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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
INJURY BY FIELD MICE
Ravages of Little Rodents Result
in Serious Losses.
Problem Of Controlling Animals 10 One
Of Considerable Importance to
Farmers and Orchardists-
Plea for Eradication.
(By d. E. LANTZ.)

(By D. e. LANTZ.)
Shorttailed field mice are commonly
known as meadow mice, pine mice and
moles; locally as bear mice, buck
tailed mice or black mice. The term
includes a large number of closely re-
lated species widely distributed over
the northern hemisphere.
The runs of meadow mice are main
ly on the surface of the ground under
grass, leaves, weeds, brush, boards,
snow or other sheltering litter. They
r followed out BY the animals
claws and worn hard and smooth by
being frequently traversed.
Meadow mice are injurious to most
crops. They destroy grass in mead
Ows and pastures; cut down grain, clio
ver and alfalfa; eat grain left stand
ing in shocks; injure seeds, bulbs,
f1c wers and garden vegetables, and are
especially harmful to trees and shrub
berry. The extent OF their depreda-
lions Is usually in proportion to their
numbers.
When present even in ordinary num-
bers meadow mice serious in
jury to orchards and nurseries. Their
attacks on trees are often made in
winter under cover of snow, but they
may occur at any season under shell
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
FOR STIRRING ALFALFA
Side Delivery Tool Rolls Hay Up
Loosely So Air Can Get Through
It Without SunburninQ.

The side delivery rake is about the
best tool to use in stirring alfalfa. 1t
rolls the hay up loosely so that the
air can get through it without hay
ing 1t burned BY the hot sun. Great
care should be exercised in handling
alfalfa so as not to lose the leaves,
the most important part Of the plant.
They are worth as much, pound for
pound, as wheat middlings, SO it pays
to try to save them.
Alfalfa hay can be handled in much
the same way as clover, except that a
little more are must be observed to
prevent it from getting too dry. In
handling alfalfa cut it down in the
afternoon after the dew is OF, let it
lie until afternoon then rake into wind
rows with the side delivery, and eth
er put into cocks that evening, or
the next morning after the dew is
on. 1t is preferable to let the hay do
most OF the curing in the cock as
q little better feed al be produced
In this way. It can be put into the
cocks when quite green and II the
weather is at all favorable 1t will
cure in . day or SO and make fine
hay.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
ACCIDENTS IN FILLING SILOS
lei and Can Be Prevented
Three Excellent Rules.

<By w. E. MARKEY, Iowa Experiment
Station.)
With the opening of tb> silo filling
season there will be frequent reports
OF serious and fatal accidents. The
manufacturers of silage cutters have
greatly improved their construction in
recent years, and most accidents now
adays are the result of c~arclessness;
practically all of them cah be avoid
ed by the exercise of reasonable care.
In addition to the exercise of common
sense at the feeding end of the ma
chine, here r some things that the
inexperienced man should do.
l. Be sure that the machine is be-
ing run at the proper speed.
2. Take care that corr is never put
into the machine until the motion IL
up to full speed.
3. In stopping. be careful not to
shut of the power until the elevator
is empty. II the elevator is not
empty, the cut material will fall back
and lodge in the fans. Then when
the machine is started again, the cut
corn jams the fans, and as a result
they are bent or broken.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
PROPER SELECTION OF SEED
Determining Factor in Production Of
Maximum Crop Of Potatoes-Bul-
Ietin Explains Methods.

~ Good seed is a determining fac
tor in the production of maximum crops
of potatoes.
I'd Good seed may be obtained by
the tuber-u unit and hill-selection meth
DDS OF selection through the elimina-
ton Of un%productive and weak plants.
These methods are explained in Farm
ers' Bulletin 533, Good Seed Potatoes
and How to Produce Them"
90 Like produces like. IL tubers
from unproductive or weak plants are
used a similar harvest will be reaped.
ca All tubers showing marked dis
celebration OF the flesh should be re-
jected.
(5) Purity OF seed stock is an es-
sential quality of good seed. Serious
losses are sustained by the grower
through mixtures.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
SAFEST FORM OF INSURANCE
succulent Feed Assists Materially in
Keeping Herd in Good Health
and lnsurcs Milk Flow.

