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The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
HOW TO MAKE HOGS PAY.

HOW III MAXI HUGS PAY.
1t is hard on a growing pig to
wean him suddenly without feeding
him something to tempt his appetite.
1t is after all more our mission to
keep our hogs healthy than to allow
them to keep themselves in that con-
dition.
We should keep the hogs close COM
pany, study their habits and their re.
quirements, and then cater to them.
Add to this humane treatment and we
have solved the whole problem. Mud
is not a good thing to feed pigs in;
dust is worse. Both should be avoid
ed as much as possible
Do not allow the larger pigs to
crowd the smaller ones at feeding
time. A short nose is good, but a
long body is better We believe that
one-half the men who feed hogs waste
at least 25 per cent. of all the food
they use. Never let a pig go over
six weeks without castration Do not
make the mistake of experimenting
with too many breeds. Select
standard for what you want to raise,
then stick.
Pick out the gifts that are to be
used for breeding and give them ex-
ira feed and attention. We do not
want bone in the pigs that go to
market, but fat. Feed for fat, then.
But for breeding we must feed for
bone and general development. Shorts,
ground peas or beans, with a little
corn, together with skim milk wher
possible, are the best feeds for
growth, and an exclusive corn diet
is the poorest. Pigs will fatten rapid
ly when fed corn alone, but the fas-
tening will be at the expense of health
and growth.-Drovers' Journal.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
aECLAIMING A sMALL FARM.

/ Judge j. Otis Humphrey of the U.
g. district court at Springfield, ILL.,,
is careful student of agriculture,
and thought that a 40.acre farm ad-
joining his land could be induced to
quit its loafing and get down to bust
| ness, the soil itself being originally
good. 1t had grown nothing but
corn for many years and recently had
produced no more than 20 or 25 bush
els per acre, along with a perfect
stand Of cookie burs.
The Judge bought the place at SIS
per acre, and began with oats. The
yield was a little less than 80 bushels
per acre, worth ~ cents per bushel.
An immense crop Of burs was plowed
under the middle of August, and
wheat sown. Clover was sown. in the
wheat the following spring. The har-
vest resulted in a yield of II BUSH
els per acre. The latent half of the
cookie bur seed, which had lain in
the ground two years, came up along
with the clover, and the plants were
all clipped off in August. The third
year, 1907, two fine crops of clover
were produced, two tons per acre of
hay and bushels per acre of $3.50
seed. This one year the land return
ed three4ourths of its cost price.
Fine ground rock phosphate, 1850
pounds per acre, and a heavy appli-
cation of barnyard manure, were ap-
piled to this clover ground. When
the land was broken for corn last
spring the clover had made a growth
of twenty inches, and this supplied
valuable green manure. The corn
was planted early, we'll worked and
now indicates a yield of Is bushels
per acre of we'll matured corn, which
may nearly or quite equal the value
of the last years clover crop, depend
ing upon the price of corn.
The four crops pay for the farm.
the fertilizer and manure, and all
labor bestowed, and leave some mar
gin besides. The burs are gone. Much /
Of the manure and phosphorus applied
remains in the soil to increase future |
crops. Under this more intelligent
treatment, greater use will be made !
Of the plant food that was in the |
soil. This farm is now $3.50 land. |
These actual results on a Sangamon |
county farm, speak louder than any
mere argument could, for needing the !
teachings of science and the methods
IF the most successful farmers, and
having the courage to put into act
1al practice the proven principles Of
observation-disclosures Farmers Insti-
ute.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
Deafn. IS Cannot Be Cured

bylocal applications as theyeannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. here is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an
infiamed condition Of the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in
famed you have rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely clos d
Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored - its normal condition, LIE airing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out of ten
are caused'bycatarrh.w which Is nothingbutan
inflamed condition OF the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
not be cured by Hall sCatarrhC Cure. send for
circulars free. F.J.CHENEY & Co. Toledo o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
TWO KINDS OF GRIT.

