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REGISTERED CATTLE IN GREAT DEMAND
FINE HERD OF REGISTERED 8H0RTH0RN CATTLE.
(By FRANK D. TOMSON.)
There Is a growing tendency on the
part of fanners and stockmen In all
•ectlpifs of the country to obtain regis
tered bulls and foundation breeding
stock of the several Improved breeds
of catUe. For several years past, the
public sales of registered beef cattle
show an increasing investment from
widely scattered sections.
Higher achievement In live stock
husbandry is in keeping with the gen
eral purpose to Improve In all lines of
agriculture, and In response to the
Market requirements, Is the general
tendency. In several of the western
States laws are enforced prohibiting
the printing of - non-reglstered bulls on
the open range. Steers by registered
tires invariably have, an advantage at
lie markets ; and the better the breed
'Igg on both the sire's and the dam's
M<e, the better they look to the mar
ket buyers.
J^fcher Level of Values.
As «Tr die, public sales of beef cat
eld fiuring the spring or late win
months, record higher averages
fall sales. Yet It appears from
public sales held so far this sea
that Shorthorn values are holding
a higher level than during the
ng sale season. In a public sale
Imported Shorthorns held at Chi
go in November, an average of $911
r head was obtained on 72 animals.
Is average Is the more significant
en It Is understood that the calves
re all sold separately from their
as. Had they sold with their dams,
is the usual custom, the average
ild have been considerably higher,
veil-known breeding establishment
7isconsin disposed of Its entire calf
OTTONSEED PURITY
ner Should See te It That Gin
Is Thoroughly Cleaned.
»unity. Culture of Single Type la
it Effective, Say Spécialiste of
United States Department
of Agriculture.
the United State* Department of
Agriculture.)
rder that the purity of his cot
i ifaay be preserved for planting,
rmer patronizing the ordinary
I gin should see to It that all
re carefully cleaned from the
ery, transportation channels
cles, before operations are
an his seed cotton, says a re
blichtion of the Ü. S. depart
agriculture, Farmers' Bulle
"Cotton Ginning Information
ers." .Under ordinary prac
11 amount of seed from the
ginned is left In the "seed
fills a portion of the ma
id this is passed on with the
le next bale, seed from the
being left In turn. v
ginner will be so busy on
day that It wlll.be Impose
n to spare the time neces
an the gin properly. It may
____»fore, for the farmer to
ie cotton from which he wishes
erve the seed until near the
the ginning season when the
,pf business on the gin is not
L ' It must he kept In mind by
rmer striving to Improve the
of his cotton through seed selec
tion that he cannot be assured of get
ling even relatively pure seed from the
jgin without the co-operation of the
finner.
Community Culture.
. since there are so many opportuni
tés for seed passing through ^ns ln
* general use to become mixed with seed
cl inferior quality, It is ^ nte f. °" t . h *
He department's specialists that the
■ost effective plan for preserving the
Ï determine by experiment the par^
ifer variety of cotton which Is best
i Ited to Its section and for the farm
< 1 to agree to plant that variety only.
1 ith the present practices ln
i d the custom of planting different
. neties indiscriminately In the same
1 'alltv sav the specialists, it is only
fqnestion of time unt il
, I matter how well selected, will de
I end to one mongrel type.
Much the same ® ech ^ 1 of W ^d
mo which make the mixing of seed
< bales a common occur
r m in «les of flber Tbe ginner, In
anxiety to crowd the capacity of
cLmently does not allow a
Srifent length of time for each wag*
of Ä*ton to be ginn«l com
^ St HU. estimate may be suffl
1 iteiy. _f ar gs the actual
< mtly correct « rer __^ h„t
«I cotton 1»
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concerned, but
crop, 40 odd head In number, nothing
over twelve months old being included,
anw obtained an average of $1,016 per
head. It will be understood that these
represented fashionable lines of breed
ing and were of a high order of excel
lence due to the class of sires main
tained in service for many years. How
ever, It strikingly reveals the respon
siveness of the demand. A joint sale
held the same week by Iowa and Mis
souri breeders resulted in an average
of $677.