(By ROY T. HARRIS. Wisconsin Ex-
pertinent Station.)
A silO is not only the safest form OF
crop insurance for the farmer, but is
stock insurance as well. The succu-
lent form of feed helps to keep the
herd in good health and insures a milk
flow.
The farmers who have silos are not
uneasy because of the backwardness
of the corn crop. Even If the season
has been backward they are confident
that the crop will go into the silo in
fine shape for the stock. And many
farmers who, before this year. have
not thought Of investing in silos, are
now asking themselves, What kind
shall l build?"
The value Of silage al a feed cannot
be cverestimated during any year, but
in a year like this the worth Of a silo
in making sur an otherwise some
what doubtful harvest is emphasized.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
Undated Guiiiotine Trap.

ter Of growing vegetation or dry litter.
The animals have been known almost
totally to destroy large nurseries Of
young apple trees.
Older orchard trees are sometimes
killed by mice. In Kansas the writer
ten years planted and four to six
inches in diameter, completely girdled
by these pests. The list Of cultivated
trees and shrubs injured by these ami
mails includes nearly all those grown
by the horticulturist.
Pine mice inhabit chiefly forested
regions and are unknown on the open
plains. Ordinarily they live in the
woods, but are fond of old pastures or
lands not frequently cultivated.
Their harmful activities include the
destruction OF potatoes, sweet pota-
toes. bulbs, shrubbery and trees.
In the eastern part of the United
States pine mice do more damage to
orchards than do meadow mice, partly
because their work is undiscovered
until trees begin to die.
Methods of destroying field mice or
holding them in check by trapping and
poisoning are equally applicable to
meadow mice and pine mice.
II mice are present in small num-
bers, as j. often the case in lawns, gar
dens or seedbeds, they may readily
be caught in strong mouse traps of the
-
ed with oatmeal or other grain, or may
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
A DOCTORS EXPERIENCE
Medicine Not Needed in This Case.

It is hard to convince some people
that coffee does them an injury! They
lay their bad feelings to almost every
cause but the true and unsupported
one
But the doctor knows. His wide u.
p%erience has proven to him that, to
some systems, coffee is an %insidious
poison that undermines the healtA.
Ask him if coffee is a cause of con-
stipation. stomach and nervous trou-
bles.
Il have been a coffee drinker all my
life, and when taken sick two years
ago with ervou prostration, the doc
tor said that my nervous system was
broken down and that | would have to
give up coffee.
Il got SO weak and shaky l could
not work, and reading an advertise
he had any of it. He said. Yes and
that he used it in his family and it
was all it claimed to be.
$50 l quit coffee and commenced to
use Postum steadily, and in about two
weeks | could sleep better and get up
in the morning feeling fresh. In about
two months l began to gain flesh. |
weighed only 146 pounds when l COM
menced on Postum and now l weigh
167 and feel better than / did at 20
years OF age.
Il am working every day and sleep
we'll at night. My two children were
coffee drinkers, but they have not
drank any since Postum came into the
house, and are far more healthy than
they were before" Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
Postum comes In two forms:
Postum Cereal-the original form
must be we'll boiled. 15c and Csc pack
ages.
Instant Postum-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly In q cup Of hot wa
ter. and. with cream and sugar, makes
. delicious beverage instantly. SOC
ana Soc tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost abont the same Per cup.
There's Q Reason" for Postum.
sold b. 0rocera
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
UTILIZE ALL WASTE PLACES
Wet Spots Can Be Put to Good Use
BY Preparing Them Late and
Sowing Quick-M aturino Crops.

Nearly every season there is more
or less land on most farms that, On
account of being too wet, cannot be
put into corn or the early small grains.
These spots can be utilized to good
advantage by preparing them late and
sowing quick-maturing forage crops
like the sOrghums or the millets
These spots r usually very fertile
and produce heavy yields and the
winter forage they may return IS
likely to be most acceptable. They
should never be permitted to go to
weeds IN any year.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08

