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This is proved by the fact that ex
pert poultry raisers have very few
sick chickens.
Hens need a better place In which
to roost than the trees around tho
house. OF course. they may survive
there: but merely living and returnins
profit are two different things.
Don't stop feeding the hens shells
just because they are out OF doors
and can shift for themselves. There
is no line. not even an imaginary one,
between the days when the hen likes
shells and when she does not. Al
days are alike In that respect.
A woman in Vermont writes that
from 60 pullets and IL yearling Rhode
Island hens she sold last year eggs to
the amount Of $26262. not counting
the eggs used in q family OF four.
Feed. advertising. etc. cost 394.77
making a gain Of $167.s5. These hens
laid s.745 eggs.
To have the chickens mature rapid.
ly . proper type Of breeding fowl
should be obtained.
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so-called "louse-killer," and before we
knew 1t our turkeys and chickens were
literally alive with lice. Whether 1t
are not prepared to say, but every
time II was applied the little fowls
became SO sick that some Of them
came near dying.
1t had a worse effect upon the tur
keys and chickens than it did upon
as we used to do years ago. before
''louse-killers" came into general use.
Up to this time we had lost Is tur.
keys and twice that number of chick
ems. all because the 'louse.killer"
failed to kill lice. No more turkeys or
chicks died, but thousands Of lice did.
Great care must be exercised lest a
little too much is applied. Just little
is enough. and 1t must be put on where
1t will reach the lice.
Take a little on the end of the fin.
ger and apply wherever the lice are
found. Olive oil may be used instead
of lard. Lice cannot live long in
either, and both are harmless to the
little fowls unless too much is used.
The grease should not touch the
bare spot under the wings II 1t can be
avoided, and the head should not be
creased unless one is certain that
either lice or nits are present.
A young turkey needs sunshine
Some people make a practice of shut
ting their turkeys up in close, dark
| coops for the first week or two aftel
| they are Matched.
These are the people whose turkey.
| die without any cause"
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Very often helper Is engaged for a
fortnight or so. to push the work
through, but the heaviest part of the
burden rests on the shoulders of the
permanent hands. Needless to say. it
Is a busy time while II lasts, for all
the other work of the farm has to be
carried on simultaneously, and IL
means. for the shepherds. getting up
very early-not later than 4:30. and
working late. The permanent hands.
having their ordinary work to get
through as well. do not. of course.
clip SO many sheep in a day as a clip
per specially engaged for the Job.
About score per man, or there
abouts. is considered a very good
days work: a good hand working full
time will turn out, on an average,
about thirty. Formerly he used to be
paid by the day, but 1t is more usual
now to follow the pieeework plan.
On both sides of the Border, the
Lowland sheep are always washed a
week or SO before shearing. But
many farmers assert that there are
other benefits which accrue from II.
They say the washing improves the
health OF the sheep. Some old writ.
ers held this view, and Youatt quotes
that excellent chemist yauauelin. who
says: I'm this respect / am inclined
to adopt the opinion of those who
think that the washing of sheep. dur
Ing dry warm weather, may be use
full to their health and to the qualit,
of the WOOL" However this may be
1t is beyond question that the practie.
OF washing. previous to shearing. is o
ancient date. and it is quite probabl'
that its origin is to he found in tn,
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SOME ALFALFA POINTERS.

