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Muhlenberg County Costs Nothing. J is rich in coal, iron, timber, potter's clav. It pays for itself. The investment is etc., and the most inviting field in Ken-3 .i.t .r r. r 1 9 Esurc of returns. Get our rates. g a m m x x X x iQ' xjc x.x XMXXXXXMJiM JlXWTttt gkuv.lt IU1 III C3UIIC111 Ul LdpiUl dllU piU(.K. it L KJf x.xXaa3fX3JtxJtx S.x x x.x.x x x x lUc k x 8 a xVx xx. GREENVILLE. KY., THURSDAY, MARCH ii, 1013. VOL. XV. NO. S. 50c. PER YEAR. IN ADVANCE UTTLE GENERAL FARM PAYS GOOD SHKK Profit Secured in Poultry a Well a t Horses. Mules, Dairy Stock, Sheep and Hog. By W. II. XHICrAIlD) A neighbor of oura nuiks poultry strong iJ. Iiu of his farming. Ha rot great vitriol y of lauts Mid ici'ps and fo ilH a variety of animal. His poultry Rail's amount to near ly $"i)0 each yrcr and he feedH his frown rhirkt-ns nothing except mhat they pick up about the. plnr, but through his methods of cropping and ftvding they eerure an abundance, hud respond accoidinply. The same DclKhbnr keeps and grows l.crxei and mulrs, dairy stock, vheep rnd hogs. From the poultry and cows be baa a constant daily cash income. lom the borses aud mules be sella ri.ch year one or two animals at $100 rr more a piece. Front the sheep hs has wool to sell fn early cpring. and lambs later In the summer, and from the hogs ha lelia from $100 to 2o worth every tvo or three months. He trows wh-at. oats, corn, hay rnd r variety of forage crops, besides a j rood orchard, truck patches, and gar ilen from which nearly all the family eatables are grown, with some fruits and vegetablf s to sell. Ho also sells from $100 to $209 worth of wheat each year, and hla dairy products amount to $400 per year, and all from a farm of less than "i00 acres. Any general farmer who plans and, executes ran grow a variety of plants and animals on a small farm, make .good money from the crops, and at the aame time build up his land faster than by special cropping. NUB CORN BEFORE PLANTING Carefully Conducted Experiments ' Have Proven Advantages In Prac tice Increases Yield. At the North Carolina station care fully conducted experiments have demonstrated that It is advisable to nub corn before planting, for It has been found that, when seed from the tips and butts of cars are placed In one plot, and by the side of It another of the aame ears, there Is a larger percentage of dwarfed and barrel.) atalks on the plot planted in tip and but kernels than from the other, and hence Ices yield of shelled corn per acre. As both plots werejjanted on the mbm type of soil, and treated In the same way by fertilization and cultiva tion. It Is strongly probable that the decreased yield of the plot sown in butt and tip grains was due to the seed, as all other conditions were as nearly identical for both as It was possible to secure. CONVENIENT AS A NAIL BOX Anything in Shape of Pan May Bs Di vided into Compartments to Hold Bolts and Screws. Anything from a half gallon baking pan to a six-gallon dlshpan nay bo used Is making a very useful and convenient compartment box in which to keep nails, screws ana bolts. The pan may be divided into four, six or right compartments. To make the divisions, get the dis tance across the bottom and the top of the pan, secure a piece of board juet as wide as the pan is deep, and long enough to make the piece, an- Pan Nail Box. other piece tvo or three inches broader for tbe piece that forms the handle. Cut a notch as shown at X, this notch to be as wide as the boards are thick. Place the No. 1 in center of pan and nail in place, through the sides and bottom cf pan. Next place No. 1 across No. 1 so that the notches at XX will fit in each other, then nail as yon did No. 1. If more places are wanted, these quarters may be subdl Tided. Early Inoculation. It is Interesting to examine young alfalfa plants and note bow quickly they obtain the benefit of nitrogen- gathering bacteria. Plants less than four weeks old may have two or three nodules on a single root and have a countless number of bacteria furnish' lng nitrogen from tbe air. When land la first lnoculeted by the use of soil from sti old field one may find much tflnevenness In the sice of plants at an early age, due to the fact that the taller plants are getting an abundance of nitrogen, while the smaller plants have few or no bacteria at work for them. It is for this reason that a sec ond seeding on land that has been made to grow alfalfa successfully Is much, surer than a first seeding. The Best Soli. Tbe best soil upon a farm Is ona that warms early n the spring and ;hat holds ertotigh moisture for plant growth. A roil of this kind should contain some pa&a, clay and organic matter. The eand permits tbe air to eater aud the c'ay and organic natter aid In holding the moisture. It la HOW TO FUMIGATE HEN HOUSE Building Should Be Closed Tightly and All Fowls Excluded Be Careful of Poison Used. Fumigation is a means of reailu'ns germs and Insect life in the air of Ihe room and In the cracks and cran nies of the wood work, says the Culti vator. The house or room should bo tightly closed and all fowls excluded during fumigation. A simple method Is to burn the sulphur candles now rold at stores dealing in poultry sup plies. The fumes of brimstone may also be produced by burning in a metallic basin (such as an old Iron kettle) a number of rags previously