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The Winslow mail., 1908-07-11
Shelter the Brooder.

When the weather in the spring has
become mild enough to put the
brooder out of doors, some follow the
plan of protecting it with a small
portable brooder house. The bad
effects of cold winds and storms are
thus prevented. These same brooder
houses may be used later on in the
season to protect the chicks from the
heat of the sun After the chicks be-
come too large to stay in the brooder
they will use this house for roosting.
Here they will be protected from
rains and from predatory rodents.
The Winslow mail., 1908-07-11
Fasting Fowls.

A commercial handler of poultry
says that all fowls should be tasted
for from "a to Sc hours before killing.
Where the birds are permitted to stuff
themselves with food before the kill
ing time, the food decomposes in the
crop and intestines. From this the
flesh frequently becomes tainted.
The Winslow mail., 1908-07-11
The Knowing and the Unknowinq.

when it was reported to the direc-
.ors that the cashier was looting the
bank, they all resigned in body"
"Why do you suppose they did
hat?"
Il can't say, unless it was they had
a curiosity to know something about
the matter."-Puck.
The Winslow mail., 1908-07-11
DRY READING FOR A CHILD.
Decidedly Grown-Up Book Little Wiz
ginia Had Perused.

Virginia is five years old, and has
learned to spell cat and dog. The
other day, on her return from kinder
garten, she decided to call upon her
neighbor in the adjoining fiat. TIE
lady was busy writing and Virginia.
being a well-trained child, did not in
tefrupt. She played awhile with the
kittens and her hostess, being still
absorbed with her writing, she said:
Il think I'll read until you get
through.
Yes, dear, help yourself to book"
said the woman.
Virginia selected one from the
shelves, and, spreading it open oI,
the table, assumed very grown-up
attitude, and appeared engrossed in
her reading. At regular intervals she
turned the leaves for quite a long
time. Growing tired of the spence she
softly donned her hood and coat, and
as she opened the door, called back:
"BoOd-by, Mrs. -. I'll come again
when you have more time"
Later the woman wondered what
book Virginia had found SO interest.
ing. When she looked at the title
she smiled. 1t was the sixty-second
annual report of the Association for
Improving the Condition of the Poor
The Winslow mail., 1908-07-11
= r~. |, ..orti
X, ng - Me.~lrj.

Ic S 2 ~htcn Y, alebCne soak for
f''r p! lI-a5 y Iu.cWarm water, then
IS strai hi with slightly warm
fat.ron.
When cleaning brass add a little
methylated spirit to whatever polish
YOU may be using. 1t not only helps
TO remove stains, but also prevents
the brass from furnishing again so
quickly.
Tortoise shell combs should occa-
sionaly be we'll rubbed with the palm
Of the hand to restore their brightness.
If very dull, just a suspicion of sweet
oil may be used, but as a rule a rub
with the palm of the hand only is
quite sufficient
To clean feathers. wash in gasoline,
which can be procured at most oil
shops. Shake till dry, and then curt
with bone or silver knife. But re-
member that gasoline is highly infam
mable, and should rot on any account
be used in a room in which there is
fire or artificial light of any kind. Out
of doors is really the best place to use
it.
Starched things should be rather
damp for ironing If ironed when too
dry the starch is really thrown away,
as it does not stiffen at all
After washing decanters or cruets,
turn them upside down and allow wa
ter from the cold water tap to run
over them In about five minutes
time they will be beautifully dry in
side. and if the outside is carefully
wiped and rubbed they will sparkle
beautifully.
A hint for frosty weather: Windows
often need cleanin; when it is so cold
that if water were used it would at
once freeze on them. Try using paraf
fin instead; a rag dipped in it will
clean glass perfectly, and give 1T
brightness impossible to obtain With
water. Tissue paper makes a good po!
isher, or, in fact, almost any soft pa
per.
Kansas Woodchucks' Holes.
In the early '70s a series of lorna
does in Kansas drove quite a number
of inhabitants back east. Among
them was a negro, who went to Con-
cord, n H., and entered the employ
of the Hon. Mark R. Holt.
One day Mr.. Holt asked the fellow
about the tornadoes, the damage done
and several other questions along that
line The man replied:
"Ya-as, they was turrible! Sunthin'
turrible! Why, jest in our town the
whole riber bank was washed away
and left dozens of woodchuck holes
~ 70,
The Winslow mail., 1908-07-11