Alfalfa grows best on a deep. sandy
loan, underlaid by loose and per
meable subsoil.
1t will not grow II there is an excess
of water in the soil. The land must
be we'll drained. Plow the land deeply
alfalfa is a deep feeder.
Sow alone and screen seed before
using to separate the dodder and 9th
er weed seeds. Dodder is the worst
enemy Of alfalfa.
For hay crop SOW 90 to 80 pounds
of seed per acre. For crop of seed
sow ii to is pounds per acre.
Alfalfa does not attain maturity un
til the third or fourth year. SO do not
sow 1t expecting to get the best re
suits In less time. Keep the weeds
moved and raked of the first season
or they will choke out the crop.
Cut the hay when the first flowers
appear. If cut in full bloom the hay
will be woody. For seed cut when the
middle clusters Of the seed pods are
dark brown.
Whether or not alfalfa is a hardy
profitable crop in the northern states
has not yet been fully demonstrated
but in some instances it has been
grown successfully even in Canada.
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bare spots and shut of where not 50
much is needed.
There are plenty Of two-norse ma
nure spreaders, but most Of them re.
quire three horses and sometimes
farmers use a double team for the
purpose. A good form OF spreader is
the wagon box type. 1t is simply a box
fitted with the machinery and which
will go onto your wagon trucks. They
are quickly attached and are light and
handy, because they will go anywhere
that wagon will 60.
These wagons can easily be handled
with two horses. A good way to use
this spreader is to have two supports
on the outside of the barn near the
window upon which the box spreader
is placed. But a better way is to
suspend the spreader from supports
by means of ropes and a pulley and
when the box is full run the trucks
under. let down the box and drive on.
These machines are somewhat
cheaper than the regular spreaders.
the difference being from $40 to SEQ.
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Treatment for Roup.-Roup is a con
tagious catarrh and will, unless imme
diately checked. go through the en-
tire flock. Every affected bird should
be separated from the rest at once
The swelling on the head should bs
opened with sharp instrument and
the wound treated with an antiseptic
such as, listerine, or one part carbolic
acid to twenty parts water. A five pei
cent. solution of sulphate of copper
injected into the nostrils, the cleft ol
the palate, the eyes and the wounds
made by opening the swel'ings is said
to be very good.
Sometimes roup takes the form oi
diphtheria and is more violent thar
ordinary roup. Sometimes children
take it from poultry. 1t is very diff
cult to cure, and II this disease go,
into my own flock would kill every
affected bird and burn its body. Yot
will save time and probably a part oi
your flock by killing all the diseased
birds and burning them.
Put the rest of the flock in warm
dry quarters. and before putting then
in burn a little sulphur in the build
ing. first closing all the openings. Dt
not put the birds into the building fol
at least five hours after the burnins
OF the sulphur. during which time il
should be thoroughly ventilated.
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belief that 1t was beneficial from the
point of view of health. In the
North Country the clipping is usually
done in an open-fronted covered shed.
where there is plenty Of light. An
old sail-cloth. or a covering of boards,
Is laid over the earthen floor, and
these are kept clean by sweeping.
The actual method of clipping Is very
similar, fancy, in all districts-first
the opening out of the head, neck.
brisket and thighs. then the curving
round the ribs from the belly up to
the back, first on one side and then on
the other. and then the quarters. A
well-clipped sheep should show the
rings formed by the shears running in
continuous lines all round it's barrel
and up the quarters; there should be
no break along the back where the
line travelling up one side meets that
coming up the other. These lines, or
little ridges of wool, should be small
and of uniform size. and they should
all be at the same distance from one
another. II is quite wonderful how
much better nicely-shorn sheep
looks than one which is carelessly
and untidily done. And there is more
in 1t than a mere pleasing of the eye
A well.clipped lot Of sheep. because
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SCARED THE WORDS AWAY.
American In Madrid Couldn't Talk to
the Watchman at All.

American In Madrid Couldn't Talk to
the Watehman at All.
Oftentimes folks get so nervous in
foreign country that they forget ev-
cry word Of the language, especially
II they are new to it. That was the
case with a young American in Mad
rid, and it came near getting him into
trouble.
He was out late at a theater the
first night after his arrival to the
small native hotel where he was stop
ping with the idea Of improving his
Spanish he found the door locked. II
wasn't until after a vain search for a
doorbell that he remembered what
som cone had told him about the
sereofos, the night watchmen. He
clapped his hands and the watchman
came around the corner on a trot.
He took key from his pocket and
opened the door and then turned to
the young man and asked in Spanish:
What Is the number of your room?
The young man heard that II he gave
number for which the serefio could
find no key he was in danger Of being
arrested, and that thought drove ev-
cry bit of Spanish out of his head.
He stood there dumb while the
serefo looked at him angrily. The
young man was trying his best to re-
member how to say the number in
Spanish, when luckily one of the en-
ployes strayed down through the hall.
1t was the porter who had carried
up the Americans trunk earlier in the
day.
He knew the American and told the
serefio 1t was all right. The young
man didn't have any trouble there
after. but he still is wondering what
would have happened il the servant
hadn't happened to come along Just
at that time.
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Preparing for Lima Beans.