soaked In melted sulphur. Sulphur may be mixed with a littlo alcohol or kerosene oil and burned, or it may be r.prinkled upon live coals placed in a chafing dish. The house or room nhould be kept closed for Keveral hours and then opened as thoroughly rs possible to allow the wind to drivo out any remaining trace of poisonous gas. In fumigating by burning mib etances be careful not to set fire to the building. Remember also that in most cases tho substances which are used are poisonous to human life and to fowls. Carelessness In their use or In leaving them about where chick or child can get at them may have dire results. USING A FlfiELESS BROODER Box Protected by Wool Carpet and Heated by Small Jug of Warm Wa ter is Excellent. A there are many poultrymon who prefer to raise chicks in a tireless brooder, we give here a plan sug gested by W. D. Neale, which has been used successfully for two years, says the Iowa Homestead. He secured a box three feet long, sixteen inches wide and eight inches deep from his grocer for fifteen cents. An opening was made in one side of the box four inches in width and height to admit the chicks. To fit in this box, make a frame of laths two Inches less in width and length than the box. The laths were placed aV sena roof . VVu-fl Feed B'uw rl Fireiess Breeder. about three inches apart and nailed securely to cross pieces at either end. This frame fitted inside the box and rested on nails, two at each - end. driven through the box at the desired height These nails were withdrawn and driven higher in the ends of the box as the chicks grew so that they would have more room beneath the frame. A piece of wool carpet was thrown over the top of the frame and pressed down beneath the lath so that Covering of Brooder. the folds would just touch the downy backs of the chicks. On cold nights an extra piece of carpet was thrown over the box or a small jug of warm water placed inside. The bottom of the box was kept covered with straw. Never harbor mongrel stock. Don't forget to whitewash the in terior of your houses. Expect disease and low vitality when fowls are inbred year in and year out Send to market all the stock that you can spare, for the prices of feed are still high. Plump chickens are wanted in market; remember that lousy chick ens will not fatten. From October 15 th to about Nov ember 20th the best prices for poultry are generally obtained. New blood may be added to the flock, by buying some choice pullets f a reliable poultry keeper. Lining nest boxes with newspapers makes it easy to lift out litter, paper tnd all. Then set a match to it Authorities claim that the eggs from a hen will be fertile for ten. days after the removal of the male from the flock. Do not let your young birds roost with the old hens, as they are liable to catch diseases which old hens are more subject to. All hens which have completed their second laying season should - be dis posed of at once, to make room for e young stock. Save the small potatoes and imper fect bvads of cabbage and other w aste vegetables. They will all be relished by the hens In the winter. . Ion't delay any longer making re pairs to tbe bouses or fences, viator may be here before you are riidy. A.t the same t!:ne. clean up tho runs PUBLIC ROADS OF COUNTRY Increased Mileage of Highways With- in Period of About Five Years Has Been 48,266. Kven with a high powered automo bile that could keep up a pace of 90 miles a day indefinitely. It would take a man more than 65 years to rover all tho public rouds in tho 1'nlted States. A young man of twenty starting out to accomplish this tre mendous tank would ho cigltty-fivn before he had covered the last mill of public highway in this country. After an in virilization extending over many months, the director of the office of public roads has ascertained j that there are now 2.1!!t.fil." mile of public roads In the Fnlted States. The figures include all the now road. built up to the year t!09. In irwt there wore exactly 2,l."1..17f. It is apparent, therefore, that the increased mileage of new roads within a period of about five years has been S.26ti. "The investigation just concluded." said the director. In an interview, "shows conclusively that the move ment for the Improvement of public highways has obtained a firm grip on the country'- The percentage of roads which are really improved amounted to 7.14 in 1904, while in 1909, to which year statistics are now available, the percentage w as K.66. it is interesting to observe the growth of Improved methods In road construction. For instance, the total mileage of stone roads In 1904 was 3G.S1S. while in 1909 it was 59.2.17. The total mileage of gravel roads In 904 was 109.903, while in 1909 It was nly 102.870. This decrease in gravel roads, however, was due to a re- Public Road Before Improvement. classification of roads. Many of those reported in 1904 to be of gravel proved to be of some other substauce, while exaggerations were eliminated. "The total mileage of sand-clay, brick, bituminous-macadam and other Improved roads In 1904 was C.S06. while in 1903 the mileage reached 28,372." The office of public roads has just Issued a table showing the states hav ing the largest mileage of improved roads: 1W. I3.S77 H.4fin S.SK lrt.tsa t.iiA 7.9;t S.fi3 7.M3 1W. I4.S.-.3 24.11 12.7K7 10. 