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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23
Public Roads in Alabama.

In 1904 there were 5O,OSo miles OF
public road in the State of Alabama.
OF this mileage, 1261.5 miles were
surfaced with gravel, 1928 miles with
stone, fifty miles with shells, twelve
miles with sandclay mixtures, and four
miles with ebert and Stag, making in
all 1920 miles of improved road. It
will be seen from these figures that "a
per cent. of the roads has been I'M
proved. By comparing the total road
mileage with the area of the State, it
appears that there. was O.97 Of a mile
of public road per square mile of area,
A comparison of mileage with popula'
ton shows that there was one mile OF
road to every ~thirty-six inhabitants
but only one mile of improved road te
every 1868 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
Farm.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23
Concentrates For Cows.

T. D. H., Glade Spring, Va, writes:
1 have two Jersey COWS, two years
old, and have been feeding them clo-
yer hay and top fodder for rough
ness. At night I have been cutting
up a portion of this feed and mixing
with it one-half gallon of chop with
shorts left in) per head. AS a morn
ing feed l wish to use wheat bran
and c%ottonseed meal, and would like
to know the best proportions and the
quantity to use. These COWS will
caive in May, and are now giving
about one and a half gallons of milk
per head per day. Is there any dan
ger Of producing abortion by over
feeding above? Would also like to
know the best food to give a. six-
months'-old standard bred colt to Sc
cure best development, regardless of
cost.
Answer-Good clover hay and top
fodder will furnish suitable forms of
roughness for dairy cows. Give them
all they will eat of this mixture, and
you can thereby save a little on the
concentrates, particularly as clover
hay contains quite a high per cent,
of digestible protein, and supplies
the COW with n of the necessary
elements Of nutrition, in a cheaper
form than you a purchase il
through concentrates.
You speak of the meal you are
nov giving as one-hah gallon of chop
with the shorts left in. I am at q
loss 20 know what you mean by this
Chop may be made up Of a great va,
riety of things. If you mean brar
ard niddlings, for instance, you arr
only giving the cow a little over one
and a half pounds of grain at a feed
This is a very little ration for COW.
giving the amount of milk men
toned. 1t is much better to fec
animals by weight, Or at least t,
have a measure with marks alon,
the sides SO you can tell at a glanc,
when you are giving a pound of
given foodstuf. A measure of thi
kind can be purchased for a fey
cents. and some streaks OF red pain
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23
Oil in K Roads.

The use of oil in road making was
tried with some success in experiments
at Jackson, Tenn. The best results
were obtained with heavy, natural oils,
which were applied while hot, being
heated on the cart by Team, using
about one-third gallon per square yard.
The road material and the oil formed
a mixture something like concrete,
which produced little dust, and proved
quite desirable, also reducing the noise
of traffic. The coating is about one
eighth thick. The experiments, being
very recent, are not yet regarded as
complete with regard to the lasting
effects Of the oil.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23
SOUTHERN : FARM :; NOTES.
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along the outside will enable you to
know just what you are feeding IN
the a of meal. Foodstufs vary
greatly in weight. For instance, q
quart of wheat bran weighs about
one-half pound, and a quart of cot
tonseed meal one and a half pounds.
Thus, it you were to feed one-ha1f
gallon OF cottonseed meal you would
be giving three pounds; on the other
hand you would be only giving one
pound of bran. To feed intelligently,
therefore, one must get down to the
that many people think that using
weights is a hobby of scientific men.
but if they will stop and think a lit
tie they will see that it Is the only
basis by which you can gauge what
you are doing. Make a mixture by
weight of one-third cottonseed meal
and two-third wheat bran, or, better
still, if you can get some corr and
cob meal make a mixture of equal
parts. This ration may be fed to
your cows at the rate Of II to n
and a half pounds per 100 pounds Of
live weight, depending on the milk
flow and period of lactation. Cows
weighing 500 to 1000 pounds will
consume from six to ten pounds Of
grain per head per day with profit.
The amount fed must be gagged by
the feeder, and this in turn will be
determined by the flow of milk OBJ
tanned. AS much as three pounds of
cottonseed meal can be fed with per-
feet safety, and it will not produce
abortion if fed with proper discre-
ton. It should not be fed imme-
diately before or just after parturi-
ton. Wheat bran will be the most
desirable concentrate you can use at
this time.
A standard bred colt should be fed
literally on protein Or muscle max
ing foods. You can not obtain any
thing much better than whole or
crushed oats, and you can feed them
literally without danger of injuring
the animal. Bright, clean, clover
hay will also be a desirable addition
to the ration, but if it is at all dusty
it should lot be fed. In that case
timothy hay should be fed. An ami
NAL should not be allowed to con-
sumo too much timothy, however, as
it is likely to cause an undue devel-
! opment of the stomach and interfere
with the symmetry of the animal.
Give the colt all the salt it needs,
plenty Of exercise and good fresh
water and keep it on pasture as much
as possible. A spoonful of blood
meal added to the ration each day
! will prove stimulating to the appetite
and help the animal in good condi-
ton. A mixture of bran and oats
will also make a satisfactory ration,
Very little If any corn should be fed
to a colt you are trying to develop as
rapidly as possible and in which you
desire to secure the highest type OF
stamina and the best muscular devel
opment.-Andrew M. Soule.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23
A WINNING START.
A Perfectly igested Breakfast Makes
Nerve Force For the Day.

