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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
LANDING ON GRASS.
Natures Time When Eve and Lamb
Thrive Well


There are situations where It is de-
sIrable that lambing should be delayed
until grass comes. When forage and
grain are scarce and the means not at
hand to well nourish the eve after
lambing until grass comes-when, In
deed, grass is the chief asset Of the
shepherd-it is wise to time the lamb
Ing 20 that the lambs will come at
about the same time as the grass. In
deed lamb dropped then will make a
far better growth than one dropped
weeks earlier from poorly nourished
eve, half starved by It's mother be-
cause she cannot give 1t much milk be-
fore she herself has been fed, nor will
such eve respond In her milk flow
to green grass as she would did her
lamb come after grass has started
anew in her veins a vigorous coursing
of the vital fluid.
1t Is most wise, however, to see to 1t
that these late Landing ewes are
strengthened by some supplementary
feeding before the lambs appear. A
little grain feed then will repay its
cost several times. The shepherd who
lambs on grass may have the lamb
crop all born within a very few days.
They will be anxious days while they
last, but the anxiety Is soon over, see
ing that this is natures time set for
this miracle to take place.
seafter the Flock, Feed the Ewes,
1t is desirable to scatter the flock as
much as possible at this time, for then
the ewes are the more readily kept
track Of and their lambs are not so Of
ten lost through mixing and straying
from their mothers. Seeing that the
ewes at this time must give their at
tention to their lambs and cannot wan
der wide In search Of food, 1t Is a good
plan TO lamb them on some specially
good piece of grass, and to aid In keep
ing them quiet the shepherd may carry
with him oats, giving a handful to the
eve wherever he finds her. 1t is hard
~ probable that a larger per cent Of
lambs will be saved by Landing on
grass than by Landing earlier, nor Will
they ever be SO good as early lambs
pushed from the start, but they may
be produced with comparatively little
trouble and In some situations are the
only ones that 1t is practicable to pro-
e. Wing in Sheep Farm
Ing In America.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
IN THE SWINE
INDU TR Y


Now that the time has arrived when
lard commands only about half the
price of hams and bacon, excepting In
years when corn or cottonseed oil Is a
failure, the feeders and packers at
tentlon In the future will naturally be
directed favorably toward the breed
that will be most economically convert
ed into choice hams and middlings.
To this end the Tamworth has been
bred for generations until points
sought for have been developed at a
high degree of excellence. Take, for
instance, the form and growth of the
"middling" of the ordinary fat hog.
That part of the middling running
from the belly up halfway is quite thin
and fabby, the remainder thickening
until at the backbone or upper edge 1t
becomes thick and is solid fat, unfit for
anything but lard; also that portion
next the shoulder is thick and fat, with
no lean streaks.
w. Warren Morton of Kentucky sent
the photograph from which the cut was
made to Country Gentleman, in which
he also expresses the opinion given
above. Mr.. Morton concludes that
"Tamworths are Of peculiar value to
the American farmer for crossing on
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09

IEnglewood's Foreman 1864: won for w.
w. Morton the grand champion prize at
the st. Louis worlds falr.l
our short bodied, short legged and
chunky lard breeds, and the longer
such breeds have been tied too closely
to a corn diet the greater renovation
such crosses viii confer, the progeny
inheriting strength, vlgor and pro-
Efficacy that will surprise you"
Natures Economical Thought.
During the past six years there has
not been a year that we have realized
less than GO cents bushel for all corn
fed to hogs. and one year when we
sold 5000 worth we realized nearly
81 a bushel, and we had the manure
left. The hog is a very peculiar animal,
with a very peculiar appetite, and to
know just how to manage him and bal
ance his ration so as to get the greatest
amount of profit out OF him is often a
great puzzle. II his wants are properly
supplied he is all right and a money
maker; If not, right the reverse. He is
the product of natures most econom-
zeal thought There Is no part Of him
that cannot he utilized Ohio Farmer
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
Inside Your Bones.

