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Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02

you in owning a Babcock milk tester,
and test the product Of each COW.
6. Discard the animals which have
failed at the end of the year to pay
for their keep.
z. Breed your COWS to purebred,
registered dairy bull from a family
having large and profitable produc-
tion of butter fat.
8. Raise we'll the heifer calves from
cows, which for one or more genera
tions have made large and profitable
productions of milk and butter fat.
9. Breed heifers to drop their first
calves at twenty-four to thirty months
of age. Give cows six to eight weeks
rest between lactation periods.
10. Join a dairy cattle breeders as
sociation. It will help you keep post
ed and in touch with the best and
most modern ways Of managing your
dairy herd.
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Sure Of conurenatlon.

A Scottish prison chaplain. recently
appointed entered one of the cells on
his first round of inspection and thus
addressed the prisoner who occupied
1t.
We'll, my man. do you know who l
am?"
mo. nor dinna care!" was the
nonchalant reply.
We'll, I'm your new chaplain"
"Oh, ye are? Then l hae heard o.
ye before!"
And what did you hear?" returned
the chaplain, his curiosity getting the
better of his dignity.
well, heard that the last twa
kinks ye were in ye preached them
bath empty, but | can say ye wilma
find it quite sa easy to do the same
wi this one"
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VARIOUS WAYS TO
KILL QUACK GRASS
One Good Plan Is to PIoW Late
in Fall, Thus Exposing Plant
Roots to Frost.

There are many ways to destroy
noxious weeds and it seems as though
every farmer has method of his own,
yet every farm seems to have enough
weed pests to last him until all the
various methods are tried out.
To kill quack grass is some job, yet
1t can be done, and the very best
method we have yet tried is the follow
ing: Late fall blowing to expose the
roots to frost; cultivation the follow.
ing summer, twice a week when the
ground was dry up to September; the
following spring any extra plants
which showed up were removed and
the field put into corn; the following
spring the field was put into barley
and wheat. says a writer in an ex-
change. The method was thorough, as
the weeds seemed to be completely
eradicated.
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DEAF FOLKS HEAR

every word clear and distinct with my new
HEARINF ONE. Costs only $500 and always
ready for Instant use. Fine for elderly people.
Can be carried in the pocket or email bag. a
free trial given. Write the j. II. CARPENTEB
CO., W. Park Square, Boston, Mass.
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MERELY A SMALL MATTER
Mr.. and Mrs. Hy ceer Really Had No
Need TO Worry-Their Precious
Car Was Safe.

About two o'clock last night Mr.. and
Mrs. Hy Geer were awakened by q
mysterious noise.
Listen! said Hy. and they sat up
In the dark.
Somebody's breaking into the ga
rage" Mrs. Geer whispered.
I'll go and see." answered Hy.
In dressing gown and slippers he
stole out of the house and across the
lawn.
The garage doors were locked.
There was no sign OF anything wrong.
He returned to the house aud re-
ported
Il wonder what 1t could have been. :"
said Mrs. Geer. I'm sure ! heard
something"
so did l." said Hy; but the cars
all right"
They were almost asleep. when sud
denly Mrs. Geer reused with a start.
Perhaps 1t isn't the car at all.
said she. Perhaps it's baby"
by George. never thought Of
him!" replied Mr.. Geer.
They found that their six-month-
old son had fallen out of his crib.
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SUNFL0WER DRINKS
MUCH WATER DAILY
Speculation as to Amount of
Moisture Consumed by Roots
of Trees in Forests.

Some sections of the East have had
more rain than was needed recently.
In fact, the torrential precipitation has
brought plague of insect pests into
the gardens. But there is another mat
ter to be taken into consideration, and
that is the enormous amount of water
absorbed by plants. On a warm day it
has been demonstrated that more than
a quart Of water enters the roots of
the unassumiDg sunflower Of medium
size. This opens for speculation the
number of thousands of gallons of wa
ter that the roots of the forest absorb.
The root performs threefold func-
uon. First it anchors the plant, then
it supplies the conduit for the water
that is needed for the stem, and 1t at
tracts the liquid nourishment.
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FISH OIL MIXTURE
A GOOD REPELLENT
May Be Applied to Animals BY
Cheap Brush or Sprayed on
With Small Machine.
(By c. c. LIPP.)

