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The record., 1913-12-11
DAIRY
ADVANTAGE OF cow TESTING
Shown by Trials Made at the
Nebraska Station.

AT the Nebraska experiment station
the different COWS in the dairy herd
were tested The result showed that
there is a wide difference in the prod
uct of the cows of the same breed
We will not mention the breed under
the experiment but will leave that
matter as some might feel sensitive
who may be breeding the same breed
of cows.
In the case mentioned it was found
that one COW gave 1888 pounds OF
milk during the period of lactation
and the milk tested $40 butter fat.
Another COW in the herd gave 1.797
pounds of milk during the period
of lactation which tested 2.S2 butter
fat
In figuring on the cost of produc-
ing. as an accurate account was kept
of all the food each COW consumed.
and the value of all the labor, be-
slowed in caring for and feeding the
animals. il was found that the first
COW returned si.l7 for each dollars
worth Of feed she consumed. On the
other hand, the COW that gave l,I91
pounds of milk only returned So
cents for each dollars worth of feed
she consumed. Now, it does not re-
quire an expert in figuring to prove
the great value of testing the cows in
the herd This COW that only re-
turned 55 cents for the dollars worth
of feed she consumed is not alone in
that kind of business. There are
by far too many COWS kept that are
not paying for their food. Let dairy
men give this matter of testing more
consideration and by all means
weigh the milk; keep track of the
amount Of milk the cows give per
day; per week: per month; and dur
ing the whole period of lactation.
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ROAD DRAG is ALWAYS SHARP
Aneie-steeI Frame Of Worn-out Grain
Drill, Binder or Other Machine
Will Answer Purpose.

The principle of the split-log road
drag is a good one. but through its
structural imperfections 1t fails to ap-
ply the principle effectively. II is
crude. heavy. and the cutting edges
soon wear duh A good drag may be
made from the angle-steel frame OF a
WORKOUT grain drill. binder or other
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A Portable Rog Chute.

the frame to the desired position in
stead of the old, cumbersome method
of tugging and dragging it around TO
where Il was wanted. II the wheels
are kept well creased or oiled, and II
the chute is not too heavy. one can
use it for moving heavy articles
around that could not be carried
by hand
The record., 1913-12-11
HOMEMADE DOOR FASTENING
low Opening From Either Side
Illustration Shows Plan.

A secure fastening for stable or
other outside doors may be construct
ed as follows: Take three two by
twos shaped as shown in illustration,
with a one by two inch cut in under
side for slide to pass through, says
the Iowa Homestead. The slide Is
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Preparing Garden Soil.

In preparing garden roii for late
cabbage. celery and other late crops,
work il down very fine aud compact.
Use the harrow. drag and roller fer
this purpose. II the soil Ia made very
fine and compact. il viii held moist
pre to nourish the roots of the newly
set plants.
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Fastener for Door.

made of a one by two-inch piece. A
fiye-eighths by two-inch opening
should be cut through the door just
back of the slide and af our-inch pin
driven through the slide. leaving a
projection so that the door may be
opened from either side.
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Shelter for Feed.

II will pay to shelter the dairy feed
just as much as it pays to shelter the
dairy cows. Barns and silos save feed
enough in a short time to pay for them
selves. Rough feed is not going to be
as cheap every year as it was during
the winter of 1913.
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Benefits of Coed Rasda.

Good roads annihilate distance era
cancel space. They bring the farmer
rearer the market and place the cit$
man In closer touch gith nature.
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vantages of the dwarfs are that 1t is
difficult to get trees on stocks known
to be true dwarf or half dwarf. as the
case may be; the loss Of trees is much
gFeatey, and the trees are shorter
lived. From the orchards IN charge
of the station there seems to be no
future for dwarf trees in commercial
orcharding in this state. or IL at all.
only as filters. or. barely possibly in
the growing of one or two varieties.
as Mcintosh and Lady, which seem to
do rather better than other varieties
on dark stocks.
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Afier Fear Years cf D;sccuraging
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Upin Despair. Husband
Came TO Rescne.

