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radication of cattle tick in south ,Bv w - Some stock owners still cling to the feohet that ticks cannot all be eradi cated because the small animals such as rabbits, etc., which harbor ticks cannot be treated to destroy the para sites. Hence they conclude that the methods at present employed in tick eradi< ation cannot prove successful ■ Such reasoning would be entirely logical providing all ticks found on all animals were the same kind of ticks. True, to the casual observer, all ticks have a striking similarity in appear ance, or look more or less alike. Hut as a matter of fact, there is quite a aumber of different varieties of ticks each one being peculiar to certain \ STEER BADLY TICK-INFESTED. animals, but not developing on others. But so far ns Texas fever is concerned, there Is only one variety of tick known In North America that will transmit the germ of this fever, and that is the common cattle tick, which develops only on cattle, horses and mules. The other ticks which are fond of dogs, rabbits and other animals, while they r m y VJ'Ti ' i •' V! SAME STEER AFTER BEING DIPPED. TAKING CARE OF PIGS Nation, Sunshine and Exercise Are Three Essentials. Management of Young Anitoala la an Important Factor in Making Profit From Them— Provide Sow Com fortable Quarter». That the care and management of •oung pigs is an important factor in naking a profit from them, is the be ief of Ray Gatewood, instructor in mimai husbandry In the Kansas State Agricultural college. "A * sow should receive special care md attention at farrowing time " said VIr Gatewood. "Just after she has ■arrowed, feed her lightly for a few lays. Gradually increase the feed as die pigs develop. -The ration at this time should be ,uch as to produce a heavy flow of nilk A good ration is one made up of orn! shorts, bran, a small amount of tankage, and a good quality of alfalfa, which should be fed from a rack. Bran may make up approximately 10 per cent of the ration as it seems to have a beneficial effect on the digestive sys tem and tends to increase the milk Pr -Îh C eaù"ount of feed given a sow may be governed largely by her appetite. FSä - are provided S uMhlne Is Mpor «Sä sore mouths, ef adylgable t0 cUp the It is some thug preventing tusks from TV ' eac h other. In ,hem „fTre'S"«£. ™ the * ,rt T case of sore ., with some dts quently ■»* «3ÏÏ containing a small infectant Jasell , make8 a desir amount of a stoc P the nose able ointment to appty has been washed. ___ Weight. , L0SS in weigh in Southern cattle The loss inveigh ^ ticky evident from tb irl aU be ing in poor SÄST ! all belong to the tick family, do not af fect cattle to any extent, and have no connection whatever with Texas fever; nor are they considered at all in the campaign of tick eradication. Tin* confusion, or misconception, with regard to the possibility of tick eradication, seems to have arisen from the idea, or belief, that all ticks seen, or found, on all kinds of animals, are one and the same kind of ticks, which, fortunately, is not the case, if It were so, complete tick eradication would, in deed, be a hopeless undertaking. It should be understood, therefore, that the common cattle tick seen on cattle, and which matures only on cattle, horses and mules, is the onlv variety rtiat transmits the germ of th« fever, and the only tick that the au thorities are trying to externinate; the others being harmless to cattle, so far as tick fever is concerned. And a season's regular dipping, at intervals of 14 days, should, in most cases, eradi cate this tick entirely from a parish or section. CONTROL CITRUS CANKER Citrus canker which, for a time seriously threatened the fruit Industry of Florida, is be lieved to be possible of eradica tion. Both the state of Florida and the U. S. government have been interested In the matter and prospects are good for the success of the growers In their fight against this disease. ! PASTURAGE FOR LIVE STOCK Avoid Making Lots or Fields Too Small as Land Is Cheap and Abun dant—Plan a Succession. In making pastures for grazing the live stock next summer let us avoid making the lots or fields too small. Land is cheap and abundant. A lib eral allowance can be made for the hogs and the calves, the cattle and the mules and there will still be left land for the growing of cotton and corn and other necessary crops. The average man who makes a pasture for the hogs uses less than half the land necessary and the pastures for cattle considering the grass they do not contain should usually be en larged three or four fold. If the cat tle pasture Is large enough one will do fairly well, but two, which will permit a change of the cattle and al low the grasses to get a fresh start are better; while several large lots which will furnish a succession of crops for the hogs are a necessity.