Insects as well as bacteria avoid
place where there is not an encoIrag-
ing amount of filth.
Do not have the roosts so high that
the fowls will be injured flying down
from them.-Farmer's Review.
Heating the poultry house is an
unnecessary expense, except in re-
gions where the rold is excessive.
A house that s cleaned out only
once in a while, especially if damp, is
a good place to look for catarrhal dis
eases.
Cooked food for fowls has its chic t
merit in affording variety. 1t adds
nothing to the food except to increase
it's bulk, and should not be Used ex-
clusively.
A reputation for sending away only
large, fresh eggs is worth more to
poultryman than a $500 hen house.
Farm Journal.
The Winslow mail., 1908-07-11
U1isc;Y NOTES.

Tldu Oh dlI0uuIuS IuS SldCC uoliJ
convention in your state. 1t will do
you whole lot of good.
Do your cows like to see you come
around? If so, then they like the
treatment they are getting.
Cool cream Immediately after
separating, no matter what dispost-
ton you intend to make of it.
Make preparations to attend the
Northfield convention in January II
you are a Minnesota dairyman.
Don't neglect to keep the cows
clean and to strain the milk, just be-
cause it is going to the creamery.
If our COWS were as poor cows as
their owners are dairymen the an
nual production per cow would be .
great deal lower than it is.
It's a great deal easier to keep the
cow up to her flow of milk by prop
er feeding than to bring her back
again if the flow is allowed to drop off.
Don't feed a lot of high-priced corn
to COWS and expect them to return a
profit Corn is not milk making
food, and should only be used in bal
ancing a ration.
If yoa have ten COWS and you know
five OF them are scrubs, sell them
a-d devote your attention to the five
good ones. There's more money in run,
ming tie business that way.
See that the food of the live stock
Is palatable, for the better the animal
likes the food the greater is the
amount of saliva produced to assist
in the utilization of that food 1t may
be that a cOrrespondingly increased Sc
cretion occurs of the other juices pro-
duced in the stomach.
Silage is merely roughage in it's
most succulent form and needs the
grain ration to produce the milk The
silo pays and it is simply impossible
to find a farmer who has given one a
tair test who would want to keep cows
without its help. Plan to put one in
On your farm this next season. Plant
a field of fodder corn this spring and
provide the silo when the time comes
Get three or four of your neighbors
10 club with you if possible to buy the
necessary machinery. The cost of the
silo itself is not as great as the cost
of other buildings on the farm used
for storing feed. When you have once
used the silo you will never be with
out one.
The following advantages are
claimed for the ggain drill: It saves
seed; it plants evenly and it gets the
seed in good depth of soil where ger
mination is most certain. Experiments
at the Illinois station show that five to
seven more bushels of oats per acre
can be grown with the drill than
broadcasted. We speak of this be-
cause our readers grow more oats
than any other small grain crop. In
the sowing of winter wheat expert
enced growers have long considered
that broadcast sowing is an invitation
to failure There are some exceeding
ly favorable years when good crops
are grown in this way; but it is safe
to say that in these same years better
crops would have been grown by the
use of The drill; while in poor years
the drill makes all the difference be
tween success and failure.
What Red Coral Is.
The red coral that is used for neck
laces is a horny axis which supports
= ,uyobor of coft hodiod ooro1 1ilxo oni
mails, or polyps, the entire structure
The Winslow mail., 1908-07-11
lLML Lq02
One Dimension Didn't Suit.


