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FEEDING FOR PROFIT
Live Stock Growing Is Essential
to Successful Farming.
Growers Secure Benefit Of Home
Grown Grain and Also Fertilizer
That Is Left In the Pastures
and Feed Lots.
(By B. o. COWAN.)

(By B. O. COWAN.)
Most farmers have learned that
stock growing or stock feeding is es-
sential to successful agriculture. Ex-
p%erience as we'll as the agricultural
college has taught the valuable lesson
that the maintenance of live stock on
the farm Is necessary In order to
conserve the fertility Of the soil.
Hence the majority of farmers are
growers Of live stock, and many who
r not live stock breeders are feed
ers, thus getting the benefit Of a
home market for the grain grown on
the farm and also the fertilizer that
Is left in the pasture and feed lots.
These experiments in cattle feeding
are always beneficial to the farm, es.
pecially II the manure made Is prop
erly utilized and usually a financial
profit Is realized; but this Is not al
ways the case, since many feeding
operations show a distinct loss. This
may be due to the high price paid for
feeders, to their poor quality, or to
bad judgment in feeding and selling.
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Usually the feeder Is anxious to select
good, well-bred steers, as they feed
better and are more likely to show
a profit than scrubs. Most feeders
have a preference as to breed. but no
breed has a monopoly Of merit for the
feed yard, and the person who will
make such a claim is a partial par
tisan. That the short-horn steer Is
a profitable steer in the feed lot needs
only to be asserted to meet with a
ready endorsement from a very nu-
merous army of feeders; the state
ment is almost self-evident and needs
no more proof than the assertion that
the majority Of Americans are honor
able and patriotic citizens.
The short-horn was the first OF the
improved breeds to mold and improve
the cattle of the American continent.
They were improved and exhibited
and their wonderful feeding qualities
extensively advertised by Intelligent
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seasons of his eventful career. He vas the sab cholce TO STOP the neaV
hitting brigade from Baltimore.
Although others contributed to Youngs support in this important game
without the great catch Of McAleer in the sixth inning and his timely
in the ninth. the Orioles would have taken this contest IND proDaDy Inc
pennant y
1t was a struggle of sharp hitting and clever fielding En- Orioles were
making their best stand for the Temple cup and that meant they Ter formld-
able at every stage Cleveland led 2 o 1 up to tn eghth' Dtt tne re crAs
had passed in the sixth inning. Batimores trio of aWfuls watsmen INT Up
in that round and the game, as events proved, hinged o. the play or McAleer.
John J. McGraw dropped a hit back Of third base and Willie keaer
hunted him to second. Hughie Jennings came up In the pncn ant a Oh
unrest swept over the Cleveland crowd. They had cen this aggressive playe
"clean i" o. so man occasions that they feared fol tn result. q pres
n leader Of the Tigers was having n of his best seasons Is a batsman.
He had hit neal the 400 mark in the National league season. The fears OF
of Cy Young's curves with a crash that seemed to doom the Spiders to IN
pending disaster.
McAleer OWNED instantly what was coming. He was away almost with
the crack Of the hickory. Away back into deep center he sailed with Tn
speed If a deer, pulled down the hit, stopped the rally and saved the game.
The Orioles battling to the last ditch, tied up the score in the eighth and
went ahead in the ninth, but the Spiders scored the winning u in tn last
half of the ninth, when McAleer hunted, enabling Chids to score IRON third
on Zmmers infed hit.
Jimmy McAleer made the greatest play Of his life Whe he bought stocK
in the Boston club, one of the best paying franchises in baseball, but his next
best plays wereh his timely catch and opportune bunt in another decade, which
helped place him among the games greatest stars.
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Sikeston, Mo-
fered everything.

