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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-20
A ChafinG Dish Party.

Mises Ida Coe and Octavia Sturdi- want gave pleasure to a number of friends last evening when they enter tained at chafing dish party at the home of the former on Lapsley Street complimentary to Miss Leila Lamar, who leaves shortly for school
 The evening was pleasantly spent in conversation and preparing deli cious candy on the chafing dishes Those present were: Misses Lamar Coe. Sturdivant. Mary Bibb and Maud Smith; Messrs. Rob Jones. Rob Noble Alfred 3utler. David Steele. Sam Irbv and Cecil Eoltz.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-20

Social and Personal
 Misses Ernestine and Maude Smith have returned home after d pleasant visit to relatives in CarlowviIIe.
 Mir J. Hall Jones. of Pine HI. spent yesterday here while en route to Nash vile. where he will attend school at Vanderbilt University.
 Miss Leila Lamar will leave Wednes- day for Marion to attend school at the Iudson.
 Mir Will Wade. or Carlowville. is here on a short visit to relatives
 Mir. Joe Kyser. of Richmond. is spending today here with relatives
 Miss Adele Lyde, of Birmingham. who has been here for the past week visiting relatives. left today for her home.
 Misses Virginia Smith and Emily Nicholson have gone to Birmingham. where they will teach school during the coming session.
 Mrs. T A. Howard has returned home after spending a week at Mulberry with relatives
 Misses Willie Eanes and Leila Dona- van are spending a day-or so in Mobile with friends.
 MeRars George Edwards and Robert
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
Couldn,t, Fool Her.

= 1T was at Quimper, in Brittany, that
a tourist found an old woman sell
ing trinkets. What is the price Of
this?" he asked, taking up an an
tique ring of silver and sapphires.
"Is it for your wife of your sweet
hearth" said the old woman. For
my sweetheart ~ Fifty francs. Z
Fifty francs Nonsense" And the
tourist turned angrily away. Come
back said the old woman. ''Take
it for ten. You've been lying to me,
though; you have no sweetheart.
Had thesring been for her you'd have
bought 1t at once without regard to
it's price" II will take it," said the
tourist, smiling. "Here are the 10
francs" So the old woman wrapped
the ring up. "But you haven't a
wife, either" she gruinbled. IF it
had been for her you'd have beaten
me down to 5 francs. Oh, you men!"
Chicago News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02

The modern farmer was applying
electrical massage to cart horses
sprained knee. During the intervals
OF rest he taxed farm talk.
There are tenants" he said,
who when they move, carry their
farms with them as the tortoise does
his house. These people are the Nor
man French, the worlds best farm
ers.
Where you or l would require
20 or 80 acres of land to keep one
family, the French farmer will keep
family on a quarter of an acre.
1t he chose to cultivate 20 or 81 acres,
he would become a millionaire.
His secret lies in the perfection
to which he brings his top soil.
What with fertilizing and watering
and clearing, his top soil is the
blacklist, finest, richest soil on earth.
His top soil is to the French farm
er what her voice is to the prima
donna.
"And when he rents he contracts
that on the termination of his lease
he may carry off eighteen inches of
the top soil with him.
When you see a French farmer
moving, one small cart carries his
household goods and in seven or
eight enormous drays his top soil
numbers on behind '-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
The True Artist.

A good natured Washingtonian,
while waiting on a corner for his
street car recently, was attracted by
the bright face of young Italian
who was grinding his piano near by,
1t must be rather difficult to turn
that crank as steadily as you do and
keep such good time" observed the
Washingtonian as he dropped a
nickel in the hat,
Not soa deeficult," said the Ital.
ian, showing his white teeth in q
smile. "You see, no gatta da monk.
TO turna da crank dees way stead
keepa da tim But turna da cranka
an watcha da monk sam tim, ali
that TAXA da arteest, da true arteest.
Eet ess da monk. signor, that de-
manda da us!"-Harper's Week
ly.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
800 Sz5a1 u asz5a
~ lM@SEf VI dgZl 1Ss@ 4 - ~ ~ II g,
FARM AND GARDEN

