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Middletown transcript., 1916-10-28
HARD TASK TO KEEP
FARM HORSE WORKING
Expensive to Feed Animal That
Stands at Rack and "EatS
His Head Off,"
(By R, NJ. GREEN. Mss0uri Agricultural

(By r. NJ. GREEN, Missouri Agricultural
Experiment Station.l
One of the hard jobs on the average
farm is keeping horses proftably en-
ployed throughout the year. It is nec-
essary to have enough to do the work
at the busy season but very expensive
to feed the horse that stands at the
rack and "eats it's head OFF, the rest
Of the year. In its study of the
question, the Missouri agricultural ex-
pertinent station found one young
farmer who kept his horses working
and costs down to CT cents an hour,
per horse, as compared with 10 cents
on the average farm. The horse which
did the most work worked nearly three
and a half times as many hours year
as the one which did least, and nearly
twice as many hours as another. The
actual numbers of hours they worked
were 1,34O, 1929, 1923, 7o2 and 391.
In these days of efficiency and econ
omy it is highly important that every
man should do everything possible to
reduce the total number of horses it
is necessary to keep and increase the
ways of finding profitable employment
for them. OF course live stock is very
necessary If the soil fertility is to be
kept up, but aside from work animals
the stock should be something that
win produce meat, milk or eggs in re-
tTIrn for the feed il TSeS.
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GOOD
r. lAl)S
ExPERIMENT IN GOOD ROADS
Government Constructed Over 10000
Square Yards Of Different Types
In 1s12-191s.

Over $4,000 square yards Of differ
,ant types of roads for experimental
and object-lesson purposes were con-
structed during the fiscal year 1912
1913 under the supervision of the of
6ce of public roads, United States de-
partment of agriculture, according to
Bulletin So of the department, making
a total of over 100000 square yards
Of road constructed under the super
vision of this Office since 1905.
The types of roads built were brick,
concrete, oil-cement concrete, bitumi-
nous concrete, bituminous-surfaced
concrete, bituminous macadam, sur
face treatment, macadam, asphalt-slag,
oil-asphalt-gravel, oiI7gravel, oil-eoral-
inc, gravel-macadam, grayel-slag, sand
clay, sand-gumbo, burnt clay, shell and
earth. The object lesson and experi>
mental work during the past year was
done at cost to the local communities
OF $139, ,S4IS9. This does not include
the salaries and expenses Of the de-
partment engineers.
The read work during the year was
done in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Ne
braska, North Carolina, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin
and the District of Columbia.
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CONCRETE ROADS IN HAWAII
Fine System of Highways Being De.
VeIoped on IsIands-Paradise
Offered to Motorists.

A large increase in visitors to the
Hawaiian Islands this year has
brought prominently to the front the
vital question of good roads. The sec
ond city of the territory, Hilo, has led
the way, and has already constructed
handsome concrete boulevards leading
from the wharves throughout the busi-
ness section. The outlying districts,
under the management of a progress
sive local government, have put their
highways in thorough order, and auto
mobiles may now enjoy on the big
island, some hundreds of miles of per-
feet macadam surface through the
most magnificent scenery. With
choice of every variety of climate,
from the fully tropical to the eternal
SHOWS of the high mountains, the
island of Hawaii offers motoring
paradise without peer in the world.
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Band Saws Freak.

When a band saw in a st. Louis
plant broke the other day, the acci-
dent was marked by peculiar fea-
lures. AS the saw was cutting
through a large log it came across
a spike that was imbedded in the
wood, and as the band was travelling
at immense speed when it snapped
one end Of it broke off and passed
through the log as If shot from a
cannon. This part was eight feet in
length and half of it projected and
as it came out in a curve, 1t is to be
gurmised that the other half remains
coiled in the log in the same form.
The occurrence was no less unusual
than remarkable.
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BACTERIA CAUSE OF
SLIMINESS IN MILK
Preventive Measures Consist in
Thorough Steaming or Boil
ing Of Utensils.