— Progressive Farmer. TIME TO WORK ON TERRACES In Early Spring When Heavy Rains Start Small Gullies Farmer Should Patch Breaks. (Clemson College Bulletin.) During early spring heavy rains start small gullies down the sides of our fields. During such weather, no plowing or other work in th« way of soil preparation can be done. The time can be most profitably spent oq the terraces. The farmer should take a shovel and walk around the terraces between showers aùd patch the small breaks, and save time. If left such small places will grow more each time it rains, and in a comparatively short time, these small leak3 will cause a loi of soil washing. I »W' A Simple Romance By* GEORGE ELMER COBB (Copyright, by W. G. Chapman.) Julian Florae, bachelor, rotund. genial and with a good, kind heart, was made the lucky recipient of a very fair sized fortune at the age of thirty-two. through the demise of u half-uncle in France. Florae took his good luck reasonably. For ten years lie had well fulfilled his duties of a department manager in a great city store. He had lived frugally ! 'j"' nient and parts, it. ater. little and "I tered, we man halted about rying out ted und had saved somethin) (deal had been always hi in the far past he had seen in reality r in some book a picture of a beautiful ountry home. The memory became an actuality with him. He had dreamed over and over and over again what he would do if he ever had fifty thousand for a radiant I Somewhere h, ' r to cer, wait then that. his lollars. Now he had doul Forthwith he proceeded to place long cherished plan into execution. The site Is the first consideration," Florae advised the agent in whose hands he placed the commission. "It must he on an elevated spot, a river winding like a silver thread in and out "among forests and hills. The view, my friend, must be superb. There must be a space of ten acres at least. The building can come later. Find me my ideal location and environment at any 'cost, not too near to the city, not too far away. I am not an aristocrat, Hut the baronial castle idea prevails with me—grandeur, exclusiveness, majesty." "Got just what you want," announced the glib broker a month later. "Ever heard of Hurricane Hill?" Florae shook his head in negation, but expectantly. "You will go wild when you see it," predicted the agent, which Florae did. What he had dreamed of in* at length viewed—a lofty plateau of moderate proportions, surrounded by crags, wa terways, cascades and a clear view of twenty-five miles in any direction. "Belongs to a man named Trask— Abel Trask," explained the agent. "He has lived in that old house for nearly half a century. Wife died ; lie lias an only daughter, times hard and poor, and she lias developed into quite a singer. It nearly breaks the old man's heart to sell the place, but he is bent <>n giving his daughter a first-class mu sical education." "Close with him at once," directed Florae eagerly. "The old vine-covered house is picturesque. It shall remain, if only for its antiquity. Those trees and shrubs must not he disturbed. I shall build more to the head of the val ley. Ah, a rare spot, truly! I shall he very content." Hut Florae was not content. He took i ther liani help what as . , . . great pleasure at the first in seeing his 7, . , , . ideas carried out as to the house, then do al of of no of The oq time loi there was a spell when his interest was centered on furnishing it. "The complete article,—just as I dreamed!" declared Florae with great satisfaction, hut within a month his lonely environment began to pall on him. "I'm missing companionship—that is It!" he decided, and forthwith for six months there vfas not a week-end that he did not'have some one of his former friends as guests. They were merely acquaintances, however. They purtook of his meals, they borrowed money of him, they were not truly friends. Flogac had engaged a poor old couple, pioneers In the neighborhood, ito act as caretaker and housekeeper. .They did their duty well. One day Florae for the first time passed through the apartment given over ex clusively to Mrs. Dodd. His eye chanced to light upon a framed photo graph on the mantel. "Is that the young lady I once met here, the daughter of Mr. Trask, from whom I purchased this place?" he asked. "Yes, sir, that is Miss Eleanor," as sented the housekeeper. "Oh, sir, she is a sweet, lovable girl ! She nursed Mr. Dodd through a dangerous illness and helped us in many ways when we were poor and out of work. "Do you ever hear from her now?" inquired Florae—any new subject to break the monotony of his dull exist ence was of interest. Besides, he had never entirely forgotten the girl he had seen but once when he closed the purchase of Hurricane Hill. Yes, Mrs. Dodd had heard that the Trasks had gone to the city and that Eleanor was studying music. As to her success as a professional, however, she knew little. Ah, how Mr. Trask would delight in seeing the old place ! It had been to them a haven of beauty and the one great thought of the old man had been to be able some time to build a home, such as he and Elean or had planned out time and again. There was the unused end of the hill expanse—that would do ! "Miss Eleanor told me before she went away, sir," said Mrs. Dodd, "that when she had made a fortune with that sweet voice of hers, she was going to buy over there and build the home that was the dream of her dear old father. Why, then you'd be neigh bors !" smiled the voluble gossip, "And they are the kind to appreciate, I can tell you, sir." Now the dream of fame and wealth city