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Evening journal., 1912-08-08
WHY PURE BREEDS ARE BEST
Well Kept Flock Of Thoroushbreda
Costs No More to Feed and House
Than the Mongrela
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The person who raises chickens
turkeys. ducks or any other fowl nat.
urally feels a greater pride and in-
terest In thoroughbred stock and.
therefore. gives the nock better care
than would be given to mongrela No
matter what kind Of birds you have.
however. the same rule Of good care
applies. With the right kind Of care
and interest your nock will yield
abundant satisfaction and good profit
and both Of these are felt 10 a greater
degree by the owner Of the thorough+
bred fowls.
Houses, yards and feed cost about.
the same for either mongrels OF full
bloods and a well kept flock Of thor
oughbreds always attract attention
and admiration from neighbors, who
are often willing to pay a much bet
ter price for eggs for Matching pur-
poses from such stock than ordinary
eggs will bring.
Many BUYERS. every season, get ex.
cellent results IN the least expensive
way by purchasing eggs from which
to hatch pure bred stock. The breed
best suited to your surroundings and
the purpose you wish them TO serve
should be selected. The best meat
producer 10 not, as a rule, good egg
producer and so on, but with careful
study Of some Of the breeds a buyer
ought to be able to know how to Sc
leet Just what will meet his needs.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
For Baby Chicks.

to sift through but not large enough
for a chick to get its head through.
lest they get hung. Next drive two
holes in bottom OF can at the proper
distance from each other to admit
the points of wire staple. Make
corresponding. holes in the pail cover.
insert the staple through the four
holes and bend each point outward.
fastening cover and can together. Re
move top from can and I'LL with meal
or bran and there is not a hopper on
the market more useful for baby
chicks up to four and five weeks OF
age.
The hopper for larger fowls is made
from a long but narrow wooden box.
Any dimensions which suit the space
or wishes OF the poultry man may be
use. Remove cover and front side
from box. saw a small strip from end
of the removed front and At carefully
upon cleats placed from front corner
Of top to back corner Of bottom. (See
line a b. Acrass front Of bottom G,
nail a narrow strip to prevent feed
from being pushed out on floor.
For the cover, hinge top of box to
back side and the hopper is ready to
hang upon the wall OF place on
blocks the right distance from floor
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
.PQpLERYNTlS

Look to the comfort Of the fowls.
Never feed whole corn EXCEPT at
svening.
Direct sunlight is a great natural
disinfectant.
Don't neglect your chicks and fowls
IN hot weather
Hot. close weather brings lots Of lice
to the dirty pen.
II is a well-known fact that all hens
are not good layers,
The hot, sultry weather is trying to
both fowls and men.
Don't crowd sleeping quarters. Keep
fronts OF houses open.
Hens and pullets do not thrive on
the same kind Of feed.
Heat prostration is common in
yards where there is no shade.
Keep things clean. Use lice powder.
lice paint and disinfcctants freely.
AS soon as the Matching season is
over all sale birds should be marketed.
Feed little, II any. corn or other
heating foods while the temperature is
high.
1t takes & good pouitryman to keep
up his enthusiasm when the weather
is hot.
Success with poultry all depends on
whether we have egg producers or
drones,
Evening journal., 1912-08-08

buyers by mail or otherwihe, never
0yerestimate the merits OF an animal
Make good every statement and make
every buyer friend. It Is cheaper
20 retain your old customers than TO
hunt new ones.
There is no better way to restore OF
keep up the fertility OF your soil than
by keeping a herd OF beef cattle, saw
Ing and applying the manure. A lib.
eral supply OF both grain and rough
feed should be grown and consumed
by the cattle. They should be kept
well-bedded in the barns and all straw
stacks converted into manure and re-
burned to the soil A wellbred animal
will not consume as much food as a
scrub. and will always sell at proft.
even n sent to the butcher. The best
individuals will bring a fair profit to
khe owner when sold for breeding pur-
poses.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
KILL OFF INJURIOUS WEEDS
CULTURE OF THE ASPARAGUS
GOOD FEED-RACK FOR SHEEP
CULTURE OF THE ASPARAGUS
Excellent Remedy for Killing on
Green sIuss Is 70 Dust Daily With
Alr-slaked Lime.

