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The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30

amount of saliva secreted by the
horse, and found that when feeding on
Ray there was poured out from eleven
10 thirteen pounds of saliva per hour.
Oats require a little more than their
own weight, green fodder half, and dry
fodder four times its weight Of saliva
during m~astication. If the food Of the
horse for onc day amounts to eleven
pounds of hay and eleven pounds OF
other dry fodder, this will require four
times its weight OF saliva, or SO
pounds, to which must be added "A
pounds secrcted during rest, making
92.4 pounds in all. Smith states that
the OK sccretes 112 pounds of saliva
daily. In the horse the parotid
glands, located at the base of the up
per jaw and emptying near the second
molar teeth, yield seven-tenths of all
the saliva secreted.
Animals chew their food on one side
of the mouth only at a time. 1t has
been found that the parotid gland Of
the horse yields saliva only on the
side where the food Is being masti-
Gated, the other gland resting until
grinding starts upon its side.
Saliva contains ptylin, a soluble
ferment which converts the starch Of
the food into sugar. 1t acts only upon
the starchy matters of the food and
not upon the cellulose or other on
stituents. Since the food remains in
the mouth a comparatively short time,
but little starch car be changed to
sugar before the mass is swallowed.
The action Of the saliva on starch con-
tinues in the stomach.-Prof. w. A.
Henry in Feeds and Feeding"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
The Age of the Profitable Feeding
Steer.


1t requires about one-half as much
grain to produce a hundred pounds Of
gain OIL calves as on t~wo-year-olds.
The work of the Missouri Agricultural
College has definitely demonstrated
that the most profitable age to fatten
cattle Is while they are still young.
The older the animal the more food
is required to produce a 81, en- gain.
Other stations have also investigated
this question and have arrived at the
same result. The Central Experiment
Station Farm at Ottawa, Canada,
found by comparing n thousand
pounds live weight in the case Of
calves, yearlings, two and three-year-
olds, that the profit for each onethous-
and pounds was: Calves. $31.00;
y%earlings, $1,000; two-year-olds,
1910; three-year-olds, $3.50. When
all of the cattle Of all ages we're pur-
chased at 4c a pound and sold fat at
sc a pound, the profit on $1,000 invest
ed in feeding cattle was: Calves,
$557.50; yearlings, $2S4.00; two-year"
olds, $198.75; three-year-olds, $177.50.
Nine-tenths of all the cattle fed in the
Middle West are two-year-olds al the
beginning of the feeding period. When
these cattle are in thin condition at
the beginning Of the experiment they
are often fed with profit; but starting
with calves in the anne condition it
is unquestionably true that the calves
return more profit for each thousand
dollars invested than the older cattle,
F. b. Mumford.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
Alfalfa for Fowls.

Alfalfa is even better than
clover for the feeding OF
fowls in the winter time. II is far
richer in nitrogen than clover or bran,
both Of which arc considered rich in
this element. The man that has al
falfa hay will do well to have some OF it
chopped fine ro@ feeding the poultry.
1t can be even steamed and mixed
with a soft mash to be given once a
day. In the west especially alfalfa is
now being extensively fed. Some com
panies are grinding it up and making
a very fine meal Of it, which is selling
at about the same price as bran. It
is fully as profitable ana perhaps more
so.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30

The Colored Egyptian geese arc re-
Sarded as being The mosr beautiful Of
ell the breeds of geese. They are not
'et extensively brcd in this country,
and are found chiefly in the pens Of
the fanciers. They are known quite
widely as the Nile Geese. The goose
IS tall and slender and has a better
appearance than any other kind. The
difficulty of breeding it in confinement
is very great unless the males arc
Kept separate. The males will fight
each other 10 the death. 1t is thus
necessary that each male have a sep
arate pen.
These geese have medium-sized
heads, bills Of medium length and
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
Women as Poultry Exhibitors.

