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Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
MIX From TiekFtee Cows Many
From Cows Few

A very large area in the South has
already been freed from the tick. but
twice as much still remains to be
cleaned. The edict has gone forth
the tick must go. and go at once II
the South is to enjoy anything like its
legitimate share of prosperity.
Ticky cattle are worth anywhere
free cattle. but because II is impos-
sible to introduce purebred stock into
tick-infested territory for the purpose
of grading up the herds. the difference
between the average value OF cat
tie in the tick states and in the free
January | of this year, for example.
the average price OF beef cattle over
two years old In ten tick.infested
states 80 North and South Carolina
Georgia, Alabama. Arkansas, Oklaho-
ma and TeXas-was S29.90. For the
remainder of the country IT was siS A.
In Georgia and Florida the price was
only s1S in Alabama 500. in Missis-
sippi $22. In Louisiana S2i. With the
exception of Vermont and Tennessee,
where the averages were S39 and s35.
respectively. Every tlck-free state
had an average of $40 or more. Eight
cen states were over $50.
Tick-infested cattle not only weigh
less-and therefore are worth less
than tick-frec cattle. but they bring
less per pound. In Alabama and Mis-
sissippi on January l the ave age
price was four cents. In Connecticut
II was S.4 cents, and in no free states
was II as low as five cents. The
hides of the ticky cattle are damaged,
and such hides cannot be used for
making a fine grade Of leather, there
fore the market price for hides from
ticky cattle is much reduced. From 80
cents to sl25 is the average loss In
value of tick-bitten hides.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29

Dairy cattle suffer no less than beef
stock. for the tick gets the blood that
should go to the making of milk. Gov
ernment tests show that light in
festation of ticks reduces the milk
flow Is per cent; n heavy one as much
as 42 per cent. Translate this loss
into dollars and cents for herd OF
tions should each give eight quarts a
day. With milk at five cents per quart
a light infestation costs the owner OF
such a herd $500 In the course OF 200
days milking. A heavy infestation
costs him 500 In county where
under way he could dip his herd. free
them from ticks and save this loss for
a total expenditure that would GER
tainlv be no more than so.
This is not mere theory; It has been
proved in actual practice. One dairy
mans experience is typical He
owned AZ ticky cows. gave them one
dipping and n week afterwards found
that he had 1876 per cent more milk.
The daily revenue from the herd
was increased $3.50.
For all the evils that the tick causes
there Is very simple remedy-an ar
senical bath.
The work must. however. he sys-
tematic and comprehensive. An un'
dipped herd is a menace to all the
dipped ones. For this reason the best
results are obtained when n county,
having once voted to undertake eradi-
cation. thereafter enforces rigidly the
necessary regulations. To aid II in
organizing its campaign and In super.
vising the construction of the vat and
the dipping of the cattle. the United
States department of agriculture sup
plies experienced specialists; the coun-
ty or cattle owners build the watts and
furnish the arsenic.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
GOOD
ROADS
IMPROVE ROADS BY DRAINAGE
One Of the Most Important Matters to
Be Considered In Construction
Of Pdblie Highways.
(By T.. L. GATES. IllIr,is)