end Of year or two with the beau
tifuD white, hornless breed. In Good
Housekeeping he gives this opinion,
based on his own experience
THE care of these little giant
milk producers aptly described by
Hook as the most intelligent, the
most engaging and most picturesque
Of domestic CATTLE opens an invit-
ing and useful recreation or occupa.
and even children, commencing itself
especially to those whose health re.
quires some light form of outdoor
work either as vocation or an avoca.
ton. A great advantage, from an
economic point of view, is that It
requires but a small outlay to es.
tablish or to maintain a small goat
dairy In fact, there are few UNI
dertakings which can be commenced
on SO small scale that can be made
to pay, SO well both in pleasure and
profit.
"The Importance of mi!eh goat
keeping cannot fail TO appeal to physi-f
clans or to parents OF young cnlldren
for !. AS been proved beyond refuta-
/ ton that infants deprived Of their
mothers milk thrive upon goats milk
better than on that CT any other AMI.
NAL. The Lancet of May 25, 1907, in
reporting an analysis of goats milk
made by the Lancet laboratory says
that there are points about goats
milk in connection with infant feed.
ing which deserve more attention
than they have hitherto received. 1t
is well known, for example, that the
goat is remarkably resistant to
tuberculosis; moreover, the milk ap-
pears to be more digestible than
cows milk, because its casein forms
fiocculent rather than hard.
cheesy curd'"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review Oi.Trada and --latest
/ Market ReDOrtS
new York. BFadstreeRs says.


Z While events, generally tend to-
ward steady, if slow, improvement,
conservatism still rules purchasing in
wholesale and jobbing lines, and at
several large centers fall trade, no..
tally in dry goods, has reached and
passed it's maximum. Taken as a
whole. trade, though in few in
stances equal to a year ago at this
date, is still generally below the
normal and the approach of the cleo
ton has a tendency to discourage
all but absolutely necessary pur-.
chases. Western trade advices are
good as a whole, though house trade
is on the wane, and travelling sales
men are relied upon to take care of
recorder business.
There is very general agreement
that stocks are small in retailers
hands, and color to this is given by
the many orders given for immediate
shipment, which throws unusual bur-
dens in turn upon jobbers, whole
salers and manufacturers.
There is rather more doing at the
larger Eastern markets in some kind
of men's-wear fabrics and foreign
dress fabrics. Food products, such
as groceries and meats, are also
relatively more active. The leather
trades are quiet, hides are dull, but
firm, while shoe orders are not equal
to expectations.
Business failures in the United
States for the week number 267,
against 266 last week and 166 in
the like week of 1907.
Wheat. including flour exports
from the United States and Canada
for the week aggregates 6,439,526
bushels. against 3,491,911 bushels
last week and 5,272,737 bushels this
week last year Corn exports for
the week are 69,9S2 bushels, against
12,443 bushels last week and 1,193,-
100 bushels in 1907.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
The Tender Thought.

Harry is 6 years old. "Pa,'' he
asked one day, ''if get married will
l have wife like MAJ"
q very likely" replied his father.
"And if don't get married, will
| have to be an old bachelor like
Uncle Toni"
Very likely
well, Pa" he said, after mo-
ment of deep thought, 'it's a mighty
tough world for us men, amt til
Success.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
How,s This2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Ed; CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known II, ].
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucuous sur
Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
THE DUST BATH.

While things are so dusty and dry
IL is a fine time to gather I'D the
bathing material for the hens during
the coming winter; don't stint your
self in the amount. get plenty, re-
member the winter is long enough
for the hens to require lots of dust
material.
Have a very large box, so sew
eral hens can be busting at once,
better yet partition off a. corner or
end of the house and fill In with sew
eral barrels of dust
In very ccld weather it is well to
sift in the warm ashes.
When the bath is large enough hens
will dust at once to make thick
fog that is hard on the lice.
When the old hens are sold, or
the ones culled out. is a good time to
clean up the premises at any rate
the houses. for the winter. Give a
thorough cleaning. removing all &C.
emulation from the roost room. fill in
with fresh dust or gravel. a little
higher than the old dirt was, then
"ulteWasn the walls well, not being
nice about dropping the wash; then
coal oil the roost until every crack
and creyice is full of oil.
II the nest boxes are removable
they should have been removed at
the beginning of the clean up. If not
removable. then all the nesting should
be removed. and burned, the sides
of the nests oiled inside and white
washed outside.
When tobacco stems and scraps are
obtainable, use them among the nest
ing. The benefit will be very great.
Where there is room to use one
end or corner of the house for a
bath room, and it will really take
no more room than will the busting
box, the nest boxes fixed firmly above
the dust place is good thing
The more dust the hens raise the
etter for the boxes, as lice and mites
annot Hive in fog of dust; then too.
pace Is economized-E. C. in the In.
pa Farmer
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
TESTING PAINT.