The purchases were widely scat
tered, nearly 20 states being represent
ed by the buyers, and the selections
were made for the definite purpose of
Improving the standards of the herds
of their new owners. Other sales else
where and of other breeds are com
manding the patronage of constantly
enlarging numbers of farmers and
stockmen, though It appears the in
clination is towaitf tbe Shorthorn be
cause of its adaptability to all condi
tions.
Live stock Is the basis of diversified
farming and cattle more easily fit
into the scheme of farm management
in rflost localities and, as a rule, prove*
a more stable and profitable invest
ment. For many years the process of
depleting the cattle stock of the coun
try continu .-d, and finally the situation
became acute. Now in the face of In
creasing population, the cattle grower
has promise of a ready and lucrative
return. The advancing value of farm
lands is an Inducement to the stock
man to amploy the best standards and
use the best available sires. This is
clearly- revealed In the existing de
mand for registered cattle, and the re
sults will be widely bénéficiât
there Is a possibility that each bale
will get a few pounds of lint from the
preceding load, and In turn will leave
a like amount of cotton for tjbe next
bale. - Thus the bales are pot only
plated, but as they often are not of the
same grade, the better bale may be
penalized down to the value of the
lower grade, as the grade of a bale Is
usually determined by the lower side.
cause Of splenetic fever
Mfcrotdbplc Parasites Get Into Ani
mal* Blood and Attack and Break
Down Blood Corpuscles.
Tick or -spenetlc fever Is caused by
microscopic parasites which get Into
tbe animals' blood and attack apd
break down the red blood corpuscles.
When a mother tick sucks blood from
an Infected animal she ingests sonle
of these parasites and these get into
the eggs and continue In the seed tick
which hatches out
The seed tick passes the disease to
the first susceptible cow or steer from
which it gets Its first meal of blood.,
COVER CROP ON EVERY ACRE
, ** *-—
Not Good Farming to Leave Land Bare
in 8euth During Winter—Prac
ticed by Many.
A caver crop on every acre Js tlj 1
to leav<
ideal. It is not good fanning
land bare In the. South through win
ter. Occasionally something wllPhaç
pen that will cause some 1 apd-on the
well-farmed place to be bare, bnt the
rule should be to have some .cover,
It can be done and Is being done
by many. The only trouble Is that the
number of cover crop farmers ill too
small.
FOWLS ARE FED SEPARATELY
Hoppers Replacing Dry Mash in Many
Instances—Hen Will Pick Out
Food She Prefers.
A good many poultrymen are now
replacing the dry mash with hoppers
In which bran and other -ground feed
and the beef or fish scrap, are fed
separately.
Th» argument in favor of this meth
od of feeding Is that the hen will
pick ont of the mash what she pre
fers, anyhow, without regard to bal
ance, and it is just as well to feed the
Ingredients separately to begin with.
ESSENTIAL FOR GOOD CROPS
---- *
Using Barnyard ddanure Is Most Eco
nomical Way of Getting Humus
Into Defidefft Soils.
A soil may 1U called fertile so far
as containing plenty of plant food,
such as nitrogen, phosphoric add, or
potash is concerned, bnt If the humus
content is low, good crops cannot be
raised. Using barnyard manure Is the
most economical way of getting humus
into tbe
A Test of
Endurance
By GEORGE MUNSON
*¥ * * * ¥*
(Copyright. 19U. by W. Q. Chapman.)
"Sorry, bpt there's nothing doing 1''
The city editor's tone was final. But
the young man who had Just applied
for work as a reporter still lingered.
"I understand Mr, Grimshaw la In
Europe," he said, "or eise I should
have applied to him."
"Sée here, young man," said the city
edit dr, "Young Mr. Grimshaw is a
young cub who knows about as much
of tunning a newspaper as that desk
does. He's la Europe, squandering bis
father's money—money that we're
making for hlm. I am the News Sen
tinel and what 1 say goes. There's nc<
Job for you here."