Two kinds Of grit are necessary to
make the chicken industry success
The hens need the grit of commerce
to enable the gizzard to digest the
food, and we need the ether kind OF
grit-determination, call it what you
will, that will enable us to stir around
and do the right thing at the right
time to benefit our feathered friends.
Home Journal.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
BRAN TUFFYNS.

For the more substantial side OF
the tea table new biscuit is the
bran muffin which is a non-fattening
and very delectable edible that must
be eaten slowly and masticated thor
oughly To make these mullins take
two cups of fine bran, one cup OF
flour, one and one-half cups of sour
milk, one quarter of cup Of butter.
three tablespoonful of molasses and
one teaspoonful of soda. Mix the dry
ingredients and then add the molasses
mixed with the sous milk, put in the
butter last creamed) and beat Wig
orously. Bake thoroughly in small
tin rings in a slow oven. Serve hot,
buttering them first before bringing
them to the table.-New York Trib-
une.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
FINE CIT CLOVER HAY.

Glover hay cut fine, cooked and
stepped in boiling water, makes an
excellent change Of food for brood
sows, or for cows that have recently
calved 1t is also excellent for young
stock of all kinds; if slightly season
ed with salt and a small quantity
of bran and cornmeal added to it,
will provide nearly complete food
Farmers Home Journal.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES! SESHcN
"a NlElElGlt:1 H
iNh&AtShtsl,:<C S:lt:1E1E1tN
: Household Notes :
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Observation-Disclosures
FLOATING ISLAND.

Put a pint of sweet milk on to
scald. Beat well the yolks OF two
eggs. add three tablespoons of sus-
ar and one tablespoon of cornstarch
moistened with a little cold milk,
stir well together and add carefully
to the hot milk AS soon as it
thickens pour it into the dish design
ed for the table, and add teaspoon
of fiavoring Beat the whites of the
eggs to a stiff froth, drop by spoon
fuls for an instant into boiling water.
dip up with a skinner and lay on
the dish of float A speck of bright
jelly on top of each island makes a
pretty effect.-Boston Post.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
AIRY.

81 expect to take few books with
me-" said the aeronaut. "as the trip
is likely to be a long one"
They'll be useful for ballast, too,
presume" observed the reporter.
mot in the least" rejoined the
aeronaut: 81 shall take nothing but
light fiction. "-Chicago Tribune.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
Evidently Exaggerated.

Among the begging letters recently
received at the Office of benevolent
society was one running thus;
This unfortunate young man is
the only son of a widow, who die
childless. and his earnings maintain
his aged father and infant brothers,
whose sole support he is"
The secretary Of the society wrote
on the margin of the epistle the fol
lowing note:
The circumstances Of the case are
evidently exaggerated. Royal Maya
zine.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
INToLERABLt ITCHING.
Fearful Eczema All Over Baby's Face
professional Treatment Failed
Do,nfocf C.axo hy, GIltiCnFa

r edfIul EcZeIHa All over DhUy H"SO
professional Treatment Failed
"A Perfect Cure by Cuttcura.
when my little girl was six months old
noticed small red spots on her right
cheek They grew so large that sent for
the doctor but, instead of helping the erup-
ton, his ointment seemed to make it worse.
Then went to second doctor who said
it was eczema He also gave me an ONT
ment which did not help either. The dis
ease spread all over the face and the eyes
began to swell. The itching grew intoler-
able and it was terrible sight to see.
consulted doctors for months, but they
were unable to cure the baby. I paid out
from $40 to $50 without relief. One evening
] began to use the Cuticura Remedies. The
next morning the baby's face was all white
instead of red. I continued until the
eczema entirely disappeared. Mrs. p. T..
Gumbin, Sheldon, Ia, July Is, 1908"
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Sole Props.
of Cuticura Remedies. Boston, Mass.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02

While taking up the floor OF an
empty house at Patrocinia; Brazil.
moor woman found imbedded In the
earth beneath a diamond Of the first
water and perfect shape. weighing
220 karats 1t is the second largest
diamond ever found in South Ameri-
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
cAuSE FNR Alarm

Dick-Poor Reggy, He reads ths
Turkish-Bulgarian crisis every day.
Tom-What in the w1rld has Reg.
gle to do with that? He's neither al
Turk nor BUlgar.
Dick-Yes. but he is afraid the
war might cut off the supply of Trrs
ish Observation-Disclosures Pest.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
,rAr11pA1 nnnIIGTIoN.