Alderman Walter Lane, of ward Eight.
One of York county's venerable attor-
neys went into his barber shop not
long ago to get his head measured for
a wig On taking the dimensions of
the lawyers head the barber ex-
claimed: Why how long your head
Is, sir!"
"Yes," replied the legal gentleman,
1--WE lawyers must have long heads"
The barber proceeded with his voca-
ton, but at length exclaimed: "Why,
sir, your head is as thick as it is
long?"
The disciple of Blackstone looked so
black that the barber told the boy to
Light those other chandeliers"
The National Corn Growers associa-
tion will work during the coming sea-
son for the encouraging of the i'm
provement of corn by breeding. dis
seminating information regarding the
best methods of soil culture and farm
management for corn, encouraging the
holding of a national corn exposition
annually by stimulating interest in
corn culture in undeveloped territory,
unifying methods and standards of
corn judging so far as possible, secur-
ing the adoption of uniform classified
tion for corn exhibits and rules gov
erning exhibits, encouraging the de-
velopment and uses of corn products
and opening up home and foreign mar
lot oh nd1 in hn
use of Indian corn and corn products
as food for man and beast.
Experimental farms of one acre each
in every section of four of the western
agricultural states is the plan which
has been proposed by Congressman
Scott of Kansas, chairman of the
house committee on agriculture. His
proposition involves the establishment
of 100 experimental farms of one acre
each in every county in four western
agricultural states to give the farmers
practical demonstration of the best
methods of growing different kinds of
crops. 1t is proposed that the lands
for this purpose be furnished by the
farmers themselves and that they do
the work of cultivation under the di-
rection of the experts of the depart
ment of agriculture No additional ap-
preparation from congress will be re-
quired to test Mr.. Scott's plan, it is
explained, as the agricultural depart
ment now has the requisite number of
experts to carry out the plan.
If you will soak the oats a short
line before feeding it will make them
more digestible for the hens.
The only kind of preservative which
the farmer has any business putting
in his milk is that of cleanliness.
A sick chicken is generally a refec-
ton upon the owner. Proper care and
iced will keep them from getting sick.
A vigorous but non-productive tree
may be oftentimes made profitable by
grating good fruit-bearing stock
into it.
Handle the farm right Think out
the problems that confront you, and
then work them out with vigor and
determination.
The Winslow mail., 1908-07-11
What Red Coral Is.

The red coral that is used for neck
laces is a horny axis which supports
a number of soft bodied, coral like ami
mails, or polyps, the entire structure
small shrub. The fishermen, after
they have brought this shrub like col
ony to the surface, clean the soft ami
NAL matter away, preserving the red
core, or axis, which is sold as jewelry.
Although red coral contains some lime
it is largely composed of a substance
akin to horn, and, like horn, it takes
fine polish. Horn, wool, and other
Aimal substances of this nature al
most invariably change their color
when brought into intense heat.-St
Nicholas Magazine.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
TO MAKE MUSTARD PASTE.
Prepare it as Is Done in Large NC"
York Hospital.

At the Presbyterian hospital Man
haitian mustard paste is made accord
ing to these accurate instructions;
Mix one part mustard with three 10
six of flour for an adult Nten to t"elSe
for a child, crushing all Jumps Auu
sufficient tepid water to make the mix,
tnro thin enough to spread on gauze
or cbeesecloth. When the patient S
skin is tender it is advisable TO ada
other white of egg, oil or vaselne
also. since either of these VIII lessen
the irritating action of the mustard
without detracting from its strength
largo roultices are best spread on
muslin and covered with gauze OF
cheesecloth. Small poultices can Of
spreaa on thinner material, foidhs
over the face one thickness OF gauz'
and over the back three or four thick
nesses.
A poultice should always be coVere
with a protector of oiled muslin or Oh
flannel, in order to keep in the hea
and held firmly in place with a pane
age. A poultice for the chest snoul
always be shaped to mt around u
neck and armpits.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
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It rests you in sewing to chahee
vour position frequently A walk 10 10
the window will often prevent .ne
needle from sticking and the co.lon
from snarling and prevent those
weary backaches. - u,,,noro
Too frequent wearing OF ruooers
and rubber overshoes is a 1reauenV
source Of tender feet. Stout shoes WIN
besvv soles are the best LOT ou'-oi'
door use. . uood n
careful eating is the surest road 10
GUINNESS of disposition. IL IS ho' 81
s,nob what one eats as how it IS eat
on that count in dyspepsia breeding
Every gulped bite means an uilil aas
Gloomy thought, while Irregular loou
taking insures a cloud-swept meh'a
horizon. uo stain
To soften, whiten and remove s'a'n
from the hands use glycerin anu .en
IN Put into a bottle two ounces
elycerin, two ounces OF wa:e'' iou
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
cuI+ivstino Pink Cheeks.

If YOU are one of the girls who nave
,onaod for pink cheeks while your
own have remained white and .. pa'e,
checr up, All you need is to take
1.-THE rouge internally. Now, don't be
alarmed, for it really is simple ana
HARMLESS. This rouge cannot be pro-
curod at the drug store, but must Dc
horgnt at the grocery store. No. 40
MT te1erhone. Miss Stay-at-home' lot
tho fresh air and tie walk will 90 you
aood and when you get there ask lot
some carrots. You must be haIuie
oir, and eat the carrots raw lhFee
or four carrots each day Tor se'eia'
months will bring excellent reSul,s
and before you know it you Will Oe 'ns
harry rossessor of a pair Oh rosy
checks.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
drunkenness Ruins Homes.

