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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
Deafness Cannot Re Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach ths
diseased portion ofthe ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness il caused by an
inhamed condition of the mucous lining OF
the Eustachisn Tube. When this tube IL in
famed you have a rumbling sound or imper-
feot hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the infiam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out OF ten
are caused by catarrh which s nothing but an
infamed condition OF the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness Caused by catarrh )that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars free. u, CHENEY a Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take HALLS Family Pills for constipation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16

Always use as breeders turkey hens
over one year old. BE sure they are
strong, healthy and vigorous and of
good medium size. In 10 instance Sc
lect the smaller ones. DO not strive
to have them unnaturnlly large.
The male may be a yearling or older.
Do not imagine that the large over
grown males are the best. Strength,
health and vlgor, with well proper
toned medium size, are the main
points of excellence.
Avoid close breeding. New blood is
of vital Importance to turkeys. Better
send q thousand miles for new male
than TO risk the chances OF inbrecd-
Ing. Secure one In the fall, so as to
he assured of his health and vlgor
prior to the breeding season.
No matter what variety of turkeys
may be selected for keeping. they
should. above all things, he strong,
vigorous, healthy and well-matured,
but not akin. Better secure the fe-
males from one locality and the male
from another 10 insure their non-rela-
tioushlp, rather than run the risk OF
inbreeding. In all fowls II Is well TO
remember that size Is influenced large
ly by the female and the color and
finish by the male. Securing over
large males to pair with small, weakly
hens is not wise policy.
A medium-sizcd male, with good,
fair-sized females OF good constitutional
vlgor and mature age will do far better
than the largest with the smallest fe-
males.-G. T.. Mitchell, in The Amerl.
can CultivatOr.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
A Variety in the Sjlo.

With good silo with convenient ar
rangements for filling and the re-
Quisite amount of help, filling a silo Is
not very long or disagreeabie job.
II is hard work while it lasts, as
the crops to be handled are green and
heavy, but it requires only few days
to fill an ordinary silo, and the work
is done; the crop secured and ready
for use when wanted, and the fields
where grown clear and ready for the
plow as soon as desirable. After
years OF growing fodder corn, to be
cut. stocked, cured and handled over
two or three times before being fed,
we find a great advantage in having
a silo.
This year a portion OF my corn crop
was pretty much of failure on ac-
count of the seed not coming up well.
Finally the land was rather late sown
thiclSly to oats. As result, there was
mixed crop of oats and corn, and
quite heavy yield.
AS the season has been quite re-
markable for second growth of grass
or rowen, several loads of this were
run through the cutter and put in the
bottom of the silo, where il is hoped
it will keep good for another spring.
Next came the oats and corn. The
oats were lodged and some of the corn
was tall and large. 1t was successful.
ly cut in the field with a moving ma.
chine, going only one way. II made
pretty heavy work, but one man load.
ed it on low down wagon as fast as
it could be cut and run into the silo.
But it went in, and we shall watch
with some interest the outcome anoth.
er winter. On top OF this the corn
will go, pretty good growth and good
quality, and the weight will press
down the mass underneath.
1t does certainly appear strange
that heavy crops from so much land
can be compressed into such com.
paratively small space as the average
silo. That is one of the special ad.
vantages OF the silo system. Once
stored in good silo, and the crops
are safely housed, doing away with
much hard and disagreeable labor,
while the work of feeding Is much
less, and the percent of waste and loss
is reduced to the least amount-E. r.
T.. in The Massachusetts, Ploughman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
Cream separators.