Fish oil may usually be bought by
the barrel at about As cents per gallon
or in ten-gallon lots at 60 cents per
gallon. 1t is a good repellent for flies
and similar insects and may be used
in the following mixtures:
1. Fish oil, 3 parts; kerosene, part.
2. Fish oil, 100 parts; oil Of tar 50
parts; crude carbolic acid, part.
8. Fish oil, 11s pints; kerosene, IN
pints; resin, 11a pounds; laundry soap,
2 cakes. Mix thoroughly and add
enough water to make three gallons.
4. Fish oil, linseed oil or kerosene,
pint; coal tar dip, 1 pint; laundry
soap, one-fourth bar; hot water, 10
pints. Mix thoroughly SO as to form
an emulsion.
Any of these mixtures may be ap.
piled thinly to the animals with such
a brush as can be purchased for ten
or fifteen cents, or they may be
sprayed on with a small hand-sprayer
such as can be purchased for 40 or SO
cents.
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to apply it as a top dressing on the
clover seeding; for the reason that
the plants will take up the fertilizing
elements and hold them in the soil
until such time as they are needed
for the crops that follow in the rota-
tion, instead of allowing them to leach
and wash away from the land. This
will also improve the texture and wa.
ter-holding capacity Of the soil.
All of the grain raised should be
fed out to live stock on the farm and
the manure returned to the soil, for
clover alone will not keep the soil up
forever unless it is supplemented by
the use Of other plant foods.
When we apply manure to the
clover we are getting the lever under
the very center of gravity of the farm.
If we lift the clover crop the whole
farm comes up with it and produces
larger and more profitable crops.
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Ry w. MILTON KELLY.)

CBy w. MILTON KELLY
The organic matter in sandy soils is
held in more accessible form for plant
food than any other soil. 1t does not
crust over and become hard, is warm
and easy to work, will not get sticky
and adhere to the farm machinery
when being worked, more of the land
can be worked with the same amount
Of labor and it will bring the earliest
market crops of any kind of soil and
the work may be done at times when
1t would be difficult to work other land
on account of being wet and muddy.
When the land was first cultivated
1t yielded large and profitable crops
and the common idea was that the
soil was strong and inexhaustible, but
we have found out to our sorrow that
a loose system of cropping without
restoring the removed fertility has led
to soil ruin.
The question that confronts us is
how to restore these lands to their
former state of productiveness with
cut paying out more than the lands
will be worth when we have accom-
plished our purpose.
In the first place the sand itself con-
tains but little real plant food, but
in the so-called sandy soils we find
a large proportion of earth and the
sand fulfills the office of a sponge to
hold the water and plant food in
form accessible for the use Of the
young rootlets of the plant to feed
upon, thus all of the plant food is
made available so rapidly that the
soil soon becomes exhausted from too
heavy cropping.
The great question is how to supply
and keep up the organic matter in the
soil sufficient to produce crops. Plants
of heavy growth might be sown and
plowed under for this purpose but
the leguminous plants to which clover
and cowpeas belong have so far given
better results, for the reason that
they draw largely from the air and
deposit in the soil valuable fertilizing
elements.
The best rotation to adopt after
the land is again brought into use
will be a three years rotation, con-
sisting Of corn which is to be cut
and removed early enough in fall to
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healthy children since. For fe male trou-
bles always take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and it works like
acharm. lido allmyO own work. MIRA.
A. F. KREAMER, 1874 Electric Avenue,
Lackawanna, N. Y.
Tho success Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, Is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
whO suffer from dispIacements, infiam-
nation, liberation, ,tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, bearing down
feeling, ,fatulency, indigestion, dizziness,
or nervous prostration. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is the stan
dard remedy for female ills.
Women who suffer from those dis
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
be convinced Of the ability Of Lydia E.
Pmkham's Vegetable Compound to re-
store their health by the m any genuine
and truthful testimonials we are con-
Stantly publishing in the newspapers.
II yOn want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicins Co. (cOnfl.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held In strict confidence.
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Something to Hold Him To.