Pronertyyowners should know baw
- prove the purity and quality 81
white lead. the most important paint
Ingredient before paying for it. q 70
aH swho write,s National Lead co
the largest manufacturers of pure
white lead. send free outfit with
which to makea simple and sure test
2 OF white lead, and also a free book
ABOUT paint. Their address is Wood
bridge Bldg, New York CITY
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
FARM NOTES

A ton of butter takes off the farm
not over so cents worth of fertility.
No other crop is worth so much per
pound and takes so little away when
sold
How to handle the milk is not a
question any longer The hand sep
arator reduces the bulk about twenty
times and leaves the sldmmilk avail,
able for feed while yet warm. This
also reduces labor to minimum,
and without it dairying is out of the
question.
Boiled potatoes mixed with milk
are splendid for growing chicks. Good
for laying hens, too.
Drop off the meat rations in grass
hopper time. Save that for cold
weather, when the hens are shut in.
Poultry for profit must be studied
from a practical standpoint just as
any other stock on the farm. A hen
is not large creature, but the poul-
try industry is.
Clean quarters and fresh water ev-
cry day will add to the comfort of
the hens. See to it that they have
both.
| Increase the exercise and change
the bill-of-fare when the chickens lose
their appetite or do not eat with ap-
parent relish.
| A pint of crude carbolic acid mixed
with a gallon of kerosene makes an
excellent spray for poultry houses,
and it is the cheapest.
The smaller the flock the greater
the individual yield. Fifty hens are
the largest number that should be
| allowed to run in one flock.
| If hens are kept for their eggs,
the poultrymen should know which
are the good producers. and quickly
dispose of those which are not.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
Gas Not Necessary.

.Scene-Fashionable watering place
in Northern Britain. English lady
visitor who is suffering from tooth
ache: Il say. gardener. have you
a dentist here?"
-, Old Gardner-Yees, mem-yees,
mem.
Lady Visitor-Does he extract
teeth with the aid of gas?
Old Gardner-Bliss us a, mem,
we hae aye guild DAYLIGHT here!-
Philadelphia Ledger.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
Looking Ahead.

my dear" said he, sits almost
impossible. to lease a house for a
shorter term than one year nova
days; SO. to protect myself, / must
as your
Ask me what, George?" inquired
the bride-to-be.
ITO agree not to seek a divorce
until the expiration of the first year 5
lease.-The Catholic Standard and
Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
REGARDING THE CARE
CALVES

The care of dairy calves is probab-
ly the most influential factor in the
development of a good dairy herd.
Keep the calves in light, airy quar-.
tiers. Many farmers do not let their
calves touch the cows; this is a
somewhat debatable question, but let
the calves have two or three meals
direct from the COW, as it is natures
method, and the nearer we can start
off in natures footsteps the better.
No difficulty will be experienced in
teaching the calf to drink later, if
one is careful to let it get quite hun
CRY before attempting to feed it, and
change gradually from whole to
skim. milk. After well started to
drink it is advisable to give some
grain in conjunction with the milk
automatically Witness.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
DOCTOR PRESCRIBED cUTIcuRA
After Other Treatment Failed-Raw
Eczema on Baby's Face Had
Lasted Three Months.

"Our baby boy broke out with eczema on
his face when one month old. One place
on the side of his face the size of nickel
was raw like beefsteak for three months.
and he would cry out when bathed the
parts that were sore and broken out. l
gave him three months treatment from a
good doctor, but at the end of that time
the child was no better Then my doctor
recommended Cuticura. After using cake
of Cuticura Soap, third of box of Cuti-
cura Ointment. and half bottle of Cuti-
cura Resolvent he was we'll and his face
was as smooth as any baby's. He is now
two years and half old and no eczema
has reappeared. Mrs. NJ L. Harris, Alton,
Kan. May IA ana June 10, 1907"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
Not Afraid OF Indignation.

He-I say, Dolly, may take your
photograph? You look so pretty that
/ feel could eat you.
She-Oh, see, that's why you
want me on plate. eh?-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
THE COWS INCOME.

The average dairy COW costs $50
per year to feed. 1t is easy to figure
out that If the income from the sale
OF her milk does not exceed this
amount. the COW is clearly not pay.
ing her way. The only satisfactory
method of determining this question
is by. weighing the milk and testing
the per cent. of butter fat it contains
by the Babcock test. A cow that
does not pay takes up just as much
room as profitable one. Sell her for
beef.-Farmers Home Journal.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
FEEDING sILAGE.