NATURAL DEDUCTION.
Her mother@How long has MI. $40
boy been counting you!
The daughter-Nearly two years.
Her MOTHER should think ned
get tired of making love to you.
The daughter-I guess he is. AT
least he proposed lest night
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02

- Sometimes fleeing from the devil
IS only a pretext for fleeing from
duty.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
POOR THIN =.

Oliver-She is blamed pretty
woman.
Olivia-Most pretty women are
From Puck,
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
FARM NOTES

Lambs should be taught to eat a
little hay as early as possible.
Salt should be kept convenient for
the sheep at all times.
Glover and alfalfa ha:- are ideal for
sheep, and they should have access
to one or the other
Sheep require pure water and will
rarely drink that which is impure. In
this respect they are more delicate
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
NOT GREGARIOUS.

els Crouch a club MANI?
"No. The only thing he is men,
her of is the human race. and he's
not in a very good standing with
that''-Judge
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
LIVE STOCK AND THE MANURE.

LIVE STOCK AND THE MANURE.
In answer to the inquiries about
saving and applying all the stable and
barnyard manure on the farm, I can
say that live stock growers cannot
be too careful in this. 1t is the way
to keep up the soil to higher pro-
duction. The manure should be
spread on the land fresh from the
stable to get all the value of it in
the soil. use a Wagon Box Man
ure Spreader for this purpose, and
I wish to say that I find it success
in every way. have been working
it on a wagon which has been in use
for twelve years. and experience no
trouble whatever. Fer convenience and
adaptability I believe there are none
better Chas. Heck, in the Indiana
Farmer.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
Improved Methods Insure Cheaper
Goods.


For hundreds of years mankindE
used the same style and size of razorA
and had no thought that it could be-
improved until some genius evolved
the safety razor. That genius reapedI
the benefit of his inventive talent byI
charging from SO to SIS for each im-I
plement, people being glad to buy at
those figures Now comes anotherH
inventor who has made possible al
still better safety razor, and for onlyI
twenty-five cents. That sum in post-l
age stamps sent to the Book Publish
ing House, 1874 Leonard street, New
York, will secure razor postpaid byI
return mail This low price is only
made possible by the invention OIL
scientific machinery which produces
wonderful results at small cost.
It's a sad day when man let's his
interests determine his principles.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02

Old-time hotel rates in England
were low. For instance. in the DAYS
Of Queen Elizabeth the charge at the
George Inn for feather.beo. a
night. was ! penny. Dinner coss six-
pence 12 cents and offered caoiee
Of beef. mutton or pigse or fish"
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
OBI.NENG.

Itch cured in 30 minutes by Woolford's
Sanitary Lotion Never fails At druggists
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
lEIHSz22s gazaI "a
"a "a e:;~ 80 =
FARM AND GARDEN

than any other domestic animal.
Lambs that are fattened early bring
the best places in the market.
If the lambkin has collie give him
one dram of powdered ginger and one
dram of laudanum in a tablespoonful
Of water.
Your success will depend largely
upon the quality of the animals you
select to start with.
Don't be stingy when it comes to
buying a ram. If you do not know
a good one when you see it get some
body who does to select one for You
and then pay the price without grumb-
ling.
If you buy animals from another
flock confine them by themselves for
week or SO until you are quite
sure there is no disease among them.
1t pays to shelter the stock weli,a
for barns are cheaper than feed. The
same amount of feed given to we'll
housed stock produces far more flesh
than it does fed to exposed animals.
When animals have to use up their
bodies, there is just that much taken
from the fesh.-From .sNotes About
Sheep" in the Indiana Farmer.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
Only One "I,ron,o Ouinine"

The secret of success lies some
where between wishing and willing.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02

New York City has twice as many
telephones as Lsndsn. four tines IS
many as Berlin and six times as
many as Paris.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teethlng, softens the gums, reduces infiamma.
"on, aAays PAIN, cures wind collie, Csc a bottle
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
EXERCISING THE DOG.