tBy L. L. GATES. Illin,is)
When 1t comes to building roads
there are good many problems to
solve and not easy ones at that. Rid.
Ing along In an auto II is easy enough
to say when you strike smooth
stretch, this Is fine." and turn on a
little more gas, but when you hit a
mudhole and ruts you may get your
foot on the wrong pedal and the road
commission catches 1t.
II takes labor. timo, good material
and money to have good roads. Every.
one wants the roads. so we will all
have to work and spend some of our
time and money and boost for better
roads.
One OF the things most needed is
better drainage for the roads as well
as for the farms and at this time we
will coniine this article to the subject
of drainage.
Drainage is the most important
matter to be considered in the con-
struction of roads. Drainage alone
will often change bad road into a
good one while the best stone road
may be destroyed from a lack of prop
er drainage.
There are three systems of drainage
that we can use to advantage. and
these are undertakings. side bitches
and surface drainage.
Where water stands OF u road un-
derdrainage without any grading is
better than grading without under.
drainage. Undertakings is not to re
move simply the surface water but its
greatest help is to lower the water lev
el in the soil.
The action of the sun and wind will
finally dry the surface of the read but
II the foundation is wet and soft the
wheels will wear ruts and these get
filled with water during the first rains
and the road becomes a sticky mass.
An undrained soil is poor founda.
tion upon which to build roads as well
as anything else. When frost is leav.
ing the ground the thawing Is quite
as much from the bottom as from the
top. II underdrainage is provided the
water is Immediately removed.
The best and cheapest method to
secure underdrainage is to lay line
Of farm drain tile on one or both sides
OF the road. The new road law gives
the highway commissioners power to
contract with adjoining property own.
ers to lay larger tile than is necessary
to drain the road and to permit the
contracting parties to drain their
lands. This helps the roads and at
the same time is great benefit to
the adjoining land.
Side bitches are necessary to all
roads but no road can be maintained
with the ditch holding the water un.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
BEST FEED FOR BROOD sOWS
Equal Parts OF Corn and Wheat Shorts
10 Recommended by Expert Of
the Texas Station.

tBy JOHN c. BURNS. Texas Experiment
one OF the best rations that can be
used for SOW sucking pigs is equal
parts by weight of corn and wheat
shorts made into slop with skim
milk, using two pounds OF milk for
every pound of the grain mixture. II
skim milk Is not available a good ra.
tion may be formed by using the pro-
portions by weight CT three parts
wheat shorts and one part corn made
into thick slop with water.
Another good ration may be formed
by using the proportions by weight Of
seven parts corn and one part tanknge
or meat meal. II available at lower
prices ground kafir. maize or feterits
may be substituted for the corn In
each Of the rations. The same rations
are also we'll suited for young pigs
from the time they are old enough To
eat until they are four or Ave months
old. when such foods a. shorts and
tankage may be gradually reduced.
though they should not be cut out en-.
tirely. unless some other seed relative.
ly rich In protein 10 used to supple
ment the grain.
Three or four weeks aster fsrrov.
Ing, green pasture should constitute =
portion Of tho ration for both SOW ana
pigs Il The best results are obtained.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
Wonderful Feed for Hoos.

Alfalfa is a wonderful feed for hogs
when fed In combination with some
grain. Alfalfa alone as q hog feed
does not give good results except per
haps for mature sows as they run on
pasture after weaving the pigs. To
get good gains on growing pigs in an
alfalfa pasture, they should be fed
from one and half to two pounds Of
grain for every hundred-weight OF live
hog, corn being ideal for this purpose.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
RAISING CATTLE FOR MARKET
Half the Disease, Death and Misman.
agement Is Traceabie to incompe.
tent Attendance.

OBy W. H. DALRY@PLE. Louisiana Ex-
pertinent Station.)
From the day tie calf Is born until
the day the matured animal is con.
signed to the butcher, the rule to be
observed should be: Continuous pro-
gression and no retrogression.
One authority has made the state.
ment that half the disease, death and
mismanagement amongst animals. and
especially cattle. Is traceable to insuf-
ncient and incompetent attendance "
And another, in describing the qualif.
cations OF a good cattleman, says: "A
good cattleman makes his business a
hobby. trkes pleasure in his work,
studies the comfort, likes and dislikes
or each animal under his charge and
does for them. of his own accord. what
no amount OF instruction or supervi.
sion could insure. He readily detects
when anything Is amiss with an ami.
NAL. and he knows when to give and
when to withhold. when the food
should he increased and when re
duced, etc"
Men of this class are what are need.
ed In the business OF either raising
cattle or fattening them for the mar.
ket with the greatest assurance of sue.
cess. No doubt they are to be had in
fact. | feel reasonably certain that
they can be secured. but not locally.
They will have to come from other
sections of the country for the present.
at least. where they have had the
practical experience in just this sort
of work.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
Free ADVERTISING,

