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THE SPREAD OF DISEASES.
Why Farmers Should Encourage In.
stead Of Deploring the Visits Of
Their State Veterinarian.

An outbreak of CHAMBERS in horses oc-
Cured in q central state. The authors
ties tried their best to suppress it, but
several infected horses were in the hands
of traders and others, who concealed
them, and the result was that the coun-
ty will have to be put in quarantine at
serious inconvenience to many people
and at great cost to the taxpayers. ..
The Farmers Voice says that stray
pig came along lane and farmer
caught it and put it in pen in his harm
yard. 1t died within a few days, and in
ten days thereafter other hogs on the
farm were dying. Their owner thoaght-
lessly moved the well hogs to another
pasture, near the herds of Others, and in
less than six weeks 1900 worth of hogs
died from the contagion brought into
the country by that stray pig.
Farmers cannot be too careful in re-
gard to such matters, and instead OF
fearing a visit from the state veteri-
marian, they should in all cases of sus-
pected contagious disease, promptly in
form him and lend him all assistance
within their power. 1t is to the inter-
est of every farmer to have contagious
diseases in animals stamped out before
they get beyond control.
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TELLS THE AGE OF EGGS.
Apparatus Now in Use in Germany
Reveals Things Hitherto Hid
den to Human Eyes.

News comes from Saxony. says Cold
Storage, of the invention of an appara-
tus for telling to day the age Of an
egg. The machine is constructed upon
the principle that the air space at the
larger end of the egg increases in size
with the age of the egg. When the egg
is placed in liquid it has, consequently,
an increasing tendency to become YER
tical, with the blunt end uppermost.
The. apparatus itself consists Of glass
vessel, bearing at the back lines drawn
at various angles, each line marked
with the age. The vessel is filed with
some harmless liquid, in which the
eggs to be tested are laid. Each egg
takes up a certain position, and, &C.
cording to it's age, its longer axis will
be more or less inclined to the horizon.
The direction of this axis is compared
with the lines at the back Of the ves-
sci, and the age of the egg read of at
lines to which its axis is parallel. A
new. laid egg will lie horizontally at the
bottom Of the vessel. An egg three to
five days old will raise itself from the
horizontal, so that its axis makes IN
angle of about 20 degrees. At eight
days old the angle will increase to
about IS degrees, and at II days to 60
degrees.
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0oin1 East This Summort

Get the vacation habit. Drop your work
and take trip to some Of the Famous East
ern Summer Resort. so easily and quickly
reached by the Nickel Plate Road; stop
overs allowed at Niagara Falls and Lake
Chautauqua on all tickets. Three elegant
ly equipped trains made up Of modern Day
Coaches, Dining and Sleeping Cars, running
thru from Chicago to IT. Wayne, Cleveland,
Erie, Buffalo, New York, Boston and IN
termediate points. The Dining Car serv-
ice Of the Nickel Plate Road is up-to-date,
inexpensive and as good as the best lndi-
yidual Club Meals are served at prices rang
ing from IS cents to $l.00. Meals are also
served "a la carte" Passengers using the
Day Coaches of the Nickel Plate Road, re-
CARELESS of the class of ticket held, may be
assured of the most courteous treatment by
our Colored Porters in Uniform, who are
instructed to give every attention to the
welfare of our patrons. Tickets via the
Nickel Plate Road are from SO cents to
$500 lower than tickets of the same class
between the same points via other lines.
All trains arrive at and depart from the
New La Sale Street Station, Chicago. For
full information regarding tickets, rates,
routes, sleeping car reservations, etc, call
on or address j. Y. Callahan, General Agent,
No. Ill Adams St., Chicago, III.
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NOTES FROM NATURAL1sTs.