Everything goes wrong If the
breakfast lies in your stomach like a
mud pie. What you eat does harm
If you can't digest tit turns to poi
son.
A bright lady teacher found this
to be true, even of an ordinary light
breakfast Of eggs and toast. She
says:
Two years ago I contracted a
very annoying form of indigestion.
My stomach was in such condition
that a simple breakfast of fruit, toast
Nd egg gave HE great distress.
. II was slow to believe that trouble
bouad come from such a simple diet,
S6ut finally had to give it UP, and
Mound a great change upon a cup OF
Not Postum and Grape-Nuts with
cream. for my morning meal. For
more than a year I have held to this
$ourse. and have not suffered except
when in~judiciously varying my diet.
Il have been a teacher for several
years and find that my easily digest.
cd breakfast means a saving of ner.
vous force for the entire day. NY
gain OF ten pounds in weight aisc
causes me to want to testify to ;ht
value OF ~Grape-Nuts.
/ "Grape-Nuts holds first rank a
Our table"
Name given by Postum Co., Battl,
Greek, Mich.
There's a reason" Read the lit
Gle book. "The Road to Wellville." i
tDkSs.
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Earth Roads.

Earth OO0OSs
A road should not be wider than
twenty-five feet. An ordinary rain
will never hurt a road, but the storm
waters and snow thawing in spring
will cut and wash out the roads:
therefore the roads should not be
made over twenty-five feet wide, SO
that the centre Of the road is close
enough to the bitches to give the fall
inc waters a chance to reach them.
The centre of a road should not be
more than two feet higher than the
bottom Of the bitches; if tho centre
is higher a loaded wagon will slide
into the ditch if the road is frozen
in winter.
1 also find that in a long slope,
say one-half mile long, OF longer, n
where the road is higher on one side
| than on the other, a culvert pipe
| should be put in every forty rods to
| lead the water into the lower ditch,
! as the higher side of b road gathers
more water. For culverts nothing but
sewer tile should be used. When put
ting in a culvert a man should always
| take into consideration the amount OF
water it has to carry, and whether the
| ground to be drained is more level
! or sloping. If the ground is more
on the level a small tile, by giving
! it the proper fall, will take care OF
| an immense amount of water; but
on sloping ground it will take a much
Ia,nro~, o,,1x-o1.f#A a g tho W9fRr comes
rushing down the hills, and If the
c~ulvert is too small and has not the
proper fall, the water will run Over the
road. The culverts should not be laid
too deep, to keep them from clogging,
but the dirt on the top of the culvert
should be higher than the adjacent
J ground, so that in case the water
should break it will not disturb the
culvert. z H
A road bed twenty-five feet wide is
wide enough even IN a hillside. It is
true a deep ditch will wash out on
boil sides, but as the road wears
down it will also wash in the centre.
Then in repairing the road the dirt
should not be dragged into the centre
of the road, but should be carried to
the sides and dumped into the bitches.
I have done this several times and find
it satisfactory. This will lower the
road, but will leave it high and hard
in the centre if the roads are laid ou,
in the centre where they belong, and
are made straight and given the right
width, and culverts are put in wher'
ever they are necessary, and put in
right and of the right kind of material
and the roads are kept in repair Then
If the State will pass a law to aid
the counties and townships in making
macadamized roads. the roadbed will!
be in such a shape that the gravel OF
rock may be applied at once, and viii
insure a great saving to the community
as a lasting Improvement.
The above embodies the results OBJ
tanned by a very successful roadbuildel
in the State of Kansas constructing
earth roads.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23
A Rainy-cay Welcome.