Some of the most successful eXhib-
itors of poultry that we know anything
about are women. At nearly all of the
leading poultry shows women are
among the exhibitors, and we have Oft
en- found them more attentive, both to
their birds and to their customers,
than are the men. This is of great i'm
p%ortance to The visiting public, who
generally find it very difficult to get
information concerning the poultry
on exhibition. Women are naturally
very successful raisers of poultry, and
when they prepare them for a show
room they spare no pains to make
their birds put on the best possible
appearance. The increase of the mum
Der of women exhibitors is to be en-.
couraged.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30

the catheter. | took to my bed, and
the doctors failing to help, began using
Doan's Kidney Pills. The urine soon
came freely again, and the pain gradu-
ally disappeared. l have been cured
eight years, and though over 20, am as
active as a boy"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Il should judge by Slowit's looks
that he weighed as much as a toL."
Eyes, no doubt, a simpleton."
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the dis
eased portion Of the ear. There is only one way TO
cure deafness, and that Is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness Ia caused by an infamed condition OF the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube IL innamed you have q rumhling sound or I'm.
perfect hearing, and when II Is entirely closed, Deaf
ness Is the result, and unless the can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal condi'
tIon, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out Of ten are caused by Catarrh, which IL nothing
but an inhamed condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness caused by catarrhl that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. J. CHENEY & o Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
1t is awful hard to believe all the
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
Blood Meal.

praising blood meal as Il poultry
food, They say that it is very rich
in nitrogen, and it. doubtless is, but
we must agree with those poultry men
that say that their fowls will eat it
only when compelled to. That was
the writer's experience, and ne was
never able to get his fowls to eat
enough OF It to do very much good.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
FROM PLANT TO CIGAR.

Frank =. Lewis has recently returned
from a trip through the best tobacco sec
tions, looking over the growing fields. He
noted the best crops and engaged them,
and will go later to watch the curing and
packing of same. He also, while there, ex-
amined some OF his large holdings of old to-
bacco and found this to be growing richer
in quality every day. The Lewis Single
Binder factory probably controls more
fancy graded tobacco Than any other cigar
factory in the United States. Smokers Of
Single Binders have evidently learned this
fact which accounts for the ever %increas-
ing demand. In spite of the fact that the
factory sends out no travelling salesman to
boom it's good quality to the trade, the
Single Binder Sales reached seven million
last year and will, exceed eight million in
1905. The Single Binder sells itself. For
twenty-three months this factory has been
behind in it's orders. -Herald- Transcript.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
Future of Sheep Raising.

There are two factors that con-
vince us that the sheep rails
er in the middle West has a
great future before him. The first
factor Is the increase in the popularity
of mutton. The second factor is the
filling UP of the western ranches,
which will make it utterly impossible
to produce as cheaply in the future as
IN the past a fair quality of mutton.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30

in bad weather
brought kidney troI.
bles on me, and |
suffered 20 years
with sharp, cramp-
ing pains in the back
and urinary disor-
ders. | often had to
get up a dozen times
at night to u~rinate.
Retention set in, and
| was obliged TO use
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
Christian Science.

In the United States there are
about 400 Christian Science Churches,
with about 100, 900 adherents. Accord
ing to Mrs. Eddy, It's founder. the
church is making tremendous strides
in popularity, in which respect It re-
cereal food.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
III II
Toe
Fatteninq Texas Steers.