In making preparations for the lima
bean crop. the land is prepared early
and laid out in rows Az feet each
way. The beans are planted three on
each side of pole, the date of plant.
ing depending on weather conditions
The beans are planted on one side OF
the pole first, and four days later they
are planted on the opposite side. As
soon as they are well started two OF
the strongest plants are selected and
the others destroyed. Stable manure
is used at the rate of Is or 20 tons pei
acre. A good grade of commercial
fertilizer is also used in the hills al
the rate Of 200 pounds per acre.
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Pictorial Ancestry.

An Englishman. fond of boasting of
his ancestry. took a coin from his
pocket. and. pointing to the head en-
grayed on II. said: MY great-great-
grandfather was made lord by the
king whose picture you see ON this
shilling"
What coincidence!" said his Yam
kee companion. who at once produced
another coin. MY great-great-grand-
father was made IN angel by the In
dian whose picture you see on this
cent"
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FACTS ABOUT
HENS AND EGGS
How 60 Make Most Money from
Poultry.

When cholera appears In the flock
give no water except that in which
pokerroot has been boiled. This is both
q preventative and a cure. An I'LL.
nois man says one Of his hens laid an
egE two and seven-eighths inches long
and one and dfteen-sixteenths inches
wide. the measurement being taken
with calipers.
One man will win with one kind OF
hen and another man with some other
breed II 10 with hens n 1t il with
cows We should choose the breed We
like the best and then stay with II
Fowls are naturally hardy. and con-
tasi0n in . nock b due to careless
uess On the part Of the poultry keeper.
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end the Kidney action Improved right
away. Large quantities of sediment
and stony particles passed from me.
and finally the stone itself. part dis
solved, but still rs big as pea. With
It disappeared all symptoms Of dizzi-
ness, rheumatism and headaches. |
have gained about SO pounds since and
feel well and hearty"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
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GET RIGHT KIND
OF BROOD SOW
Scrubs Never Prove to be Money
Getters.

Few things are more displeasing
than to see lot of Heterogeneous pigs
following a scrub SOW. They are un
satisfactory to the feed lot and un.
profitable to the farmer.
There is no good excuse for keeping
scrub SONS. The brood SOW should be
large. roony and stand well on her
toes. The shoulders should be smooth
and deep. back wide and slightly arch
ed. There should be ample room for
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All Want to Bow to Royalty.

The Lord Chamberlain's post bag
on Friday and Saturday next will at.
tain mammoth proportions. between
three and four thousand letters be.
Ing received on each day from people
either desirous Of being summoned
themselves to attend a court. or OF
presenting daughter or daughter-in.
law. Most Of the applicants stats
whether they wish to attend the ear
Her or the later courts. and. as far a
possible. their wishes in this respect
are compiled with.
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nure into It daily and then when tho
box Is full mount the wagon, drive out
into the field, and without touching
the manure with fork it is quickly
and easily distributed.
Spreaders are SO arranged that by q
little pressure on . lever the amount
OF manure can be increased on the
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MANURE SPREADER PAYS
FARMER BIG PROFIT
fs Easier Possible
by Old-Fashioned Method Of Using Pitch
Fork.-By c. Miller.
tCopyright, i9e.)

We have never yet heard Of farri-
er who used a manure spreader who
vent back to the old-fashioned way OF
pitching the manure out Of a wagon
with a fork. The advantages of the
spreader over the old way OF using
fork are SO numerous and so plain
that no argument can overcome them.
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heart and lungs provided by a wide
and deep chest, well-sprung ribs and
straight. deep sides. A good depth OF
chest and abdomen are especially i'm.
portant in a SOW.
II possible the sow should be Sc,
lected from large litter. This is apt
tc insure fecundity. Each SOW should
have at least IL well-deveioped teats.
thus providing proper nourishment for
large litters.
The sow should show quality. but
not at the expense of constitution and
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OF their attractive appearance, will
bring. as rule. an appreciably high.
er price than another lot done In a
slovenly manner: this may frequently
be seen in the case OF clipped hoggs
There Is also no loss of wool In the
former case: In the latter, too much
is frequently left on the ridges. and
this. of course. reduces the weight OF
fleece.
The use OF clipping machines In
stead OF hand-shea-s has made, as
yet. little headway In the north: but
more attention is being given to the
idea year by year. On some of the
larger farms, one or perhaps two
hand-driyen machines are to be found:
none is power driven. II machines
come into general use 1t will be be-
cause of the difficulty of finding casual
clippers rather than for reasons Of
economy. The farmers do not antici-
the use of machines: they say that
one man with a machine driven by a
lad or woman worker will not get
through more than the number which
two good men could elip-that Is to
say. about sixty per day. When the
woman's wage is added to the cost
of cleaning. oiling, repairing and de-
probation of the machine and is set
| against the out-of-pocket expenses in.
CURED under existing circumstances
by big farmer. there can be little
saving by the new method. For II Is
to be remembered. as stated previous.
ly, that most of the clipping is al
ready done by permanent servants.
whose wages have to be paid anyhow
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vigor. When a SOW has shown her.
self to be a prolific breeder she should
be retained as long as her reproduce
i've powers are maintained.
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The Sweet Girl Graduate.

