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i~-I. *~ I CHOOSING A GOOD STALLION Progressive Farmer Confronted With Difficult Problem-Feet and Legs Are Essentials. (By J. M T(IT ;TIM L :HjY, Minnrsuta Ex. p r::i nt Station.) In the spring season the progres slive farni'r who keeps brood mares is confronted with the problem of choos uing a stallion to which to breed. Ir many cases it is merely a question of eliminating the worst, as there are many communities that are not sup plied with a good stallion. In many other cases, however, the saving of five dollars on a service fee plays an all too important part. A saving ol five dollars on a service flo often So *a II ii C 41 t'0 Fine Specimen of Imported Percheron. b means a loss of $100 or more when b the colt is two years old. 1 t When looking at a stallion it is well r to ask yourself, "How much would he t be worth as a gelding? If his colts t are like him, will they be good market h geldings? How much improvement '1I will he make when bred to the aver. a age farm mares?" The answer to ti these questions will decide whether t the horse is a suitable sire or not. In r answering them it should be kept in o mind that good feet and legs are the tl first essential of a marketable horse, a If the stallion does not have them he cannot be expected to produce them fi in his offspring. g W THE SWINE MAKE GAINS ci mportance of Pushing Hogs From Start Is Emphasized by Data Gathered at Wisconsin. b Young animals make more pounds of gain from their food than when old qr. Dean Henry of Wisconsin gath- 01 ored a lot of data on this and found i that 38-pound pigs required 239 pounds i of feed to make 100 pounds of gain, m T8-pound pigs required 400 pounds of m feed, 128-pound pigs 437 pounds of feed, 174-pound pigs 482 pounds, 228. A pund pigs 498 pounds, 271-pound *s 511 pounds and for the 330 und hogs it took 535 pounds of food N make the 100 pounds of gain, or early twice as much as for the 38 jound pigs. This emphasizes the importance of 9 gushing the hogs from the start in or r to make the most economical 4 ins. s It has been found at the North Da experiment station that April can be made to weigh 200 to 250 cc Sby November 1. ro IS1 ca AIIwMOTHERLESS LAMBS pr omon Feeding tice to Use Cow's Milk, an able Bottle With Suit. wl ber Nipple. ha * Motherless la only are, raise can be and com- to ma bottle wit cow's milk, fed bu t from a pall, as bber nipple-. i De em about half ap alves. Feed i to rhaps a little less, i milk or no y at first, increasin times a' goi arm the milk to a bI adually. re feeding. at be After a little time they fa me good from grass and ski et fh be substituted for whole m th Babies are sometimes raised on or nsed milk and probably it could ed instead of fresh milk for lamb t from the standpoint of both ex* nee and results fresh milk is likely give better satisfaction. Keep Sheep Pen Level. Keep the pen level. Sheep get cast *sily, and a hollow in the pen may be ftal to your best ewe. i Condition of Brood Bows. Keep the brood sows in a fesh* pining condition from the time they are mated until they farrow. IMPETUS TO ROCU 2UILDE Eecret of Maintaining Country Hi-h way Lies in Keeping It Weil Rounded Up and Drained. N Over a good re l, uo can haul prod Icts to market at i:v ieason of the h year and get full benefit of the highest prices. It is a simple matter to build a good country road, as it is not abso lutely necessary that it should be built of gravel or crushed stone. The secret of the maintaining of the coun try road lies in keeping it well round s ed up and suffeiciently drained, by ar ranging it so that the road is about a P foot higher in the middle than It is at >t the edges. c A good dirt road well maintained is I rnot an expensive proposition, writes y Eugene J. Hall of Oak Park, Ill., in j Farmers' Review. Shortly after every n heavy rainfall it should be dragged I with a split-log drag. This will fill n all of the ruts and depressions and produce a smooth surface well round ed up in the middle of the highway. After being rounded up with a split log drag, the roads are made firm i";i :t "11i al fOa arI1. in b eay t;:; "lit soul he r~ged II Convict-Built Bridge in Colorado Stone. Were Taken From Nearby Hillside and Result l Ornamental as Well as Economical. and solid by means of a heavy roller or system of rollers. This will leave a firm, solid roadbed which will not be seriously injured by heavy traffic. This