Have you a publicity staff?"
Il used to maintain one" answered
the prominent railroad president. but
here OF late the government has kept
me so much in the public eye that |
contrive to get on the front page Of
newspapers every day or two without
any solicitation whatever"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
Why Is Castor Oil, ANYWAY

Mary Catherine. three. had been told
that God made everything. She had
also been taught that God likes every.
one. One day she cried. coaxed ard
pleaded to avoid a dose of medicine.
Having to take it. however. she looked
up with a fearful and dubious expires.
sion as she wryly wiped her mouth
and asked:
Mamma. If God likes little girls.
why did he make castor o!l?"-Clove-
laDd Leader.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
with Cuticura, the Quick, Sure and
Easy Way. Trial Free

Bathe with Cuticura Soap. dry and
apply the Ointment. They stop itch.
ing instantly. clear away pimples,
blackheads. redness and roughness. re-
move dandruff and scalp irritation,
heal red, rough and sore hands az
well as most baby skin troubles.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L.
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Ady.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29

IF you had to work-jest nacherly
had to- queried Seldom Fedd, who
was great hand to cogitate. what
kind of Job would you choose?"
"Bein' janltor in an air castle" ro-
piled Soiled Spooner, a prominent vol.
unteer in the great army of the un.
employed. Judge.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
Road orsos for upkeep,

The road drag is not an equipment
for constructing roads. but II II in.
tended for upkeep. It should not move
any large quantity Of earth. but takes
. small amount Of wet earth to or
away from the center of the road. Il
ID important to remember that the
road drag does not build roads. but
helps to keep them In repair.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
Auckland's Forward Step.

The first roof garden for Auckland,
New Zealand. is to be set apart at the
top Of six-story department store
now in course of construction. 1t ia
TO be reached by electric elevators
and tea and restrooms are to be pro
yidcd
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
Incredible.

Nero fiddled while Rome burned"
Il don't believe it" replied the man
who likes to disagree. mo violinist
with Neros political pull would have
permitted a pTotechnic display to go
on as rival performance"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
Worked Both Wavs,

II was the morning after a hard
rainstorm and the roof had leaked
Wife-Henry, you really must have
the landlord come and see for him.
self the damage the rain did to our
ceiling
Hub can't without letting him see
the damage the children have done to
u. rest of the house.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
Arteries Of Community,

Improved public roads are directly
related to better country homes and
schools. to the reach and influence of
country churches, to the timely mar.
ket centers. They are the arteries of
organized community life.-Home and
Eireside.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
ParadosicaI Pleasure

There is one thing which puzzles
me-"
What is that?"
1T seems to be mostly the sad dogs
who 60 on Joy rides
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
To Fortify the System
Against Winter Cold

many users OF GROVES TASrELESS chill
TONIC make II n practice to tat. a nuuiber of
bottles IN the fall to strengthen and fortIfy the
system against the cold weather during the
winter. hver' one knows the tonic effect OF
Qnininc aud Iron which this preparation con.
tainS Ia u tas'eless and acceptable form. II
purihes ard euriches the blood aud builda up
the whole system 50c.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
1ha Sort Suitable

What kind of weapons did tho
hold-up bandits use In this serial
story"
Il guess theJ must have used mag.
azine rifles
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
auuuix Of NItraaan.

Nitrogen 10 the most expensive In.
gredient of fertilizers. II ID believed
that the cheapest means OF supplying
II 10 by growing clover and plowtng Il
under green. or BY feeding the stock
and returning the manure.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
A NEGLECTED. COLD

Is often followed by pneumonia. Be
fore 1t is too late take Laxative Quini-
dine Tablets Gives prompt relief in
cases OF Coughs, Colds. La Grippe and
Headache. Price 25c.-Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
A Respite.

why do you wish my daughter,
sir, would practice on the organ in
stead of the piano?"
Because the organ does have
some stops about it,"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
Not Gray Hairs I'm, Tired Eve.

make us look older than we are. Keep
your Eyes young and you will look young.
After the Movies Murine Your Ewes. Don't
tell your age. Murine Eye Remedy Co..
Chicago. Sends Eye Book on request.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
The Real Thjnu.