like . new girl and I am now relieved
Of all these troubles. ! hope all young
girls will get relief as I have. l never
felt better in my life."-Mrs. JOHN
TETREAULT. Box 116, Sterling, Conn.
Massena, N. Yer have taken Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and l highly recommend it. If anyone
wants to write to me ! will gladly tell
her about my / was certainly in
. bad condition al my blood was all turn
ing to water. Ihad pimples on my face
and q bad color, and for five years / had
been troubled with suppression. The
doctors called it Armenia and Exhaus-
ton, and said I was all run down, but
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound brought me out all right Miss
LAv1sA MYREs, Box "A, Massena, NY.
Young Girls, Heed This Advice.
Girls who are troubled with painful or
irregular periods, backache, headache,
dragging-down sensations, f~aintine
spells or indigestion, should Immediately
seek restoration to health by taking Ly-
dia E. Pinkham's Vegetable CompodL
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
Scarecrow With Swinging Paper Bags
on the Arms in Place Of Hands.

the openings as il they were filled
with some commodity for the house
hold and fastening them to the arms
OF the dummy as shown, says Popu-
lar Mechanics. These will swing and
fiutter about in a way that will mate
rally aid in soaring away the birds
that damage the crops.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
IN STERLING
LIVES A GIRL
Who Suffered Az Many Giris
Do-Tells How She
Found Relief.
Sterling, Conn. ~ am . girl Of q
years and ! used to faint away every

month and was very
I was also
bothered q lot with
weakness. I
your little book
Wisdom for Wo-
and I saw how
others had been
helped by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound, and
decided to try 1t, and
~A 49, - 80
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
EFFECTIVE AS ScAREcRoW
inflated Bags Tied to Arms Of Ordt
nary Ragman Will Materially
Aid in Keeping Birds Away.

The ordinary ragman used as a
scarecrow a be made more effective
by adding to it something to make it
move, or some part that flutters in the
wind. This can be accomplished in
one way by blowing up paper bags to
expand them to their full extent, tying
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
His Probable Future

What becomes Of the young man
who rocks the boat?"
If he survives" replied Miss Cay.
enne. "he probably grows up to be the
man who builds excursion steamers
without keels."
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
Raited Guiliotine Trap.

be set in the mouse runs without bait
On larger areas where mice are
abundant. poisoning is the quickest
means of destroying them, and even
on small areas it has advantages over
trapping.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
Seems Strange.

"Ferdy had one great disappoint
ment while In Greece"
What was that"
He couldn't find anybody who be.
longed to a Greek letter society"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
Young Girls, Heed This Advice.

Do You Arrest for Spendinq7
"A speedometer indicates how fast
one is going"
so does one bank balance"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
No Place tor MIX.

Don't let the milk stand IN the sta
Die. Take It to the dairy and strain
Or separate Il before It mas coolG1
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
Lambs Of Higher Type.

The FIRST cross Of a good, hlgh-class
ram, on q rather inferior lot OF ewes,
will bring lambs OF much higher type.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
NO DOUBT THAT RESINOL
DOES HEAL SICK SKIN

When you know physicians have
prescribed resinol for 20 years in the
treatment OF eczema and other itching,
burning, unsightly skin e%ruptions, and
have written thousands OF reports say
ing: 1T Is my regular prescription
for itching" "Resinol has produced
brilliant results" THE result 1t gave
was marvellous in one of the worst
cases Of eczema" etc., ETC., doesn't it
make you feel that this is the treat
ment l a rely on for MY skin
%trouble?" The moment resinol oint-
ment touches itching skins, the itch.
ing stops and healing begins. Sold by
all druggists.-Adv.
Scotland Is taking to the use OF
mechanical potato planters.
When all others fail to please
Try Denison's Coffee.
Many a large idea originates in q
small head.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08

Get rid Of the inferior ewes. and
teen the best eve lambs.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08

Scotland is taking to the s OF
mechanical potato planters.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1915-10-08
When all others fail to please
Try Denison's Coffee.