system of road building is being followed in many parts of the West with splendid success. When ruts and holes are formed in a road, the jolt and jar of the wheel makes them deeper and forms a pocket for holding water from the first rainfall. This softens the roadbed and. deep mud holes are soon formed, while if there had been no ruts or depressions there and the road had been well rounded up, the water would have run off into the ditches on either side, and the surface of the road would be firm and in perfect condition. Another good thing worthy of care NI consideration in the building of our good country roads is that of the con struction of permanent and lasting, culverts. Culverts built of stone or concrete cost more than wooden bridges, but they will lase a hundred years, and they will not rust or need repainting every year, as iron truss bridges do. In the end, they are the most economical kind of viaducts. The advent of the automobile and its employment by the more prosper ous class of farmers has given a great impetus to road building, too; and the time is coming when we will havee cmore and more good roads in the e middle West. ADVANTAGES OF GOOD ROADS No Factor Contributes More to Pros perity and Happiness of the Rural Communities. The convention of the Virginia Road Builders' association draws attention le to a subject of prime importance to the people of this state. Searcely any m single factor contributes more to the cc prosperity and happiness of rural communities than good roads, says the Richmond Dispatch. Good roads mean easy and quick communi- co cation, economy in transporting farm products \to railway or market, con venient access to the outside world, d and a higher average of citizenship, wherever they are found. Virginia m has done much of recent ears to make its highways measurably equal ea to those of most other southern states, Co but much remains to be done. The m people as a whole must be educated m1 to a proper understanding of the eco- let nomic and sociological benefits that l good roads confer. co Interest in Dragging Roads. in The neighborhood where every an. farmer takes an interest in dragging the roads will soon find itself pulling tle out of the mire. ral ______________due Alfalfa More Popular. r .* vrywbere alfalfa is used it is be- ha g more and more popylar. The are it is known the more it is hoi The P-Feede'r Not Good. wb a pips, as der is not good for yoang in will est five months of age they h he. he sha Local Con .Avoid. wil t gyaood road falled to givs Sfld b cto *, Leu ot gs noto wei the RATIONS FOR WORK HORSES AND MULES hJ: 'hW " V " m "C? I:;8_'FS iCC· 1* t (( i U~ x. ,w...:"': ,: ,.. r.. .ý.,. :". ' ;c;2;: Y ý ii A A Standardbred at a Government Remount Depot. a 1-i . Prepared by the U. S. Department of Ag t- riculture.) The selection of a ration foi horses and mules in the South depends large ly upon the kinds of feed available, the prices of the feed, and the amount and character of the work. For a 1,000 or 1,100 pound horse at moderate work a daily ration of from 10 to 12 pounds of grain and from 12 to 14 pounds of hay should be am ple. At light work the grain ration should be increased. For a horse at moderate work weighing from 1,000 to 1,100 pounds the following rations will be found satisfactory. These ra tions are to be divided into three feeds. Nearly one-half of the rough age should be fed at night and the remainder divided between the morn ing and noon feeds. The grain may be divided into three equal portions, to be fed morning, noon and night: Ten pounds oats; fourteen pounds mixed hay. Ten pounds shelled corn or corn meal or twelve and one-half pounds 'I Percheron Stallion, Imported From France. ear corn or corn-and-cob meal; four teen pounds cowpea hay. Eight pounds shelled corn or corn meal or ten pounds ear corn or corn and-cob meal; one pound cottonseed meal; ten pounds alfalfa hay; two quarts molasses. Eight pounds' shelled corn or ten pounds ear corn and cob meal; one and one-half pounds cottonseed meal; fourteen pounds mixed hay (Bermuda, lespedeza, etc.). Six pounds shelled corn or corn I meal or seven and one-half pounds ear corn or corn-and-cob meal; two pounds gluten; one and one-half 1 pounds cottonseed meal; six pounds cowpea hay; ten Pounds corn stover. The above rations are offered as sug gestions and will have to be altered to 1 suit conditions. If an animal is not ( doing well and is thin in flesh add i more grain. It may be found desirable to feed I ear corn instead of shelled corn or c corn meal. The ear corn, if desirable, c may be ground and fed as corn-and-cob meal. One hundred pounds of ear corn or ccin-and-cob meal is equiva' lent to about eighty pounds of shelled t corn or corn meal. For horseb at light work the grain 0 in the above rations should be reduced and the roughage increased in amount. 