RC CQOS6 Uu1cS, oA4 So1o IloS ! otSus w
have an operation 1woald not listen to
that, and when q friend of my husband
told him about Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and what it had done
for his wife, I was willing to take 1t.
Now I look the picture Of health andfesl
like It, too. can do my own housework,
hoe my garden, and milk a COW. I can
entertain company and enjoy them. I
can visit when I choose, and walk as far
as any ordinary woman, any day IN the
month. l wish + could talk to every
suffering woman and girl. Mrs. DEAA
BETHuNE, Sikeston, Mo.
NMurrayville, M-"I have taken Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
for a very bad case Of female trouble
and It made me q well woman. My
health was all broken down, the doctors
said I must have an operation, andIwas
ready to 60 to the hospital, but dreadedit
30 that I began taking your Compound.
I got along 30 we'll that I gave up the
doctors and was saved from the opera
tion."-Mrs. CHARLES MOORE, r. B,
No. 3, Murrayville, III.
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BASEBALL W0o 10
HN6H EWLER7W
BY ED REULBAcH.
Pitcher Who Is Regarded by Many az
the pitching Marvel, and Who
Three Times Led h
League.

When it comes to trying to decide
which mistake Of mine was the worst
I have to take a day or two on and
think them over. But, honestly, the
worst one I think I ever made was
n at Brooklyn a few years ago.
1t was in 1908, I believe; anyhow
1t was at a stage Of the season when
every game counted, and when Pltts-
burg and New York both were push
ing US hard for the lead Of the race.
I hadn't been in the best form, Dut
always had BEEN very successful
against Brooklyn, so Manager Chance
was saving up for me to pitch two
or more games Of that series, to use
me all; he could where i was worth
something to him. I had been afraid
that I was a little out Of condition
from a long trip, and decided one
day that I would get out to the
grounds early and practice before the
game, take a rub and a long rest and
be fresh for the contest, which didn't
start until after four. I cut the lunch
and went over to Brooklyn IN the
morning, reaching the grounds short
ly after noon.
It happened that Harry Lumley,
who was the best hitter on their team,
had been out to a luncheon and auto
ride somewhere down the beach that
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BABY'S ECZEMA AND B0ILS