Catron, Sy.-ln an in;eres.iag letter
iiom this place, Ms. Bette Bullock
writes as follows: 81 suffered for four
years, with wonanly troubles, and during
This time, | could only sit up for little
while, and could moi walk anywhere at
all. AT tines, would have severe pains
il my leii side.
The doctor was called in, ard his treat
meat relieved me for a while, but was
soon confined 10 my bed again. Ats,
thai. nothing secneito 20 ne any good.
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Coed feeding during the breeding
period is one of the essentials to the
production of sound and vigorous
ambs.
The record., 1913-12-11

Never salt the horses feed in the
box. Place a big lump where he can
reach it and he Will take it.yhen.he
needs it. -, s3.
The record., 1913-12-11
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESpAIRING WIFE

| had gotten SO weak I could net stand,
and ! gave up in despair.
AT last, my husband got me a bottle OF
Cardui. the wonan's tonic. and COM
Eisneed + sing it. From the very firss
dose. could tel it was helping me. Z
can now walk two miles without its
tirins me. and am Going an ny work"
Ii you are all run down from womanFy
troubles, don't give up in despair. Try
Cardid, the woman's tonic. lthas helped
more than million women. IN its 50
years of continuous success, and should
surely help you. TOO. Your druggist has
sold Cardui for years. He knows what
it viii do. Ask him. He will recon-
mend If. Begin taking Cardui today.
HF'ts 70: ChattsnooSa Meiicine Co.. ladies'.
Advisory Dept. Chatianooga. Tenn. for Speciox
Instruct i0Hs or your case and 6f-pagc book ~tomS
Treatment tos WcEa-n. sent n piaia wsap7es. los
The record., 1913-12-11

S-c Macks liae OF jav>iry, sl!v CT
ware, etc.
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LIVE STOCK.
TJ NOTES

Close quarters are not the thing for
sheep. summer or winter.
AS the hard work eases up on the
horses, cut down their feed accord.
ingly.
Sheep thrive wherever dry footing
may be found. Keep them Off the wet
lands.
A long, rangy sow is fitted by nature
to care for more pigs than short.
chunked one.
In the hog yard and pens cleanliness
is not only next to godliness. but 1t Is
he price of profit.
Next to clover. rape and oats pro
duced the largest number of pounds of
cork per acre in test.
Some men get into the sheep bust.
ness By taking a small fock on shares,
Y a neighbor has too many.
Every successful swine breeder ap-
preciates the value of good. strong
and well matured breeding animals.
Many farmers VIII let the steer
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Many farmers viii let the steer
lrample slOO worth of feed into the
mud rather than spend S25 for a feed
cack.
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THE RECoRD sos per year,
The record., 1913-12-11

Every successful swine breeder ap-
preciates the value of good. strong
and well matured breeding animals.
The record., 1913-12-11

Sheep thrive wherever dry footing
may be found Keep them Off the wet
lands.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11

r LEVELAND, GA little man in
~ a somewhat frayed gray suit
stood on the corner of Euclid avenue
and East Ninth street the other after
noon. Under his arm was a bundle of
pink and green sporting extras.
1t was his first day as a newsboy.
His voice was somewhat weak, but
he manfully tried to make it pene-
trate into the jumbled sea of street
noises. Under the determined ex.
preston Of his face there was great
embarrassment, almost shame.
He had only Is papers in all. Even
the smallest Of the hundreds OF
"hustlers" who swarmed through the
rush-hour crowds had 40 papers.
You see. didn't know how sue,
cessful / was to be-" explained the
little man. AT first | was afraid
that might have some unsold papers
on my hands so | only bought 20 at
first. Tomorrow, however, / think
shall buy at least 40-perhaps So"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11
Tiilaoe la Manure.

The old maxim that tillage is ma
nure has been shown to be true at
Cornell university farm, where ex-
periments were made in that direc-
ton. Some plots of potatoes were
cultivated as many as eight times,
and in every case the greater the
number of times the plants were cul-
tivated the larger the yields COM
pared with plots on which fewer cul.
tivations were given.
The level culture was better than
killing. Two lots, cultivated eight
times, left perfectly level through
the season, produced at the rate of
3S4 bushels and 357 bushels per
acre, and three lots cultivated FIVE
times, produced 34s bushels, 325
bushels and 2sS bushels, the last lot
being hilled at the final cultivation.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11
Girl Is Successful in Search for Her Lover

M MILWAUKEE,, WIS.-Undaunted by
lvk the fact that she was only six
teen years OF age, Florence Eisman
left her home In southern Illinois a
few weeks ago in search of the man
whom she believed had deserted her.
On her arrival here she saw the
happy realization of her search when
she became the bride Of William
Beyers, aged twenty-four years. en-
ployed by wholesale hardware house.
The ceremony took place In the office
of District Attorney e. J. Yockey
and was performed by circuit court
Judge.
Mr.. Yockey has taken an especial in
.erest in the case and he will aid the
couple iA their domestic happiness.
The marriage was made without previ-
GUS plans and the two Immediately un-
dertook to establish a home on the
North side
The wedding is the result Of pref
ty courtship in the home city of the
two. Although several years her
senior, Beyers was enamored Of the
school girl and told her of his love
She encouraged his wooing. One day
Beye-s left the city suddenly.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11
Trees In Roaton Commons.