The Vicar-Do you give your dog
any exercise, Mr.. Hodge?
Farmer Hodge-Oh. yes, he goes
for a tramp nearly every day.-Tit
Bits.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02

That is Laxative Bromo Quin!nc. Look
for the signature OF f. w Glove. [ sed the
World over to Cure Cold in the Day 25c,
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02

Five hundred and fifty dollars has
been paid for single specimen OF
the Antimacus butterfly.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02

Our own sins grow fast behind our
backs while We are gazing at the
faults of our neighbors.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02

Piles Cured In to II Days.
Pszo Ointment. 10 guaranteed to cure anv
ca,e OF itching. blind, Bleeding or Prot rudinv
Files IN o to Il days or meney refunded INA
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02
COW AND GALE

Some of the troubles of both COW
and calf are due to fastening the
COW so she can not reach her calf
whenever she desires. While no ma
terial harm will come from keeping
the cow fastened during most of the
months of pregnancy, it is an excel
lent plan to give her box stall dur
ing the month before she drops her
calf, and all through the period she
is nursing it. Be sure that the stall
is roomy one; keep it clean and
well provided with bedding. If it
can be located where fair amount of
sun will shine On it, so much the bet
ter for cow and calf. 1t is just as
easy to care for cow placed in
box stall, and one will find the calf
much better cared for and much hap
pier when mother can reach it at
will, and the COW will be much bet
ter empered.-Epitomist
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02

The weariest man in this world Ia
the one who is running from work.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02

Mrs. Chinnon-TelI Marie / want
her to come up and take my hair
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02

Rose 1.-THE newmaid)-Cant I take
it down to her. ma'am?-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02

It's sad day when man lets his
interests determine his principles.
The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1909-01-02

BaZar.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-06-18
The Seed.

Good seed means more than seed
that will sprout and grow; it means
well bred wheat adapted to the eli
matte and soil conditions of the local
ity in which it is grown.
The hard, red winter wheat and the
soft red winter wheat are the two
types best adapted for growing in this
state, and these types have their
special adaptation to certain sections
of the state, the soft red wheat be-
ing superior to the hard red wheat
only in the eastern and southeastern
counties, while throughout the great
central wheat belt of Kansas and in
the west and north the hard wheat
has been found to be the more hardy
and productive.
There is no question but that some
varieties of wheat are superior to
others in hardness, qualith and pro-
ductiveness, and that certain varieties
are better adapted than others for
growing in certain section of the
state. The tests at the experiment
stations proves this, and a farmer
should be well repaid for securing and
planting little pure seed-wheat of
one or more of the best-producing va
rieties as shown by the tests at the
experiment stations.
Several hundred varieties or SAM
Piles of wheat secured from foreign
countries and from farmers and seeds
men have been planted and tested at
the several Kansas experiment sta
lions during the last six years. Com
paratively few of these varieties have
proved superior, and these have been
purified, graded and selected, and the
improved seed planted in larger areas
for increase. During the past -four
years the Kansas Experiment Sta
tons have distributed some 5000
bushels of well-bred hard red winter
wheat of these best producing varie.
ties, such as Kharkof, Malakoff anC
Improved Turkey-all bearded Tur
key wheat. This wheat has been re
distributed by the farmers and sow
lin larger areas, and fields of it ar,
now growing in practically ever,
county of the state, the total aggrega
ling some 100000 acres. The tests a
the Station and reports from farmre
prove that this wheat is Of create
yielding capacity and harder an
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-06-18
Farm News From ssa',s the I pansrs' a nS
Instructive Hints From the Experiment Stations.
The Seed Bed. for Wheat.

