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PIGS THAT FAIL TO GROW UP.
Runts Are Usually Those Which Eat
and Drink Slowly.

Quite often we see litters of new born
is not the kind of lunts l wish to dis
c,lss. writes Il. \. Gallihcr in Farm
and Fircside. 1t is the kind that are
not natural born runts," but somehow
fail to grow as rapidly and thrive rs
we'll as their mates. | have seen them
often and have racllcd my brains to
know what was the trouble. l have
lately discovered one cause which be-
licye will hold good in nine cases out
of every ten. 1t is this: Some pigs eat
and drink very rapidly. Others cat
and drink very slowly. The slow eat
els arc invariably the runts if the pigs
are all fed together. Simple, isn't it?
Yet it is a fact.
Recently the writer's attention was
called to IL pair of pigs belonging to 4
neighbor. They were the same age,
lad been given the same care and
were always fcd together. Both We're
thrifty pigs, but one was at least a
third larger than the other. The own
CT asked me what l thought was
wrong. l told him what had learn
ed and advised him to separate his
pigs and test the matter. The next
time saw him he told me that he had
followed these simple instructions and
found that the larger Of the two pigs
ate his feed in about third less time
than the small one.
Now, the thing to do with bunch of
pigs is to test their eating capacity
separately and then feed each kind by
themselves. If this rule were follow
cd not only with hogs, but with all
other live stock. there would be fewer
poorly developed animals.
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Strong, Early Plants.

If very strong, early plants are de-
sired they must not be crowded in the
cold frame after they have been reset
from the hotbcd or greenhouse. Cab
hage plants should stand about one
and one-fourth inches apart Tomato
plants two inches apart the first trans
planting and four the second. Lettuce
should have about two inches each
way in order to develop the strong
est plants.-National Stockman and
Farmer
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Seeds For the Farmers Brain
, LIVE NOTES FOR sTockMEN.

Keep hog troughs clean and
free from dirt and filth. Disin-
. feet pens with a dip solution once
; week.
. 1t is Il good plan to give the
: sheep flock q mixture Of salt and
. tobacco to ward off any possible
{ lavagcs of the stomach worm.
Keep mixture of charcoal,
. salt and sulphur in a clean, dry
place where it will be accessible
to hogs at all times.
!. Let the horse have one days
rest every week. See that he is
: comfortable in his stable, that it
is neither dark nor damp and
: that he has good bed to lie on.
Fat lambs always bring a good
: price. Keep them growing every
minute from their first breath.
Keep your horses we'll groomed,
os q we'll kept animal not only
I appears better, but keeps easier
and feels better than one neg
lectcd.
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EIaxseed For Horses.

Ground whole haxseed is used cz-
tensivcly for fattcning horses. Soak it
in hot water for two or three hours. IT
will form Il sort of Jelly. Mix Il small
it in the drinking water. 1t is good
for digestion and gives bloom to the
coat of the horse. 1t should not make
more than l per cent Of a grain ration
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HIS to uu ut present except 10 decide
on the length and nature of the pro
.'Hm. depending, of course, ON the tai
rnt discovered. lo hope tilcrr'll be
plenty of music, DO you love music,
Mr.. ONertOn:'
What magic was there in the word
love that fell SO liilconccYncdiy from
those full. rcd lips: And why did the
Sound of The four innocent litt!e letters
i'll tn" combination that has destroyed
kingdoms and sent saints to puryatory
make this man of the world feel like
crying out: Music: No, i is you
love-
But. being Il man of the world. with
some modicum Of sense yet remaining,
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Crossinu Dairy Cows,

1t is poor policy to try to improve
upon any breed of dairy cattle by
crossing one breed upon another This
has been done in some cases, but it
never gets one anywhere. There may
be exceptional instances where individ-
uals have proved good, but, for each Of
these there will be hundreds that will
be worthless.
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A Long Wait.

Hcnry-My. my, how you've grown
since I've been calling on your sister
Mae. Johnnie-Sure. Sis says she
guesses Ill be voter before you git
around to propose.-Boston Record.
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Noueht.