According to Frederick E. olmstead,
in Country Life in America, it has cost
the city of Boston about $3.50 per
acre to put the trees on the fifty acres
Of Boston Common in good condition.
1t cost $3.50 per acre to trench the
soil and supply proper plant food, and
about 500 per acre to protect from
insect rayages. It is said that the
land In this same common or park has
valuation of sS64,329 per acre. This
means an actual cost at six per cent.
In loss. of taxes OF over .s51 900 per
acre. And yet some of our larger
towns and cities begrudge spending a
few hundred dollars occasionally in
their parks.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11
Fish Behave ScandaIous in a River of Beer

I INDIANAPOLIS, IND.-Thousands Of
fish in the Mississinewa river, in
the Hoosier state, acquired free jag
the other day, when the peer in the
watts Of the Indiana Brewery were
emptied into It. And the way they
acted was enough to call forth a set
of resolutions from the Indianapolis
". c. T. U.
Catfish, carp, white suckers, red
horse and bass behaved something
scandalous. They reeled and stag
gered and threw fip-haps in the air.
Men and boys came from several
miles around, when they heard Of the
bun party, and gathered In the DRINKS.
Every once in a while bunch Of
bullheads and pouts that had sworn
eternal fealty to each other came TO
the surface, waved their flippers at
the crowd on the shore and sang:
Hail! Hail! The gangs all here. "
Next thing they knew they we're on
the bank with string through their
gilIs.
The big catfish that climbed a
mooring stake under the impression
that 1t was a barber pole was hos
pitably received by a boy with tin
bucket. The redhorse that was car
rying home a Welsh rarebit and some
toasted marshmallows in paper ice
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11
Bankrupt Little Old Man Seeks Fortune as Newse

He held out paper to a passing
man. The customer reached into his
pocket, and was Immediately assailed
by a ragged boy of twelve, who
showed a paper into his hand, seized
the cent, and was gone.
The little man tucked the paper
back under his arm.
That doesn't seem fair to me-" he
observed. He stole my customer.
Still. suppose l will have to expect
that. Perhaps l, too. may learn to
do IL"
No one knows the name Of the little
man. He refuses to give 1t.
Il wouldn't like the people at home
to know that | am forced to sell news
papers on the street." he explained.
You surely wouldn't ask me to do
that, would you?
You see, was the owner OF a
small general store until short time
ago, No, can't tell you where It
was. It's Of no real importance.
And then | became a bankrupt.
was told that l had not managed my
store systematically. Perhaps l had
not, but l had worked hard, at any
rate. Even the firms to whom | owed
money admitted that.
so 1 sold what had left and paid
what l owed. After | had finished
paying them all, had but very little
left And so came to Cleveland.
There was no place for me at home"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11

NJ EW YORK.-About hundred per
~ sons, attracted by the noise OF bat
tie, watched Kilkenny. an Irish goat
with a disposition for fight and an
Irishman's love OF fair play. rush into
the breach and wallop the stufing out
OF Nose, a big buck elk. who was wor-
rytng an Angora goat in one OF the
enclosures in Central park the other
day.
Keeper Hoey said Nose was such 8
quarrelsome elk that he separated him
from the herd and put him in an en-
closure with Kilkenny.
They respected each other. though
the goat weighed 500 pounds less than
the elk" said Hoey, and everything
went all right until l put an Angora
goat IN the enclosure. Scarcely was
the Angora in the enclosure when
Nose charged, lowering his four ant
lers. sharp and hard as rock, and lift
Ing the poor, frightened goat high in
the air.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11
G1zaa@l;,e@f+.GOTHAMomd
YzzzAz9tE2AoMrOTFS
Fighting Goat WaIops a Big QuarreIsome Elk