The rain was pouring in torrents
when Mrs. Haddon flew to the door
and admitted her friend, Miss Ran
som. There, @ are what l call a
real friend" she cried. 4 never ok
pect people to keep an engagement to
come here in a storm, for they never
do. I told Mr.. Haddon this morning
khat l knew you wouldn't, but here
you are!
81 won't keep you standing in the
Weztlhule a minute longer. l just
Thought perhaps you'd like to let it
"Trip off you a little, as I've had tho
ball all c1haned today. I always have
h done when I'm sure Of eight or nine
hours before it needs to be walked
ON.
"But-ph, no; it doesn't matter a
bit. Perhaps you'd like to take of
your rubbers? Rubber soles? Oh, no;
1 never wear them, for they make
such work on carpets. I mean, OF
course, one expects to have ones own
carpets ruined, because so few peo-
pie consider it at ali, and I know rub
Der soles are popular. I only meant
the rule was for myself.
There, now, let me find you a COM
Portable chair; perhaps, as your skirt
Is damp, you'd rather not sit in one
Df the covered chairs. Here's a wick
er one that I've never had a cushion
made for, just for such occasions:
and 1hat brings your feet on the rug,
too.
"Now If you'll excuse me for ono
moment, while I speak to Bridget, I'll
be ready for a nice long talk. 1t was
30 good of you to come, and so un-
0xpected!"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23
Winter Feeding vs.. Finishing on Grass

Winter Feedingvs. Finishing on Grass
b. e. j., Carlisle, writes: have a
bunch Of twenty-nine calves averag-
ing forty pounds. I have plenty OF
cowpea hay and 1000 bushels OF corn
for the wintering and will have plen-
ty of blue grass and clover pasture
for summer. Would it be more prof
liable to put these calves on u l
feed or keep them over and grass
them? What is the best feed to fat
ten?
Answer-It is quite impossible to
advise what is the best policy to pur-
sue with regard to feeding a bunch
Of calves or holding them over dur
ing the winter and finishing on grass.
There are SO many cattle going on
the market in the fall off grass that
it seems sometimes that the better
policy would be to feed them during
the winter so as to keep them grow
ing and in good condition and put
them on grass for two n three
months and finish them in June or
july, Wu1lS liz EdStui Cd Il L
| good and the cattle can be fattened
with a. minimum amount of grain.
This saves the pastures during the
hot, dry weather of summer, which
is a matter worth considering. OF
course, cattle can generally be
finished cheaper on grass than in the
stall. The season has a material in
| fuence and the price of land is also
an important factor. In sections of
the country where hay is high priced
meadows can often be used for hay
production to advantage. One ac-
quainted with local conditions can
figure out these matters and deter
mine the best policy to pursue.
Blue grass and clover make an
ideal pasture. If the land is rich one
should make as much as 900 to 400
pounds of gain on good, growthy
heifers during the grazing season.
To do this you need to reserve one
to three acres of land for each ami
NAL When you figure up the rent
Or taxes on this land and it's value if
allowed to produce hay it will not be
hard to tell whether it is better to
finish the heifers with the feed you
have or carry them over the summer.
It you feed them this winter you
should be able to make them grow
right along with plenty of cowpea
hay and corn and cob meal mixed
with cottonseed meal, gluten meal or
inseed meal. Mix the feeds in equal
parts. If you have some shredded
slower or other dry roughness, feed
as much Of it as they will consume
along with ten to fifteen pounds of
cowpea hay. Cattle fed on dry foods
should take to grass kindly, and 1t
will not be necessary to feed them
much if any grain when the early
sap gets out of the grass. Cattle fed
as suggested should put on a good
deal Of flesh and not so much fat
and should be in ideal condition to
take on ''sap," as the saying is, when
turned on grass and finish off rapid.
ly.-Knoxville Tribune.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23

case. At n time I had to use a
Scrutch and cane to get about. My
Pack was lame and weak, and be-
kides the aching, there was a dis
Pressing retention of the kidney Sc
X %retions. I was in a bad way when
began using Doan's Kidney Pills in
nS01, but the remedy cured me, and
j have been we'll ever since"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23