In order to.seeure the ideal condl-
ton for seed termination and plant
growth. a seed bed for planting wheat
and other small seeds should not be
too deep and mellow; rather the sol
should be mellow, but well pulverlzed
only about as deep as the seed IS
planted. Below the depth at which
the seed is planted the soil should be
firm and well settled, making a good
connection with the subsoil, so that
the soil water stored in the subsoil
NAV be drawn up into the surface sol.
The firm soil below the seed, well
connected with the subsoil, supplies
the moisture to the seed, while the
mellow soil above the seed allows
sufficient circulation of air to supply
oxygen and favors the warming Of the
soil, gathering the heat Of the sun
shine during the day and acting as q
blanket to conserve the soil heat,
maintaining a more uniform temper,
allure of the soil during the night.
The mellow soil above the seed con
serves the soil moisture, acting as
mulch to keep the water from reach
ing the surface, where it would b.
rapidly lost by evaporation, and th'
same condition favors the growth o.
the young shoot upward into the al
and sunshine.
The too mellow deep seed-bed i
almost wholly dependent upon rain
for moisture to terminate the seeC
start the young plants, and drough
is very apt to injure the crop beeans
of the rapid drying out Of the loos
surface soil. In such a seed-bed tn
crop is not only apt to "burn out" i
the summer, but it is also more apt t
"freeze out" in the winter than
crop grown in the 'ideal" seed7be'
described above.
Conserving Soil Moisture.
So far as the cultivation is coll
eerned there are three principal step
in the conservation of soil moisture
l. The soil must be lOosened to,
considerable depth in order to pre-
pare a reservoir to receive the raj
and carry the water downward int
the soil. This may be accomphshe
by deep blowing, by listing, or b
disking plowed lands.
2. The water which is carrie
down into the subsoil must be brougl
back again into the surface soil whel
the seed is terminating and the youn
roots are growing, and to accomplls
this a good connection must be mac
, between the furrow-slice and the sul
soil, and this is the purpose OF tt
use of the subsurface packer imme'
lately after blowing. A similar r
suit may be accomplished by plowir
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-06-18
Extracts from Rerorts of Growers Of
College-Bred Seed Wheat

Kharkof wheat yielded 32.5 bushels
per acre. Made about eight bushels
more than the White Russian wheat
grown beside it. Barber county,
W. H. Benton, Kiowa, Kansas.
Turkey Red wheat yielded 29.S
bushels per acre. More vigorous than
other varieties will yield one-third
more than other wheat in the locality.
Rice county.-0. R. Vincent, Alden,
Kansas.
Sowed three varieties of College
wheat: Bearded Fife. Kharkof and
Turkey. Consider each of the three
varieties superior to common wheat
here. Harper cOunty.-W. R. Moody,
Harper, Kansas.
Kharkof wheat will yield three to
five bushels more than other wheat.
Stafford county.-D. W. Reaz.n,
Macksville, Kansas.
Kharkof wheat better than sur
rounding fields ;matured several days
earlier; will yield FIVE to ten bushels
more than other wheat; yields %
bushels per acre. Reno county c.
c. Throstle, Nickerson, Kansas.
i Malakoff wheat sown on my farm
maoe a much better crop than other
varieties seemed harder; straw was
long enough to bind while other wheat
had to be headed. Yield "a bushels
per acre, making four to eight busli.
els more than other wheats. CroT
grown on upland. Mitchell county
Claude L. Hendricks, Glen Elder
Kansas.
From the ten bushels of KharkOI
seed wheat which | secured from vol
in 1907, / thrashed 554 bushels of iin'
wheat. Sowed fifty acres last fal
and have just thrashed 1867 bushels
of sixty-pound wheat, which is prett!
good considering season. Othe
wheat in this locality made abou
|, eight to twelve bushels. Comanch,
county.-C. NJ. Sherman, Protection
Kansas.
The Experiment Station will hav
! several hundred bushels of improve,
, seed-wheat of these varieties ant
! others for distribution this fall
E Two promising new varieties are tn
t Crimean and Ghirka. The Crimean
{ a bearded wheat of the same type a
B the Kharkof and Turkey, but appear
to be somewhat better adapted 70
e growing in warm climates and we
o seasons. The Ghirka has some advar
n tage in being beardless, being the onl
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