The average dairyman feeds thirty
to forty-flve pounds Of silage day
to each COW. This means that an
acre of land, yielding twelve tons OF
green corn, will supply the average
ration of silage for seven months
to three animals. The amount Of
green corn raised per acre was from
eight to twenty-five tons.
The silage should always be fed
after milking on account of the odos
that it imparts. If fed before,l it
is liable to faint the milk or at
least cause it to have an objection
able odor. 1t is important that no
silage be left lying around in the
barn or scattered in the feeding al
leys.
The managers, alleys, and every part
of the barn should be entirely free
from silage as soon as the cows have
finished eating that part of their ra.
ton. Years of experience have shown
that silage is one of the best milk
producing foods that COWS can be fed.
If the barn is properly ventilated
and no silage is left strewn around
on the floor to decay and to load the
air with odor. there will be no OBJ
jections to the feeding of ssilage. It
is the careless and Indifferent dairy
men who have led many people en-
gagged in the milk business to con-
denim the silc.
There are still extravagant claims
made for the silo. A few enthusiastic
advocates claim that putting corn, in
to receptacle of this kind doubles
its feeding value. There are no
facts to prove assertions of this
kind, for experiments from various
stations have proved that the loss
incurred by putting corn into'the siio
Is nearly equal to the loss when ii
Is put into shocks or racks, and,
moreover the digestibility of fodder
corn and silage are nearly the same,
both being somewhat less digesti-
BILE than green corn.
Dairy cows, as rule, have given
better results when fed ON silage than
when fed on equal amounts of corn
fodder. A considerable portion of
the dry corn fodder is not consumed
by. the stock, but all the -silage can
be eaten.
On the other hand, the stock likes
the silage better than the. corn, fod-
der and will consume more of 1T,
thereby leaving more nutriment to
form milk after the wants of the
body have been supplied. The real
merits of the silo may be summed UP
as follows:
l. Silage is more palatable the year
through than dry corn fodder.
2. 1t is succulent, which makes it
a satisfactory substitute for grass.
8. Stock will consume more silagc
than dry roughage.
4. It greatly increases the num-
Der of animals that can be kept on
given acreage.-A. j. Glover, Illinois
station.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02

Hicks Capudine Cures Nervousness,
Whether tired out, worried, overwcrked, OF
what not. 1t refreshes the brain and
nerves. It's Liquid and pleasant to take.
l0c., 25c., and &c.,, at drug stores.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02

Capudinc Cures Indigestion Pains,
Belching, Sour Stomach, and Heartburn,
from whatever cause. It's Liquid. Effects
Immediately. Doctors prescribe it. l0c.,
25c.. and Soc. at drug stores.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
No. ALTERNATIVES.

Mrs. HI hear you resigned your
position as treasurer Of the Don't
Worry Club.
Mrs. C.-Yes. No one cared
whether they paid their dues, so
what was the use?-Life.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02

A woman never regrets the change
from the bathing to the evening re-
ception season if she is equally built
for either.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
uET THE HENS SCRATCH.

Keep the laying hens busy in
scratching a good part of the day,
and they will eat more and lay more
Feed them plenty of ground green
bone, pulverized shells, grit and green
things. All Of these. including scraps
OF meat, contain the elements need.
ed by the laying hens.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
Wholesale Markets.