Little Lomuel--What Is a miser
paw?
Paw--A miser. son, is a pocket.e edi
ton OF mankind.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29

How easy It is to acquire something
you don't want.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
Her ADVANTAGE.

Women can't fool me. I can make
every one of them show her hand"
How do you manage it?"
I'm q glove filter"
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
Brief. but Pointed.

The Parson-Life is made up O
trials.
The Lawyer Well, I'm glad Of II.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29

As rule those who exist on un-
cooked foods have an uncooked ap.
pearance.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
Even More improbable.

You'd never dream he had money
"Oh. dunno. even dream that
have money sometimes
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
Two Of a Kind.

"The sun is setting"
"Well, what of It? Sos my hem
Baltimore American.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29

Women often masquerade ms men.
But no man seems to think Il worth
while to masquerade as a woman.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29

DEATH LuRks IN A WEAK HEART.
so on first symptoms use "Renovine'
and be cured. Delay and pay the awful
penalty. 'Renovine" is the heart &
remedy. Price $l.00 and 50c.-Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
plies Relieved bv First Appllc,t,or

And cured In 6to !. days by PAzo OINTMENT
the universal remedy for all forms Of Piles
Druggists refund money II II fails. soc.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29

STOP THAT HACKING COUGH,
Mansfield formerly Hungarian,
Cough Balsam heals the infiamed and
lacerated membranes and quiets the
tickling nerves that lie underneath the
infected portions. Invaluable for ba,
bies. Price 25c and 5Oc.--Ady.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
Willingness to listen to a recital OF
your troubles is due to curiosity rath.
er than to sympathy.

Happy is the home where Red Cross
Ball Blue is used. Sure to please. All
grocers. Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29

Dainty Touch.
"And her mean husband thinks she's
extravagant."
WHY"
Just because she insists on having
Fido's monogram stamped on his dog.
biscuits. ts."-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29
One Mans Wisdom,

Said She-What do yJu think OF
that singers high note?
Said He--i cant indorse t.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29

They say an Old fool is the worst
fool; still, l know some young ones
that would be hard to beat.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29

woMAN's GROWING GLORY
IL her hair. II yours Is streaked with
ugly, grizzly. gray hairs. use La Gre
ole" Hair Dressing and change II in
the natural way. Price &1.00.--Adv.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-12-29

Using Taxpaysrs' Money.
There 10 NO better way to use the
taxpayers' money than BY draining our
roads.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-30
Regulation for
the RediscOunt of
Notes is Revised

WASHINGTON. Jan. 2s.-New regula-
tions governing rediscount OF commercial
paper by federal reserve banks were is
sued today by the Federal Reserve board.
They are designed to meet objections 20
those first issued. objection was made
TO the stringent requirements OF the first
regulations for information regarding tho
financial condition of borrowers from
member banks when they present the bor-
rowers' paper to reserve bank for redis-
count
The new regulations will not REQUIRE
statements Of financial condition when
member banks present depositors' paper
for rediscount in the following cases:
Where bills bear the signatures of pur-
chaser and seller OF goods and present
prima facie evidence that they were is
sued for goods actually purchased or sold;
where the aggregate amount Of obliEa-
tions of a depositor actually rediscounted
and Offered for rediscountAdo not exceed
5000 or where bills are specifically Sc
cured by approved warehouse receipts
covering readily marketable staples.
Member banks shall certify 70 these con-
ditions in manner7to be designated by, the
federal reserve banks
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-30
SEVEN O'CLOCK CLOSING
Y p is STARTED IN DAKOTA