The young man smiled. "That's the
sort of talk every editor put* op," he
skid. "I want to be a reporter, and I
want to learn the business. Let me
come In and sit around and wait for an
assignment," „
"All right, yon can come in every
day and sit around till you're blue In
the face," replied the city editor.
"Come right in now."
The young man followed him Into
the big room and took his place on a
chair. At twelve o'clock he went out
.for his lunch. At one In the afternoon
he was back. He stayed till five and
then went away. Nobody took the least
notice of him.
For nearly a month he repeated this
procedure, bnt he never got an assign
ment, nor did the city editor seem to
recognize his presence. Wistfully he
watched other reporters get assign
ments and once, when there was no
^pdy In the room to go after a piece of
V*
u
•*1 Heard It,* He Said Angrily.
news Mr. Lake's eyes fell upon, him
thoughtfully, bnt he did not call on
him. During bis month the young man
had learged many things. He had
learned that Mr. Lake was the best
city editor in town ; also that he was
possessed of a malignant and diabolical
humor, which had led him to encourage
the young applicant deliberately, in or
der to triumph In his eventual discom
fiture.
Lake yas also a brute. The young
man had seen a reporter fired without
a moment's notice for a mistake on
Lake's part. He saw little Miss Nor
ris, the telephone girl, hauled over the
coals dally. Miss Norris stood In fear
of Lake and, oddly enough, she and
the young man used to exchange pa
thetic glances whenever any uproar oc
curred In the office. Although they
had not spoken, there was established '
a regular telepathic communicatkm be
tween them.
One day they met In the lunchroom,
and fife was emboldened to speak to
her. They Srifted Into conversation.
'Td leave In a minute," she said,
"only I've got my sister to take care of,
and one can't get ahead in this game.
Besides, the newspaper work gets into
one's blood somehow."
"Why don't you speak back ^to the
brute?" he asked.
She shrugged her shoulders.
"They're all as bad," she answered,
"and I don't want to have to hustle
round the newspaper offices for an
other position now. Elsa had an op
eration last month and I have to pay
five a week fo *the. doctor."
The young man left her at the office
door with the impression that he had
met a girl In the world In whom he
could take an Interest They met often
In.tbe days that followed. Under her
levity he discovered a good deal of
seriousness. She wore a mask with
which to look upon the world's battle
field and when the day was over she
became herself't gain. He cplled at
«the little flat and saw the sister, just
recovering from her serious Illness. He
was fast drifting into love for her, and
he believed that his feeling was re
turned.
At the office he was learning many
things. Having become accented as a
part of the establishment, he used his
opportunity to discover the workings
of the newspaper business. He made
friends with the printers and went Into
the shop. All the while. Lake seemed
unconscious of his presence; secretly
he
in.
to
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a
he was wondering how long the young
man would hold out and whether he
could afford to spend his days there
forever.
The young man made acquaintance
with two or three of the reporters.
"You're on the wrong tack," they
told him. "Anybody but Lake would
have given you an assignment weeks
ago. But it's his way ; he'll never give
in. He wants to show you that you
can't rush him. Give up, boy."
He didn't give up. He came in regu
larly until three months had passed.
Lake was beginning to be annoyed. He
had not reckoned on this. He was on
the point of ordering him out of the
office; but to do that would be a con
fession of defeat. And then something
happened that put an end to the situ
ation.
The young man entered the office
one morning to find everything In an
uproar. A rival daily had beaten the
News Sentinel with a big story and
two men had been dismissed In conse
quence. It was not their fault, but
Lake's discipline was merciless.
And he had jumped on Miss Norris
mercilessly over a telephone message
which he declared her to have deliv
ered wrong. Now, as It happened, the
yonng man had beard Lake give the
message.
He strode forward. "Miss Norris
delivered that message as you gave It
to her. I beard It," he said, angrily.
Lake glared at him. "What the—
what the— 1 " he began.
"That bluster won't go," said the
young man. "You know perfectly well
that you are making this girl the vic
tim of your own error. And you know
that Mr. Marston and Mr. Jones car
ried out their orders. And you have
turned them away. It's you who ought
to go, not they."