8 For wintering horses which have lit- a tie, if any, work to do the foregoing , rations may be used, with the grain re- a duced one-half or threetourths, or the grain may be entirely eliminated if the hay is of good quality and the horses are easy keepers, h Salt should be provided so that the a horse may have access to it daily. a Horses should not be fed or watered ft when they are hot. If a horse comes hI in very hungry it is better to allow te him to eat hay for half an hour before ti he is given his grain. If he takes the ai sharp edge off his appetite on hay he will take more time to eat his grain and will masticate it better. In hot weather horses should be watered in tc the morning, in the middle of the qi g- forenoon, before and after their din ner, and before and after their eve s ning meal. e- If possible, after the horses have e, finished their evening feed, they L1 should be turned out in a lot where k. they can roll and get water at will it during the night. This applies espe n cially during hot weather. n The selection of a ration and gen Seral care of horses depends largely on n local conditions, and the United States it department of agriculture advises the 1o farmer to get in touch with the county a demonstration agent whenever he is Sin doubt regarding the best methods 0 of handling stock. In case there is no county agent, the farmer should e write the state agricultural station for 1- information. y COTTONSEED MEAL FOR EGGS a Substitute for Beet Scrapes Should Be n Kept Before Hens All the Time I n a Self-Feeder. (By F. C. HARE. Clemson Agricultural College.) A dry mash for 'winter egg produc tion in which cottonseed meal is used as a substitute for beef scraps to sup. ply protein is made up as follows: Cottonseed meal ..........100 pounds Corn meal ............... 50 pounds Ground oats .............. 50 pounds Wheat bran .............. 50 pounds Wheat shorts ............ 50 pounds Ground lime rock ......... 16 pounds Ground charcoal ..........12 pounds Salt .................... 2 pounds Keep it in the house before the hens all the time in a self-feeder, or in a low, flat box covered with slats or wire netting so the hens cannot scratch it out. The ground lime rock is fer tilizer lime, not the burnt lime used for whitewashing. The ground char coal can be left out if it cannot be readily obtained, but always add the salt. This mash contains from 18 to 20 per cent protein, which makes it a food for egg production equal to the most expensive commercial egg mashes. It requires several days for the hens to become accustomed to this mash, but they soon develop a fond ness for it and eat it greedily. VINE PRUNING IN THE SOUTH Proper Time to Work on Grapes I. in Spring, Just Before Growth Starts -Leaves Stop Bleeding. (By C. M. SCHULTZ.) In the South the only time to prune the ordinary grapes is just before growth starts in the spring. Then the leaves will soon stop the bleeding. i One spring in North Carolina the ( weather turned hot the first of March 1 and the vines that had been pruned 1 in the fall made shoots six inches long 1 while those that had not been pruned 1 hardly swelled the buds. The last week in the month the mercury suddenly fell with a norther to 20 degrees above zero and the 1 shoots on the pruned vines were fro- t zen. After tie freeze I pruned my t grapes and had a normal growth, while t those around me hardly got half a a crop. I had learned this from seasons i years before, when I had seen the same thing. But the Scuppernong must be pruned in November or De cember as it bleeds worse than the t cluster grapes. d Sow Hog Lot to Artichokes, t Part of the hog lot should be sown I to artichokes or rape. This forage crop will afford a large part of the liv. ing for a bunch of pigs. If they have shade and water, they will be apt to t show growth and good health all b slmmer. One ration a day of grain d will be ample until fattening time in b the All., Protection for Skunks. The high prices paid for skunlS fur has caused a great demant for skins C and in some parts of the South the F animals are being. protected by' wire b. fences blault around their favorite h haunts. The skunk ought to be pro- 0( tected because it is always feeding on a the enemies of farm crope. In mwar states they are protected by law. Cottonsaed Meal to Hogs. seed meal, i it is fed at al W to hogs, must ie given In limited t' quantitles. h WORK ACC C Pi SED. Y THE SO UTii N C itUSS Reeolutkns Passed Favor Develop mnent of Inland Waterways, Agricul tural Credits and Merchant Marine MnskorN.