II tell you what, sir" said a Yankee
of his opponent, that man don't
amount to Il sum in arithmetic. Add
him up and there is nothing to carry"
christian Register.
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A Deep Remark,

The first lord of the admiralty sighed.
II do not like submarines, he NUT
tered. and then he added, ''for divers
reasons. s."-Philadelphia Ledger.
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A Coiored Story,

'Mayme blushed when she found Z
was trying to read her face.'
"Well, people usually do blush when
their faces are getting read."-Balti-
more American.
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Told You So.

''lt's the unexpected that always hap.
pcns.'
"Oh, I don't know. Somebody ale
ways claims to have predicted it,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Cynical.

Sillicus-Do you think it is possible
for one woman to make another Voc
man perfectly happy? Cynicus-Oh,
yes: simply by envying hcr.-Philadel-
phia Record.
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lioht READING,

Booklover-Have you something for
light reading? Librarian--Yes. ma'a
Here's the gas company's annual re.
port.-BuffalO Express -
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Quick Turn.

'Jiggs is quite a magician
"So:"
Yep. l just saw him turn his mo
tor into 4 lamppost.' Buffalo Express-
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An Execution.

How did he get his start?'
''His uncle left him some money"
"Humph! That's usually young
mans finish" ."-Detroit Free Press.
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An Idle Curiosity,

An Idle Curiosity.
Teacher-The sentence in the lesson;
is, "He went there out Of idle curios-
ity.' How would you define. idle Gu
riosity:" Give me an instance, IL ona
occurs to you.
Bad Boy-Well, think mummy is
about as idle a curiosity as any I
know Of, ma ma'am.--Exchange.
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Wasting a
Few Minutes
In Laughter
Nothing Saved.

The strap had been applied to 81
five-year-old unruly.
Nov, the next time have to pun,
ish 'you," said the stern parent, "you
will go to bed for day in the bar.
gain.''
Whereupon the weeping unruly OBJ
served
lis that what you call a bargain?-
Detroit Times.
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The Ways Of Men.
"Father. don't men call themselves
bachelors before they get married?"
Yes, my boy
"And what do they call themselves,
after. dad:'
'Hush: 1t isn't fit for little boys to
know. ."-EXchange.
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M0LDY 0AT STRAW
Bad Feed For Horses In Winter
May Cause Abortion.
SELECT WELL CURED FOOD.

1t Is Advisable to See That the Grain
Is Not Cut Too Green Nor Bound
Too Tight In the Sheaf-Before U.s.
ing Give II Thorough Examination.
Most farmers make Il point Of com
pc lling their idle horses to consume q
lot of oat straw during the cold wealth
or. writes John Mason in the National
Stockman. Clean, bright, we'll cured
oat straw, cut when not too dead ripe
and saved thoroughly dry. is excellent
filling for idle horses in winter if
joined to a diet in which there is a
liberal amount of nitrogcnous nourish-
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Telitaie Action.
Rankin - Uncle Sol Sodbuster pre-,
tends to be an experienced chauffeur,
but know he hasn't owned machine
very long. Phyl-What makes you So
certain of it? Rankin-When he left
home this morning he absently chuck-i
ed bag of oats in the back Of the au-
omobile.-Youngstown Telegram.
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And Then They Parted.

And Then They Parted.
! Erred. dear. why are some women
called Amazons:'
"Wcll, my dear, you remember our
biographies told US that the Amazon
has the largest mouth
But she Went out and slammed the
door before he could say any more.
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About Growing DAUGHTERS.

N0out 0F0"'n9 OdU9nteFS.
Here's woman says she wants to
take our correspondence course in hus-
bsndry."
what an idea! Does she explain!
why she wants that course:"
Yes; she says she has five daugh-
ters to be married off. f.''-Baltimore
American.
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His Desire.
"Where did you work last and how
long:" demanded the colonel. "Did
you quit Of your own accord or were
you discharged. and
'Loogy yuh, bossw sourly returned
Brother Bogus. II isn't puhposin' mar.
age to yo'; is AKIN for job."-Puck.
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The Committee at Work.