People usually imagine that their
bones are of solid mineral construc-
ton, without any feeling in them. AS
a matter of fact, there are blood yes
sells and nerves inside the bones just
as there are outside. During amputa-
tlon Of a limb much more pain Is felt
when the bone is attacked than when
the flesh is being cut through Through
the marrow which is inside the bones
run the nerves and blood vessels, en-
terlng the bones from the flesh without
by little holes. Nature adapts the bopy
structure of various animals to their
habits in a very interesting manner.
Sluggish creatures, like the sloth, have
solid bones. whereas the bones Of the
deer and the antelope are comparative
ly light. so that they may run fast, and
The leg bones Of the ostrich are hollow.
Top I'll find in the bones of any skel-
etoii the application Of mechanical
principles which have only become
known to man through the processes
of laborlous and long considered In
yentiOn.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
MANS BUSINESS FRONT.
Earmarks OF Prosperity and Their
Influence In Trade.

A man to succeed must have the APP
pearance OF being highly successful,
even II he has not as yet reached that
desirable goal. A man who carries the
earmarks OF lack of money handlcaps
himself In every trial that he makes to
enlist capital, to secure patronage in
trade or to sell any article.
The moment the poorly dressed or
slouchlng, untidy person comes into a
place Of business the merchant "slzes
him up"
For the last six months 1 have taken
my lunch at place much frequented
by farmers and their families. and I
have been amused and saddened by. the
way they look and act. They will come
in and ask, "Do you want to buy some
potatoes todayY
"What do you want for themY
81 don't know! What are you pay.
Ingr
The buyer reels Off string Of "stock
In trade" about great plenty in the
market. foreign potatoes coming In, big
crop in Potato hollow" ETC., and finally
buys them at his own price. have
seen this and heard this a hundred
times in four months. But let clean
shaven. alert man come in with his
business 'front.' with him, and he gets
the top offer at once He knows wheth-
er 1t is enough too If there is a little
scarcity he gets raise out OF the buy
er by fixing his own priee.--C. q. Chap.
man In Country Gentleman.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09

To an American the striking features
OF European methods In cattle feeding
are the large use made Of roots. LIN
seed and cotton cake, the large propor-
ton of roughage to concentrates fed,
the dependence placed on pasture and
other green feed, the attention paid to
the preparation of the feed and the
effort to use everything grown on the
farm. Furthermore, although the most
intensive methods are used to fatten
cattle for market, the general tendency
among breeders is to maintain breed
ing stock in good condition, but to
avoid the extremely Aeshy condition.
Roots are most extensively used In cat
tie production In England and Scot
land, and these crops are very highly
valuqd'
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
The MANURE cRoP.
Spread as Madel Plaster Poor spotsg
Top Dress Meadows.

Manure Is one Of the most valuable
crops produced on stock farm. It's
intelligent use IS as important IN busi-
ness farming as the judlclous employ
ment Of monetary capital Manure is
capital. Applied at the right time
soon after 1t Is made-it represents In
the soil so much tangible wealth, capa-
bic Of transmutation into dollars and
cents. 1t vitalizes the soil. 1t makes
the earth to seethe with essential bac-
teral life. 1t is resurrected In boun-
teous harvest, says Breeders Gazette.
The sprender Nearly Perfect.
Now that the manure spreader has
been brought to high degree Of Ell.
ciency-it Is we'll nigh a perfect ma
chine for It's work, and our experiment
stations and thousands of practical
farmers have demonstrated that the
application of barnyard manures In
surcs an increase in crop yields,
amounting in many instances to more
than SO an acre the first year-no
farmer ought to be guilty Of allowing
pound of this fertilizlng material to
go to waste on his premises. Spread It
on the thin knobs, plaster the poor
patches with it, top dress the pastures
and meadows. If you have no poor
land-if yours is all black and rich
spread manure on 1t anyway and make
1t still richer.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
THE ANTELOPE.
His Two White Patches That Act IN
Signal Code.

a Signal Code.
Visitors to the circus and menagerie
have noticed the two white patches on
antelopes. Those spots are a signal
which can be read by the animals
which have noses to smell. Even ami
mails whose sense Of smell has been
lost can read the message which the
antelope gives to warn his friends Of
danger.
The hairs on these patches are long,
white a., o." aarily point downward.
\ # the hair is a gland
wa.el a strong musk. Under
meath the sKLn at this point is broad
sheet of muscles which have the power
20 raise these hairs so that they stand
out at all angles like the petals of
huge white chIysanthemum. When an
antelope sees danger this muscle acts
and the patch flashes out like snow. In
the middle Of each is a dark brown
spot, the isk gland, which frees q
great guam t. Of the musk which can
be detected down the wind for long
distance by another antelope Even
man can distinguish this danger signal
for some yards.
The antelope has five different sets
Of glands, each giving forth different
kind of musk for use in its daily life as
a means Of getting or giving intelli-
gence. The two in the middle of each
rump patch has been explained, but
the purposes Of the others have not yet
been fully accounted for.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
A Finrer PilIory,