had not come to of the Trasks in the m» mu uui ™ir irae. Eleanor had the musical im pulse, hut her voi^ had failed her. fchc had managed t^secure au engage 'j"' 1 1 nient in a little neighborhood theater and did very w|dl in minor dramatic parts, hut there was a bare living in it. One night she and a young lady pro fessional were returning from the the ater. when tim latter, a timid, nervous little creature, grasped Eleanor's arm and hurried her along. "I tell you I was right," she Mut tered, "that man 1 told you about lias followed us for six blocks, turned when we turned, and I'm scared!" "Hay no attention to him, Khoda," directed the more composed Eleanor. "Hut I shall. Oh, sir!" to a police man site met, "that man who inis just halted in the shadow of that building yonder is pursuing us." "H'm ! that so? I'll soon send him about his business. Now, sir." hur rying back to where the man pointed out to him stood, "annoying two re spectable young ladies, eh?" "I was following them, yes," admit ted the man, and lie was Florae. "The iflioer, I recognized one of ,îu> tall young lady, hut know h, ' r v, ' r >' slightly. Truth is. I wished to find out where she lived. Later I intended to call upon her father." "You look straight," spoke th** offi cer, after a moment's reflection. "You wait hero." He joined the young ladies, then he returned to Florae. "The fa N from ther of the young lady lives at 22 Tres liani court." he vouchsafed. "Does that help you out?" "Immensely!" bowed Florae, and turned squarely around und started away, evidencing to the ottioer that what he represented was the truth. By the merest chance Florae had wundered into u theater. He recog nized Eleanor on the stage, more at tractive than ever to him, In a pretty, pathetic role. He had followed her, as seen. The next day he visited 22 . . (1,1 ml \!$ç* for He it to If a the In B an "Is That the Young Lady I Once Met Here ?" Tresham court. He found Mr. Trask alone. The letter recognized and wel cotneil him warmly, to ! old can Florae had no excuse for calling on the old gentleman outside of a plea of loneliness in the great city. Then Eleanor came in and they all laughed and chatted over the episode of the policeman. So it came about that Florae began to be it regular visitor at the little humble home. Ills eyes would bright en with admiration and enthusiasm when Eleanor would speak of her res olute ambition to win her way and build for her dear father the home at Hurricane Hill he longed for. "Miss Trask," he said one day, "yem haven't seen the old place since It was improved, so I sent for a photograph and here It is." The interest of father and daughter in the picture was fairly pathetic. "I found I missed something, with all the grand house and befeutiful sur roundings," said Florae. "It was a wife. Dear lady, say the word and how happy we may be together at your old home !" And that came about, and the long ing vision of the three was a reality. Won't Listen. Bacon—You know he hates to hear gossip. Egbert—Of course. "And when his wife and a neighbor are on the stoop talking he gets in his automobile and keeps t?K* horn going so he can't hear what they say." Her Logic. Junkman—Any old clothes of your husband's that you want to sell, ma'am ? Woman—None of his are old enough to discard—hut I'll sell you a hat that l bought last month, and a skirt that I've worn hut twice.—Town Topics. Don't You Believe It, Girls? "Pa, what is clairvoyance?" asked William, just to round out the 200th. "Clairvoyance, my son, is the abil ity to tell a lovelorn young lady with out grinning about the dark young man who will enter her life. ' Very Simple. "My word !" said the lecturer. "How in the world did you ever coax such a crowd into this inaccessible hall?" "Dead easy," replied his manager. "I j us t hung a 'No Admittance' sign on the front door." Looking at Cakes. "You can't eat your cake and have i **- , , . im- 1 "Well, ma. if I want cake to look her. at. there's plenty tu the bakers \un ! dow." ly for out of to is D "I BIS New Yorkers Easy Victims of Old *'Con" Games N KW YORK—A new version <* time manipulator of the ihr* from among the country rubes at Cl 'll >1(1 shell game has appeared. The obi ts and the two peas picked his dupe** es and country fairs. The modern flint flam expert plies his trade in the world's largest city, and his dupes are found among what is supposed to he tin- wise and wideawake metropolitan population. His field of operation« takes in the shopping districts, the neighborhood of Brooklyn bridge in Manhattan and downtown Brooklyn. Mi stock in trade consists of umbrel las. Wlienevcr ht- spies a likely looking pedestrian he approaches and offers aiv umbrella f*>r sale. It Is a good um brella, with a well-wrought handle and a fine silk cover. He offers to sell ir for $5, explaining that he is broke, lives out of town and needs carfare home. He puts the* umbrella into the hands of his prospect and lets him examine it carefully. It really is a good umbrella, anyone can see that, and tie* prospect begin» to see visions of a bargain. Hut he is wise, is this buyer, and he decides tlrnf. If the seller is realiy In need of money he can drive a sharp trade, so he offers a dollar or a dollar and a half for the umbrella. The seller refuses to accept the offer und permits him to start to go away. Before the prospect has done more than turn away the umbrella man is* calling him back and offering to sell at the buyer's price. Of course, the um brella changes hands. Not until the purchaser reaches home does h*- find that In the instant his hack was turned another umbrella, of the kind sold on the streets for 50 cents on rainy days, with a handle resembling that of th« original article, was substituted for the umbrella first offered. Land Belonging to Zoo Put Under Cultivation B ROOKLYN.