Ants have a horror Of ultraviolet rays.
Doctor kirkland reckons that in 80
days toad will destroy s.72o injurious
insects.
The rose grows Wild all over Europe,
in Africa as low as Abyssinia, in Asia to
and through India and in North Amer
lea to. the edge Of Mexico.
The little tailor-bird not only sews but
spins, weaving raw cotton into thread
for its purposes. With this thread It
sews and actual stitches q sack of leaves
in which to rear its young.
Indiarubber trees which are tapped
every other day continue to yield ray for
more than 20 years; and it is curious
fact that the Oldest and most frequently
tapped trees produce the richest sap.
A remarkable instance Of mimicry in
fishes is described by Dr.. A. Wiley in
spolia Zeylanica. The Cingalese fishes
known as sea bats have leaf-shaped and
leaf-colored bodies, and when in danger
they sink gently and inertly to the bot
tom, Just like z leaf.
Monkeys are very numerous along the
northwest coast Of South America, but
are. not found west Of tho Andes from
northern Peru to tho south end Of the
continent. Their home in South Amer
lea is chiefly in the forests Of Venezuela
throughout the great Amazon basin and
along the fluvial systems Of the upper
half of the Paraguay and the Parana riv-
ers. A little south Of the junction Of
these two rivers they disappear and the
greater part Of Uruguay and Argentina
regard them as a curiosity to be exhibited
in travelling shows.
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GASOLINE KILLS THIsTLEs.
Indiana Farmer Has Discovered a New
Way Of Getting Rid Of the
Noxious Weed.

A new agent of destruction for the
Canada thistle is reported. According
to the Guide an Indiana farmer has
had great success III removing this pest
by the application of gasoline. An ex-
animation of the plants three days
after the application showed them to
be nearly all dead, only small portion
of the topmost leaves retaining any
green color, and to all appearances
their life was past. The stem and
roots were dried and shriveled and
were completely dead. This farmer
said that several patches had this year
appeared upon his farm, but that re-
peated applications Of this material
was getting the better Of them.
His method Of treatment is to MI q
common machine oil can with the gaso'
line and then treat each plant in the
patch. Within few hours a change
Oh the whole foliage can be noticed
and in several days the plants will be
dead. OF course, all the roots are not
killed at the first application and new
shoots will appear. To these the gaso-.
line is added, and so on until the com.
plete patch succumbs to the treatment.
In relating his experience this gentle
man said that in two years. time he
once completely cleared farm which
was badly overrun with the pest.
This would probably be effective but
If 1t must be applied to the plants in
dlvidually we fail to see that it would
be any more rapid than the hoe and
one would be out the cost of the gaso-
line besides. II some method could be
devised by which the gasoline could be
sprayed on large number of plants
at once without doing injury to other
vegetation occupying the same area
there would be- chance Of the treat
ment becoming practical.
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The Calf for Babv Beef,

The calf that is to be used for the
making of baby beef must be kept
growing from the start. If t5e calf
cannot be so fed on skim milk that its
growth will not be checked, then it
should have whole milk till weaving
time. A slow-growing animal is of lit
tie value to be used as basis for the
production of this kind of beef that
is now becoming SO popular. The calf
must be carefully weaned. It will not
do to take it off a full feed of milk and
put it onto grain and roughage at
once. This process must be SO gradual
that the calf will not realize it when its
milk is finally withheld.-Farmers' Re-
view.
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HOMEMADE LOW DOWN.

without STOPPING. The top of the rack
is 7x14 feet with ISLANDERS six feet high
The stringers are 4x6 inches, 10 to 20
feet long. These are hung from the
front axle by means of heightened
kingbolt provided with q nut and wash
er. From the rear axle they are sus-
tanned by three-fourth inch rod, nut
and washer below, and hooks above to
go over the axle. Stringers should be
20 inches apart in the front and 30
inches behind. A short reach from axle
to platform prevents hound from tip
ping up. AS short turn can be made
with this as with 16-foot rack.-Farm
and Home.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-29