"The finger pillory is still preserved
carefully in the parish church Of St.
Helen Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Is thus
described; "An ancient and rather sin
gular curiosity Is a finger pillory. This
INSTRUMENT seems to have been used
for the punishment Of disorderly per
sons during divine service. 1t consists
of two upright posts about thuee feet
high, which support beam of nearly
the same length, in which are bored
holes of various dimensions, cut first
horizontally, then perpendicularly, In
order that the first joint of the finger
may be inserted and the finger retained
in an angular form. The culprit is then
secured BY bringing down over the
holes another beam which is attached
by a hinge at the end to one of the
posts and fastened at the other by
loci" London Academy,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
SAVED BABY
LYONS LIFE
Untold Suffering and Constant
Misey-AMul Sight From that
Dreadful Complaint, lnfantiIe E.
zema Commenced at Top Of his
Head and Covered Entire Body.
MOTHER PRAISES
CUTlCURA REMEDIES

"Our baby had that dreadful COM
plant, Infantile Eczema, which afflicted
him for several months, commencing at
the top of his head, and at last covering
his whole body. His sufferings were
untold and constant misery, in fact,
there was nothing we would not have
done to have given him relief. The
family doctor seemed to be wholly
incapable of coping with the case, and
after various experiments of his, which
resulted in no benefit to the child, we
sent to Macon, ILL.,, to druggist and got
a full set of the Cuticura Remedies and
applied as per directions, and he began
to improve Immediately, and in about
three or four days began to show
brighter spirit and really laughed, for
the first time in year. In about ninety
days he was fully recovered, with the
exception of rough skin, which is
gradually disappearing, and eventually
will be replaced by healthy one.
"Praise for the Cuticura Remedies
has always been our greatest pleasure,
md there is nothing too good that we
,ould say in their favor, for they GER
tainly saved our baby's life, for he was
the most awful sight that ever teheld,
prior to the treatment of the Cuticura
Remedies. Mrs. Maebelle Lyon, 1926
Appleton Ave-, Parsons, Kan, July 10,
1Q05O
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
Holding the Hrcath.

1t is a physical lmpossibility for q
man to Xii himself by holding his
breath. Individuals differ greatly In
the length of time they can hold their
breath, and what practice and deter
mined effort, combined with natural
great lung capacity. can do In this di.
rection Is shown by the long periods
for which champion divers can remain
under water If a man succeeded in
continuing to hold his breath In spite
of the physical discomfort in which he
had placed himself the result would
simply be to induce state Of coma.
When this state was reached nature
would reassert herself, and the breath.
Ing functions would again resume full
activity, preventing a fatal issue in
spite of their owners desire.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
soys Push the Lambs AEOnl


In Mexico are found ruins Of an
Client Aztec teochllis, or god houses"
some of which are thousands Of years
old. One of these. near Cholula, Is In
the form Of a truncated pyramid
Each side of the base of this pyramid
is 1,423 feet, which is twice the length
Of the great pyramid OF Egypt The
height Of this Mexican wonder is lit
feet and It's base covers an area OF
forty-fOur acres.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
COMPLETE TREATMENT 81

Complete external and internal treat
ment for every humor, consisting Of
Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Pills, may
now be had for one dollar. A single
set is often sufficient to cure the most
torturing, disfguring, itching, burning,
and scaly humors, eczemas, rashes, and
irritations, from infancy to age, when
all else fails.
CutcurA Soap, Ointment and Pills are sold throughout
The wod Potter Drug Chem. Corp, Sole Propss Boston
M Send for &C. The Great skin Book"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09