Many a large idea originates in a
small head.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-10
CALENDAR BOARD.

pieces bore hole through each three
fourths inch below the top and large
eI3ugh for nail Az inches long to
slip through. II you haven't gimlet
with which to bore. make the holes
BY driving nail through the pieces
The nail forms spindle for the thread
spool to turn upon. Fasten the up
rights at the edges of the base block
with nails driven through the base into
their ends.
The size to make the little calendar
board shown in Fig. Q depends upon
the size OF the calendar pad you can
get. Various sizes of calendar pads
are sold In the stationery stores. and
cost two or three cents apiece. When
you get the calendar place 1t upon a
piece of wood and mark out around
1t design similar to that shown In
Fig. Q. A piece of cigar box wood
makes very pretty board. and this
wood Is easily cut with a sharp knife
Fasten the calendar to tho board with
small lacks and screw screw eye
into the top edge of the board to hang
up the calendar by.
The whisk.broom holder shown in
Fig 4 is made OF six easily cut strips
Zig. 81. Cigar-box wood will do nicely.
Make strips A and B 1h inches wide
by inches long. c thrce-fourths inch
wide by AZ inches long. D " inches
wide by the length of C. and E and r
Of the same size AZ C. Nail strips G.
D. e and F to the edges of strips A
and B. with C, e and F even with the
ends Of A and B. and the lower edge
Of D even with the lower edge OF C
Allow the ends of the strips to project
as shown. Screw a small screweye
into the center Of the top edge OF
"trip D. by which to hang up the rack
Stain each gift with one OF the
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-10
DISCIPLINE FOUND IN WORK
One May Be Sure That From Which
One Cannot Escape Must Be
Necessary.

Work that Is hard because 1t is not
lust what we ourselves would choose
ia likely to be one of our greatest
blessings Its very difficulty and dis
usefulness are challenge and dis
cipline that usually bring better re-
suits than effort in work that Is
easier and more to our liking Few
persons can safely be trusted to
choose their own work. They would
not choose that which has in II enough
resistance to draw out the best that Is
in them. But we may always know
that any work from which we cannot
bonorably escape Is needed; and
therein lies our inspiration. Only the
man who is not driven and crowded
by compulsory work Is to be pitied
certain writer has said: Every
mans task is his life-preserver. The
conviction that bis work Is dear TO
God, and cannot be spared, defends
him." And we are fortunate in that
we cannot in this life. as rule. get
free from the compulsion of hard
work. The reward of hard work Is
more work. Let Us rejoice II God Is
trusting US with such large share In
the conduct of the universe that II
takes all the will power we have tc
do what he asks.-Great Thoughts.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-10
WHAT is URIC ACID?
THE CAUSE OF BAckAcHE, RHEUMATISM. LuMBAco

Ever since the discovery of uric acid
In the blood by Scheele. in IT'S. and
the bad effect It had upon the body,
scientists and physicians have striven
to rid the tissues and the blood Of
this poison. Because of its over
abundance in the system 1t causes
backache, pains here and there. rheu-
matism. govt, gravel, neuralgia and
sciatica. 1t was DR.. Pierce who dis
covered new agent, called "Anuric,"
which will throw out and completely
eradicate this uric acid from the sys-
tenn. "Anuric" is 81 times more po-
tent than Hthid. and consequently you
need no longer fear muscular or ar
ticular rheumatism or govt. or many
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-10

r HE shops are .ull OF pretty Gre
i tonne-covered articles for a girls
room. and so simple are most of these
to make that any girl who works care
fully can easily duplicate them for &C
ceptable Christmas gifts for her young
friends. First of all, there Is o sew
ing box. The proportions may be what
ever you wish. II you don't find \
box OF the tight size at home you can
probably s,t 1t at the grocery store.
The sewing box In Fig. / has legs
made Of strips inches wide. inch
thick. ant from IL to 20 inches long
according to the height that you want
to have the box. Fourteen or is inches
is right II you wish to use the box as
a bench to sit on.
The cover of the sewing box should
be wide enough and long enough TO
project q Of an inch over the sides
all around. Therefore you must use
the cover boards from a larger box.
Nail a pair of wooden strips acroes
them to hold them together (Fig. 81.
These strips can be placed upor the
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-10
The Aftermath.