close congenesis, Cherokee cattle,
from Indian Territory south, the fol.
lowing will be interesting. In 1868
1869 the writer of this fed $50 head
in central Illinois in stables specially
prepared therefor, having water con-
Quoted in pipes TO them, with tram
ways for carrying grain and hay.
They were dragged into the stables
with lariats tied to stanchions, and
remained there until fat, at the end
of five months. The stables were
kept partially darkened, no strangers
were allowed admittance, and every
means used to ensure their quiet.
They came out ripe, and sold in New
York at the very highest price of
prime beef; Il of the $50 put in,
only about thirty classed lower than
tat. The experiment, however, was
not repeated, since the larger price
required to be paid for good grade
Shorthorns yielded a better profit
for the feed consumed. The typical
Texan and Mexican steer is being less
and less met with every year, and
now the acclimatization Of pure bred
bulls in Texas is being more and
more shown in the improved form
and fattening qualities of the semi
wild Texan stock. The most i'm
proved plan of acclimating bulls ta-
ken from the North and West is to
select healthy calves in the autumn
after all danger Of Texan fever is
past. Ship them to the point where
they are to be kept. Arrived at their
destination they may be fed meal,
bran, and crushed oats, with plenty
or corn leaves or good hay, and with
access to pure running water to
drink. II possible a run should be al
lowed on a field or green barley or
oats sown for the purpose. They
must also be kept in dry lots and
carefully housed from northern and
other storms.
Prompt attention must be paid to
any symptoms Of fever. If this is
shown, charcoal and ginger may be
administered in the proportion Of a
tablespoon of charcoal and a tea
spoonful Of ginger. If they are gotten
safely along through January they
Will generally be safe until the spring
rains. During this time and until
July they must not be exposed to the
storms or sun and must be carefully
watched for ticks and other vermin.
These must be Immediately destroyed
by an application Of crude petroleum
and lard in the proportion Of one part
Of the former to two parts Of the latter.
Thus If they are carried safely until
two years old with proper care they
may thereafter be kept for breeding
purposes. Jonathan Periam.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
Range Cattle Improving in Quality

eo''e
During the last twenty years there
has been a remarkable change in the
quality of cattle on the western
ranges. There was a time when a
range steer meant a scrub steer, as
he had no breeding. He was from
the great herd of n~ondescripts that
covered the country from the Cana
dian line to Mexico. The movement
to improve gained Roadway but slowly
but it. grew in force as it advanced.
The rangers purchased bulls of pure
breeds and turned them into their
range herds. The bulls Of the monde
script type were "steered" and Sent
70 market. The result was what the
most president cattlemen knew it
would be. The quality of range beef
IM..proved so that it sells well in com.
petition with beef produced on the
farms where the animals are kept un.
der the best possible conditions.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
TEA

We export millions on
millions of wheat and pork,
and take in exchange a few
cargoes of tea, Are we
losers?
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30

small necks. The wings are long and
have horny spurs in front. The color
of the head is black and gray. The bill
is purple or blush red, The eyes arc
orange. The standard weight Of the
male is Is pounds and of tho female
IL pounds. Young ganders weigh u
pounds and young geese 9 pounds.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
v

While the food is being ground, it is
modified by the saliva poured upon it
from glands situated about the mouth
cavity. By means of ingenious ex.
periments, Colin determined the
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30

Don't be afraid OF me, miss said
the masher; Il wouldn't hurt a flea"
NO. l don't think you would" said the
bright girl; 1T takes a clever man to
kill q flea"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30

1t takes a mighty rich man to make
a fool of himself without exciting any
comment.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
IN CONSTANT AGONY.
a West Virelnian's Awful Distress
Through Kidney Troubles.

w. l.. Jackson, merchant, Of Park
ersburg, w. Va, says: Driving about
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30
TEA
We want no money tof
unsatisfactory tea.
Don't be shy!

Your grocer returns your money II you dost
IKE Schilling's Best.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30

Usually when a man reaches the
turn in the lane he finds that 1t turns
in the wrong direction.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-12-30

1t is awful hard to believe all the
things you want you children to.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-04
FUNNY
People Will Drink Coffee When It
"Does Such Things"

81 began to use Postum because the
old kind of coffee had so poisoned M
whole system that | was on the point
Of breaking down, and the doctor
warned me that l must quit it.
My chief ailment was nervousness
and heart trouble.
Any unexpected noise would cause
me the most painful palpitation, make
Inc faint and weak.
| had heard of Postum and began to
drink it when | left off the old coffee.
1t began to help me just as soon as
the old effects of the other kind OF
coffee passed away. 1t did not stimu-
late me for awhile, and then leave
me weak and nervous as coffee used
to do. Instead of that it built up my
strength and supplied a constant vigor
TO my system which l can always rely
on. 1t enables me to do the biggest
kind of a days wcts. without getting
tired. All the heart trouble, etcs has
passed away.
81 give it freely to all my children,
from the youngest to the oldest, and 1t
keeps them all healthy and hearty"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek. Mich,
There's a reason.
Read the little book, The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-04

DOES FALL FLOWING PAY.
II Depends Very Largely Upon the
Lnnd-IpOn Some II would
lie Labor Wasted.