weight from the ground, the pain was
SO severe. This was my condition when
I began using Doan's Kidney Pills.
They quickly relieved me and now ! am
never troubled as was. My back Is
strong and can walk or ride long
distance and feel just as strong as I did
twenty five years ago. Think SO much
of Doan's Kidney Pills that ] have
given supply of the remedy to some
Of my neighbors and they have also
found good results. If you can sift
anything from this rambling note that
will be of any service to you, or to
anyone suffering from kidney trouble.
you are at liberty to do So"
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y. For sale
by oil dealers. Price, so cents.
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INDOOR PIG PENS,

tened but not shingled. They may be
made of any size desired. Yards are
built in the rear to suit the needs or con-
venience. These give access to the
ground. The front is built sufficiently
open to give pure air at all times. A
hinged board over trough as shown at
A gives ready access for slop. These
buildings may be made large or small
to accommodate any number OF hogs,
and the pens may be made without
flooring, thus lessening cost Of build
mgr. S. Johnson, in Farm and Home.
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Scrubs Eat Their Heads OF.


That scrub animals will waste large
amounts of feedstuffs, was shown in
a feeding test conducted at the Ten
nessee station. A bunch of animals of
good breed and antecedents were fed
for beef and gained two and half
pounds per day, while so-called
Scrubs" under the same conditions
gained only one and half pounds,
difference of one pound per day. The
effect of breeding, blood and conforma-
ton is instanced in another feeding test
where certain beef steers gained only
As pounds in 60 days, while others un-
der similar conditions gained 125
pounds in the same period. This goes
to show that it does not pay to feed a
poor animal. Weed out the scrubs"
Midland Farmer.
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PROPER MARKING OF PIGS.
A Series ef Notches in the Ears Is tho
System Most in Favor in West
ern States. s---+

AS there are a large number of farm
ers taking up the breeding of pure bred
hogs in small way, word at this time
regarding the marking of the pigs for
Identification later. on may be of value
to them. For purposes of registration it
is necessary to be able to identify each
individual at any future time, says the
Prairie Farmer. If one is not breeding
pure breds or does not expect to keep
them recorded it is well to mark those
from the sows possessing the charac-
teristism desired in brood SOW that
the next years breeding stock may be
saved from among them.
II is more difficult to get mark for
the hog that-will stay with it as perma-
nent means of identification than for
any other of our domestic animals. For
tunately the best method for marking
them is one that can be applied while
the pigs are but a few days old and this
is the best time to perform the operation.
There is no danger then that they have
become mixed, and the possibility Of
mistake will be eliminated. Then, too,
it is much more easily and quickly done
at this stage and the disturbance is less
if it is attended to before they leave tho
nest. If neglected at this time it should
be attended to without fail before tho
pigs are weaned. q.
The system Of marking to which We
refer consists Of series of notches in
the MARKING ~ thu oarS For this Duf.
pose common sized leather punch Is
used. To use this system of notching
let notch in certain part of the ear
represent q certain number, then by
different combinations Of notches Diff
ferent numbers will be represented. For
example, II g. notch In the front edge OF
the right ear means one and in the rear
margin hfs, in the front of the left ear
Is and in The rear margin of that ear
125, there can be made 624 different COM
binations of those notches without maxi
ing more than four notches representing
either number. This affords number
ing capacity for quite respectable herd
without great number of notches In tho
ears of any individual. Some combine
with this series of round holes punched
in the central portion of the ear, but
these will sometimes grow up. BY using
larger punch the same system may be
applied with excellent results, to the
marking of cattle. The common leather
punch may be used in applying this sys-
TEN to sheep and goats.
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LEARNING THINGS
We Arc All in the Apprentice Class.