The banquet was at its height. The
sparkling wine was flowing like the
water that used to come down at Lo-
dore in the old third reader, and the
Observation-Disclosures this
evening was rolling on and on. IN
noticed by the guests. company Of
Indigestions, Bustheads, Goutss Drop
sizes, Lethargies, and so forth, clasped
hands and danced around the festal
board in transport Of glee.
THE humans don't seem to be en-
joying 1t as much as they might" they
chortled, but look at the fun wen
have tomorrow kansas City Star.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-10

other diseases which are dependent on
an accumulation of uric acid within
the body. Send to DR.. Pierce of the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y, for pamphlet on
"Anuric," or send 10 cents for trial
package of 'Anuric" Tablets.
II you feel that tired. WORKOUT feel
ing, backache, neuralgia, or If your
sleep is disturbed by too frequent
urination. go to your best store and
ask for DR.. Pierce's "Anuric."
DR.. Pierce's reputation is back Of
this medicine and you know that his
Pleasant Pellets" for the liver and his
"Favorite Prescription" for the ills OF
women have had splendid reputation
for the past fifty years.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-10
Even Wisdom Has Its Price.

Tell me- said the youth who had
come many miles to seek an interview
with the Shelbyville Sage, how may
acquire real wisdom"
by coming across with 81 for a
copy of my book" replied the veneer
able man, mot necessarily as a guar
antee Of good faith, but as q tribute
to my business instinct. am not run.
ming this sage business for the bene
fit of my health. See?"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-10
By A. NEELY HALL

THE girts Illustrated below nave
= boen designed aiions very simple
lines VITA the idea of providing aTti-
cles that can be constructed easily with
the tools almost every boy owns.
The spool rack shown In Fig. i may
be made out of a boxboard three
eighths inch thick. The base piece
should be cut about Az inches wide
and inches long. with the top edge
beveled OF all around as shown Lack.
Ing plane. the beveling can be done
by rubbing the edge with sandpaper
The two upright pieces should meas
ure about inches wide and inches
high, Cut the sides and top Of these
ON slant as shown. being careful to
get opposite edges equal. II you find
It too hard to cut the edges slanted In
this way you may leave them straight
and possibly round of the top corners
instead. After preparing the upright
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-10
Guess.

A little girl who made frequent use
of the word guess" was corrected for
1t and told to say presume" instead.
A lady friend, noticing the admirable
set Of the little girls apron, asked
something in regard to the pattern.
Mamma doesn't cut my dresses and
my aprons by pattern" said the small
lady. "She just looks at me and pre-
sumes."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-10
Optimistic Thought.
When II is dark the coward is very
valiant.
Eye to the Main Chance.

On one OF my shopping tours took
my neighbors small daughter with
me. | stopped to examine some hand
bags on the counter. and showed the
child the pretty coiors and ornamental
clasp, when she solemnly remarked:
"Pease let me look inside and well
take one WIS q mos money in IT.
Exchange.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-10
Conscience, Not Consequence.

When you are in doubt as to the
course to take, consult your con
science. not consequences. Do right.
and never mind how things are going
to turn out. One who steers his
course SO as to avoid everything un.
pleasant. makes zigzag course. and
may miss the harbor at last. Follow
conscience, and leave consequences to
God.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-10

box. The care with which you put on
this covering material will determine
whether or not the box will be sue.
cess. AS grocery beg !s more or less
rough. and it's boards are uneven. It
is best to cover the wood with some
other cloth. first for foundation for
the cretonne. Stretch the cretonne
over each surface neatly. and use gimp
tacks for fastening it. Line the inside
of the box with plain-colored cambria.
Fig. suggests how the inside may be
divided off with cloth partitions.
In the sewing box illustrated In Fig.
5 we have something of more elabor.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-10
His Stand.

"Brudder Clapper," severely said
good old Parson Bagster, why don't
yo' come to pra'r meetin' and lift up
yo' voice in supprecation to de Lawd?"
ITS dis-uh-way wild me, pahson,"
replied the brother, who possessed a
prediction for being on the off side:
II goes into muh closet at home and
prays dar in secret. l don't take no
stock In dis thing o. dreamin' open let.
ters to de Lawd"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-10
Christmas Gift Ideas for Boys and Girls
THE gifts illustrated below have und
Copyright by A. Nicely Hall

under side of the boards in such
srccss!!..!!c. that they will keen the GOV.
er from slipping from side to side.
and from end to end. when 1t is placed
upon the sewing box. BY making the
cover to lift off, you will save your
self the trouble of putting on hinges.
Perhaps you can buy a large enough
remnant in cretonne for your sewing