This is always a question before the
farmer. Fall plowing pays on some
land, and on others 1t does not.
Stiff, heavy lands that need deepen
ing, and need improving in physical
conditions are helped by fall blowing.
In fact, fall blowing is one of the ef-
fective principles that play in the
bringing up old worn out lands. We
have made it a practice to clear up
each year twenty-five to thirty acres
Of this old depleted, gray land, that
contains more or less clay. but which
is stiff and dead and l~ifeless. After
we have gotten through with our fall
work we nave gone into those fields
with Il two horse pillow and have given
then a thoroughly good turning.
When the spring cones on we do not
simply harrow these fields and put in
our crops, but We replow them 50 as TO
loosen up the top soil. and TO put that
soil in as good physical and mechanical
condition as It IS possible to make it.
If one is rushed to 10 this spring
blowing the two horse pl0 W is more eff
f%ective. | feel it necessary to replow
it because the constant thawing and
freezing has brought he particles to-
gether, and it is now tight and firm,
and for corn and cotton we really want
the soil at planting time n a loose and
mellow condition.
With the majority of u clay soils.
tillage is more needed than fertilizers,
but We have got to be at them con-
stantly: we must get them thoroughly
stirred up and thoroughly loosened up
so as TO admit the air. for it is the
great decomposer and changer Of una
valuable plant food into available
forms, On stiff clay soils, then, it Is
better to open them up during the fall
or winter, so as to get the winter rains
into the soil, and TO get a free action OF
the air and frost in making palatable
plant food.-C. w. Burkett in Pro-
gressive Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-04
YOU MAY NOT KNOW.

A good ostrich is worth 1900.
Diamonds have been found in me,
teorites,
Most deaths occur between sunset
and sunrise,
The robin is the last bird to go to
bed at night,
Prussic acid is the most rapid poison
a human being can take.
Cremations can be watched by the
public at n dollar a head in Italy.
The mountain spider Of Ceylon
spins a net of yellow silk ten feet in
diameter,
A Chinaman cannot be partial to his
ions in his will. All must share and
share alike.
One million dollars a year in stones
is stolen from the South African dia-
mond mines.
Imprisonment in childhood Is the
chief factor in the creation of ha-
pitual criminals.
Biting the nails is called "onchyo-
page" In France, and Is regarded as
a symptom of degeneracy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-04
HERE AND THERE.

If there IS one place above another
in which the gain upon the income OF
the farm can be increased, it is certain
ly in improving the farm stock.
Some writer's claim that 80 Angora
| goats will clear as much land In a
year as a man with a mattock. No
| sprouts on land cleared with Angora
goats.
Money invested in a first-class COW
is a paying proposition. She may cost
$3.50, but II worth the money, she will
soon more than pay big interest on tho
investment.
-When 4 sheep loses flesh and be-
comes very thin, without exhibiting any
other marked symptoms Of disease, it
is probable that it is suffering from
tuberculosis Of the intestines.
old King Corn shows signs Of
transcending himself this year. At
! present the prospects are for a bumper
crop exceeding anything in the III
try's history. Great is King Corn.
"A Carroll county (Kentucky) far
mer has harvested, in good shape, his
fourth crop of alfalfa this season,
| which averaged a ton and a half to the
acre, or six tons per acre this year.
"A prominent planter of Lick Creek,
Tenn, recently exhibited a well devel-
oped and grained ear of corn which
was taken from a field on which was
grown this season the ninety-eighth
successive crop of corn.
The remarkable thing this season
is that not one or two, as usual, hut all
the crops are good. Wheat, oats, bar
ley, haY and corn are joining together
to make the year 1905 memorable in
the history of agriculture
In the profession of farming it is
especially necessary and desirable that
the head and hand work together,
When the bands work and the mind is
idle the ma hine is pounding air and
when the head is over-working 'air
castles win result. We Deed u kssp
well balanced.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-04