Tbe city editor, paralyzed by the sud
denness of the onslaught, could not at
first find words.
"Maybe you're Mr. Grimshaw," he
sneered. <
"Yes," answered the young man.
"That's your first right guess about me
and, as you said, I was a young cub,
%ad knew about as much of a newspa
per as that desk does. That's why I've
been trying to learn the business, as
far-as you'd let me."
Lake sat down In his chair and
turned white. Marston, with a cry of
astonishment, came running up. "By
thunder, It Is Mr. Grimshaw I" he
shouted. "I met you at your father's
house three years ago. 1 thought 1
knew you I"
Lake began gathering his things to
gether. "Well, It's on me," he mut
tered. Tm entitled to six mouths' sal
ary in lieu of notice."
Tri» not going to give you notice,"
answered the other. "I know a good
editor wheû I see one, thanks to what
I've learned here. Personally, you are
a brute, Mr. Lake. Professionally, you
are a good editor. I want you to stay
—If you'll take me a little more Into
your affairs," he added, smiling. "And,
by the way, Jones and Marston stay.
And you owe Miss Norris an apology."
Lake, - who was a good fellow at
heart, but soured by the years he had
spent' at the most, testing of the pro
fessions, sprang to his feet with out
stretched hand. "I guess you're right.
Mr. Grimshaw," he said, warmly,
apologize, Miss Norris. And Til stay."
"And you'll stay?" asked the young
man of Miss Norris a little later.
She looked up with a quick blush.
"Yes, I—I'll stay," she answered ihean
Ingly.
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Too Happy to Bother.
A fat, red-cheeked wonilm sat well
up In front in a downtown movie house
a few days ago. When she laughed
she laughed all over.
The doings of the hero centered
around custard pies and she laughed
often. She held a purse in her hand.
Tbe catch was defective. One chuckle
unsnapped It.
There was a spasmodic snicker snd
a tendent piece popped out of the
purse. A nickel tinkled on the floor
as the woman struggled with a deep
seated giggle. A quarter took a
hurdle with a jerk of her dipbragm
and disappeared.
Every time she laughed she lost a
coin. She paid no attention to the
Shower, but her escort was manifestly
uneasy. He leaned over and whispered
In her ear.
' "D-d-don't b-b-bother now," she said
hi the middle of a laugh. "I guess
perhaps I've lost 'most $1.19 so far, but
let's wait until we see where tire next
pie is going before we start to pick up
the money."—Exchange. *
Austria's Two-Headed Eagle.
That two-headed eagle by which wt
now recognize Austria Is one of the
frauds on heraldry, the London Chron
icle states. It has been pointed out by
old-fashioned historians with a pas
sion for truth that when Francis of
Austria gave up pretending to be the
heir of the Caesars, and laid aside his
claim to the holy Roman empire and
his German kingdom, he ought to have
rendered back to Caesar that which
was Caesar's. But he stuck ta the
two-headed eagle, Instead of content
ing himself with the Hon of his arch
duchy. From the point of view of the
Heralds' college this (Conduct was as
indefensible as if a private British citi
zen had used the arms of an English
see because he claimed to be the de
scendant of a bishop.,There was meth
od. however, In the usurpation. For
an "emperor" with an eagle beenrne
a more distinguished personage than
an archduke with a lion.
Filial Deference.
"Your boy Josh continues to-inter
est himself In football."
"Yes," replied Farmer Corntossel.
"When he gets to explainin' philosophy
an' mathematics I have to quit. But
when he talks football. I can under
stand çyery word he says."
'
MADE ME WELLE T
Suffered Several
Years. PERUNA
Mrs. Elizabeth Reuther, 1002 11th
Bt, N. W., Washington, D. C-,
writes: ^'T am pleased to endorse
Peruna as a splendid medicine for
catarrh and stomach trouble, from
which I suffered for several years,
took it for several months, and st
the end of that time found my health
was restored and have felt splendidly
ever since« I now take It when I con
tract a cold, and It soon rids the sys
tem of any catarrhal tendencies."
cine#
lets.