New York. ~ Wheat 49, Receipts,
l33,000; exports, 10000. Spot,
strong; No. 2 red, LOSE @1.10 ele-
vator; No. 2 red, 1.10ss f. o. b.
af1oat; No. 1 Northern Duluth, 1.13A
+. Q. b. afloat; No. 2 hard winter,
1.10h +. o. b. afioat
Corn - Receipts, LOTS. Spot,
firm; No. 2, S51a elevator and SO
nominal delivery. Option market
was without transactions, closing "
q nc. net higher. September closed
SO "; December, 773s; May, 1874.
Oats-Receipts, $4,000; exports,
1000. Spot firm; mixed, 26@32
pounds. So; natural white, 26@31
pounds, So " @55; clipped white, 80
@40 pounds, 55h @61.
Alive, firm; spring chick
ems, IA; fowls, IA; turkeys, IA:
dressed, steady; Western spring
chickens, 1903; fowls, 14@15
spring turkeys, 2O@22.
Eggs-Irregular; receipts, 1913:
State, Pennsylvania, and nearby fancy
selected white, 32@34; do, fair to
choice. 26@31; brown and mixed
fancy, 2S q 30; do, fair to choice,
25@27.
Philadelphia. - Wheat firm, 1c.
higher; contract grade, September,
103 q 1o31k.
Corn firm, Nc higher; No. 2 for
local trade, 87@871ac
Oats firm, fair demand; No. 2
white natural, 54h @55c.
Butter firm, good demand; extra
Western creamery, &c.; nearby
prints, 28
Eggs firm, good demand; Pennsyl-
vania and other nearby firsts, f. c.,
25c. at mark; do, current receipts.
in returnable cases, FAC. at mark ;
Western firsts. f. c., Csc. at mark !;
do, current receipts. f. c., 24c. at
mark.
Cheese firm. good demand; New
York full creams, choice, 13A %
13kc.: do, fair to good, l21s @13.
Live poultry quiet but steady;
fowls, 12@14c.; old roosters, 9h a
10; spring chickens. 14@15; spring
ducks. 11@11k. old ducks, 1Ok
OIL.
MISUNDERSTANDING and I'M
21,825.
Wheat-Firm; spot contract, 1.04
@1.04 rs; No. 2 red Western, los
@1.O6M; September. 1.04@1.o4M;
October, 1.04@ 1.04A; December,
1.05A CLOG; steamer No. red.
LOAN @1.041s; Southern by sample,
90@97 Southern on grade, 1.O0A
CLOS u. Receipts. 59.667; exports,
$4,000.
Corn - Steady; year. 6s& @6s;
January, 68h@68%; Southern
white corn, 80@84; Southern yellow
corn, Sc. Receipts, 2.377.
Oats-Easier; No. 2 white, $40
52k; No. white. 51@511s; No. 2
mixed. 81. Receipts. 1857.
Rye-Firm; No. 2 Western export,
So q $50. Receipts, 1878.
Hay-Firm; No. timothy, 400;
NO. clover mixed, 11.50@12.00.
Butter-Steady; fancy imitation.
20@21; fancy creamery. 25h @26;
fancy ladle, 20; store packed. Is.
Eggs-Quiet. 1904.
Cheese-Quiet; new large. 1917;
new flats, 1919: new small. 1874.
live Stock
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
1t Wouldn't Pay.

1t Wouldn't Pay.
A great smoker handed his cigar
case to his right-hand neighbor.
Thank you, but / don't smoke
, said the man.
He, therefore, handed it to the
man on his left, who made the same
reply. whereupon his wife nudgcd
him and said:
why don't you hand it to thu
Captain" gft M
mo, thank you, he smokes-,'-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
Live stock.

New York. - Beeves - Receipts,
937. Feeling nominally steady.
Dressed beef slow at to 10A per
pound for native sides.
Calve s-Receipts, 80; market
steady. Calves, 500 to $50; West
ern calves, 3.75; city dressed veals,
to IA; country dressed do, 7 to
l2h; dressed grassers and fed
calves. to z.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts f..
100. Trade extremely slow. Sheep
barely steady; lambs weak to 25c.
lower. Sheep, ESQ to $50; lambs,
Ats to 5.75; culls. $50.
Hog@Receipts, $3.50. FEELING
weak, to &c. lower.
Chicago Cattle Receipts. about
5000; market steady. Steers, 4.4o
G7.2o: COWS, 3.25 @5.25: heifers.
s.00@4.25; bulls. 2.5o@4.6o; calves.
$500 500; stockers and feeders.
2.60@4.50.
Hogs - Receipts. about $4,000;
market 10c. lower. Choice heavy
..SS07.4o: butchers. 7.So@T.4o;
light mixed, 6.S5 @7.0e; choiee light
7.0o@725: packers. 6.S0@T.1s:
pigs. S.75 06.Rs; bulk of sales. SIS
@7.10.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
ton. allays pain. cures wind colo. Csc bottle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02

Prison records show that more fe-
male prisoners have previous records
against them than males. f
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
Mich GOATS

pis country the goat is con-
the buzzard among quadru-
scavenger Of refuse heaps,
only In Mrs. Wigs cab
4 and such SUNNY sections
In Europe goats are kept
nsable domestic animals.
lice here is against the
ectmens We see. the Eng
yellow dog representa-
bic. useful breed.
nr who undertook the
few miioh goats has
IA prejudice left at the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02

The reason girl wants to marry
man is she wouldn't if she knew
what was best for her.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1908-10-02
To Drive Out Malaria and Build Ur
the System

Take the Old Standard GROVES TASTE
LESS CHILL Tonic. You know what you
are taking. The formula is plainly printed
on every bottle, showing it is simply Out
nine and Iron IN tasteless form, and the
and children SOC s