—The recent suggestion of Mayor Preston of Baltimore that vacant lands within cities he put under immediate cultivation made such an impression upon Director Hornadny of the Zoological park that he set apart more than ten acres in the park for the ii ? > ? U* y S NATIONAL league for W 0rMM55E P mu "I on . raising of food. The land, taken most ly from the deer pasture and the range for the herd of buffaloes, has been plowed, harrowed, fertilized and pre pared for seeding. The* work is being done hv the employees of the Zoo with out extra cost to the city for labor. Fanner Hornaday will not be able to raise on tin* ten acres all the food con- .,*T* stinted by the animals during the sum- ^ mer, hut he looks for fruits from the V*' .-Jw* example set to the hundreds of thou sands visiting the park. Besides, he will add to the sum total of food pro duced in 1U17, and if food conditions become very serious he will have on hand a fine supply of venison, buffalo steaks, fowls of every kind, and even lions, which ex-President Roosevelt declares are good eating in a pinch. The director has also shown a desire to do his hit by appropriating a part of the lion house to the uses of the American Red Cross. Every afternoon, from 1 to 5, dozens of Red Cross workers may be seen preparing for the grim work of curing for the sick and wounded, making bandages, giving instruction* to volunteers and putting up kits for first aid to the injured. The lion house is hung with photographs showing the Red Cross at work in field hospitals and at the front in Europe. Woman Found Something to Do for Country D ETROIT.—She was a motherly, soft-spoken woman, past middle life, anx ious to do something for lier country in time of stress, but untrained. "I want to sign your service registration blanks, but I don't know what I can do»" she said to Mrs. Evelyn Sherrill, executive secretary of the National League for Woman's Service, 24 With ered street. "Are you. fond of children?" asked Mrs. Sherrill. "Oh, yes, very. I love children,'* the woman replied. "Then we may call on you to Lett» take care of children whose father* are awuy, and. whose mothers are at work," replied Mrs. Sherrill. "If it should come that we have munition plants in Detroit, it will take many women away from their homes, women who have to work. In other ways, women will he called Into servi«» to take the places of men at the front. "Something must he done for the children. Could yon take care of sonm other woman's babies while she was at work t "Indeed, I could," she exclaimed. "I have my own ear. and I could call around at these homes In the morn ing and take the little ones to rnv own home, where I could keep them all day! I'd Just love to do something like that. I'm going right out now, and buy some picture books and tops." * So the woman, past middle life and untrained, found something that sh» could do to help her country. She is registered in the social service depart ment on the registration blank. _ ^ Idea for Puzzle Picture: Who Got the Chick— D ALTIMORE.—A tragedy in one act and three scenes, entitled "The ' D and the Money—Where Are They?" t fl ( ,|) Seene l-A restaurant at 1289 Fulton street, the restaurant <U W* Sntterson. Mr. Satterson has gone from the Inside out. Present, Joe, the waiter. A ring at the telephone (a wom an's voice—It says ; ^ "Send two roast chickens to 2U> Putnam avenue and change for $50.' No sooner said than done. Joe plucks two chickens off the spit, nice ones, where they have been steadily turning before the hot coals. He counts out change for $50» deducting the price of the chickens, which is $3. That leaves $47. Is it rot so? It Is. Joe ran count. Scene "—The apartment house, Joe. with the two chickens unde the moneyjingling In his pockets. A man In front of the house sa;* 1 deliveries must he made through the basement." All right». Joe rings the hell. Down comes the dumb-waiter. He puts or ens- he puts on the $47. The dumb-waiter goes up, up, up. IP*-* nothing comes down. No $50 bill, no chickens. Not even a !> ■> downward. . , .,, Perhaps the chickens were taken by a deaf woman, or a blir - through the building. He caD find no chickens or money. Perhai waiter was let down from the stars. Joe sees a light—a broad glare. He runs back to the boss i seeg another. He runs to the house. He learns nothing, nothing— I U re my chickens, my money!" Echo answers: "Where?" ' M * r ' ! Silence in the restaurant. Four chickens turning on the spit, 'fc* I n(>t h'ing. The pi»jr>rh*tor says nothing, hut loots at Joe and tbeii L>vu t u slab of marble. Curtain. i er* ;1:N nut;