The cream separator has come to
stay and with most progressing farm
crs keeping from to 10 cows will be
as cOmmCn on the farms as the bind
er, mower, rake and kindred tools of
laborsaving or To the house wife as
the washing or sewing machine. The
special benefits of a cream separator
are: lst, increased profits from cows
in a larger yield OF cream; 2d, bet
ter article OF cream and consequently
better quality of butter, bringing from
8 to 10 cents & over the ordinary
country butter: Sd, the dispensing Of
a hoard of creeks, pans, etc, necessary
to raise the cream and an hour or two
day of woman humping over TO
skim and wash the many crooks and
pans thus used; 4th, the increased
value of the new fresh warm milk
for the calves and pigs will Of itself
pay for the outlay of hand separator.
| have been using a hand separator
for four years and would not think of
keeping cows tor profit without one.
In selling cream IL is indispensable
and in making butter you have no
milk in your cream, consequently hav-
ing less bulk TO churn.-Indiana Farm
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
Crackers For Young Chicks.

Soaked crackers and soaked bread
are often recommended as food for
young chickens, but | don't recollect
ever having seen dry crackers men
toned. says a writer in Country Gen
tlemnn. For several years | have Civ
en- my newly hatched chickens no food
but dry Boston crackers and cold wa
ter. Since adopting this method |
don't think l have lost one chicken
from infantile disease. I break up n
cracker with my fingers, and the lit
tie ones pick mp the mlnutest particles
the mother hen reducing the larger
pieces TO the proper size. If one has
incubator chickens, IL would be neces-
sary 10 pound or grind the crackers,
but I doubt not that the chicks will
thrive as DO mine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
ResuIta of InoeulatIna FIeIds.

The same bacteria that increase the
harvest of beans or clover OF alfalfa
tonfold ouable the plants to leave
many times more nitrogen in the soil
than they would have done II uninoc-
ulated; in other words. they make the
soil many times more fertile, SO that
the crop of cotton or wheat or corn or
potatoes planted next year ia many
times larger Thus the rotating crop
the year following moculation derives
an equal benefit from the incubation.
For instance, crop of crimson clover
not inoculaicd, added to one acre of
land 40 pounds Of nitrogen; crop of
crimson clover inoculated, added 20
one acre OF precisely similar land
1897 pounds Of nitrogen, an Increase
of 80 - times; crop of moculated
hairy vetch added 70 one acre 10 times
more nitrogen than crop of uninoc-
ulated hairy vetch.-From Gilbert
II. Grosvenor's "Iuoculating the
Ground in the Century.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
$bE ct amy

fowls during the summer the larger
breeds should be chosen by all means.
for the smaller breeds, and especially
the White Leghorns. are impatient Of
close quarters and fret under conilne-
ment
During the summer. II the fowls are
on the range. where they can obtain
more or less grass and Insects, the best
grain food is wheat, buckwhent.
cracked corn In small quantities OF mil
let. DO not feed poultry much whole
corn during warm weather, ms II is
too fattening and will stop their laying
quickly. II the grass supply is small.
green food of some kind must be Civ
on daily, and there must be n good
supply Of fresh. clean water, given sew
eral times day.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
NnriI nnl EnnlIrN.

Give fifty hens one acre ard they
will need but litila hclp-not as much
MS Is required for n COW whom she is
on the pasture. Why would not n
farm on which the hens can have plen-
~ OF room pay? Then there is the
work. If one attempts TO avoid work
It Is best not TO begin. The hardest
work the farmer can do Is TO rise at
o'clock IN the morning, milk the cows,
On winter ship the milk, feed the
cows, clean out the stalls. and repeat
the same az night. including Sundays.
It Is really inconsistent for dnlryman
to complain of work with poultry, as
the keeping Of cows TO supply milk is
hard work at all times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
A Bio Young Giant.

The history of Moses Warner But
Ter, probably the tallest boy in Ameri-
ca for his age, is as follows: He was
born April 1890, on Pilgrim Hill
farm two miles east Of Homer, Neb.,
thus making him about 14h years
oh. His height is 6 feet inches. He
is grandson of Colonel Jesse F.
Warner, one of the earliest settlers OF
Dakota county. His great-grand-
father, Rev. Moses Warner, was one
Of the earliest Methodist ministers Of
Nebraska His father, r. c. Bauer,
is in business in Canada. The boy
IS attending school at Lyons, and is
proficient in vocal and instrumental
music.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
Ratios of Feeding STUFF for Cows.