Hinton, Ky, Oct. Both (SpeciaD 1t
has long been claimed that Diabetes is in
durable, but Mr.. f. j. Thompson, teach
er in the Hinton school. has pleasing evil
dence to the contrary. Mr.. Thompson
had Diabetes. He took Dodd's Kidney
Pills and is cured, In a statement he
makes regarding his cure Mr.. Thompson
says:
II was troubled with my kidneys for
more than two years, and was treated by
two of the best doctors in this part of the
state. They claimed | had Diabetes and
there was little to be done for me. Then
| started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, and
what they did for me was wonderful. 1t
is entirely owing to Dodd's Kidney Pills
that | am now enjoying good health
Many doctors still maintain that Dia-
betes is incurable. But Diabetes is q kid
ney disease, and the kidney disease that
Dodd's Kidney Pills will not cure has YET
to be discovered.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-04
from qhe table, thus making q slop,

from The table, thus making q slop,
and This slop could be fed at least once
daily. These wheat middlings would
cut down the quantity of orr the hogs
would otherwise consume, and they
will furnish matchmaking or lean
meat ingredients, thus providing a bet
ter grade of pork when the animal Is
slaughtered. Peanuts can be used
with economy, and pasture grass is al
so excellent, because pasture grass con-
tains the protein or muscle making els-
ments. Dried blood. tankage. and
blood meal, all of thes are rich in pro-
TEN, and go well in connoc.
ton with the corn ration. With these
latter feeding stuffs you would need to
use but one part to every fifteen OF
corn. Dried blood. tankage, and blood
meal are not usually available to our
southern farmers, SO after all we think
that wheat mlddlings come nearer to
being the best all round food to go
with corn in bringing your pigs up to
the fattening point. Two or threi
weeks of exclusive corn feeding is a..
ways sufficient for rounding out and
finishing the animsl.-C. w. Burkett,
in Progressive Farmer.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-04
N~ATuRhLISTIC MUTATIONS.

The honev-hee was not known in the
United States till imported from Eng
land,
The basking shark, which is the big
gost variety ever seen off British coasts,
sometimes attains a length of 40 feet.
Pigs are practically proof against
snake bite because the poison rarely, If
ever, reaches the circulatory system, ow-
Ing to the fat carried by the animal.
The largest insect known to entomol-
oeists is a Central American moth,
called the Erebus strix, which ex-
pands its wings from II to is inches
Swallows are said to be the only birds
that take their food from the air and
drink when flying, On first arriving in
this country the birds feed upon gnats
md such insects, but as summer ad-
vances winged beetles are also eagerly
snapped up.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1905-11-04
lydia E. Pinkfam's Vegetable Compound.

1t will entirely cure the worst forms of Female Complaints, all Ovarian
Troubles, Inflammation and liberation. Falling and Displacement of the
Womb, and consequent Spinal Weakness, and is peculiarly adapted to the
Change of Life.
1t has cured more cases of Backache and Leucorhga than any other rem
ey the world has ever known. 1t is almost infalible in such leases. 1t
di%oves and expels tumors from the Uterus in an early stage Of de-
velopment.
Irregular, Suppressed or Painful Mens%uaton, Weakness Of the Stomach,
Indigestion, Bloating, Flooding, Nervous Prostitution, Headache, General Debi.
iy quickly yield to it. Womb troubles causing pain, weight and backachc. in
stamly relieved and permanently cured by its use. Under all circumstances it
invgoaes the female system, and is as harmless as water.
1t quickly removes that Bearingdown Feeling, extreme lasstude, Z" don't
care" and wanttobelehtalonc feeling, exciabity, irritabiHty, nervous
ness, Dizziness, Faintness, seeplessncss, Hatuhncy, melancholy or the =" blues"
and headache. These are sur indications of Female Weakness, or some de-
rangenent Of the Uterus, which this medicine always cures. Kidney Complaints
and }ackache, of either sex, the Vegetable Compound always cures
Those women who refuse to accept anything else arc rewarded a hundred
thousand times, for they get what they want-a cure. Sold by Druggists
everywhere. Refuse all substitutes.