When q simple change Of diet brings
back health and happiness the story is
briefly told. A lady of Springfield, ILL.,,
says: AFTER being afflicted for years
with nervousness and heart trouble.
received a shock four years ago that
left me In such q condition that my
life was despaired of. could get no
relief from doctors nor from the num-
berless heart and nerve medicines
tried because I didn't know that the
coffee was daily putting me back more
than the Drs. could put me ahead.
Finally at the request of friend I
left of coffee and began the use OF
Postum and against my convictions I
gradually improved in health until for
the past 6 or 8 months have been
entirely free from nervousness and
those terrible sinking, weakening
spells Of heart trouble.
my troubles all came from the use
Of coffee which drunk from childhood
and yet they disappeared when L quit
coffee and took up the use of Postum"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Many people marvel at the effects Of
leaving of coffee and drinking Postum
but there Is nothing marvellous about
it-only common sense. -..
Coffee Is a destroyer-Postum ts q
rebuilder. That's the reason. ls
Look In each pkg. for the famous lit
Tie book, 1.-THE Road to Wellvil!s."
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LOW DOWN FODDER WAGON
OF Considerable Value Where Corn
Fodder Has to Be Handled in
Large Quantities.

Where much corn fodder is to be
handled the saving of time and labor
IS of very material consideration. A
low rack similar to the one shown In
the illustration provides such a con-
venience. One man standing on the
platform can by simply pulling the fod-
der toward him from the shock load
this wagon and again by standing on
the ground can pull it from the plat
form and place on cutting machine
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-29
The Best Fertilizer Known.

Many scientists and Investigating
farmers know that sheep manure is the
greatest fertilizer that the farm pro-
duces. Some farms are kept up by
sheep and stable manure, no CONNER
cial fertilizer being deemed necessary
A western farmer who has been fatten-
ing lambs for market for many years
says the fertilizer produced by his
hocks has increased the producing pow
er of his land from one-third to one
half. He believes It would pay to keep
sheep for their value as fertilizer alone,
if no profit was made in selling them
Farmers Voice.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-29
Verv Wearing on the Soil.

DR.. Richard T. Gottheil, Of Columbia
university has a broad knowledge of
oriental tales and proverbs. One day
he told an old Persian story about q
pessimistic farmer. Good fliend," a
visito. said to the farmer, you are
fortunate this year." He pointed to
the heavy and rich grain fields spread
ing as far as the eye could see. you
can't grumble," he went on. about
your crop this season, chr ''No,"
whined the pessimist. 'but = crop like
this is terribly wearinE on the sol"
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Cattle Mango Is Decreasing.

Reports from all sections of the
country where cattle mango has ex-
listed would seem to indicate that the
disease is decreasing. This is, OF
course, partly due to treatment, but
much is due to the improved conditions
of the cattle, due to better feed. DR..
Parker, in charge of the bureau of ami
NAL industry at San Antonio, Tex, says
he is much encouraged at the decrease
Of scabies in both cattle and sheep in
his territory. He says that the i'm
provement is most noticeable in cattle,
but that the sheep are showing up
uya11
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MUSICIANS, ACTORS, WRITERS.

Kubelik, Bohemian violinist, is said
to have made over $500. 900 in the last
three years.
Sarasate is so years old now, and has
played. on the same violin since he was
IL years of age. -
Mime. Rostapd, wife Of tho famous
French author and playwright, is about
to issue volume Of her own poems.
Mile. Marthe Dupny, whose remark
able volume Of sonnets has won the
Sully Prudhomme prize. lives In an
attic. a~..
Joseph Jefferson says he was Kissed
of the stage once. He was four years
old, and tried to sing ''The Star
Spangled Banner"
A manuscript by the composed Pales'
trina was stolen some time ago in the
Roman Lateran. 1t is valued at So, 900.
and Is believed to be in Germany.
Actors belonging to the Court theater,
Vienna, are not allowed to perform for
charitable purposes except in payment of
Q certain fixed fee, which is handed over
to the pension fund Of their theater.
F. Hopkinson Smith recently re-
marked: III can tell tho whole story
Of my novel in i've minutes at dinner
table and secure tho undivided attea.
ton Of my listeners, I know that 1t -
good. II fail to do this, my work win
be in vain"
Lieut.. w. e. Stafford, recently Of the
navy, but now Of the department Of
agriculture. has about 200 books from
the library of the late Robert Louis
Stevenson. Among them Is tho Bible
which belonged to. stevenson's father.
He bought the books in Samoa. &c.
Few Americans can boast Of 50 long
and distinguished IN ancestry a. Mrs.
H. A. Mitchell Keays, author Of He
That Eateth Bread with Me-" She re-
Gently received letter from distant
relative interested in genealogy which
contained Mrs. Keays' family tree writ
ten out, showing its roots reaching back
to Henry III. Of England.
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CONDENSED SHEEP NOTES.