Hon Carroll D. Wright, while
,7n;ted States commissioner OF labor
v ni1o the following assertion: Il have
looked locke into thousand homes OF tne
working people of Europe; l do not
know how many in this country !
have tried to find the best and the
norst. and while, as say, the worst
visits and as bad as under any sys'
tenn, or as bad as in aay age l na I've
never r had to look beyond the inmates
~ -, snd the cause; and in every case
~ for as my observation goes, drunk
onness was at the bottom OF the mis-
orv and not the industrial system OF
the industrial conditions surrounding
the men and their families
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
Uses of Burlap.

Next to leather itself, nothing is
more useful for covering shirt-waist
and other utility boxes than buriap'
Then, too, if the color selected mar
monizes with the color scheme or the
room, it combines beauty with useiul
noes The edges of the box should %
enished off with linen braid of the col
~ If the burlap and held in place by
button lacks. Both the braid and the
toots NAV be bought of any uphol'
sterer or in the drapery department
Of any general furnishing store.
Rurlap can be used with spiehdlu
effect for portieres where an mex
pepsiye, yet attractive, material is ae.
sired A running stenciled Design
around the bottom and up the sides
would give the needed decoration.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
Catherine Ruffles.

A quick way to gather ruftle, when
&c superior, so they say, to tne
old way of using the gatherer' lh,eau
tho machine, using coarse thread on
tho hobbin, make the stitch long. NO"
stitch the ruftie, leaving as mnch
heading as you desire. Then using
the under thread as gathering
tbread draw it up as full as desired
W. this wav the fullness is more easily
distributed. The coarse thread on the
bottom is stronger than an ordinary
tbraad would be and is less liable t(
break.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
Parasol of Rose Linen.

giving due thought to its color effect
with the gown. the hair and the CON-
rlexion. the parasol has all the power
Of making or marring the tout ell
semble.
The rarasol shown here is OF rose ,
mink linen. heavy, but with a mesh
which does not defy the strong rays
Of the sun. To make it dainuer anu
tiIl more becoming there is 'hlD
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
COOPERATION DOES THE WORN
Co-Operator:

Co-Operator: nd
Did YOU ever see we'll drilled,
well disciplined military COMPANY ou 90
through the drill? The movements
were all in perfect rythm and ' caael ev.
and the men moved like machines er
cry one doing the same thing eaat' ~
at the same time. On another part 4s
the field a company of raw recr .nrS
were being taught the ele Inere as
PRINCIPLES of the drill. They were , a.
awkard as hogs on ice. Every man W." ~
acting for himself, no harmon sactlv
concert Of movement. This is eha tion
the way it is in any organi haruo.
There must be unity of action haln a,
nv of sentiment, oneness OF pu.p'r 70
otherwise confusion and 1aliu,I - he
e 0u7t % TSe Farmers Union when 1T De e
comes like the we'll drilled co esa nrin
oocb member understanding the p ,ha
cinles of the Order; eacn n ea ba
Eeening in mind the obligations I Twin,
so1amn1v - taken, and each one n VIM
strictly and entirely up to these i,1 ,sip p' q,
cinles and obligations, we Will S S,n " "
erything we undertake to do' 0"A "
not do this?
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
Loves
Law
Rules
World
By DR.. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLS

ud the old world PHILOSOPHERS offered eadn oe anu aen con
occasional teachers, like Budha spoke win Ss u from Chrs
b olden rule That law Of love that tell from CDi
uu Us Opred by Css life enforced by his dean anu i
@ br @ living presence furnish an adequate
Of the victories of Christianity. -, ,oo onv # our
Now despite of some in hs6 on pats h 5e GOLDEN
greatest industrial leaders are making the Ia" 0 h that orr
o Will ~ ~ &C onxous to fulfill the law Of Christ as you anu /
brother men arc in their plans Despite what has been sa
n1e rv v not the hired tools Of evil clients On. swallow
Most Of the industrial leaders not corrupt ge
does not make spring no-hat true but ns' summers dav Last
, disease in the leaf in June argue winter OIL u
showing of meeting the directors OF railroad system
week @ men decided not reduce the wages Of the con-
leors svmen Hgme but chose rather to cut the
their stock TO three per cent. 4 vor nrocjpitated in thi
One Of the terrible railroad strikes ever pa w tho tin,
country due to the TACT that III l0'' trira at
4 tho WAGES of his workmen a lhllu at d
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