Knicker-Is she conversant with
history?
Bocker-Yes, her graduating thesis
10 to be a combination Of Directoire
and Middle Ages.
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on for stone In the
kidney but not cured
and some time after
was feeling so bad
that i knew there
must be a1other,
stone that would
have to be cut out.
! decided to try
Doan's Kidney Pills
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The Shadow Of Coming Events.
You look so pale and thin. What's
got you!"
Work. From morning to night and
only q one-hour rest"
How long have you besa a1 ~"
Il begin tomorrow
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cor TO THE CAUSE
And Then All Symphonic of Kidney
Trouble Vanished.

C. J. Hammonds. SIT 8. Hill st., Fort
Scott, Kansas, says: Il was operated
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Pointers on Pea Raisins.-It is difR,
cult to secure exhibition peas withou,
thinning the clusters. A pole with a
notch in one end Is used. which ena.
bles the operator to twist them ofl
rapidly. Usually. II the clusters were
reduced one-half or more, the crop
would be more valuable. Nature does
some of this thinning. but not enough
If half the blossoms drop without set
ting fruit. the orchardist will do well
to cut out half OF those that remain.
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stage contrariness.

The Art Of staging play has been
carried as tar As can be. Local color
y respected: but Why Is II that when
ever . costume Is historically accn-
rate everybody agrees that 1t Is not.
and asks for the conventional?
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THEORY OF TAXATION
EXPOUNDED
INTERESTING ADDRESS AT THE
SPOKANE IRRIGATION CON-
GREsS MEETING.