When you buy sheep for breeding
be sure it is better than what you have
The secret of successful sheep hus-
bandry is to keep good sheep and in
small flocks.
The price of mutton sheep is decided
largely by their conditions more per-
haps than by their size.
Sheep is the most gentle aud inoffen-
sive animal on the farm and almost al
WAYS nonresistant-Rural World.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-29
RIBS
CHART FOR DIVIDING BEEF.

adapted to given number of members
is not the best for a ring comprising a
different number. In recent issue Of
the Farmers Advocate, Canada, MI.
Charles Crosse presented the following
chart for a ring of 20 members:
He says he has used this chart for
seven years, and thinks it the easiest
chart to cut by of any he has seen.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-29
Beef RING.
Chart Here Given for Dividing a Car
cass Has Been in U1e for
Many Years.

It is not always convenient to have
the beef rings contain certain number
of members, and it is obvious that the
plan of division of the carcass that is
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KEEP PIGS OUT OF DOORS.
How to Provide Suitable Summer
Quarters for Them at Very
Small Expense.

During warm weather pigs thrive
much better out of doors. Hogs at large
about the premises are an unmitigated
nuisance, and pasture lot is not always
available The accompanying illustration
shows how it is possible to provide sum-
mer quarters for the swine out of doors
easily and cheaply- Five pens are here
grouped under one roof, which is bat
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-29
SHORT AND SENSIBLE.

A song in the heart Is worth two In
the choir. a r.,
Hurry L Worry are always trying to
borrow from Slow 4 SteadT.
The true soldier is always ready to
help put a stop to tho fighting.
You'll never run up the hill Of
progress by running down your
neighbors. ~
Men who are willing to let you in
on the ground floor usually have trap
door ready to let you into the base
ment.
Think once before you act. twice
before you speak, and spend the day
in thought before you commit It to
paper.
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"Some Of your opponents, Colonel, are
accusing you of putting money into politics, -
said the plain citizen. "Well, some of the
others have been accusing me of taking
money out of it," replied the colonel, so
things are about even p."-Philadelphia
Press.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-29

The millionaire may smoke only dollar
cigars himself, but he has to smell the five
cent cigars that other men are smoking
Somerville journal.
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Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
% q cough cure.-J. w. O'Brien, 322 Third
Ave-, n, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900.
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Worrying the Landlord. VII
Clarinda-You can't keep a dog in your
new fiat?
Florinda-No We had to give Fido away.
but Frederick had his dear little bark put
in our Observation-Disclosures Commercial
Tribune.
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Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DIR. Kline, OBJ Arch st., Phila., Pa.
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COULDN'T LIFT TEN POUNDS.
Doan's Kidney Pills Brought Strength and
Health to the Sufferer, Making Him
Feel Twenty-Five Years Younger.
J. B. Corton, farmer and lumberman,

of Deppe, n.
c., says II
suffered for
years with my
back. It was
so bad that /
could not walk
any dis tanco
nor even ride
in easy buggy
l do not believe
/ could have
raised t . n
non n ds of
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-09-29

4 matrimonial refusal 10 the original
antitrust decision.-Richmond Nilsson.
rian.
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It is said that the Turks were the
first to bury their dead in cemeteries
adorned with ornamental headstones.