Stop cutting asparagus when pesA
are At to gather. Let the tops grow
until fall. Keep the weeds down BY
applying a th - mulch o; coarse ma
nure. rotted leaves or grass. II the
little fly appears, dust early in the
morning with dry air-slacked lime.
Paris green solution may be used ln-
stead Of lime. We have always found
the lime effective II put on as soon as
the slugs appear Use fresh air
Stacked lime and dust every morning
until all the worms are killed AS
paragus grown from seed must be
kept clean of grass and weeds, and
the soil mellow and rich. Use diluted
urine from the stables, or bone phos-
phate, one handful 10 every 40 inches
of row, says Q writer in an exchange.
The best remedy for asparagus rust
is to cut the tops on close to the
ground and burn. Then SOW a thick
coat Of air-slacked lime over the
rows and give clean culture. All
rust stalks should be gathered dp and
burnt. II any are left the spores will
be blown by the wind on 10 the new
growth. To grow stout plants from
seed, thin out tho plants TO stand
four inches apart in the row.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08

turbing the minds of poultry-raising
persons. II will be a hard blow to
the popular theory that white-feath-
cred chickens are more IN demand
on the markets than any other breed.
Doubtless you have stood by that be-
lief all your life, and you may take
exception to the ruling OF the court.
But white feathers don't count for
all, the poultry professor says. And
he has made. IN packing centers, an
investigation upon which to base his
assertions. At to their marketable
merit, Prof. Lippincott ranks the
various breeds like this: Barred
Plymouth Rocks, White Wyandottes.
White Plymouth Rocks, Black Lang.
shans. Leghorns, Brahmas, Cochins.
Scrubs.
Yellow shanks and yellow skin are
demanded above everything else. the
decision says. Further, the shanks
must be clean and free from feathers.
The body must be plump and of medi-
um size-four to seven pounds, for
roasting birds. The breeds that most
nearly meet these requirements are
the Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, and
Rhode Island Reds. The reason such
breeds as Buff Wyandottes and Rhode
Island Reds do not appear in the list
just given is because they have not
been bred in sufficient numbers to
make an impression on the market.
Packers are not acquainted with
them.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
rs PER CENT. OF CHILDREN
HAVE PHYSICAL DEFECTS

WARRINGTON, Aug. S.-"Of the
10000, 900 school children H. this
country" bulletin issued by the Uni
ted States Bureau of Education as
serts, mot less than rs per cent. need
attention for physical defects which
are prejudicial to heath.
From IL to 2 per cent, or 400.-
600, of these have organic heart dis
ease.
Probably per sent 1000 600. at
least have now, or have had some tu-
berculous disease of the lungs.
About per cent, or 100000, have
spinal curvature. fiat foot or some
other moderate deformity.
over per cent. or 100000 have
defective hearing.
About 20 per cent, or 100000,
have defective vision.
About 25 per cent, or OO0,OO the
suffering from malnutrition, in many
cases due in part at least to one or
more of the other defects enumerated.
"Over 80 per cent, or 100000 have
enlarged tonsils, adenoids or enlarged
cervical glands, which need attention.
"Over so per cent, or 10000 600
lin some schools as high as SO per
cent?, have defective teeth which are
interfering with health"
Evening journal., 1912-08-08

people are urged to put up nesting
boxes where the birds may make their
homes and rear their young. In sum-
mer these little feathered neighbors
need human protection to shield their
young from the attacks of cats.
Are you going TO Join the ranks Of
the bird protectors of this land7 II
you are now is the time to show your
loyalty to your feathered friends.
Make some nesting houses and get
them up at once. The song birds are
worth protecting and should be pro-
Vided with places to build their homes.
II isn't dificult to make nesting boxes.
Once the birds have discovered them
they will begin to collect material
with which to line them and make
them soft and "comfey" for their fam
flies.
Any small wooden box may be con-
verted into a house. Use thin, smooth
boards for the roof. Place a board
beneath the house to keep the cats
from climbing up to the birds home.
A good house is made by following
out a large tree limb and cutting a
hole in It for a doorway. For blue
birds make the entrance hole about
the size OF a quarter. If the box is
intended for wrens make It smaller.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
LIVE STOCK2
E@TA0FES-ShA So