PIERRE. s. D., Jan. 2s-(speclal TeIe-
gram)-seven o'clock closing or the day
light saloon In South Dakota is ON the
way and will be started on the Legislative
slide 'as' Am amendment TO the present Q
O'Clock closing act
To abolish the roller towel and the comb
and british from all hotels In tho state js
the proposition which house bill No. iiO
attempts 20 give 10 the state hotel m
speetor, who is the state pure food com
missioner The bill also amends the old
act and requires proprietors TO clear their
premises Of vermin, instead OF attempting
10 DO SO as the law now stands. The
whole act is intended TO make better con-
ditions In the hotels Of the state and win
likely be enacted by the house.
NO emergency appropriation for farm
ers institutes is the position OF the house
in defeating the bill asking for 5000 10
continue that work through the spring.
The next tangle resulted in putting
through the bill requiring a three-year
residence In the state for admission to
the state soldiers home on the issue that
the home is crowded by "one years resi-
dents who come over from the national
sAnitarium and really belong to other
states.
The senate wound up on the house bin
regulating the state game department
and allowing game keeper at the state
game preserve in the Black Hills. with
volunteers deputies without pay IN any
number who care 10 act, and finally
passed It without change.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-30
TOO MANY PAGES
AND DOORKEEPERS
Governor Clarke of Iowa Specifies
Charges of Graft in Reply to
Demand of Legislature.
CLERKS IN MUCH PROPULSION

DES MONIES, Ia, Jan. 29.-As-
sertions that the Iowa senate en-
ploys more doorkeeper than there are
doors to be kept, and also more
pages than necessary, were made to-
day by Governor Clarke in formal
reply to the senate demand for de-
tailed statement along the line of So
called graft" charges made by the
governor in his message to the legis-
lature. The governor also declared
that preference in the matter of capi-
tol Jobs is given to wealthy farmers
who are old soldiers, rather than to
needy veterans. Among other things
the governor said
Can any justification be given for
placing five men in the cloak room OF
each house to hang up the coats and
hats of members as they come in?
''The mail is brought from the city TO.
the capitol The state had a staIwart
-rrsu reguIatlxs employed to distribute it
among the departments. He could easily
have carried the package for the MEM
bers upstairs to the legislative post
office and expected to do II. Can any
just reason be given for employing an
other man to take that particular pack
age UP tine elevator 10 the postoffice?
BlII Clerks and Pages.
Can any justlafiable reason be given
why two bill clerks should be employed
simply to hand senator bill from a
shelf or pigeon-hole upon an occasion he
calls for one. And this is not frequent
as all house and senate bills are placed in
binders upon every senator's desk. Now
and then he wants an extra bill, perhaps,
to send TO constituent Are two men
necessary to get it for him, or are two
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-30
Austria is Urged
to Take Charge of
All Stores Of Food

VENICE. Jan. s.-(via London. )-pis-
patches from Vienna state that the cltv
council and the press are demanding that
the Austrian government irnmediateIy fol-
low the example OF Germany and confls-
cate all stocks OF grain, flour and meal.
Practically no grain is being offered on
the markets in Vienna, Budapest or
Prague
The press. the dispatches state. declare
that great catastrophe threatens unIess
confiscation is adopted and it denounees
the selfish attitude OF certain Hungarian
aSricultursts who. 1t is claimed. are bid-
ing thousands of tons of grain and flour.
Responding TO the appeals OF land own
ers the Austrian government has con-
sented to the employment OF prisoners Of
war IN field work. thus replacing peas
ants who have gone to the front. The
prisoners VIII be sent out in detachments
OF ten to s-hundred men ana oonseouentIv
WIN be available only on the larger es.
tates.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-01-30
Romhn Dronned.
Governor to Name
Ne wJudge Today
CFrom Staff Correspondent }

LINCOLN. Jan. Ga.--(special Tclegram.)
In ali probability Governor Morehead
will announce his choice for the vacancy
in the Omaha district judgship tomorrow
IL appears to be the prevailing opinion
that Judge Redlck viii be the man. 1t is
pretty well known here that great pres
sure has been brought upon the governor
for that appointment and that II comes
from sources friendly TO the corporations
of the big city.
Tonight an Omaha delegation consisting
Of Robert Smith, clerk OF the Douglas
county district court; w. G. Ure. county
treasurer; #. A. Brogan. Amos Thomas.
'Drs Vance. Joseph Morrow. and Henry r.
Myers. escorted by Senator Saunders. viz
tied the governor in the interests OF
Redick.