~ 7Ou Sec Marsh said trium-
phanty, "shc's clean off.
Now to wake her. In about
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DDS In the trenches there Is not "A thing
10 be had for any price our pocket
money Is so much waste paper. Hy send
ing to remote towns, paying commissions
and exorbitant prices. one can manage to
get n few things Once In the trenches
these articles are precious beyond gold
In the course OF bartering services are
paid for In chocolate, for money IL held
as worthless for wages.
Though modern warfare does not allow
us to think more about eating than fight.
ing. stll we do not actually forget that
we are on a battle line. Ever over our
heads goes on the precise and scientific
struggle OF the artillery. Packed elbow
% elbow in these obscure galleries one
might be content TO squat all day long.
auditor OF the magnificent orchestra OF
battle were II not that one becomes so
soon habituated TO it that II is no longer
magnificent. We hear the voices OF can
non OF all calibres and at all distances.
We learn to read the score and distin-
guish the instruments. Near us are
field batteries far away are siege guns.
over all there Is the unmistakable. sharp,
metallic twang OF the French IS. the
whistle OF its shell and the lesser report
OF its explosion When the German bat
teries answer the whistle ana explosion
outdstance the voice OF the cannon.
When one hears the sffiement the
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II is ignoble. this style OF warfare, he
eXcalms. Instead of bringing out all that
ls noble in n man it brings out only his
worse self-meann ss and greed and i'll
temper. We are not, Ia fact, leading the
life OF men az all, but that Of animals.
living in holes in the ground and only
showing our heads outside to fight and
to feed
Amid the monotony Of this kind OF cx-
isuence the matter Of eating assumes an
importance altogether amusing 10 one
who gives IL only very secondary con-
sderation in time of peace, II is In fact
the supreme II not the only event OF the
day In France the soldier is very well
cared for In this respect. In cantonment
and under all normal conditions lie re-
CclVes ordinarily coffee and an ample
days ration OF good bread the first thing
IN the morning then at 10 and al he Is
SERVED with soup meat and vegetable,
excellently cooked, coffee and wine, not
to mention such little occasional luXuries
Hs chocolate, coniltures, brandy, sc.
In the trenches this programme Is neces-
sarlly modified by the distance from the
Kitchens and tn" impossibility of passing
back and forth I'm daylight on account of
the artillery fire. When We first came
to the trenches we made the mistake OF
having our kitchen too near In the woods.
Whether II was the smoke that gave 1t
away or on- Of the hostile aeToplanes that
buzz continually over our hsads the Der
mans soon found us range and with one
man Killed and half a dozen wounded the
cooking brigade was forced to move back
to the chateau and take up It's quarters mt
a point In the woods AT three or four kilo-
meters from the line Of the trenches.
Since then the matter of ravtallement
is arranged az follows: every morning at
3 o'clock a squad of men leaves the
trenches aud returns before daybreak
with the days provislons--brcad and cof-
fee, cheese and preserved foods such as
cold meat, pates, sardinos, Sc The ration
IN very small, but the nature OF life in
the trenches is not such IN to sharpen
ones appetite. In the evening another
squad leaves Immediately after shutdown,
Every one waits eagerly to hear the clnk
OF the pals returning in the dark. II Is
Il good meal, soup or stew of some
kind ms hot as can be expected in view
OF the distance from tho kitchen fires cof-
fee ana wine, and We all gather about
with our little tins for the distribution.
These nightly trips to the kitchen are
sometimes a matter OF considerable diff
Guilty, for frequent changes of position
often find us unfamiliar with the course
Of the paths through the woods, which
are newly cut. impassahly muddy and III
defined. Notwithstanding the danger of
going astray in swamp and thcket
and the labor OF bringing back a heavy
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the soldiers lie comes To mean to him
simply the test OF the most misery that
III. human organism can support He
longs for AN attack. to face the barbed
wire and the mitraIlleusa. anything for "A
little freedom and function for body and
soul
My oomrade In arms IL young
Seryiau, who went through All the Bal
kan campaign until the war broke out
with tho BulgariauS Then he deserted
at Saloulca, for me- was unwilling to fight
against his brother people. and his mother
too was a bulgarian. After the tr umphs
OF the campaign IN Macedonia the present
method ~ fighting is almost insupportabie
to him. and he frets p,tiably under the
forced iuICtion In the Balkans there
was no hghjiug behind .arthworIs, hut all
was IN the open field and az the point Of
the hayUuet and seldom did the Turks
await the fury 81 the shock.
In the evening there was 10 lying down
in the cold and darkness, hut around
blazing camphres the soldiers sang the
ancient victorious pscans Of their people
und danced their national dances Some
times they would kindle "A big bonfire at
some distance from their camp and keep
only q !ot Of little fires among themselves.
The Turks would lombard the big fire all
night hut around the little ones tn sol
dlcrs would be left in peace. In the
suualor and darkness OF our subterrlneAn
quarters he tells me often of the glories
OF those DAYS and OF the wonderful ex-
plots of his peoplc--the onslaught at
kumanovo and the charge at Dibra.
where he was shot through the body and
laid UP in hospital for month and half.
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ride for y Jar OF Jam.