10.1 II S.9U ImliHnii Ohio Nw York Vlconin Kent in ky Illinois ..: t'Hliforni.i Massachusetts ONE ROAD BUILDING FAILURE Lack of Proper Care to Thoroughfares Constructed by Inexperienced Men Shows Results. About forty years ago, Adams coun ty. Ohio, issued bonds to linnrove nart of its main roads. At that time very little was Known ahout tho science of road makiug. I'sually a local man undertook the contract for a certain piece of work and secured local help as inexperienced as he. Very little, if any, attention was paid to the char acter of the bed upon which the stones were to be laid and still less to the different qualities of stones secured from the quarries near by. Hard and eoft ftones were placed side by sldo as hrlck are now laid In our common street paving, (ays a writer In an ex change. After a few years of wear and erosion, with no attention given to repair, these roads were in a con dition almost worse than before Im provement. Adams county Is a good example of a community that has Im proved roads and lsai paid no otten tlou to their up keep. A lew hundred dollar spent judiciously on each road would have kept tlu m in good condi tion for many years. As conditions are now. enough money has beeu rprrt to bav the ,fct of roads, but brv:tute cf k'.ek of proper caro, they ar enly second or third class and the ecuuty I- still heavily lu debt for ih'-tc ro:. ls mi wm SYSTEM FCR MARKING PIGS Best Method Is MaKint) Notches in Ears and" Having E.ich Notch Rep resent Definite Number. Vr iKOtf!K MOUR1SI When a farmer raises pigs for rale is breeders, he rhould hive a definite system of marking each llttc. Th';re ire several methods of do!ng this, cf which perhaps the best rongists of making notches In he ears and hav ing each notch reprerent a definite number. lty means of the following method is many as a hundred lltu rs may be marked with not to exceed four notches In Ihe ears cf each pig. Kor example: Let a notch on the lower dp, of the loft er represent No. 1: !ti tho same edge nvtr tho.tip. No. 10; on the upper edgi of the same enr near the tip. No. 20. On the right par. lower edge neir the head, let the notch represent No. 3: and on tha ?ame de near I'k? tip, No. SO; on the upper edno of '0e same ear. No. 5: and on the same edt;e near the tip. No. r,0. This systen Is easy to re member. All you have to koep In rind Is that No. 1 Is on the left ear near the head and No. 9 Just above it tfrfk Art. KEY 5'"' 17 Marking Young Pigs. on tbe ii per edge, ar.d that on tbs right ear No. 3 Is on rheower edge near the head and No. i is just above It on the upper edge. Near the tips tbe numbers 'are just ten times as largo as those-near tho head. Krch pig of litter No. 1 should have the notch on the upper edge of the ame ear, those, of number threo should have the notch on the lower edge of tho light ear near the head, those of No. 4 should have a notch on Ihe lower edge of both ears near the head. My following this system any number of combination of these numbers may be made up to 100. Hy studying the illustration one may get a good Idea of this method of marking. The key head shows the method already described, while the other three figures show how the ears are marked for ltiters 5, 17 and 41. Fach year the litters should be num bered in the order of their birth, each pis In tho litter being; given the same marking. Always record the litter Identification marks In a book kept exclusively fcr the purpose. Treatment for Scours. Good success was attained at the, South Carolina station in treating, calves affected with scours by adding formalin to the miik at the rate of one part to four thousand. Eleven calves out of twleve treated recovered without any further attention, seven on the second day, three on the third and one or. the ninth. The calves were young ones fed chiefly on skimmilk. Live Stock "C NOTE'S Always use a thoroughbred boar. Winter shoeing should be most care fully done. There never was a better time than, now to start In sheep. Epidemics among hogs are more easily prevented than cured. The novice should start with a few' first-class ewes, never any culls. Fatten the rattle-headed sow that Is hard to hardle at pigging time. Whoever heard of a horse getting thrush if his stable aud feet were kept. flean? Wheat middling and barley are fine nj a feed for growing pigs or fatten ing hosa. In all cases where perfect clean liness ia been enforced there has been no disease. Fancy and well conditioned lambs are the ones that bring home the money frcm any market Meats are high the world over, and lamb and mutton more In demand by ransuniers than ever before. Planning to bo right on hand nnd rerve every pig may mean many dol lars to you t farrowing time. With lamb hop selling at twenty "ye cents a pound ' "le markets. lh re ii purely "something lu sheep." When the pis begin to eat they become. HlmoM elf supporting nnd K--e dcuaidlig less and Icm of the i:o;;s do net waste corn In tho field ers't In i'ii':!.ly woUher. They gain nyt,r. nxr; c.enly srd more ccoiiom- . tally !: th- :rn!! '.I than la the dry let BF YOU ARE TOO r7SiCK TO WORK AND YOUR Wire IS WcAK &ND AILING THERE'S HOPS- AND HELP. FOR YOU BOTH IN They build up tho run-down; they strengthen th& vOuk; they invigorate tired and worn-out people. They're unequalled for dyspepsia and indigestion, constipation and malaria, bilious ness and jaundice. 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