The Angora landed hard and re-
manned still. out for the count and bad
ly torn. Nose saw the blood and
caught the lust He roared like an
anarchist mob and lowered his head
for another charge. Just then XII
kenny became interested He got mp,
shook himself briskiy, paved q mo
ment like sprinter getting a start
and just as Nose launched forward
Kilkenny shot at his side Like a bat
tering ram Kilkenny smashed into
Nose, overturning him. It took Nose
a full half minute to understand and
then he roared at Kilkenny, who stood
bucked up, taut as bow.
Il hollered for Bess, my stag hound.
and grabbed pitchfork. AS Mose
charged, the willy goat sidestepped as
neatly as a boxer and delivered a sec
ond bump. which took the wind right
out OF Nose. There must have been
a ton of pressure behind the ram. for
Nose stood gasping a minute after he
picked himself up. Then Bess got to
work, and with her aid and the pitch
fork Nose was driven into q corner.
Kilkenny vas standing his ground and
did not want to shift to an opposite
corner. picked up the Angora goat
and carried it to the hospital, leaving
Bess on guard. And would you be-
lieve 1t, ten minutes later Nose and
Kilkenny rubbed noses and declared 1t
draw"
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11
CARE FOR STACKED ALFALFA
Best Way to Cure Hay Is to Rake IL
Into Small Winrows and Let the
Crop Dry Out Slowly.

Sometimes weather conditions make
it almost impossible to put alfalfa hay
in the stack in good condition. and
heating and burning results, A II.
Leidligh, assistant professor of crops
at the Kansas Agricultural college,
says comparison will show why the
water does not readily cure out of the
stems. II tree is cut down on q
cool, cloudy day, said Professor Leid-
ligh, the leaves remain green and
fresh for some time. They take water
from the trunk and pass it of into
the atmosphere. II the weather Is
reasonably cool for a few days, the
water will all be taken out of the
tree.
Now, II the tree is cut down on a
hot sultry day the leaves will dry
up and fall of. The water is still in
the trunk of the tree, and there is no
way for it to get out quickly. 1t is the
same with alfalfa.
When 1t is impossible to wiring
water out of the hay, says Professor
Leidligh, 1t is dry enough to stack.
The best way to cure hay is to rake 1t
into small winrows and let II dry out
slowly. II the ground is damp, or II
the air is very moist, the winrows
must be turned frequently to expose
all the hay to the sun.
Hay often heats in the stack be-
cause 1t is rained on, or because it all
serbs moisture from the ground. Not
less than IS to $40 worth of hay is
spoiled on the top and bottom of a
25-foot stack of alfalfa, put up in the
usual way. This loss may be avoided
by stacking on foundation of poles,
or under sheds. The money saved on
few stacks will pay for the shed.
Opinions differ on just how much
the feeding value of alfalfa is af-
fected by heating. Some argue that
while it lowers the feeding value, it
improves the taste. Cattle usually
eat brown and black alfalfa with
more relish than they do the bright
green hay.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11
MEAD0WLARK A PEST7
Belongs to Same Family as
Blackbird and 0riole.
Amount of Damage Done by This Bird
Varies With Depth of Planting,
Condition Of Soil and Prox-
unity to Pastures.
By H. c. BRYANT.l


The meadowlark Is not true lark,
but belongs to the same family 10
which the blackbird and oriole be-
long. Since the meadowlark of the
eastern states differs from that found
in the western states In both song
and coloration. the bird Of the west
is termed the western meadowlark.
This is a common bird from Wiscon-
sin, Illinois, Iowa, Texas, ETC., west to
the Pacific coast. also ranging north
into Canada and south into Mexico.
The meadowlark is well known be-
cause of its size, bright plumage and
cheerful song 1t is conspicuous
bird of treeless areas and frequenter
Of the meadow and pasture. In Cali
fornia 1t is found from sea level to
attitudes OF 1000 feet in the noun
tains. 1t ia most abundant in the
great central valleys where, in some
places, the birds may be seen con-
gregated In fiocks OF fifty or more,
feeding almost entirely on the ground.
This meadowlark appears to be, one
OF the few birds which is profiting by
the increased cultivation of land. Al
falfas furnishes particularly good food
and cover for the bird and grain fields
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11
Spraying Machine.