one If the most carefully prepared
addresses delivered at the Spokane
meeting of the irrigation congress was
that of L w Mulkcv. 1t was rated
as one oil the significant talks of the
congress and attracted much att"n-
tion. At the request of som" NJ those
who heard it. is the speech i given
here in its entirety.
Taxes and Lumber.
In the discussion If the effect OF the
present method uf taxation upon forest
conserx At o. ! desire tn state that /
purpose tn treat the subject In ii popu-
lar manner and shall not ondeavor L"
employ the Technology of the science
OF taxation.
To the student Of tax laws the de-
fects of our tax system with reference
to forests Is well known: liz the timber
owner its hardships come home with
special force: to the advocates nf con-
Servatlun it's evils are apparent; but tn
tn" lay mind ii remains an unexpiored
field.
In as much as any reformation must
I've barred upon a sound publ, opinion,
To- disseminate knowledge ~ the sys-
reference tn the principles that are de-
structiye Ia conservation, il, in my
opinion. of prime importance.
At the outset ii may bc conveniently
stated that generally speaking the
methcd Of taxing timber lands II SINH
lar throughout the several states Of
the United States. 1t in no way de
parts from the system that obtains in
reference To the taxation of other
property.
Under the tax laws Of the United
States. as they were originally devised.
and as they are still enforced in the
taxation of timber land. the selling
value of land Is annually assessed b.
state ar local official: budget Of
estimated expense of the state and To-
cal government Is annually made and
The tax burden for the year appor-
tened among property holders so that
each dollar of assessed valuation pays
the same tax.
A Big If.
II property he equitahiy valued, all
asses Sed aud he income producing. II
the income period he Identical, or
nearly 50. with the periodic tax pay
nent and each dollar al value pos
sesses the same earning power, III"
system would be ideal
In fact. at the tim" tho tax system
was devised il was Il workable and
equitable method Of distributing the
burdens Of taxation. 1t contained cor
rect principles under the then print
tive organization of capital. AT the
tire Of its adoption the great bulk of
the wealth OF the country was repre-
scented in lands yielding IA fairly CON
slant annual return.
To employ method al assessment
that would capitalize that annual re
tura and tax the value thus obtained
i'm accordance with tho annual need
OF the government furnished IA means
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If elasticity that mat the varying needs
without a deficit ~ a surplus. TIL"
exaction from the land holder was not
an cner, achment upon his holding but
came out of his income. This tax was
borne by him In proportion as he pos
~e~scd the financial ability to pay.
The land itself was discounted in Iii
rect proportion Ia the TAX. and the bur
den shifted la and diffused by the
community at large, pf course | do
not wish to be IN Ierstood ~ saying
that the valuation by assessors H. the
direct result uf a capitalization nf net
income. but I de- say that the selling
value 81 land tends h. be established
by that method. and that assessing Of
ficers secl; to Ictermine the selling
value at the land.
Tax the Rich.
The reti point at interest," il that I'm
IT, conception the General property tax
conform~d !" the sound princip!c Of
taxation that one should only be re-
CURED Ia Jay taxes In accordance with
financial ability $50 Ia do
At that time the method was con-
stdored 80 fair that II Was thought
wis" tn prrpctuatc ii 10y placing 1t be
vond the control al the legislative
power uf the state Dv incorporating
limitations into the constitutions of the
several states For The most part these
limitations stall exist: the plan beng
protected by the usual provisions that
MI property shall lac assessed and
taxed by periodic valuation ana by
equal and uniform rule.
3ut with the present complex 'rgan-
ization If induEtrial lie the general
property tax has broken down. Intan-
Gihtc prnpcrt@ # 'arge earning power
row SURPRISES in value tangible and
visible property.
Rcrg easily concealed 1t escapes tax
atIcn. The increased demand for pub
lie revenue fall> lc~g"ly uuon the visi-
HE property and taxation iS no longer
distributed among all classes of prop
erty. but only upon the class that as
sesSing officers can easily find. That
IN to say the bulk Of the burden falls
upon land.
The constitutional safeguards be
came butwarks for the owners of in
tangible property To escape taxation.
this time tn" tax problem has been
rather to adjust the difficulty referred
la cqualiZc taxation between different
classes of real property,
The Remedy.
The remedy. brought about by great
public pressure. has been Ia apportion
tho tax burden between tangible and
intangible property without Constitu
iional alteration and largely through
the medium of legal fiction. As yet
this problem has only in part been
solved. Even under the reforms al
ready inaugurated real property still
bears the brunt of the burden. To
hnrc Ia solve the forest taxation prob
lem must mean Ia cast an additional
tax burden upon income producing real
PR nerty. As a practical problem the
difficulties this would entail are al
most insupcrabl".
Not until the very recent date that
impetus has been given Ia forest con-
s"rvation. has anyone possessed tho
temerity to suggest that tn" general
reFpetuution of our forests. 70 urge a
departure from that method of taxa
ton was Ia subject oneself to the
characterization of being an ally nf
timber harnns, sco king Ia escape just
taxation. But nuW there II "A growing
il unfair la the owners of forest land,
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l.. q Funk. "a brakeman in the Sro-
kane yards, until to-day held the
record al having switched for -
years Without a hlemish. Today IA
careless friend "n whom he was cali
ing in Wallace tipped u table against
FunF's hand In such a Nay as Ia
neatly rut ofr the end ri one finger.
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the wine himself The two men rolled
il around Ia the front door and sold
it t. Nj Smith Ter several dollars
and two bottles All whisky. alleging
il IL la new Wine they had made. MIR.
Smith did mot discover hnW he had
brs,a NlttUuizcd uutil too late.
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-. II Eerg>trnm "f Butte. mining
engineer employed by the AmatSa-
mated Copper company, has been in
>lecting the Hypntheek. "a copper
property Near here. coming hare fur
that express purr">e. The visit Is
regarded Ia significant.
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The old Mammoth boarding
house al Maze. one Of the old
r<t mlue structures In the dis
trtct. il being torn down, The board
Ing house was built in l>sS, The
Mammoth mine MAS later purchased
by tile Federal and consolidated with
the STANDARD mine,