Prof II. J. Wheeler OF the Rhode
Island experiment station says that 1t
is wasteful to feed an excess of car
bohydrates. that Il Is either wasted or
transformed into fat and stored as
such within the body until II Is need
ed by the animal for the production
of heat and energy. The feeding Of
ration which causes an excessive
laying-on of fat naturally hinders
milk production. The protein of the
food can perform two functions, name
IL: II may not only serve for the
building aud repair OF muscle, for the
formation of the curd of milk, etc,
but It may also be used in part for
the production of heat and energy,
which is the sole function of the non
heterogeneous substances (carbOhy.
drates and faD. For the reason that
the non-nitrogenous foods are so much
cheaper than the rich nitrOgenOus
ones, it is not good economy to feed
more protein than Is absolutely ne
ccssary for the performance of these
functions for which the non-ntrogen.
ous substances cannot be used. To
obtain the best results with all clas-
ses of farm animals the amount Of
protein (nitrogenous matter) should
stand in a certain relation to the non
nitrogenous matter carbohydrates and
faD. This relation for milch cows
usually ranges from / part of protein
to from to G.5 parts of nitrogenous
matter. In Germany the relation of
| to "a has been widely recommend
ed. In Wisconsin a relation os wide
as / to 6.5 is said TO have been found
to be the most economical. The cold
er climate of Wisconsin may account
in part for these differences. though
IL is claimed to be due chiefly To the
cheaper price of the non-nitrogenous
constituents of feeds in the west II
the relations is TO Casually written
l:5), the nutritive ratio, as 1t Is called,
is narrow one. A nutritive ratio
of ] :6.5 is termed n wider ratio. 9th
or factors than the nutritive ratio have
an influence upon the results of feed.
ing Among these may be mentioned
the palatability of the food, the
amount and kinds of mineral matter
(ash), the effect of various foods upon
the melting-point and texture of but.
ter, and upon the general health of
the animal.-lndian Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
Eject Of Grooming.

The skin OF the horse. like that OF
other animals, Is an active eXcretory
organ. Supplied with almost an in
these. II kept open. continual dis.
charge of watery fluid. and such other
waste matter as is carried there by
the blood. occurs. 1t also contains my
rlads OF minute glands. secretlng an
oily fluid that is essential for render
ing the skin soft and flexible. as well
as furnishing the nourishment needed
by the hair and keeping 1t soft and
glossy.
1t will not do. therefore. for these
pores to get clogged. for in that case
the skin would soon become dry,
rough, hard and diseased: nor is there
much danger of II except when the
horse is hard ut work. Then the secre-
ton of watery fluid Is heavier than
when the animal Is idle, and IL the
sweat is allowed to dry on the skin.
dust will accumulate. mixing with it,
and, II not cleaned Off. fill and clog the
pores. AS result the skin will not
pilN bNNbAA4' h4HNNsNhs phN Aii' hhOiN
system more or less deranged. The im-
purities. unable 10 escape through the
skin, will accumulate in different
places and give rise TO blisters, which,
If neglected, may lead TO blood poison
ing. or something else nearly rs bad.
By regular, thorough grooming, how
ever. all this will be prevented, the
pores kept open, and healthier, thrift
fer condition of the animal maintained.
A horse having thick, tough skin
will endure tolerably sharp curry
comb, which, used on another with a
thin. tender skin. would be a positive
cruelty. Whatever accumulations of
dirt may be on the hair after the use
of the skin should follow by the aid OF
good brush.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
Manure spreaders a Necessity.