Always be the same as you are
now" he whispered to her tenderly.
"and it is all ask. my dearest one"
And If am you will always love
me?" she said quietly.
YES" he answered, "always."
She looked beyond him-into spaca-
Only she knew that ere long she would
be quite different, for she was grow
ing stout!
Then she smiled into his face. And
the more you see of me the greater
will be your love. will it not?" she
asked.
Yes" he answered, Il swear tl~
And thus she was comforted.
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allow the ground to be put into wheat
which is seeded with clover. If the
clover crop can be pastured with
swine or cattle and their droppings be
allowed to return to the soil it will be
more beneficial than to allow 1t to be
cut and removed for hay.
The clover sod may be plowed un-
der in the fall and the following sum-
mer a crop of corn be cultivated and
when replowed for wheat after the
corn, it will require but little clover
seed to insure a vigorous stand, for
much of the clover seed from the year
before will remain in the soil and
grow.
In applying manure to the rotation
on sandy soil, we have found 1t best
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Irreai,tihle-

John D. Rockefeller tells this story
on himself:
"Golting one bright winter day.
had for caddie boy who didn't know
me. An unfortunate stroke landed me
in a clump of high grass.
MY, my!' l said. What am l to
do now?'
"'See that there tree, said the boy,
pointing to a tall tree a mile away.
Well, drive straight for that
81 lofted vigorously. and. fortunate
ly. my ball scared up into the air. it
landed. and it rolled right on to the
putting green.
"How's that. my boy?' l cried.
"'Gee. boss he said, If had your
strength and you had my brains, what
a pair we'd make!' !'"-Tit-Bits
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MAKE IMPROVEMENT
IN POULTRY FLOCK
Of lust as Much Importance to
Farmer as the Use of Pure
and Improved Seeds.

Just now the agricultural press and
the country publications, too, for that
matter, are calling everybody's at
tention to the importance of pure and
improved seeds. Poultry raisers, why
not take the hint and pay special at
tention to improving your flock of
fowls. This is equally as important
as seed grain, If not more so, for
there is mighty difference between
the dunghill kind kept by too many
and the graded-up kind kept by too
few.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
I'M I[In4NT
uNEAluSU
GOOD cow STALL AND FLOOR
Dairy Building Should BE Constructed
With Aim to Keep Cows Dry and
Clean as Possible.

While it is more pleasant to work in
fine barns, it is not necessary to have
them in order to get good results, but
items under this head are quite nee
essary for getting the best returns
With the comfort Of the animal in
view, our buildings should be con.
structed with the aim to keep the cows
as dry and clean as possible. Cement
floors built with about the same thick
ness as sidewalks and so construct
ed as to offer good drainage are the
most serviceable, says writer in West
ern Farmer. They should contain q
gutter IS to 20 inches wide and seven
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
Bird Bulletins Free.

The United States department Of
agriculture has printed several bulle-
tins about birds. These bulletins are
free for the asking. They tell about
the food Of the birds; how to build
bird houses; about plants which will
attract birds that protect fruit. They
give complete information about the
common birds in their relation to agri-
culture.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
GOOD ROADS AND MOISTURE
When Soil Is Dry II crumbIes to Dust
and When IL Contains Too Much
Water II Becomes Mud.

(By W. c. PALMER, North Dakota Ex.
pertinent Station)
One of the important factors in
roadmaking is to control the moisture
content of the soil in making up the
roadbed. When the soil is dry 1t
crumbles to dust and when 1t contains
too much water 1t becomes mud.
These are the two extremes to avoid.
To make a hard roadbed the soil must
contain a fair amount Of moisture.
The control of the moisture requires
that the roadbed be higher in the mid.
die and smooth so that water cannot
stand on 1t but will run of. If water
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carefml Iist.n.r

Il haven't heard a speech in many
day that impressed me the way
yours did" said the studious- looking
man.
Il presume that is intended for a
compliment" replied the beaming or.
ator.
Yes, sir. l took down so words l
didn't know the meaning of and you
must have used at least so more"
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AGENTS-The moneys yours. Grab this oPpoFlls
nity Household necessities sell themselves FaFtiCos
lars freq Eovoy aGpPy o1s WAaAiHgtsa Ave- osnan ~
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TO GET BETTER DAIRY cows
Breeders Association Keeps One in
Touch With Best and Modern
Ways Of Managing Herd.