"My son was about three weeks old
when I noticed a breaking-out on his
cheeks, from which a watery sub
stance oozed. A short time after, his
arms, shoulders and breast broke out
also, and in a few days became a solid
scab. l became alarmed, and called
our family physician who at once pro-
nounced the disease eczema. The lit
tie fellow was under treatment for
about three months. By the end OF
that time, he seemed no better. I be-
came discouraged. I dropped the doc
tors treatment, and commenced the
use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
and in a few days noticed a marked
change. The eruption on his cheeks
was almost healed, and his shoulders,
arms and breast were decidedly bet
ter. When he was about seven months
old, all trace Of the eczema was gone.
During his teething period, his
head and face were broken out In
boils which I cured with Cuticura
Soap and Ointment. Surely he must
have been a great sufferer. During
the time of teething and from the time
I dropped the doctors treatment, I
used the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment, nothing else, and when two
years old he wac the picture Of health.
His complexion was soft and beautt-
full, and his head a mass Of silky curls.
I had been afraid that he would never
be well, and ]. feel that I W a great
deal to the Cuticura Remedies"
(Signed) Mrs. Mary w. Ramsey, 224
E. Jackson St., Colorado Springs, Col,
Sept. "a, 1910. Although Cuticura
Soap and Ointment are sold by drug
gists and dealers everywhere, a sam
pie Of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free on application to "Cuti.
cura," Dept. l., Boston.
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morning. He had eaten a big shore
dinner, and he came to the conclusion
that he would take a workout and a
rest before the game, the same as
was doing. He reached the grounds
about the same time I did and we
worked together. I pitched to him
for quite a while, and as I warmed up
I began to study his hitting. He was
hitting welI-as he always could-but
1 noticed that he kept missing low
fast balls and low curves pitched in
side the plate along his knees. I had
been told that he could hit hard any
thing pitched down there, and was
surprised to see him missing them,
so I kept feeding then along his
knees, close in and fast. He kept
missing and missing and 1t didn't look
as If he could hit one there in a year.
I came to the decision that everyone
was mistaken and made a mental
note of the fact that he was weak on
fast balls pitched in that spot, In.
stead Of strong as everyone said he
was.
Lum wasn't in the game that after
noon, and I didn't start. In the ninth
inning we had the lead by two runs,
and whoever was pitching began to
wabble a little bit, and look as If he
was weakening, so Chance sent me to
warm up. A few minutes later they
yelled for me to come on. / went In
with a man on first, one out, and one
run needed to tie it up. The first man
I was up against struck out; the next
n waited me out and 1 was SO wild
I passed him. The next batter looked
soft to me and I wasn't a bit wor-
ried until they suddenly made a
change and sent Lumley to bat in
stead. I stood there grinning to my
self, thinking Of how easy he had
been. King ~signalled me for a fast
curve. I shook my head and he
changed to a fast one. I put that fast
ball just where I wanted 1t to go
four inches inside the plate and at
bis knees. There Is a dent In the
right field fence yet where he hit 1t.
Two runs came over and we were
beaten. l discovered later that the
reason he couldn't hit them in prac-
tice was that he had eaten too much
of that shore dinner, and I'll warn all
young pitchers to be sure Lum has
eaten heartily before they pitch low
and inside to him.
Copyright. 1912, by w. g.. Chapman.)
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tenant farmers in Great Britain from
1870 to 1900. In the last decade OF
the eighteenth century some were I'M
ported to the United States. Later
importations were quite numerous
and the use Of short-horn bulls be-
came so general and their improve
ment of the common cattle SO marked
that feeders Of that period eagerly
gathered grade short-horn steers into
their feed yards. This was especially
true OF Ohio and Kentucky, and snort
horn history is replete with instances
of large lots of steers that were 1at'
tened in these states and then driven
as the only means of reaching a mar
ket, to Philadelphia, New York CITY
or Boston. The abundance OF grass
and water en- route made sucn Jour
neys possible, and by careful handing
a drove Of fat steers accustomed "
plenty of exercise could be taken. ooo
to 800 miles without serious loss OF
flesh. Governors Seymour, Felix ana
George Renick, all of Ohio, were plo-
neers in these. feeding and keu
experiments. At that day, n ven
much later, steers were often nelo
until four to six years old. and wnen
fattened we're very large. In 1907 b.
F. Harris of Champion. ILL.,. whose
name was this year added to the I'M,
nois house of fame, marketed loo
grade short-horn steers In Chicago at
81 per hundred, and the steers aV'
eraged 2,377 pounds.
But the day Of the big-overfed steer
ia passed, and we now have the era
Of baby beef" To meet this demand
the short-hcrn Is equal to the occasion
as he has been pre-eminent In the
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WATERING THE SHEEP FLOCK
short-Legged Animals Live In Dry and
Dusty Atmosphere, Thereby In
creaslnq Thirst.

~ never bother to water my sheep.
They get all they need from the dew"
This Is what one often hears from the
flock owners of the country, writes J..
C. Courier in the Farm and F1restde.
But let US look at this proposition in a
practical common sense way. Sheep
are animals with" a high body tenn
perature. They are ruminants that
generally consume large quantities OF
rough, dry grasses. They are wrapped
in a thick, ponderous wooden overcoat
heavier and thicker than nature in
tended them to wear. They are low
down, close to the ground; therefore
in an atmosphere hotter, drier and
more dusty than the longer legged
beasts and man himself. What is the
natural result Of such condition? 1t
must necessarily increase their need
for water, and so it does.
Even in winter time. when the snow
offers a better source OF moisture
than this dew, any flock OF sheep will
drink from the water trough II it 1s
clean water and convenient.
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DUMPING CHUTE FOR WAGON
Improvement Adapted for Use IN
Transportation Of Coal, Grain and
other Similar Loads.

In describing a wagon chute, In
vented by John G.. Smith Of Philadel-
phia, the Scientific American says:
This invention, which is shown IN
the engraving, is a fragmentary per-
spective view Of the end of a wagon
with the inventors device attached
thereto. The improvement relates to
wage chutes Of the type adapted to
be used with wagons carrying coal,
grain, or the like, and is so arranged
that it can be shifted to direct a
of the material from the wagon
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,,oe Gardner Starts Something.