r,o .n,rit Of cooperation Is OF INC
almost Importance to the tar'n ,srs are
cause cause all the other tOllo~ ,nst ma AXE
the t food and the raw matef h,'r t cheap.
the the others, and when they buy tn CHOW low
tn, IN tr u'n him, they profit by the 'o to
ly ,d from and d'T when they sell dearly u
him hint they profit by the high pfi''
r,a manic in the business world ana is
mot over yet. Farmers are 'n acarcity
no Droft by this panic, It's a ;. scs home
10 10 none money. Raise living at aUH'
o. OLA von won't need much money, -.
The Farmers Union has No
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

Whenever we find a great effect we pass
instantly to the inquiry: "What great
cause produced it," For example, mere IS
the rapid growth of Christianity: 1t began
o Golden dot on the map; now its banners
wave over two continents. 1t began WIN
the Christ on Mount Olivet; in 40 days II
numbered 5000, in 100 years half mil.
lion, and now it rules the minds anu
hearts Of 6oo,oOo,Ooo. So wonderful Is
tho effect that we cast about for cause
equally powerful. The pro0erO runs, nc
ao,don conduct from leaden motives. Onc'
pbi]istinism offered men the etmcS 0
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

papics will not always be with u.s.
If II had not been for the made-to-or,
der panic, we certainly would nav
succeeded in establishing our HILL
mum price long ago. AS it was, we
kent the price from going down. down.
down, so low that we nave We
mare when we contemplate It, W.
have saved the day and saved 10 'no
South millions of dollars.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

The farmer should keep clear OF all
entangling alliances with other Unions
They have nothing to offer him. 'hes
are his customer and he is theirs ana
they are all the time looking TO some
method to obtain cheaply what ne mas
while they use all means to sell u
him high what they have.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

Cooperation in buying seed plan,
ming crops. cultivating, harvesting ana
marketing them, is the sort OF coop,
Grafton that our name means, and II
we live up to the name there IS no
sort of doubt about our being success
full in growing in strength and num-
hers
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

To be in a real good shape to hold
YOUR cotton next fall, plant good deal
of all the other things that. you are
Going to want. so you will have but
little use for money.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

tab,espoonfuls of lemon juice and
few drops of carbolic acid. Shake well
After washing and wiping the hands,
RIB a little of this mixture into thsm'
Have a pair of mems buckskin groves
q size too large for the hands to use
when sweeping and some other KINDS
If Homework. They will slip on ano
off readily and protect the hands
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
COVERS THE HOT WATER JUG
Simple Cosy That Will Aid in Keeping
the Contents Warm.

II is unite as necessary to keep the
hot water warm that has occasionally
TO he added to the teapot as II Is "
kaen the tea itself warm. 1t is, there
fore. a good plan to make cosy ol
cimilar nature to the ordinary tea cosy
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

All Union men carry good pocket
knife all the time, and when they see
q bunch of suckers growing out to eat
m the substance of their fruit trees
thew get busy Staying those suckers
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

The man who allows the manure
around his place to wash away IS no'
a fool; fool is one who knows no
better; this man is a comoina',on
knave and fool for throwing away ~ 49,.
substapce-not his either-for at pest
he only holds it in trust. He IS Woiso
than ANYTHING that language now pro-
yides for. Soak him!
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
PASSING OF \
THESALOON /
By REV. A. c. DIXON, ID,
Pastor of the Chicago Ave. (Moody's) IN
Church, Chicago. ~

l have studied
conditions in the
south, Whela the
saloon is being
swept away by a
cyclone Of ballots.
The explanation is
easy.
|. 1t is the re-
volt Of knowledge
against ignorance,
The evil effects OF
alcohol have been
taught in home,
S C h 0 o |, Sunday
school and church
till the new gen
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22
Embroidered Dollies.

For those who still like embroidered
doilies there are few beautiful ones
done in colors on sale in one shop Tor
s125 each. They are hanc EN-.
oroidered and come in both flower ana
fruit patterns.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-05-22

When you are holding your cotton
for Is cents, you are not specializing
in futures. for if Mr.. Buyer wants j.
at that price today he can have IT. IL
not II is at his service tomorrow.