It's like finding money not to spec
'ulate.
Women call it a sewing party be-
cause that is what they don't do.
One nice thing about marrying an
old wife is generally there Is no
mother-in-law problem.
Tou could hardly get anybody to
be bad if that was the way to be a
rood citizen.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23
An Old Painters Ideas.

An Ola F310tees8 l0C41s
The Autumn season is coming
more and more to be. recognized as q
most suitable time for house-paint-
ing.
There is no frost deep In tho wood
to make trouble for even h best job
OF painting. and the general season
ing OF the Summer has put the wood
into good condition in every way.
The weather, moreover, is more like
II to be settled for the necessary
length OF time to allow I'll the coats
to thoroughly dry-a very important
precaution.
An old and successful painter laid
to the writer the other day:
House owners would get o
for their money II they would allow
their painters to take more time, es-
pecially between coats. Instead OF
allowing barely time for the surface
to get dry enoaghs not to be 'tacky.'
several days weeks would not be
too much) should be allowed 50 that
the coat might set through and
through. It is inc~onvenient, OF
course, but, II one would suffer this
slight Inconvenience, It would add
two or three years to the life OF the
paint.
"All this is assuming, Of course
that the paint used is the very best
to be had-the purest OF white lead
and the purest OF linseed oil, un-
mixed with any cheapener. II the
cheap mixtures, often known as
White Lead and Oil which has been
doctcred with fish oil. benzine. corn
oil, or other of the ~adulterants
known to the trade, are used, all the
precautions of the skilled painter are
useless to prevent the cracking and
peeling which make houses unsightly
In a year or so and, therefore, make
painting bills too frequent and costly.
1.-The house owner should have his
painter bring the Ingredients to the
premises separately-white lead Of
some well-known, reliable brand ane
linseed oil of equal quality ane
mix the paint just before applying
it."
Painting need not be expensive ant
unsatisfactory If the old painter
suggestions are followed.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23
Pointed Paragraphs.

AS a rule a young widow begins
to get better looking about ten days
after the late lamented moves to the
cemetery.
Men haven't much love for men,
women haven't much love for women ;
and most men aud women have less
love for each ether than they have
for themselves.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23
Items of Interest.

President Shea's faction held con
troll III the Transfers convention.
Virginia Robinson 5 years old, was
burned TO death at Cameron, w. Va.
The Henrico road supervisors re-
fused to authorize an election for 2
BOND issue to improve the county
roads.
The women sufferagists convened
IN Copenhagen.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23

At the industries commission re
Gently held at Vryheid,, Natal, it was
stated that thousands of millions of
!*ons of coal equal in quality to any
yet mined in Africa existed within a
radius of thirty miles Of the town.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23

will interest the thou
sands of veterans Eho
came back from the
Civil War suferingto
lures with kidney COM
plant. Capt. Ely says:
II contracted kidney
trouble during h Civil
War, and the occasional
attacks finally devel-
ODed into a chronic
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23
Not by their signs, but by thei
service, shall ye know them.
DOCTOR CURED OF ECZEMA.

Maryland Physician Cures Himseh-DH.
Fisher Says: "Cuticura Remedies
Possess True Merit"
MY face was afflicted with eczema in
Che year 1897. l used the Cuticura Rene
dies and was entirely cured. / am a prac-
ticing physician, and very often prescribe
Cuticura Resolvent and Cuticura Soap in
cases eff eczema, and they have cured
where other formulas have failed. | am
not in the habit Of endorsing patent medi-
cines, but when l lind remedies possessing
true merit, such a. the Cuticura Remedies
do, l Am broad-minded enough to pro-
claim their virtues to the world. l have
been practicing medicine for sixteen years,
and must say l find your Remedies A No.
l. You al. at liberty to publish this let
ter. q. NJ. Fisher, NJ. d., Big Pool. Md,
May "a. 1905"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23
Truth is a Stranger to Fict:o