What promises to be a noise in the
Texas league was disclosed when Sec
rotary Cummings of the league an
nounced that Owner Joe Gardner OF
the Dallas club refused to accept a
telegram from league headquarters
asking for an explanation as to why
he struck Umpire Brady at Dallas. A
vote was taken by wire and the d.
rectors Of the league fined Mr.. Gard
ner 5000. He ignored the fine nor did
he pay the 80 cents charges on the
message sem him by Secretary Cum,
mirgs asking for his side OF the
trouble.
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Cleaning the Cow Barn.

The cow barn should and car be
kent so clean that milking will not
prove Objectionable to any OF the
farm women. To do this the barn
should be cleaned NJ per day. The
nroper arrangement Of floor and gut
ter will help much in ease of clean
ing and the right kind Of cow tie
will keep the manure in the gutter
where It belongs, and the COW will
keen clean. The use Of bedding, pre-
ferably wheat straw, in moderate
quantities along with reasonable pre-
cautions for barn cleaning, will make
milking a pleasure.
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Profitable Bunch Of Feeder Steers.

heavyweight class. Short-horns are
early maturers and easy feeders, n
when matured are usually OF greater
weights. This Is q general statement
and Is not intended to apply to all
cases. In this connection, 1t may be
interesting to state that some two
years ago some students OF the Kan.
sas Agricultural college compiled
weights by ages Of cattle shown al
the American Royal for several years
and that compilation showed the
short-horns to be heavier than any
others in 10 out Of IL classes. SO
without disparagement to other good
cattle I can truthfully say that short
horns have had a long and exhaustive
trial under the varied conditions OF
cline and climate and have proven
generally satisfactory to wants OF In
telligent husbandmen. So say with
out hesitation they are profitable IN
the feed lot.
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Heavy Turkeys in the Southwest.

A prize of so cents per pound for the
heaviest turkey submitted In a Texas
contest resulted in bringing out some
fine turkeys. The prize winner was W..
R. Mickle, Plano, Tex, weight OF tur-
KEY, AZ pounds; l.. D. Jarrells, Taiton,
Tex, and ]. D. Anna and Z. w.
Karnes, Inez., Tex, each raised a.
Mound birds.
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10 either side thereof. An object 10 to
provide a movable chute capable OF
being reversed, 80 as to direct a stream
of material to either side, with means
for supporting an auxiliary chute. and
with means for locking 1t In any ad-
justed position. The device Is simple
In construction, inexpensive to nan
ufacture, readily accessible, strong,
durable. and easily adjusted.
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or execute q pennant-w1nnlng play
with a dash and an enthusiasm that
made him a shining success. The
same qualities ave made him n OF
the big eight" in the American
league.
McAleer starred as one OF the
bright lights Of the 1895 series for the
Temple cup and helped bring the-only
worlds pennant to Cleveland in its
history. Without the brilliant field
ing of McAleer the Orioles would
have won the first game OF that Sc
ries. Baltimore in that event prob
ably would have taken the worlds
championship.
Any club to defeat the Orioles
was compelled to play wonderful
baseball. Hanlon's great machine
had won the National league cham
pionship, but in doing so had ex-
hausted It's strength as in the previ-
GUS year, owing to the grueling bat
tie for the league pennant.
The opening scene for the worlds
pennant struggle was set at Cleveland
and the battle fell on October 2. Cy
Young, the pitching hero OF the series,
WAS rounding out one of the great
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Mordecai Brown.

Brown vas fully alive to the situation. He flashed a signal along the
line for HarryS teinfadt to be ready for a surprise at third. The Cub pitch
es brain was at work to outwit the greatest batting player Of the age. He
figured Cobb would bnt and bunt he did. 1t was laid down perfectly.
The startled fans saw the form of Brown crouch close to the ground,
lunee madly It the ball, whrl and fire the sphere to Steinfeldt. The throw
came half a step ahead of OIeary rushing down o third. The crowd was
dszzled and Crawford at second so bewidered that Johnny King reayed the
hall 70 Tinker, practically completing a double play that saved the day for
the Cubs and gave Chance another pennant.
Copyright 1912 by Joseph B. Bowles)
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Manila to PLAY Tennis.