Good cattle require good care and
feed.
Pigs should be grown on pasture as
nearly ss possible.
Never raise colt from a naturally
vtcioustempered mare.
A couple of sheep in the mont yard
are az good az a lawn mower
Hog cholera IN Kansas is under con-
troll. at least for the present.
Cough affecting young pigs very
often ls due to dusty bedding.
Never save 3 SOW for a breeder un-
less she has ) large number OF teats.
II IL absolutely necessary that the
stallion should have plenty Of sxer-
cise
Pasture and exercise develop a
strong frame that responds quickly 10
feeding.
The boar should be an outstanding
individual. possessing all the mark.
ings characteristic Of the breed.
Some owners OF land in the far
west claim they can raise IA sheep to
the acre on alfalfa and beet pulp.
The stable that has plenty Of pare
air and Is well flooded with sunshine
is most comfortable and healthful
A pure bred ram of the coarse wool
breed crossed with Merino ewes pro-
duces q good lamb for early fat
tening
Some farmers DO not realize the i'm
portsnce Of providing plenty OF salt
for all the different animals kept on
the farm
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
PuRE.BREp CATTLE ARE BEST
We BE Successful Little Details Must
Mot Re ovsrlooked--kesp Up
Records Of Animals.

A weli-selected breed Of pure-bred
cattle is source OF much pleasure ss
lvrell "a profit. but to be successful de-
halls must not be overlooked. Many
breeders and beginners are too care
aens- They keep no accurate records
of births. neglect their cattia- fail to-
keep I'd the records. do not take prop
sr care Of their cattle in winter. and
brs often caught with . lot Of surplus
and unmercbsntable bulls on hand and
20 buyers. Let me add that the only
ray to dispose OF surplus stock 10 by
budicious advertising In some good
tsrm and stock pspers says writer
kn an exchange
Keep yom herd IN nice. healthy con
dition. 10 you will not be ashamed to
show your stock to prospective buyers
Make a yearly exhibit at q few leading
state and county fairs and present
your stock in the most attractive form
ht home. as we'll as at the fairs. In de-
bcrfbing your sale stock to prospective
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
and
FARM NOTES

Cut the rye heads out of the wheat.
Keep the cucumbers Kicked of each
day.
An inverted clover soil is ideal for
beans.
II your onions are running to tops,
break down the tops.
Kerosene emulsion is good--or bad
for squash bugs
Keep the tomato vines of the
ground, on supports OF some kind.
The first essential in fighting weeds
in any crop is to keep ahead of them.
There is permanent satisfaction in
the use Of concrete equipment on the
farm.
A common rotation for large beam
growing sections is clover. beans,
wheat.
The small hand-eultivator is handy
and saves much hoe work in every
garden.
Experiments have proved that
beans yield better on old land than
on new.
Hay will be valuable again this
year. Let none go to waste; NOV ev-
cry corner.
Be sure that rain-water barrels and
cisterns are closely screened to keep
out the mother mosquitoes.
The longer you stick to the culti-
vator between the corn rows the more
corn you will have in the crib by and
by.
+ For cabbage worms use insect pow
der mixed with -four In the proper
ton of 1 pound OF powder to rs OF
-four. Dust the plants well after each
rain.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
HOLD ON TO GOOD BREEDERS
Pigs From Lsrse-RodIed, Old sowsI
Number More and often Double
In Size When Fsrrowed.
lRr ! w INaHAMA

sows should be retained for mum,
ber Of years until their places can be
filled with their equals.
II Is we'll known that the progeny
from mature parents are superior to
those descended from young progeni-
tors notg fully developed Bears and
sows for breeding should be kept in a.
good thrifty condition but not fat.
The writer has always been trou.
bled to keep his breeding sows from
becoming too fat and consequently
farrowing a small number of scrawnyl
pigs.
once took large SOW to fatten
for one-half the pork ] did not know
she was with pig and fed her all the
corn meal and wheat middlings she
would eat
Imagine my sstouishment and vexa-
tion when she had three little dwarfed
pigs-not only smaller than pigs usual
" are when frst fRyrowed. but ema-
ciated.
Sows for breeding should not be al
lowed TO run with the fattening hogs
fed on corn but kept In a pasture by
themselves snd given = plentiful sup
ply of slop made Of equal parts OF
wheat shortss corn meal and wheat
bran.
Most young sows will breed when
three months old n allowed to run
with = boar. but eight or twelve
months is as yonng as ip tudicious to
breed them.
The pigs nom lsrge-bodied. old sows
win be more IN number and frequently
double the size Of pigs from young
sows when farrowed. and this with the
same feed and care and will frequent
ly weigh 30 per cent more at a year
old.
Not only this. but Il stunts or
dwarfs the growth Of such young
things permanently and they never at.
tain good size.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
SUNFLowER SEED FOR HENS
Russian Variety Ia Most Prolific for
Furnishing Good Quality Of
Rich oil Feed.