To supplement the regular rations with
little luNurles such as butter, cheese, pre-
serves and especially chocolate Is n mat
ter that occupies mors OF the young
soldiers thoughts than the Invisible
enemy our corporal told US the other day
that there wasn't a man In the squad
who wouldn't exchange his rifle for a
jar Of jam. II Is true that We think moro
about securing these triies than We do
about keeping our rifles clean. Nor is Il
an easy matter to get such things The
country where We are now has been thor
oughly fought over, so that the poor in
habltants and their stocks Of goods have
suffered severely from the continual pass
ing OF troops In action. The countryside
Is stripped as "A field ny locusts
In the village where we are billeted
during our intervals OF rest between peril
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Harvard Man Describes
Penls of Life In Trenches
Anything But Romantic Says Alan Seeger of Foreign
Legion. but ale Thrills With Sense of Filling
Necessary Place in Conflict of Hosts"
CONTINUALLY UNDER FIRE. But NEVER SEE

an animal IN ts burrow and hear the
shells whistle over his head and take their
little daily toll from his comrades
The winter morning dswns with gray
skies aud the Noar frost ON the ne d
Ills fee. ara numb, his clnteen frozen,
but he Is nc' allowed to make n IRE. Tha
winter might fails. with IT, prospect "
sentry duty ami the continual uppr, hem
sion or the hurried call 90 arms: ne is
not even permitted 10 light a candle. but
must tJii hims N IN his blanket and lie
down cramp'd .n tho dirty straw to sleep
a. best DE- may. How different from the
popular notion % tho evening campfire.
tho songs ana good cheer.
Crimped quarters bre 4 m temper and
disputes The impuSsibiiity OF the sim
post Kind Of personal cleanliness makes
Vcrmiu 4 universal li. against which
.Gere is no remedy Cold dirt. discom.
fort, tr" the ever present conditions, and
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Dad ia the dark 1t IL considered "a privi-
lege 10 be assigned TO this duty because
IL gives a little activity to relieve the
days tedium Single file. with rife
strapped to shoulders, we founder on, wet
to the ankles, the black forest all around
each man carrying half dozen can
teens besides his other burdens our
water comes from a spring down by the
chateau.
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danger hos already passed The shells
which burg, Immediately overhead and
rattle on u.r roof of our bombproof dug
out con-. unheraldsd. Sometimes they
come sing,y, sometimes IN rapid salvos OF
two Or three or four. Shrapners explo-
sve report IN followed by the whlz of
IT, rs Ing balls. COntoc' shells or mar
mite exnlod" more impro sslvc.y. 30 that
the earth ffemb.es. Shrapnel skaters
tres and shops good sized trunks as n
they were twigs contact shells dig holes
eight Or ten feet across all over nelds
When lines aro close. a. ours are now,
snipiug goes on all ths time, especially
from 'aa German sid. At night some
Zines violent fusillade will bring us TO
arms out OF our burrows we tumble 20
ma tie N'Lsides abll1e with The Bengal
lights from the German trenches, where
our enemies are as alert and mystifed
and uneasy as we are.
None OF these alarms has come to
anything where We were, but We hear
prolonged roars OF rife FIRE. punctuated
with steady booming OF artillery. from
the line alongside us sometimes, which
make uH realize that a desperate attack
10 always possible.
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PANS. Dec. 2S.--THE SuH correspond
mt has rccctrod tho follotctng letter
ryIttcn 10 friend by Alan Sleeper. m
Americas scrrin1 ~ the Foreign Lcoio1
% the front Mr. Scc0cr came 10 Tive "a
Parts not long otter his graduation from.
Hdrrard UHircrstV IN 1910. NE enlisted
10 the French army totscrd the end Of
iuoust. aud qrrn' scrsroi iceeks drilling
It Roucn and Toulouse before being sent
the front near Rheims. lie Is one Of
he group Of uc,nfJ-frc Americans sorr-
t1 IN the second Regiment NJ the For
sioH LEGION on service t1 France
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This style Of warfare is extremely mod
ern and for the artllerymen is doubtless
very interesting. but for the poor common
soldier It Is anything but romantic, His
role is simply to dig himself a hole IN
the ground aud 10 keep hidden in II as
tightly as possible. Continually under
the Are Of the opposing batteries, he is
vet never allowed to get a glimpse Of the
enemy Exposed to an tho dangers Of
war, hut with none Of IT'S cnthuSiasms or
splendid elan. he IL condemned 10 sit like
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In clear weather aeroplanes buzz
overhead al! day long. Both sides bonn
bard at them with shrapuel, which makes
a queer little wills when It explodes
high IN the afr. Never have | seen the
lines bring an altman down. for the puts
VI yellow smoke break too low, and high
up in the clouds the machine goes hum.
ming or. coHtemptuously dropping It's
signal fuses 4 few days ago / did see
German aeroplane sent to the ground
by French monoplane
We were IN camp In the woods behind
the lines when the familiar outline OF a
Taube against the winter sky drove US
into hiding in our cabin. Suddenly, with
out having noticed It's approach, saw a
French aeropane close with It's enemy.
There was the popping volley OF a mi
trailleuse and the wounded German ma
chine dipped abruptly and came down in
long volplane, but I could not see
whether the pilot had height enough to
make his own lines before his wheels
struck the ground.
Ii II toward evening that tn cannonade
is always fercest. With darkness II al
most completely subsidies Then the
sleepy soldiers. cramped and dishevelled
crawl on, ~ their holes rouse themselves
stretch their legs ard take the air. Every
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AMERICAN AT FRONT FINDS TRENCH LIFE UNROMANTC