1. Treat cows gently and avoid ex-
citement.
2. Be regular in time of milking.
3. Keep stables clean, well-lighted
and ventilated.
4. Weigh the milk of each cow at
milking time.
5. Get your neighbor to share with
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MobiIIzed.

Are you not afraid that moths will
get in the house, now that your women
folk are away?"
"Oh. suppose they WILL but I'll give
EN- a warm reception. I've got four
quarts of moth balls piled OH the din
ing room table. and if moth shows
above the trenches Ill start a bonn
bardment and keep it up all the eve
ming, but I'll force the moth to surren-
der"
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Place for Poultry Manure.

Poultry manure should be stored in
a dry place, and turned occasionally
so it will dry quickly and evenly.
A little land plaster or garden soil
should be sprinkled on the dropping
boards to fix the nitrogen. When prop
erly stored poultry manure will rank
with many of the low-grade fertilizers
that sell for SIS a ton.
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Would BE Worth wh,le.

Two Irishmen were walking into
Dublin from one of the outlying viii
lagos and fell to discussing the war
and the consequent increase in the
cost of living.
But have ye heard the latest
news?" says Tim.
NO" says Pat "Phwat is it,"
There's a penny off the loaf"
"Bedad," said Pat. Il hope it's of
the penny ones"
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The spIit-Log DRAG.

The split-log drag has contributed
more toward the economic mainte-
nance Of the public highways than any
implement Of modern usage. 1t does
not require special acts of the legis-
lature, bond issues or expensive edu-
cational campaigns to make it avail
able as usually precedes construction
work. A drag can be built or pur-
chased for 500 and is easily operated
by anyone who can drive a team.
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No Identification.

"You don't remember me. do youf
met you at the seashore."
That's strange. l don't seem to
recall you"
"Why, gave you a ring to remem-
ber me by"
Let me see. which ring was III"
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For the sIlo,

Short, immature corn should be al
lowed to stand until nearly dry before
putting into the silo. That is, the
leaves should be nearly dry; the stalk
should be pretty well filled with sap.
If this corn is put in while too green
1t may make sour silage.
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could not stand on
my feet. J Ny sister
in-law wisl led me to
try Lydia E. Pink
hams We e etable
Compound and my
nerves bee anne firm,
appetite 6 ood, step
elastic, ar d ] lost
that veal (, tired
feeling. That was
six years ago and l
have had three fine
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Sort Of cooIleJn

The hero-worshiping young girl was
futtering about the soldier just re-
turned from the war. They tell me-
she said, that in times of danger yOu
were as cool as an iceberg"
Il should say was" said the young
soldier Why, was so cool / act
ually shivered."
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Qualities Of Dairy Sire.

Backed by a good pedigree, based
largely on production, with plenty of
visible evidence of vigor and constitu-
tion, a dairy sire may confidently be
expected to transmit desirable quail
ties to his offspring.
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Tap. Tap.

Son was showing the old folk from
up country through the financial dis
trict.
The street we just passed is Cedar
and this is Pine" said the son guide.
You see, everybody wants to knock
wood before he reaches Wall street. ."
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ONLY A FEW PIMPLES
But Many More May Come n Voc
Neglect Them. Try cutlcura Free

Cuticura Soap and Ointment are
most effective in clearing the skin OF
pimples, blackheads, redness, rough
ness, itching and irritation as well AZ
freeing the scalp of dandruff, dryness
and itching, besides satisfying every
want Of the toilet and nursery.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. Y
Boston. Sold everywhere.-AdX.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
ELIxIR BABEK woRrH rrs wETonI

IN GOLD IN THE PHILTPPINEe-
contracted malaria in 1895, and after a
years' fruitles5 treatment by q prominent
Washington physician, your Elixir Rabok
entirely cured me. on arriving here came
down with tropical malaria-the worst form
and sent home for Babek. Again e
proved it's value-Is is worth it's weight q
Gold here. Brasie oHagan, Troop L, Str
U. s. Cavalry, Balayhn, Philippines.
Elixir BHbek. 50 cents, ali druggists or bY
Parcels Post prepaid, from Kloczewsk a Co,
Washington, D. G.
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Reason Eaouah.