leave BfJona Vista.
NORTHBOUND.
Nos 931P. M. Daily, For Basic, Luray
Hagerstown and New York. Pull
man sleeper to Philadelphia.
mo. IA. $3.50 IN. Daily, For Hagerstown
Washington, Baltimore, Phlladel
phla, New York and intermediate
citations. Pullman sleeperto New
York via Harrisburg.
SOUTHBOUND.
No. /. z 20A. NJ. Daily. For Roanoke
Bristol, Bluefeld Norton, Win
ston-Salem, Charlotte, N. @,
WEIGH and intermediateate sta
lions. Pullman sleeper Phila
delphla to WEIGH.
No. t8, ,2.G9 P. M. Daily. Fol Roanoke,
Bristol, Blueheld, Winston Salem
anol intermediate stations, and
Knoxville, Cincinnati, Columbus,
Chicago, and points West and
Southwest. Pullmansleeper Buena
Vista to Knoxville and Roanoke to
gar.
Additional nfoI mationsand rates cheer
fully furnished by G.. IL. Abrahams
Ticket Agent, Buena Vista, Va.
w. b. BEV ILL, III. +. BRAGG
Gen. Pass. Agent TRAY. Pass. Agt,
ROANOKE. VA.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
A cnae of cet Into sheen.

"Winter mutton markets may not
have been satisfactory to the feeder"
said George A. Ross Of South Dakota,
secretary of the Northwestern Stock
Growers association, but there Is no
abatement Of enthusiasm In the west.
Everybody with a little money cher
ishes an ambition to get possession OF
q few stock or breeding sheep, and
those who do not possess 1t are willing
to negotiate loan. 1t is n case Of get
into sheep. Back in 1902 everybody
cherished an ambition to own q few
cattle. Most Of those who invested
reaped a crop of disappointment This
sheep game may be similarly loaded"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
CONSUMPTION
PREVENTABLE
D1srNrEcrroN IMPORTANT.



The importance Of disinfectiOn Ia shown
by the results obtained at the Brooklyn
Home for Consumptives, the finest institu-
zion Of the kind In New York. A letter
from the President Is quoted;
1--WE have used ,Platt's Ohlorides in tho
Brooklyn Home for Consumptives for more
than ten years, and find II not .onlya CON-
fort but q necessity. Through its use We
defy the germs to make any inFoads on
The nurses and employees who are IN con-
slant attendance upon the sick. one hun
tred of whom are now in tho institution.
One nurse has been there wen on to ten
years, q second almost as long, and not one
person ever employed in the Home has de-
veloped lung trouble" Mrs. 8. VsWhlte,
President, Kingston Ave-, Brooklyn, N. Z.
Platt's Ohlorides e an odorless, colOrless
liquid didnfectantwhic instantly removes
any foul odors and destroys disease-breed-
ing matter. A quart bottle win last an
average family month and 1t can DO
obtained at all druggists.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
Marketing Lambs as sprinEera.

'Thefe exists no doubt In my mind
that growers should market early drop
ped lambs as springers and hold the
late ones to finish for the winter mar
ket," says Professor Coffey of Illinois.
after July spring lambs make little
progress ard lose money every day
they are kept"
Wing says that during the hot sum-
mers Of the corn belt lambs do not
gain much fat In fact. II they hold
what they made in May and June they
do well
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
Green Crops and Hay

Professor w. A. Henry Of Wisconsin,
one of the best of authorities on feed
ing topics, has said: "The ears of thick
| " grewn fodder corn are small, pala-
table and easily mastlcated The In
dian corn plant grown for hay and car
rying more or less grain, according to
requirements, possesses value not
fully appreciated by stockmen gener-
ally. We have become so accustomed
to growing this grass for the grain II
yields and using the roughness as a
sort Of straw, to be eaten or wasted as
accident determines, that we have al
most wholly overlooked Its haymaking
qualities"
Alfalfa In the south.
Alfalfa hay when cut at the proper
time and well cured has feeding val.
ne superior to any forage crop grown
in the south, says Farm and Ranch.
The harvesting season for this locality
Is from the middle OF April until Oc
tober. 1t should be cut for hay as
soon as 1t comes into bloom, and IL al
lowed to stand until full bloom the
'leaves will drop off. Alfalfa hay can
be fed probably to all kinds OF farm
stock.
Clover Daled Green.
Ny experience in baling clover green
Is for two seasons-1904 and 1905. In
1904 cut very heavy crop Of red
clover and started haling when i
thought the clover was ready to stack
or put In now After baling forty
bales the baler broke, thus stopping
the experiment, / had to work hard to
get the baler under shelter before a
rain, and that was about all the clover
that was saved that season. The re-
suits we've very satisfactory. The baled
hay was better than any l had ever
had stacked out and covered with tim
othy.-0hio Farmer.
Get In Line with Alfalfa.
! Make the sowing Of at least few
acres Of alfalfa part of your crop
plans for this year, advises Farmers
Advocate. The time TO SOW. spring or
fall, VIII depend largely on local con-
ditions. Many alfalfa growers claim
that the time of sowing is not mate
rial; that success in sowing largely de-
ponds on how the sowing is done.
Rye Pasture and Hay.
Discussing the value Of rye to stock
farmers, the late Professor G. f.
Thompson said: "As the spring adj
vances and other feed appears the
stock might be taken off the rye. thus
permitting it to mature its seed or
grow to the dough stage, when 1t might
be made into most excellent hay Most
Of the hay produced IN France, Swift
zerland and Italy is made Of rye.
soys Push the Lambs Along.
There Is hardly any other food that
will push forward lambs like soys, says
Wing. They have abundant protein
and a good deal ef bone material also
As compared with ordinary field peas
they have ~ 20 40 per cent Of protein, ]
while field PEGS have 16 per cent and
cowpeas Is per cent. Field peas are
best adapted to New England, Canada
and MlchigGn with some regions OF
high altitude in the Rocky mountainss
soy beans to all the corn belt.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
The Tyrant Doctor.