In the last five years our national and
state lawmaking bodies have passed
62,550 laws.
Dr. Peery'* "DetA Shot'* 1# not I *'lo
renge" 0 r ''syrup," but a real old-fashioned
So*, of medicine which clean* out Worm«
or Tapeworm with a ilnfla dose. Adv.
A Stickler for Pa.
"Pa."
"Well, my son?"
"How can a solid fact lenk out?"
IMITATION IS SINCEREST FLATTERY
but like counterfeit money the imita
tion has not the worth of the original,
insist on "La Creole" Hair Dressing—
It's the original. Darkens your hair In
the natural way, but contains no dya.
Price $1.00.—Adv.
Wrist Watch in the Desert.
One night a company of Arabs at
tached themselves to our party. This
is customary In these wild lands. They
saw that we were well armed and
came with us for safety. One of them,
a dignified young chief, was accom
panying a woman across the desert.
She was well dressed, this Arab girl,
with a yellow turban and a silken
»ob. On her wrist she wore a Swiss
gold watch, and though. barefooted,
she was as dignified as the queens of
1 ennox and Newport. .One of my men
apparently made an insulting remark
to her, and she called ldm down Just
as an American girl would have done.
According to the custom of the desert
we had to give him a thrashing, which
Mahomet did lustily with a big stick.
After that, the Arab party always
showed us white men the deepest re
spect.—Peter MacQueen, in World
Outlook.
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FOR ITCHING, BURNING SKINS
Bathe With Cuticura Soap and Apply
\ the Ointment—Trial Free.
For eczemas, rashes, itchings, irrita
tions, pimples, dandruff, sore hands,
and baby humors, Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are supremely effective. Be
sides they tend to prevent these dis
tressing conditions, If used for every
day toilet and nursery preparations.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
Statistics on Electricity.
' The electricity output of tjie various
power plants of the United States re
clamation service operated in 1914
was over 66,000,000 jrw.-hr. The total
capacity of the 12 plants in operation
was 27,134 kw„ and the first cost of
the plants $2,542,000. Of the total
output, 39 per cent was sold to cus
tomers, 32 per cent was used for irri
gation pumping, 17 per cent for con
struction purposes, 4 per, cent for
drainage, the remaining 8 per cent rep
resenting losses. It was estimated
that the power remaining undeveloped
on all the different projects amounted
to a total of 489,000 horsepower. Of
this 360,000 horsepower consisted, of
the estimated capacity on the Flathead
liver, In Montana, the remainder be
ing distributed through 21 other pow
er sites.
a
sour
a
take
and
tie
of
BREAD WITHOUT SALT IS TASTELESS
A medicine chest without Magic Ar
nica Liniment is useless. Best of all
liniments for sprains, swellings,
bruises, rheumatism and neuralgia.
Three sizes, 25c, 50c and $1.00. Adv.
Any Direction Would Do.
She had attained some success as an
authoress and after her marriage de
cided to write a novel. Some months
later she complained to her husband :
"My new novel goes but slowly, dear;
but my publisher assures me it wôuld
go into the thousands If we'd just get
up some sort of a sensation—for In
stance—get you to enter divorce pro
ceedings !"
The husband meditated thoughtfully
a few moments.
"Well," he said, "I can't afford that ;
but—I'm willing to run away."
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END STOMACH TROUBLE,
GASES OR DYSPEPSIA
"Pape's Dlapepsin" makes Sick, Sour,
Gassy Stomachs surely feel fine
in five minutes.
If what you just ate Is souring on
your .stomach or lies like a lump of
lead, refusing to digest, or you belch
gas and eructate sour, undigested
food, or have a feeling of dizziness,,
heartburn, fullness, nausea, bad taste
in mouth and stomach-headache, you
can get blessed relief in five minutes.
Put an end to stomach trouble forever
by getting a large fifty-eeut case of
Pape's Diapepsin from any drug store.
You realize In five minutes how need
less it is to suffer ftom indigestion,
dyspepsia br any* stomach disorder.
It's the quickest, surest stomach doc
tor In the world. It's wonderful.—Adv.