have used manure spreader for
some time and think that they are as
important an implement on the farm
as cultivator or plough. One ad-
vantage OF the spreader is that il is a
labor saver, but ! would not advise
purchasing a spreader for that value
alone. consider the real value of
the spreader is the way in which it
handle sthe manure. use the manure
as a top dressing. This gets the ele-
ment of the manure right to the roots
of the grain, none is lost, and ! get
results the first year. In ploughing
manure under one will have to wait
until the second year, when it is
ploughed on top again, before he will
get much benefit. and by that time
half of the value o. the manure has
seeped down in the ground. Using
manure as a top dressing / put it on
half as thick to get the same results
per acre, and in this way make the
manure cover twice as many acres.
Another advantage find in using
manure as a top dressing is that 1t
mulches the ground and helps to retain
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
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moisture, while have seen many cas-
es in very dry weather where manure
did more damage than good when
ploughed under. prefer using the
manure on wheat and oats after sew
ing, and ON meadows. BY the time
get ready TO use the field for corn
| have II in good condition. II is al
most impossible 10 use manure for
top dressing when spread by hand,
for the reason that. first, II cannot be
spread even, and second, hard chunks
cannot be torn apart, while wit ha good
spreader the manure Is rlddled and
spread evenly.
A man with a small farm can use
a spreader as well as any one, for the
reason that he at least doubles the
value of the manure. lie will have
to be more careful. however, In pur'
chasing a sprcadeG as he Is usually
limited to one team and needs one
that runs light-CCrrespondent Of
FarmeTJ' Guide.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
Nnst of snrnNinr.

The cost of spraying apple trees
three times with bordeaux mixture mt
the Maine Experiment station Is from
ten TO fifteen cents per tree. Baldwin
apples on sprayed trees showed ninety
seven per cent. Of the fruit free from
scab, While unsprayed trees showed
only siXty.scyen per cent. of the fruit
free from scab. ON full grown trees
1t Is reckoned that the average crop
Is about three barrels. which would
give gain OF barrel of clear hand
some fruit rs result of the spraying.
The profits of the operation, however
vary, as some years. there is but IT..
tie scnb, While other years ii is very
prevalent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
Breeds For beginners,

1t is very difficult to advise one what
breeds to select without knowing for
what purpose the fowls are to be
raised. If one wants but few for
home purposes, it is best to select the
larger breeds, such as Plymolth Rocks,
Wyandottes or Light Brahmas. All OF
them lay fairly well and the carcasses
are large and plump. If eggs are
mainly desired, then the smaller
breeds, such as the Leghorns or Min
orcas, should be chosen. 1t is matter
of personal opinion as TO whether the
white or brown Leghorn. or black or
white Minorca is the most desirable.
II one has but limited range for the
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
DniryIng of the Future.

II is possible, even to-day. although
the process. It is confidently hoped
and believed. will be speedily further
perfected. TO pass milk drawn from the
COW by the aid OLA milking machine
direct into tie separator. which Is at
tached TO butter maker. |. e.. ma
chine which first skins the cream and
then churns it into butter-in word,
to make butter practically direct from
the COW. Practical men. however, are
quite aware OF the advlsabillty Of walt
ing FOR further development. when
the work will be more economical and
the results more satisfactory.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
Field Culture OF Cabbngc.

Cabbages. which are often consld-
cred superior in feeding value to tur-
nlps. are cheaper 20 grow than root
crop. and constitute excellent food for
sheep and dairy cows. Deep. adhesive
loans are best. but the crop is suitable
for the stl1'est soils, provided they are
deeply worked.
Liberal manuring Is essential, from
twenty-five 20 thirty tons of barnyard
manure per acre being good dress.
ing. This should bc supplemented
with from 200 TO 800 pounds superplos-
pilates. Top dressings of from 100 TO
200 pounds Of nitrate of soda ere profit.
able when the young plants have
well started, aud again when the
heads have begun TO form. The light
er the soil the greater the quantity Of
manure required. Seed may be drilled
In rows or started In n seedbed. The
former method Is both cheaper and bet
ter In the end Drill four to six pounds
per acre. From one 10 two pounds
sown on rod Of good seedbed will
produce enough plants for an acre.
The rows should be about twenty -four
inches apart and the plants like dis
tance asunler in them. The enemies
of the cabbage crop are in some degree
identical with those of turnips. The
cabbage worms cause great loss by
eating the leaves. Hand picking Is
the surest remedy, though 1t Is cheap
or to spray or dust the attacked plants
..ts.I t,is al La
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
Corn We'll D,reted bv Poultry.

