil iar with the lumber business and one able to grade lumber. He should familiarize himself with the wood land resources of association mem- Success of Garden May Depend on Insect Control From the time the seeds are plant ed until the crop is harvested a series of insect enemies and diseases may appear that, unless they are controlled, will destroy much of the value of the garden. Garden and truck crop specialists of the United States department • of agriculture have worked out a great many spe cific means for destroying insects or holding them in check. They point out the fact, however, that pre ventive measures' are best. It is important to have the soil deeply plowed or spaded and made loose and light with plenty of well dotted manure or compost and to keep the ground cultivated so that the surface will not become hard or weedy. Use the best seed to be had and sow it liberally to get a good stand, but thin out the plants, as overcrowded plants are in much greater danger of becoming diseased than those that receive plenty of air and Rotate drops if Possible Farmers, have found that by ro tating their crops they reduce the injury from plant disease and insects and also increase the fertility of the soil. This principle applies to the home garden, where, if possible, it will be better to make a new plan each year, placing each vegetable where some other grew the year be fore—peas on the old tomato ground, beets and carrots after the corn, etc. The details of this rotation must vary in each case- according to the climate, soil, and vegetables grown and the diseases and insects to be guarded against. Avoid introducing insects and dis eases on plants obtained for setting out. Practice clean cultivation. Em ploy fertilizers to stimulate plant growth. Work on the principle that a vigorous growing garden will pro duce a crop in spite of injurious insects and diseases. Become familiar with the insects and diseases known to occur in your district on the crops you are grow ing. Equip yourself in advance with all necessary remedies and the means of applying them. Remember that the timely application of a remedy acts as an insurance against loss. Watch constantly for the first ap pearance of a disease or insect. In spect the garden at least every oth er day. Determine what is causing injury and apply the propeb treat ment promptly. Use combination treatments in case a complication of troubles is present. Repeat treat ments as often as necessary, keeping in mind the influence of weather conditions, as well as the life history of the insect or fungus causing the disease. Neghborhood Should Co-operate Use insecticides and fungicides in the proper dilution to accomplish the object without injuring the plants. Standard remedies are best Test others experimentally before using them on a large scale. Use the best sprayers. A thorough application is necessary for the best results. Adjust the sprayer so that all parts of the plant that are ex posed to the air will be covered. Work for co-operation in the neigh borhood. One badly infected or in fested garden may be the source of disease infection or insect infesta tion for several near-by gardens. Keep your own garden clean and it will be an object lesson for careless neighbors and will have a tendency to help clean up the neighborhood. This will make control easier ana cheaper another year. For garden insects there are sev eral control methods that do not re quire the use of insecticides, but too much ipust not be expected from them. Os these hand picking is use ful for large, comparatively inactive insects such as the potato beetle, cutworms and other caterpillars, and the squash bug. Another method is jarring or beating insects from low plants into large pans of water on which a thin scum of kerosene is floating. The water prevents the in sects from escaping, and the kero sene. being on the surface, kills the insects with which it comes in con tact. Collecting nets are valuable for some pests, for example, the tar nished plant bug. Brushing by differ ent means is used to a considerable extent and consists in beating or brushing insects from the plants with pine boughs or similar brush. This method has proved of great value in combating the pea aphis. Covering with cloth i» of use as a preventive for the strined cucumber beetle when the cucumbers are ouite small, and for root maggots. Trap ping by different methods with old boards is useful for squash bugs and cutworms. Poisoned baits may be placed under such traps. Plowing, disking and harrowing all can r>e done by hand and are of considerbalc service. Spraying Methods To be successful, in the control of insects and diseases, snraying must be done promptly and thoroughly. Spraying with Bordeaux mixture should be done before rains rather than after, provided the spray has time to dry on the leaves. TVitervals between spraving should depend on the weather If it is ”.ninv or muggv. with fogs or heavy dews. sprav fre quently to keen the foliage protected at all times. If dry, a longer time I m’ ,v be allowed. The Icle-'l spray Is a fine mist, and I the ho<xt wo” 1 - ip w’’en the ’'l’lfl ' !s thoroughly and evenly covered I THURSUAI, MAY ZS7, lOSU. bers, and should kno’ the market- ; ing situation with resD-yCt to lumber I and related products *s this will be j a factor in deciding /fhether existing plants are suffici«3t for the associa tion’s woodlant products, or if addi tional equivalent such as auto trucks, railroad siding# and machinery are needed. It is highly desirable that he have a working