Russia has 10,000 lepers, taken care
\>f by 21 institutions.
Standby
for &
Cold.
«
Those who object to liquid medi
cine# can now prooure Peruna Tab*
lets.
France is importing Chinese labor
for its munition factories.
A torpid liver condition prevent» proper
food assimilation. Tone up your liver »US
Wright'» Indian Vegetable Pill». They act
gently and aureiy. Adv.
Unique Banking Plan.
A unique hank, which is intended for
tlie benefit of men addicted to drink
and is expected to enuble many of them
to save money, overcome their habits
and turn themselves into good citizens,
has been started by Judge Joseph
Brady in Kansas City.
The plan of Jndge Brady is to assess
sentence against all drunkards brought
before him and then to parole the man
under condition that he go to work
under the supervision of a parole offi
cer. The man so paroled agrees that
an official of the court shall collect his
pay check every time it becomes due,
pay his board bills or family living ex
penses If be be a married man, and
take charge of whatever money re
mains after allowing the man a smnil
sum for spending money.
IF YOUR CHILD IS CROSS,
FEVERISH, CONSTIPATED
Look Mother! If tongue Is coated,
cleanse little bowels with "Cali
fornia Syrup of Flge."
Mothers can rest ensy after giving
"California Syrup of Figs," because In
a few hours all the clogged-up wnste,
sour bile and fermenting food gently
moves out of the bowels, and you bava
a well, playful child again.
Sick children needn't be conxed to
take this harmless "fruit laxative."
Millions of mothers keep It handy be
cause they know Its action on the
stomach, liver and bowels Is prompt
and sure.
Ask your druggist for a 50-cent hot*
tie of "California Syrup of Figs," which
contains directions for babies, children
of all ages and for grown-ups.—Adv.
What About the Eggs?
A country store In Delaware county,
until the proprietor was made to sea
the point, bore this sign designated to
catch the eye of the farmer bound
Muncleward with his produce: "If yon
want to trade your eggs and butter for
something good, come in here."—Indi
anapolis News.
WHAT IS
LAX-FOS
LAX-FOS is an improved Cascara
(I tonic-laxative) Pleasant to take
In LAX-FOS the Cascara is improved by
the addition of certain harmless chem
icals which increase the efficiency of the
Cascara, making it better than ordinary
Cascara. LAX-FOS is pleasant to take
and does not gripe nor disturb stomach.
Adapted to children as well as adults.
Just try one bottle for constipation. 50 a
COLORED people
can have nice, long, straight hair by
using Cxelento Quinine Pomade,
which is a Hair Grower, not a Kinky
Hair remover. You can see the results
by using several times. Try a package.
1'rice 25c at all drug stores or by mall
on receipt of stamps or coin. Agents
wanted everywhere. Write for par
ticulars. Exelento Medicine Co., At
lanta, Ga.
Tnrornnn
MAKES PAIN VANISH
No liniment so qnlckly warms, glows
and penetrates the surface, bringing
relief to brnlaes. cats, burns, sore
mnsdtes, rheumatism, headache,
Denralgla, etc. A valuable home
- remedy. Sold In nearly all
drag stores; 60c bottles,
or sent prepaid on re
ceipt of price. Get a
bottle today. Try It.
Gat a
It's wonderful.
A. B. KICH1ID« BEU. CO.
Dept. Z, SbensSM. Texas
Sold for 47 years. For Malaria.Chllla
and Fever. Also a Fine General
Strengthening Tonic, mo 'ôX,'m2Z£' m
To Kill Rato and Mica
' ALWAYS USB
STEARNS'
ELECTRIC PASTE
U. S. Government Buys It
SOLD EVERYWHERE — ZSc snd SUM
A toilet preparation of BOTH
Helpsto eradicate f " -
Baauty toGray or Fadod Hair.
Aiwmtfi Sell "Good-llte" for Tords on IS dan
Agents thal; new InvsnUon; no oompîûî
Uon. GOOD-LIT« DBVICH CO., Terre HaatOSa.
W. N. U., MEMPHIS, NO. 2^1817.