Truth is a Stranger &c Fiction.
The novelist's small but valuabls
o had just been brought to judg-
tnent for telling a fb. His sobs hav-
ting died away. he sat for a time in
S!lept thought.
; PA" said he, "how long Will II bs
before I stop gittin' licked for tellin'
aies. an begin to get paid for 'em, 1ixa
you do?"-Lippincott's.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23

n. H. GREENS Sons, of Atlanta, Ga, are
khe only successful Dropsy Specialists in the
kwor!d. See their liberal offer in advertise
hnent in another column of this paper.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23

Salvation cannot be spread without
sacrifice. So. 33-'G6.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23

Mrs. Winslow'sS Soothing Syrupfor Children
teething, softens thegums, reducesinflamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, Csc bottle
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23
HERITAGE OF CIVIL WAR.
Thousands of Soldiers Contracted
Chronic Kidney Trouble.

The experience OF Capt. John L. Ely,
Of CO. E, 18th Ohio, now living at 500
Vast Second street, Newton, Kansas,
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23

Tie young lawyers first plea is
a. trial performance.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23

A poor excuse is worse than no
excuse.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23

FITS, st. Vitus' Dance Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DIR. Hines Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free.
DR.. II. r. Kline, Id, 931 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23

Even. busy men occasionally max
Idle remarks.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23
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Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1906-08-23
For Baby's
Skin & .Sca|p

Because of its Delicate
Medicinal, Emollicnt,
Sanatiye, and AntiSeptc
Properties combined with
the pureSt of Cleansing
Ingredients and most re:
freShing OfFloWer Odors.
Sold throughout the werid. Cuticur Soap, H., On.
Ment, &c., Resolvsnt, 5oc. lin form Of Chocolsts Ceax
Pils, rs. per vial Of 90. A singls %: often c.ra
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Corp. Sole Props.
1-Ssnd for SHOW to Preserve, Purity. and Beautfyns
Skin, sealp, Haif. and Hands Of Infant and Chudrsi."
Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-18
LOTS SOLD AT CLARKDALE
Names of Purchasers in New Tract
on the Venice Short Line
Railway

The rains of the past week have re-
tarded progress to some extent in
making improvements at Clarkdale,
the new residence tract that is to be
developed in high-class style by the
Jones & Ryder Land company, thirty
minutes ride from Los Angeles on the
short line to Venice and ten minutes
ride from the ocean Contracts have
been let to graders, oilers and cement
workers. Building restrictions of a
satisfactory character have been es-
tablished.
Half acre lots and regulation lots
have been sold recently at Clarkdale
to Mrs. Mary G.. Bates of Ontario.
lot %, block 2, for $3.50, to be used for
lot 16, block 2, $3.50: w. E. Birming-
ham, lot 25, block Z, 5000; j. NJ. Nc
Whorter. lot 2S, block 2, $3.50; John
McConville. lot Is, block 7, $3.50; Val
entne Herkelrath. lot 100, block I, $3.50;
A. Klein lots 10 and 1S, block T. $500;
Margaretta Cullingham, lot %. block
2, $S75; also lot 20, block T. $3.50; Leila
ID. Cooper, lot 10, block 2, 1915; Mrs.
Catherine Gavin, lot is, block 3, $780,
thur Green, lot 26, block 2. 1915; Joseph
Leak, lot H. block 2, 1915; Margaret
#. S. Hanson, lot 4, block 8, $3.50;
Miss Blanch C. Jones. lot is, block 2,
$375; Harry o. Marler, lot 81, block 2,
$375: r. T. Cooper lot "a. block 2. 1915;
E. w. Clark, lot g. block g. $3.50; Sarah
l.. Marler lot 20, block 2, $3.50; Thomas
w. Wilde, lot S, block 3, 1850 Half
acre lots in the Robert F. Jones Wal
nut Grove tract have been sold to the
following: w. J. Rand, Mary Jerome,
Valentine Herkelrath, Thomas v.
Locke, Albert Chamberlain, ii. A. Pyles
and Jessie y. Rand, at prices rang
ing from $3.50 to $500.