For poultry the Rursian sunfower 10
the most prolific variety. Sow seed
early in June. The sunfower is
profitable crop to grow for furnishing
q good quality OF rich oil feed TO take
the place Of cottonseed or nsxseea
meal. Sunnower seed is used in an
the poultry mixtures now sold in the
markets
The sunfiower is a hardy plant. q
vigorous and rapid grower, and a
good plant to grow not only for its
seeds, but also for its bright, beauti.
ful yellow blossoms The plant. when
in full bloom. makes a good food for
honey bees. Have the ground deeply
plowed and thoroughly mellowed. The
ground should be rich to grow large
heads full Of seed. Mark the rows of
three feet apart and three inches deep.
Drop two seeds 10 the running foot.
When plants are mp thin out tae stand
is TO 20 inches apart Good culture.
free Of grass and weeds. must be CIV
len through the season.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
Sikeston, Mo-
fered everything.

have an operation. Iwould not istcn to
that, and when friend of my husband
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, was willing to take it.
Now look the picture of health an6 feel
like it, too. can do my own housework,
hoe my garden, and milk cow. l ca
entertain company and enjoy them. l
can visit when l choose, and walk as far
as any ordinary woman, any day in the
month. / wish l could talk to every
suffering woman and girl. Mrs. DEALA
BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Murrayville, Ill.-''I have taken Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
for a very bad case Of female trouble
and it made me a well woman. Ny
health was all broken down, the doctors
said I must have an operation, and was
ready to goto the hospital, but dreaded IL
so that began taking your Compound.
/ got along so well that gave up the
doctors and was saved from the opera
Ion. - Mrs. CHARLES MOORE, R. r.
No. s. Murrayville, III.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
stakIno Tomatoes.

This is a comparatively new prac
tice, but It is working out fine. and
even market gardeners are adopting
II on large scale. Up TO recently its
chief use was by village people In
their small backyard gardens, but is
now used by growers who are sup
plying No. / trade. It's advantages
are that more tomato plants can be
grown on a given area; they can be
started earlier because they can be
easily protected IN case Of a danger
from frost and that more and better
tomatoes can bo grown on the plants.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
How 70 Use Es.d Roller.

Never use a roller Immediately
after a heavy rain. But it should be
used as soon as the surface becomes
dry enough to pulverize easily with
out packing tightly. The roller should
be used in dry seasons following the
harrow to keep the moisture In the
soil. OF course It is not possible to
use the roller to any extent after
plants are we'll up but it can always
he used to great advantage In the
preparation OF the seed bed. Very
often one rolling will not mash all the
clods and II the ground is particular
ly rough It should be narrowed and
rolled and narrowed again until the
soil is thoroughly pulverized.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
NEW COUNTERFEIT FOUND.
Secret Service Men Discover Bogus
$50 Gold Certificate in Use.

A counterfeit $40 gold certificate
has been discovered in circulation by
Secret Service men, and datthew +.
Griffin, head of the United States
Secret Service Bureau in Philadelphia
has issued a warning to the public
The counterfeits simulate the $40
certificates of teh series of 1906.
Photo-mechanical plates we're pro-
badly used in manufacturing the cer-
tificates and the counterfeits are gen.
orally poor. The portrait of Wash
ington on the certificates seems to be
the work of an amateur. The check
letter "D", the plate number 147 and
the signatures of the Treasurer and
Registrar of the Treasury are marks
by which they can be identified.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
KILL OFF INJURIOUS WEEDS
" Norlous Plants Are to Be Destroyed
Work Must Be Done In Thor.
ouah Manner.
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The presence Of weeds on many
farms demands that more rigorous
measures be taken for their destruc.
tion. II Is plain that so long as so
few pastures, meadows and cultivated
crops are used in rotation with grain
the farmers will find ii very dificult
TO keep the weeds In check.
Summer following may destroy
weeds, but It requires a great deal Of
labor during the entire season, when
no crop is obtained from 1t.
Mustard, wild oats. pigeon grass.
and French weed are among the worst
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
ERECTING HOMES FOR BIRDS
lovers Of sonssters In All Psrta Of
Country Arc Urging Protection
for Festhered Tribe

Lovers OF birds in every part Of our
and and also the United States de-
partment Of agriculture are urging
people everywhere to do everything In
their power to attract and protect our
native song birds.
In winter this may be accomplished
by feeding the birds when the land IL
covered with ice and snow. In spring
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
POULTRY
HoPPERs FOR THE CHICKENS
Dstsiis and illustrations for Free De-
livery ef Feed Into Trays for
Young and Old.

make all my dry.feed hoppers for
chicks. from on%pound coffee cans.
and covers from fve-pound lard pals.
says writer IN the Farm and Home.
They are very satisfactory as well "a
cheap.
With a can opener 7 cut a slit about
two inches long, close TO the bottom
Of the cen, then at each end of the
cut make hslf-inch incision toward
the top of the can. With a pair Of
pinchers bend back the tin. making
hole large enough to allow the feed
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
vanatIon for RresdIna atoek.