Sliminess or ropiness which devel-
OPS after the milk has been standing
for some time, is due to the develop
ment of bacteria. Although number
Of kinds Of bacteria sometimes cause
ropiness in milk, it is considered prob
able that the type known as Bacterium
Lactis Viscisum is most often respon-
sible for that condition.
It is frequently found in water. AMI
mails wading through surface water in
fected with this organism may con-
taminate the udder and tanks which
In turn contaminate the milk at milk
Ing time. It is possible water used in
cooling the milk, or even that used in
rinsing utensils, may be responsible.
Preventive measures consist Of thor
Ough steaming or boiling of all uten-
sils, as they may be harboring the or
ganism; the protection Of milk and
utensils from dust; and the cleaning
up and possibly disinfection Of the
stables. The COW should be kept from
wading in pools Of water. Sometimes
the source Of trouble can be discov-
cred by placing samples Of the milk,
at different stages Of it's production,
in bottles that have been boiled or
sterilized in some manner. For In
stance, one sample should be taken by
milking directly into the bottle, an
other from the milk pail, another after
straining and so on. The samples
should be allowed to stand at usual
temperature, and If some show the
ropiness and others do not, the source
Of contamination may be located. OF
course, air contamination Is always
possible and must be guarded against,
This trouble is often difficult to locate
and get rid Of.
Organisms, other than the one men.
toned, which ordinarily do not cause
ropy milk, are sometimes responsible
for this trouble. The ordinary milk
souring bacteria seem to produce O
ropy condition in exceptional cases.
Ropy milk is not harmful. Oh
course, this statement does not apply
to milk which is stringy when it comes
from the udder. It's condition, in this
case, is due to an inflamed condition
Of the udder and it is dangerous. A
ropy fermentation is purposely devel'
oped in much Of the milk used in max
Ing Edam cheese, In Holland. The
people of Norway drink large guam
titles Of a sour ropy milk. Bacteria
which cause a ropfness in milk, are
used in much Of the fermented Mill
sold in the cities Of this country.
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ELIXIR BABEK A GOOD TONIC
And Drives MalaFta Ont Of the System
asYour sK3abelEs acts like magic; have given
Il to numerous people In my parish who were
suffering with chills. malaria and fever rec
ommend it to those who are sufferers and Ia
need Of q rood tonic. REV. s. EzymRnow ski,
St. Stephens Church, Perth Amboy, ~ J.
Elixir BabeIks so cents, all druggists or by
Parcels Post, prepaid, from Kloczcwskt = Coz
Warrington, D. O.
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worth $2,75O more than that Of bull
that produced no increase, if butterfat
is worth 80 cents a pound.
Since the value of the bull can be
determined only by the milk and but
ter yields of his daughters, farmers
are advised not to sell the dairy sire
until his daughters have been tested.
Buyers should not discriminate against
an old bull if he has some high-pro-
duclng daughters, for his value cannot
be determined until he is at least four
years old.
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CAMPAIGN IN WEST VIRGINIA
'Get Out Of the Mud" Is Slogan Used
In Behalf Of Better Roads
Motorists Are Wanted.

"Get Out of the Mud' is the slogan
used in West Virginia in a campaign
in behalf Of better roads. Several
counties have recently voted favorably
on bond issues for road Improvements,
and these words played an important
part in the activities Of good-roads
advocates preceding the elections. The
slogan was employed as the refrain to
song in one election. Good roads
advocates in West Virginia say that
satisfactory highways will bring in
many motorists, as the mountain seen
cry Of the state is of rare beauty.
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UNPRODUCTIVE SOIL
MAY BE CORRECTED
Texture and Fertility improved by
Growing. Sweet Clover
Sow With Grain.

Unproductive and heavy clay and
hard-pan soils may be so improved in
texture and fertility by growing sweet
clover on them for a few years that
they become quite productive. The
seed weighs go pounds to the bushel,
Sow Is pounds to the acre. Sow early
in spring on well-prepared land.
The seed may be sown with the
grain in the fall. Rough, wooded or
stony lands that cannot be titled may
be seeded by sowing the seed broad
cast during the late fall or early win
ter. The seed viii be covered by the
>alternate freezing and thawing Of the
ground.
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Al
VARIATIONS IN CREAM TESTS.
one Of Most Common Causes Is Differ.
enee In Amount Of Water Used
for Flushing.

i
There are many causes for the vari-
tions sometimes found In cream tests.
Frequently would bea better word to
use than sometimes in connection with
this subject, for variations in the tests
may always be looked for. A few Of
the causes are here given.
If the milk of herd of COWS whose
average test is 4 per cent is separated
so that the cream tests 40 per cent
and the milk suddenly drops to 3.5
per cent of fat, as will often occur,
the cream will then test only 80 per
cent. The amount of fat lost in the
skim milk is not affected to any ap-
preciable extent by the richness of the
milk separated.
One of the most common causes Of
variation in the test of cream from
the farm separator is a variation in
the amount of water or skim milk
used for flushing out the cream at the
end Of the run. It is apparent that
especially where a small quantity of
cream is separated, a marked differ
ence in the richness of the cream may
be made by change in the amount of
water or skim milk added. It is an
easy matter to vary pint or more in
the water or skim milk used and this
alone may easily change the per cent
of fat in the cream from to per
cent. The per cent of fat in the cream
may be readily changed, as is well
known, by adjusting the cream screw.
The cream screw, however, is not
changed very frequently and it is NOT
the common cause of the variations
in the test which constantly occur and
which causes so much friction between
the buyer and seller of cream.
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SCRUB SIRE NOT PROFITABLE
Farmers Advised by Ohio Expert Not
to Sell Head of Herd Until
Daughters Been Tested.