Human nature is beginning to revolt
at what 1t calls that modern tyrant"
the doctor for 1t is fact, and rather a
sad one, that doctors have got the upper
hand Of us in these days; that when we
are Ill we 60 through medicinal tor
lures and when we are well we endure
a preventive system hardly less weari-
some and painful. The truth Of 1t is we
are all become faddists, and the doc
tors are the very worst ones.-Lady
Phyllis In London Bystander.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
Conaiderate Discretion,

Strange-How long since you made
an arrest, constable? Constable HI
Medder-Quite considerable spell.
I'm goln' a leetle slow bout haulin'
'em In Jest now. We hain't got no
place to put em ceptin' Cy Tedder's
chicken coop, an Cy's got settln'
bar on.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
Save the Horsenesh.

Just stop a minute and think OF the
strength that is wasted drawing wag-
ons that need greasing. Tug, tug, tug,
till the horses are all tired out and the
axles worn beyond repair. But don't
stop with thinking about 1t. Go right
out and grease the wagon and keep on
greasing 1t hereafter very often. 1t
will pay in horsehesh and in good hard
cash too.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
Not TheTe.

Judge" said Mrs. Starvem to the
magistrate who had recently como to
board with her, Pm particularly nnx-
ious to have you try this chicken soup"
~ have tried It." replied the nlagis-
trate, land my decision is that the
chicken has proved an alibl."-Phila.
delphIa Press.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
Woman,n Brain.

Because woman has n smaller brain
mass than man it does not by an
means follow that she has an inferior
or smaller intellect. smile the quiet
Socratic smile when hear men de
clare that women have not equal intel
IIgence with men. 1t is a position thai
no man can seriously meIntaln.-Dr
Emil Reich.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
Different Medicine.

Mr.. Courtney fhatteringly)-I had the
blues when | came here tonight, Miss
Fisher, but they are all gone MOI
You are as good as. medicine. Mics
Fishers Little Brother-Yes, father
himself says she'll be drug in the
market IL she doesn't catch on to some
fellow soon.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
KeepInR the BulI.

In foreign countries they keep their
sires much longer than we do here, re-
marks an exchange, and this is prob
ably one secret of their success. A bull
comes into his most useful period after
his third year. He is more completely
developed and gets a better offspring.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
Tender Shoulders.
Inflammation of Eyes,

EplzootIc Ophthalmla, or contagious
Inflammation of the eye, is common at
this time Of the year. American Sheep
Breeder says It is unusually so this
season and recommends the following
treatment; Take up the diseased sheep
and keep them In a dark, clean stable.
Give two ounces OF epson salts dis
solved In warm thin cruel. Apply Bills
ter ointment on the side OF the head
next to the eye and repeat this treat
ment daily for three days. Give thin
oatmeal Cruel, for food and drink. The
stable must be Kept clean and free
from all strong odors.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
Fired.

Young MotheE-Do you think baby
looks most Ike me or his papaf Nurse
Like you. mum. Mr. Jenkins Is a
mighty handsome man.
Advertisement Wanted "A compe-
tent and wen mIunered nurse.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-05-09
Agreed.

Wife (wearlly) Woman's work Il
never donel Husband struggling with
a buttonless shirt collar)-That's just
what I thought!