body turns out like factory workmen a,
5 o'clock. The kitchen squad departs
others set 70 work repairing smashed d.
fensiVe earthworks and the nights Ara
sentinels go ON.
Sentry duty. which may be all that +,
melancholy II me night is bad and the
winter wind means through the pines
may bring moments Of eXaltation II the
cloud banks roll back. II the moonlight
breaks over the MINDLESS hills or tn.
heavens blaze with the beauty ~ The
northern stars 1t has been ~ for the
last few nights. since | commenced these
notes A cold wave has frozen all tire
bad ways n light snow has fallen and a
night the moonlight flooding out Of
frosty sky illumines all the wide land
scape t. it's utmost horizons In tn
hollow the white shell and chmneys O.
the ruined chateau stand out among N.
black pine groves on the crest opposIts
one can trace clear as IN daylight mo
groves and walls and roaT.ways aieoLg
which wind the silent and ',ncRrr.Ln lirs-.
Of the enemy's trenches.
standing facing them from his ram.
parts the sentinel has ample time To-
reflection Alone under the stars, war Ger
ita Cosmic rather than it's moral aspeo'
reveals Itself 20 him. Regarded from this
more abstract plane the question OF righ'
and wrong disappears. Peoples war be
cause strife II the law of nature aud
force the ultimate arbltrament among
humanity no less than In the rest e the
universe. He IL on Jne side he T. hghting
for. not In the last analysis from ethca
motives at all. but because destiny hss
set him In such a ccnstellaticn The
sense OF his responsibility is strong upou
him Playing a part in the life OF natioa-
he is taking part in the largest novemen'
his planet allows him.
lie thrills with the sense OF flling a.
APPOINTED necessary place in tho conhc
Of hosts, and facing the eneny's cres
above which the Great Bear wheels w
ward 10 the zenith. he feee with a
sublimity Of enthusiasm that he has neve.
before known kind Of companionsn
with the stars.
six Days In the Trenches.
SIX days il the regular period for
vice In the trenches under normal co..
ditIons often enough Il seems closs @
the limit OF physical and moral stra
which a man can bear. Tine last Nigh
the company packs UP It's belongings and
either in the twilight OF evening or daH u
assemblies and waits for the shadowy al
rival OF the relieving sections, to whom
the position IL surrendered without reEre,