The city of Manila is building ten
tennis courts for the use of the public
in the sunken gardens opposite the
city hall. The courts will have the
accompaniment of baths, lockers and
reading rooms, which will be made
by transforming the bastion near Vic
toria gate into an up-to-date club.
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Indication of Popularity.

According to Manager Johnny Killing,
the Phillies got more money in their
first two games at Boston this year
than they did all last season. That IS
not told to indicate that the Phillies
are popular in Boston, but just to
prove that the Braves have been draw
ing the crowds this spring.
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P~aIatabiIity of Rye.

Rye is not only a suitable, but an
excellent food for growing pigs. 1t
should be ground into a fine meal
and mixed in a rather thin slop with
water, or, preferably, skim-milk. If
the slop soaks for II hours before
feeding, so much the better. In this
shape the pigs may have all they will
eat up clean and quickly three times a
day.
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Insurance for Marty.

Marty O'Toole has taken out $4,000
life insurance, and has made his moth.
er the beneficiary. The Pittsburg base
ball club insured O'Toole last year
for $4,000 to guarantee it against
losses, but Martyrs family was not in
any way protected in this policy.
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ship of 1908.
Singularly enough Browns pivotal
play was not a pitching feat, although
1t helped win his own game, but a
fielding achievement in which quick
thinking and clever maneuver1ng
were the all important factors.
Browns great pitching on that day
was effective enough to win the game
with good fielding. Ttnker's fielding
was spectacular all the way through,
but Browns play coming at the dan
ger point, bordered on the marvellous.
1t was pronounced the greatest play
of the worlds series of 1908.
Had Brownie" failed to think In
that crisis, Cobb's great speed and
perfect bunt would have filled the
bases for Detroit and the series might
have stood two all. AS it was the
Cubs won, practically clinching their
grip on a second worlds bunting.
Charley O'Leary brought a CLEAN
Of hope to the Tiger fans in the
fourth inning when he batted a single
to left. "Wahoo Sam" Crawford drove
the crowd wild with cheering when
he smashed out a drive to left,
O'Leary halting at second. Those des-
perate fans knew the great Cobb was
yet to come to bat. They hoped for
a home run that would put Detroit
in the lead
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Having Horse Know You.

Win the confidence Of your work
animals, If you would secure the
highest service from them with the
least trouble. The driver and team
who knoweth each other are a good
combination for efficient work.
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Rurduco Liver Powder

Natures Remedy: is purely vegetable.
AS a cathartic, its action is easy, mild
and effectual. No gripping, no nausea,
makes a sweet breath and pretty COM
plexion. Teaches the liver to act
Sold by all medicine dealers, 25c.
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cred one Of the premier left-handers Of
the National league and the wise ones
figured that there must be something
radically wrong with him or he would
not have gone to Montreal.
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As 70 Copinu.

Drink is the worst evil with which
We have to cope"
Yes, and isn't 1t remarkable that
so many people insist Oh coping with
1t regularity"
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Overlooking Horses.

1t Is easy to overfeed a horse with
grain. The ~palatability of the feed
tempts him to eat more than is good
for him.
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WOMEN SHOULD
Be PROTECTED
Against So Many Surgical OPP.
erations. How Mrs. Bethune
and Mrs. Moore Escaped.
For seven years Isuf.
was in bed for four

or five days at q time
month, and SO
weak ! could hardly
walk. I cramped and
had backache and
headache, and was
so v and weak
that I dreaded to see
anyone or have any
emoveinth
The doctors gave me
medicine to ease me
said that I ought to.
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More important than the choice Of Presi-
dent is the selection of Garfield Tea as The
remedy for constipation and biliousness.
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Mrs. Wtnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma.
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, Csc a bottle.
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Mattern's Sudden Drop.

The drop Of AL Mattern is the most
sudden and surprising thing in base
ball. Two years ago he was consid-