There's a man who was given up
by every doctor who looked at him"
"You don't say SO? Why he looks
as strong as an OK"
That's just it. They don't think
he will ever be sick"
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What Bothered Him.

How far ahead can you go with
your family. Jones?" his inquisitive
friend asked.
"Oh. ! never worry about my fam
lily; what bothers me is how far back
can go with my tailor"
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snsolaI Stall for Gown.

AS cows are particularly liable to
disease infection at calving time, it is
a wise plan to provide special stall
for them to calve in, and to disinfect
the stall used for that purpose after
each COW leaves It.
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Promote Rural Prosperlty.

1t is now generally admitted that
good roads promote rural prosperity,
even IL they do cut down the profits
of the men who hired out teams to
pull motor cars out of mud holes,
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Repalr Leaklna Teat,

If a COW has a little hole in the
side of her teat, through which the
milk squirts, wait till she is dry, then
scrape the edges of the hole till it
bleeds and sew together. Take out
the stitches when it heals.
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Naturally.

His wife suspects that he lives
double life"
$50 she is naturally anxious to find
out how the other half lives"
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Ideal for KeepIna MIX Cool.

A springhouse or a refrigerator Is
the ideal thing for keeping milk cool,
but million of pounds of good butter
are made every year with no better
equipment than a tank for the cans
Tiled with a pump from a well.
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A Fast coer.

"How's the new servant getting
along?"
Rapidly. Next Tuesday she'll have
been gone a week"-Detroit Free
Press.
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somethIno RadIeaIIv wro,c

There is something radically wrong
with the farmer who Is opposed to
good roads.
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Stunted Pins.

Smaller pigs are kept stunted IL left
to run with the larger. stronger ones
by being crowded from the feeding
trough.
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Worth Top

Wheat straw alone is worth So per
ton as fertilizer. It's value is much
more when used for bedding the COW.
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Leaumes and Lime.

The promotion of the growth of
legumes is the one effect which, above
all others, justifies the use of lime.
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Many men find 1t difficult to live up
to the reputation acquired by making
one chance hit.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02
Leave Satisfy In Ground.

Satisfy or vegetable oyster should
be left in the ground the same as
parsnip. Freezing improves Il
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I'm union there is strength"-so q
meek and lOwly man with a strenuous
wife says.
Middletown transcript., 1915-10-02

A woman never eats when she has
anything else to do.
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The Philippines yearly import 20
100000 pounds Of salt.
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Year After Year

"They can't fool all the people an
the tine"
But the summer hotel proprietor
manages to stick us for two weeks OF
It,"
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1t Is possible for a woman to bury
her past, but some 9th er woman al.
ways marks the grave.
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Fiction.

What kind Of fiction does FIeecef
writer"
Mainly promissory notes and ]. q.
US"
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Half-starved hens are not so produc
tive as fat ones.
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The Easiest Way.
"HOw is links paving his way?"
with gold bricks"
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One may escape danger by forti-
tude.
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Its Aim.

Il wonder what is the chief end of
the average woman's club?"
Il guess it's to hit the men,"
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Was MISERABLE
COULDN'T STAND.
Testifies She Was Re stored
to Health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
COMPOUND.

Lackawanna, N. Y.-"After my first
child was born felt very miserable and
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Fence the hens out and the garden

in,
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Iuonovtant 80 Nao.,.o-.

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORlA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and SEQ that N
Bears the ~
Signature of N<TZZLzew
In Use For Over so Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
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Raising Protein.

"Raise your protein!" means grow
clover and alfalfa
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Extensive Nitrooen.
Productive Hens

Dried blood as a source of nitrogen
Is always expensive.
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What Generated l

What Generated Il.
What caused the GOODNESS betweeR
you and Jones?
"A heated argument"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-10-22

BETHLEHEM STEEL WAY UP
NEW YORK. Oct % Rising
above it's closing mark OF yester-
day. bethlehem Steel opened today
at 600. This was a fraction above
It's top figure reached yesterday.