ýto, Oklila.-Senator Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida was re-leheted 'presid nt of the Sou th rn Cori rmerciaJ Congress Friday by the board of dil rectors. The other present officers were also re-elected. Dr. Clarence J. Owens, Washington, was re-elected managing director; T, S. Southgate, Norfolk, Va., first vice president; Albert 1'. Bush, Jr., Mobile, Ala., second vice president, and Wil liam H. Saunders, Washington, I). C., treasurer; Mrs. Louis G. Lindsley, Nashville, Tenn., was re-elected presi dent general of the women's auxiliary to the congress. A liberal policy by the government in the improvement of our rivers and harbors, "that the advantages of water transportation may be preserved by us to the fullest extent," was urged in a resolution adopted. Other resolutions adopted urged upon the United States congress the speedy establishment of a system of agricultural credits and upon the vari ous states such legislation as may be needed to supplement federal legisla tion. Creation of an American merchant marine and the immediate establish ment of the public health service into an independent bureau or department of the government were advocated in resolutions adopted. In an address before the congress I. N. Putnam of San Antonio, Texas, urged the establishment in Texas of a Latin-American university for the pur pose of bringing us into a closer rela tionship with "our neighbors on the south." America's key to the door of a vast foreign trade is a greater inland navi gation, according to John H. Bern hard, manager of the inland naviga tion bureau, New York. A paper by Mr. Bernhard pointed out that the United States has the greatest system of inland water routes in the wprid, and that "this system is practically idle because of the indifference of the public and legal decisions and regula tions of government bodies." Philip Manson, a steamship owner Sof New York, cited statistics as to the c enormous earnings of various steam ship lines to dispute arguments that unless a subsidy is created we must I depend upon foreign ships to carry > our foreign commerce. A report of Don Roberto Brenee I Mesen, minister to the United States p from Costa Rica, urged intermarket- j a ing of products, and pointed out that no commercial relations "can be per. o manent unless the United States ex- t' tends its financial aid to the agricul- a ture and industries of our Hispaniao ti American countries." ii Don Juan Riano, Spanish ambassa- n dor at Washington, pointed out that b the importations from Spain into the t1 United States are increasing rapidly, h and asserted that especially "there iaj a large field for the exportation to C Spain of agricultural machinery and implement." H 04 Money to Fight Pests In 8ight. k Tallahassee, Fla.-The lower house - of the Florida legislature Tuesday passed a bill carrying an appropriation ct $160,000 to fight crop pests. Of this w amount, $125,000 is to be used to erad- n icate the citrus canker. hi is Texas' Capitol Builder Dead. K Chicago, Ill.-Gustave Wilke, one of the earliest skycraper contractors in Chicago and a builder of national rep utation, died this week. He built the at $3,000,000 state house at Austin, Tex. as, Daniels Names Naval Chlof. Washington. - Secretary Daniels Thursday announced the appointment of of Captain William S. Benson to the as newly created post of chief of opera,. th tions of the navy. Captain Benson te now is commandant of the Philadel phia navy yard. er Wounded Soldiers Sent Back. sp Brownsville, Tex.-Under guard of tre United States soldiers and immigra.. us tion officers seventy Villa soldiers, wounded In fighting around Matae 'ha moros, Mexico, during the recent Villa sit siege of that place, left Sunday for th Piedras Negras, Mexico. ge tol Dead Confederates Remembered. ey Austin, Tex.