nected with cross pipe with series
of nozzles depending from it in the
back. The powder that the tank con-
tains is forced through the nozzle un.
der sufficient pressure to spray it in
all directions. The machine is de-
signed primarily for the purpose Of
spraying insectide over growing plants
and is big Improvement on the hand
method of doing this work, being not
only much more thorough, but much
more speedy, as it sprays seven or
eight rows at once. Such a machine
might also be used to SOW certain
kinds of seed, like grass seed, that die
not have to be dropped in rows.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11

cream box, with the idea of placating
his wife, was nabbed while he was
looking for the keyhole. The con-
vivial party OF young suckers that
tumbled into a landing net for the
purpose of going on q Joy ride. we're
easy.
As for those that swan ashore and
laid down for fear they would fall
out Of the water-it was almost q
sin to take them.
1t all came about because the In
diana Brewing company had notified
the deputy internal collector Of the
district that 1t would cease manufac-
turing beer before the end OF July
The beer was measured and 1t was
found there were 1916 barrels In the
tanks. The revenue officer at once
prepared to drain this through pipes
into the sewer, and soon 1t was run
ming into the Mississinewa river.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11
When Soils Cease to Produce.

The trouble with soils when they
cease to produce as they did when
new is not that elements of plant
food are actually exhausted from the
soil, but the necessary force for the
liberation are exhausted. One of
these forces is bacteria. 1t is esti-
mated that in the common soil there
are 100000 bacteria to the ounce
These bacteria must have for their
food humus, then they viii liberate
food for the growth OF plants. To be
a good farmer one needs to grow
leguDes and other cover crops plants
to turn under for humus, and to en-
courage these beneficial bacteria to
perform their functions in the soil.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11

After waiting patiently for som,
months, no word was heard from
Beyers other than that he was seen in
Milwaukee. The girl pleaded the case
with her father and he consented to
her trip to this city. In order to pay
the expense of the journey he took a
mortgage Of 500 upon his property.
When she arrived in Milwaukee
Florence sought the aid OF District At
torney Yockey and he showed keen
interest in her welfare. With no furth-
er information than description Of
Beyers, the official took up the search
and was rewarded with success
The two met in Mr.. Jockeys offics
and greeted each other warmly. where
they were married.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11
Simple Wood Stain.

When the home carpenter is ready
10 stain the table or bench he has
made, it may be quickly done at the
cost a few cents. A water solution
of bichromate of potassium is first
applied, an ounce or SO dissolved In a
quart of water. Rub 1t on with rag.
and In a few minutes rub 1t OF Then
apply a weak solution of water of log
wood and rub off soon. The result is
a rich brown. The strength OF the so
luton and the time of application
make the difference in the shade.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1913-09-11

are often chosen for a home. With
the furnishing Of still more good food
and cover, combined with the destruc-
ton of some OF its enemies, the west
ern meadowlark may be expected to
still further increase in numbers.
Oats appear to be preferred. In the
fields inspected, damage was greatest
In sandy soil, for here the grain is
more easily obtained. Next to the
condition of the soil, the factor gov
erning the extent OF damage appears
to be the proximity of the natural
habitat of the bird Fields bordering on
marsh grass lands and pastures suffer
most In some instances the meadow
lark have followed the drill row for
distances of four to six feet and ap-
parently pulled every sprout. Barley
and wheat are attacked to less ex-
tent than oats. Field corn and sor-
ghum are not damaged.
Meadowlarks can succeed in pulling
the sprouting grain only when it first
appears above the ground. After the
second and third blades appear the
plant is we'll rooted and the kernel
no longer essential to the life of the
plant Only the grain which is within
one and one-half inches of the surface
is obtainable. Hence the difficulty of
obtaining the kernel and the ter
mination Of the time during which
the kernel is essential to the life of
the plant soon makes destruction i'm
possible. Hard, dry soil precludes
attack. Damage is greatest after the
soil has been softened by rain. In
vestigation shows that fields appar-
entity greatly damaged while the grain
was sprouting have shown but little
damage at harvest time. In some
cases a certain amount Of thinning
may be beneficial so that unless the
damage is great the birds may per
form a real service. The fact that
oats is most seriously damaged and
that, with the exception of barley and
wheat, other grains are not attacked
also minimizes the amount of possible
damage.
When the benefits conferred by the
meadowlark are balanced with the
injuries, there remains no doubt that
the bird deserves protection. Its
value as a destroyer of injurious in
sects far exceeds it's detriment as a
destroyer of sprouting grain. The
value of one of these birds living to
one dead is as five pounds of insects
and one-half pound of weed seeds is
to one and three-fourths pounds Of
grain, considerable part of which is
made up of wild oats and waste
grain.
A strong point favoring their pro-
lection is to be found in the fact that
the damage to sprouting grain fields
can be largely prevented by planting
grain deeply and drilling instead of
broadcasting. two measures highly
advocated as favoring larger crops.