Tests made In Germany in regard to
the dlgestibllity of Indian corn by
chickens show that 02.5 Of the pro.
tein, si.i Of the fat and OIL of the
starchy material Is digested. also 43.3
of the mineral matter. II appears that
chickens can digest grain more thor.
oughly than the animals, hence the
grains possess somewhat higher feed
ing value on this account.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
The New Megnphone.

The day of the brass megaphone is
over. The latest thing in megaphone
morning glory, and colored accordingly.
red. white or blue. They are very
snowy and dealers expect a big sale
for them.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16

"A
Miss Whitaker, a prominent Y
club woman of Savannah, Ga,
tells how she was entirely cured
Of ovarian troubles by the use
Of Lydia {. pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
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Tonic and Regulator. | suffered for
four years with Irregularities and
Uterine troubles. No one but those
who have experienced this dreadful
agony can form any idea Of the physi-
cal and mental misery those endure
who are thus afflicted. Your NeSc-
table Compound cured me within
three months. | was fully restored to
health and strength, and now my
periods are regular and painless.
What n blessing IL is to be able TO
obtain such remedy when so many
doctors fail TO help you. Lydia II.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
is better than any doctor or medicine
I ever had. Very truly yours, MISS
EASY WHITTAELE, Goa 39th St., w.
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dbope letter pSouine gcngncHesS cannot be produced
The testimonials which we
are constantly publishing from
grateful women prove beyond
doubt the power of Lydia Il.
Pinlrham's Vegetable Compound
to conquer female diseases.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
War fncreased Trade

With the beginning of the present
war japanese trade renewed its ac-
Nvity along so many lines that the
Total commerce for the six months
ended June was Sl59,000,000, an in
crease of S14000.000, or 91a per cent.
over the same period OF 1903. Some
OF the import gain was for war ma
terial, but exports actually increased
by per cent.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
Photo Public worIsmen,

European inspectors take snapshots
of men engaged on public work. The
photos, in some cases, are more elo-
Quent than any report could be. One
showed a group of thirty men on a
road-paving Job. Two OF the thirty
were at work
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16

were very irregular, dark colored and
full OF sediment. The Pills cleared 1t
all up and ! have not had an ache in
my back since taking the last dose.
My health generally is improved a
great deal"
Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all dealers, price 80 cents
per box.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16
QUICK RESULTS.

y
"Doan's Kidney
Pills proved a
very eff cient
remedy in my
case. / used
them for dlsor-
dered kidneys
and backache,
from which I
had experienced
a great deal of
trouble and
pain. The kid
ney secretiOns
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16

FITS Spermnnentlyc No fits or nervous
ness after first days uso OF Dir. kline's Great
Nerve Restorer, S2trial bottleand treatise free
Dr.. Ii. II. KLINE. Id. Y9l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16

Rheumatism can he thoroughly eradi-
Gated by plentiful diet of ripe fruit.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16

The shalowest parts of the ocean
are the Baltic and Adriatlc seas, each
OF which has an average depth Of
twenty-five to twenty-three fathoms.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16

Color Blindness.

The most common form OF color
blindness is an inability to distin.
guish red. Last year "a officers and
wouldbe officers of the British mer-
camille marine service failed on their
color test, % being red blind and the
remainder unable TO distinguish
green. The 1900 candidates for Ger
tiicates were also submitted to the
form vision tests and % of them
failed to distinguish the form Of the
object submitted.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16

Mexico has little trouble in finding sol
diers. They are recruited from prisons.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken OF
az cough cure.--J. W. O'BRIES, $40 Third
Avenue, N, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1904-11-16

II Is said that the Mexican dollar
is rapidly disappearing from inter
national circulation.