Give the breeding stock, you intend
to carry over for NEXT season. vaca-
ton in vacation quarters. II possible.
separate the makes and females anud
give each flock outdoor quarters on
ample range. well shaded. Let them
occupy this summer range until time
10 house in winter quarters in the fall.
You will find that they moult out
cleaner and earlier and that they will
prove better In breeding condition.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08

When doors are larger than the sizes
mentioned sparrows are apt to inhabit
them. Blue birds are among the most
desirable tenants and they have been
known to utilize as houses tin cans.
old shoes, large tunnels, or any other
receptacle that is nailed securely to a
post or wall.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
PLYMOUTH ROCKS ARE FIRST
More Marketable Than Whlte-Fssth-
cred Chickens, Says Prof. LIP
plncott Of Kansas.

The most marketable breed Of
chickens Is the Barred Plymouth
Rock. This decision, handed down a
few days ago by W. A. Lippincott.
professor of poultry husbandry at the
Kansas Agricultural college. answers
q question which long has been dis
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
SAVE GRAIN IN FEEDING HOGS
Two Troughs Conveniently Arranged
That When Corn ls pevoured
More viii Follow.

Make two troughs Hix or seven
inches wide and two and one-half feet
long Fit these troughs together so
they will cross in the middle. writes J.
b. Spencer Of Mount Pleasant, Tenn.
in the Missouri Valley Farmer. Make
D chute Eve feet high. large at the top
hnd six inches square At the bottom.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
RsIsInc early Lsmbs

The sole object IN raising early
lambs Is to produce . nns animal Of
good size and flesh and get him TO
market at the earliest possible mo-
rnent. To do that requires good feed
fng good care and good management
from the time he is bora until he IL
kept TO market
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
Fsnee.Pest Problem.

Cement will solve the fence-post
problem for those who have grav'
ell pit nearby. II would almost seem
that with concrete posts and woven
wire fence could be built that would
be as permanent as the farm itself.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08

10. n into the Cross Of ths troughA.
leaving IL three inches from the bot
tom Of trough. Shell your corn and
pour into the chute. As the hogs eat
the corn in the trough more viii fall
hown. The hogs feed is clean. and
20 corn "a wasted.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
wstoh tInshod co,t.

Unshod colts need inspection Of the
seet occasionally. as they are likely to
grow more on one side than the other
or 70 develop too much toe. A very
bittls rasping will keep the fsst lev.
eied-
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
WOMEN SHOULD
Be PROTECTED
Against So Many Surgical OPP.
erations. How Mrs. Bethune
and Mrs. Moore Escaped.

4 Wdo III Dcu AOA AOuL
or five days at a time
every month, and so
weak I could hardly
walk. / cramped and
had backache and
headache, and was
so nervous and weak
that / dreaded to see
anyone or have any
onemovein thereon.
The doctors gave me
medicine to ease me
said that / ought TO
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
GOOD FEED-RAcK FOR SHEEP
Grain Trough Placed Beneath Saves
Char and Leaves. Most Nourlshlna
Part Of Feed.
cBy J. W. eooDw1ND


The rack is made with pole for
the bottom rail and piece OF 2x6
inch scantling for tho top rail. The
erossbars are pieces riven from an
old piece Of timber.
These crossbars are four feet lons
ano about one and one-half inches in
Evening journal., 1912-08-08

10 allow fowls to eat comfortably. In
fitting the front upon the cleats allow
half an inch space from bottom and
one inch from back OF hopper. This
gives free delivery Of feed into tho
tray.
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
Reduce Eoa.LayIna Powsr.

An egg is chemical combination.
and II hens lack In their feed any ele-
msnt which is found IN eggs then the
power to produce eggs is lowered,
Evening journal., 1912-08-08
Gentle Work for Mare.

Gentle work for the mare with foal
win not harm her. but shs should not
~ worked for = week befors foaling.