-Confederate Decore. tion Day was observed Monday by the tei Daughters of the Confederacy, who on decorated graves in the state ceme. ha tery and the monument in the capitol ye yard. fI Death Removes aFssh'8thA y' tes New York.-John Bunny, whose an tics as a moving picture comedian he have made millions laugh, died Mon- ati day at his home In Brooklyn. Hehad inj been ill for about three weeks of a, e complication of diseases, al Fire Sweeps Half of Colon. OCi Colon.-More than half the city of Wi Colon was swept by a disastrous fire Friday, Ten persons are known tol be dead and several hundred persons m have been injured, while between 10,' - D00 and 12,000 omthers, mdatly negroes, ire homeless. d II ter War Loan Oversubscribed. 4 Berln.-Threefourths of the latest rar loan, $1,687,750,000, more thae go, ;wice the amount required at this date a Ias been paid. POPULARITY OF SS SE BAt op xi.( '1 it i. Pintic p tions withat :- dt andl the tific work:i oi t · ben the of miiii.ns There many thing; to te Game an is impm iiic t t aim tha ed exercise is n:ie a \.' cj Et aid1 S ial moting heanth an ? i and keep di blood rich ain l ur ut, pecrhaps y one of the "Iv denv ied tbah" we lege. You leadl :. E nary life whih ways has a t: a e the liver )n, the bowels cl g .,1' digestihe T. Oftentimes you iare d, sle on ce no appetite & d ft.l rui downsplessl le, Uinder these cond '.ae you will i- appreciate the as-: t to h1e deril gr a trial of IIotttrtex t,,rnach Bitt C., helps Nature bh tnti; ant streng ;y, the Stomach, Liver c1t Bowels and - these organs in a nrxr meal condition system is-well fortitiel against an a sEick Headache, itartrn, Indige Cramps, Constipation, IBiliousness o nt laria, Fever or Ague. id Always take goodn care of your er and you will be well repaid, while lessness only brings suffering and as Let Hostetter's Stomach Bitters ep a to maintain your health. bP e For Thrush o and Foot Diseases t t An'tiseptic, h- and to Healing it HANFORD'S rBalsam of Myr t For Galls, Wire Cuts, Lameness, t Strains, Bunches, S Thrush, Old Sores, SNail Wounds, Foot Rot IFistula, Bleeding, Etc Etc. e Made Since 1846. As 1, Price 25c, 5Oc and $1.00 y AlDealers enroyJ Always in the Making. r In one of George Macdonald's boo e occurs this fragment of conversstl º- "I wonder why God made me," t Mrs. Faber, bitterly. "I'm sure Idal tI know what was the use of mak V me" "Perhaps not much yet," repi B Dorothy: "but then he hasn't 4 5 with you yet. He is making you I and you don't like it" t It would give us more patience ourselves if we always remem Sthis. We would not get so disc aged with our Infirmities, im tions and failures if we always in mind the fact that we are not made, that we are only in procesd t being made, that God 'is not through making us. . . .-Rev. I. , 4""Miller, D. D. b'f Decorated With One When Ke i "Uh-well, yo' honah," erp Brother Stlmmerjohn, "do gen' come to muh house and 'gunter' loud and coa's 'bout fou' dollabs, "Oh, he had a bill, did her "Nussah! He never had no when he come dar--he des had a mon, ev'yday nose. But-uh-yawl haw! hawl-yo' ortuh seed it'who left; sahhah, yo' dess ortsh seedi Kansas City Star. There is at least this to be i the genius: He is a crank onoul subject. IN 6 8HADOW Tea Drinkey Feared PatylS. Steady use of either tea or often produces alarming 5 as the poison (caffeine) con these beverages acts with m10 tency in some persons than in "I was never a coffee writes an IN. woman, "but a or. I was very nervous, had spells of sick headache and trouble, and was subject at ti3h severe attaoks- of bilious coliC. "No end of* sleepless nigh have spells at night whenl m side would get numb and tingle thousand needles were pricklang flesh. At times I could hardlyp t tongue out of my mouth ahd 37 eye and ear were aftected. "The doctors told me'to Quit tea, but I thought I could niot 11U out it-that it was my only sti?' had been a tea drinkerfot twOl nhder the doctor's 0ca "About six months ago, I tea and commenced to drink "I have never had one spell of headaches since and only oalS attack of bilious colic. Have qui ing those numb spells at aEgth well and my heart is getting all the time." Name given by Postum Co., Creek, t Mich. Read '"T'he Weliville," in pkgs. Postum comes in two forms:' Postum Cereal-the original must be well boiled. 150 and A' ages. Instant Postum-a soluble dissolves quickly in a cup of b tor, and, with cream and sugar, a delicious beverage Instantly, 50o tins. Both kinds are equally deli eost about the same per cup. tThere's a Reason" for P -sold by