knowledge of for estry, in order that he may direct the cutting of timber in such away that the stand will be perpetuated. Use of Portable Sawmill A specific illustration of the ad vantage to be derived from co-opera tive effort is found in the use of a portable sawmill. If properly em ployed it becomes an exceedingly profitable investment for a group of woodland owners, although an in dividual could scarcely afford to buy one. The mill can be moved from one section to Another from year to year until practically the entire area has been cut over, after which, if sufficient time has elapsed a sec ond cutting can be started. In such a cooperative organization as suggested here all members would have equal voting power and would be owners of woodland. The pos sessor of one share would have the same voice in the handling of the business as the owner of 10 shares. The manager should be selected by a board of directors, and should be given large powers so that he can make arrangements for manufac ture, grading, and shipping of wood land products. It is not necessary to put a large amount of money into a plart if the association decides to arrange with a local mill man to saw the lumber for its members. In that event its main function becomes the shipping and sale of its product after the manner of many fruit-shipping as sociations which pool their fruit ac cording to grade and variety and prorate their receipts. On the other hand, if a sawmill, turning plant, or other wood-using machinery is to be operated, considerable capital will be required and the salary and expenses of the manager and his co-workers will have to be provided. Permanent Benefits Secured Not the least valuable result to be expected from a co-operative forest products association is the establish ment of permanent local industries, and prosperity resulting to the whole community, in contrast to the ex ploitation of forest by tempoiary in dustries and imported labor. The tendency has been to develop the wcod-u.’-’ing industries entirely apart from the community life. Forest re sources have been exploited so ex tensively that imported labor has largely supplemented local labor. One of the unfortunate results of this policy has been to cause the abandonment of farms in certain communities, notably in New Eng land and Pennsylvania. Persons Interested in securing more detailed information on this subject should address the Forest Service, United States department of I agriculture. with fine drops. Stop spraying be fore the foliage is drenched. The higher the pressure, the bet ter the spray. Clean all sprayers each time after using. For delicate foliage, spray after this gets under shade. Hot sunlight is dangerous with many sprays, such as kerosene emulsion. Get a copy—free by writing to the United States department of agriculture—of Farmers’ Bulletin 856, “Control of Diseases and Insect Enemies of the Home Vegetable Gar den." It discusses the whole subject in detail—the various garden insects and diseases, poisons and how to pre pare and use them, spraying ma chinery, and the like. Half Million Catttle Tested for T. B. From time to time the Bureau r»f Animal Industry publishes a "com munique" showing conditions along the wide battle front where the al lied forces of federal and state au thorities are fighting cattle tubercu losis. The latest report indicates that since the beginning of the move ment in 1917 the owners of 500,000 cattle have placed their herds under supervision. On April 10, 1920, 25,793 herds .scattered thrqughout the United States, with a total of 537,240 cat tle, were under the co-operative sup ervision of the department of agricul ture and state veterinarians. There were 2,230 accredited herds—6o,237 cattle known to be free from the plague. Over 115,000 cattle were on the waiting list to be tested as soon as the veterinarians can work with them. Still another lot of 258,331 cattle have passed through the first stage of the test without showing any dangerous symptoms. The least optimistic estimate indicates that two-thirds of this number will con clude the test satisfactorily, and add 170,000 cattle to the accredited col umn. Drink Water When Tired Dr. Eliza B. Mosher, of Brooklyn, urged the members of the Women’s Medical society, of New York state, to drink a glass of water at 10 a. m. and others at 3, 4 and 5 p. m. This, she told them, would dilute the prod ucts of fatigue which were entering the blood and causing that tired feeling. 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If you don’t find that it prevents and promptly cures white diarrhoea, chick cholera and all bowel diseases of poultry,.tell us and your money will l?e refunded by return mail. Avicol is sold by most druggists and poultry remedy dealers, or you can send 25c or 50c today for a package t>v mail postpaid. Burrell-Dugger Co., 12® Columbia Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind. stops chicks dying Government Shoes $2.90 We have purchased direct from the Gov eminent 20,000 pairs T'VxA’ - ! ( of GENUINE RUS- SET ARMY SHOES, which we are repair ing with oak leather. This is the Ideal WORK SHOE for the farmer or stockman. Easily worth $12.00 wearing Value, Many of these shoes have bebn iepaired in Government repair shopj. Oifr' price $2.90. Send SI.OO, giving size desired and we will s'hip the shoes, balance on delivery. All sizes fram 5 to 11. NOTE: Men’s sizes 5,5%. 6, 6)4 are Just the shoes for the boy’s vacation. Special price on these sizes $2.79. 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