Can bull be worth nearly 5000
in one year in a dairy herd? The ami
NAL may be worth this much OF even
more. according to figures given by
Prof. C. c. Hayden of the Ohio experi-
ment station.
He shows that in the station dairy
herd one bull produced daughters av-
eraging 153 pounds more butterfat an
nually than their dams. If ten daugh-
ters produced milk for six years, the
total production of this sire would be
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AerouIanes for Explorers.

Aeroplanes are to be included IN the
equipment of an exploring expedition
that Is setting out from Buenos Aires
to study little-known region which
includes Mar Chiquita, a lake having
an area of some 900 square miles lo-
Gated about $50 miles northwest Of
Buenos Aires. It is the belief of the
explorer that with aeroplanes it win
be possible to secure panoramic pho
tographs which viii prove invaluable
In showing the topography and ge-
ography of the country Popular Me-
chanics Magazine
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RICHNESS OF A cows MILK
Mistake to Expect That It Can Be In
fluenced by Character Of Feed
Given to Animal.

It seems reasonable to expect that
the richness of milk could be in
fuenced by the character of the feed
given to the animals. However, It has
been thoroughly proved that for all
practical purposes it is impossible.
The richness of the cows milk de-
pends upon inheritance and can no
more be changed permanently by the
feed than can the color of her hair.
If the milk cannot be changed in rich
ness by the feed it is clearly .impos-
sible for cream to be Influenced in
this way.
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n. O.-AdY.
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ENHANCED VALUE or A FARM
It Would Aid Greatly II Roads Were
Permanently Good So Bigger Loads
May BE Hauled.

Do you know how much the value
Of your farm would be enhanced If
your roads were permanently good so
you could haul two loads one trip in
stead Of one load in two trips?
Begin the Improvement by putting
the roads adjacent to your own ranch
in good condition, then offer your serv-
ices to help in the Improvement of
other sections Of the road.
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Then She Called Him a Brute.

"Oh, Jack, expect l shall be aw-
fully stupid now," said the young wife.
when she returned from the dentists.
Flows that7" asked her husband, in
surprise.
'Pve just had my wisdom teeth
pulled" she mourned.
"Oh, dear one, the idea that wisdom
teeth have anything to do with wis
dom is quite absurd hubby reassured
her. eff you had every tooth in your
head pulled, it couldn't make you a
bit stupider than you are now, you
know"
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NV Ar KELLEY. Missouri Agricul-
tural Experiment Station)
The harvest is over. Every machine
and implement which is not in use
should be under cover. The fall rains
plant the seeds Of rust, which are har-
vested by the manufacturers Of farm
machinery:
The average life Of farm machinery
Ia this country Is short, entirely TOO
short, and for years has caused an
enormous annual loss to the farmers,
and large profits for the manufac-
turer. The best machinery will wear
out in time, but the life Of any imple-
ment depends primarily upon the care
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CarduI Wins suit.

After a trial in the United States
District Court of Chicago, before Judge
Carpenter and federal jury, the jury
found the American Medical AssOcia-
ton guilty Of libeling Cardui, the WON
ans tonic, which they had denounced
as a "nostrum."
This is vindication of the medicine
and a proof that it has merit, which
was recognized by jury after trial
Of three months, one Of the longest
civil cases on record.
Many doctors and chemists testified
on both sides and the evidence totaled
nearly four million words.
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HERD SUBORDINATE TO FARM
Farmer Makes Big Mistake If He Does
Not Regard Cows as Assistants
or Side Issue.
Rv DR. III. 3. FAvILL.1

(By DIR. H. B. FAVILL.)
The man who doesn't regard his
herd of dairy cows, be they grade or
purebred breeding cattle, as the hand
maidens of the farm, as the assist
ants, as the side issues of the farm,
and which is only a means of building
the farm up to it's highest possibilities,
ought to fail, and he probably will.
For, after all, it is the farm that
counts, and not the herd that is on it.
It is the farm that makes the farmer,
and not the herd. In the long run,
take the country through, there will
be no great breeders except those that
are great farmers, because the herd
is subordinate to the farm and is used
for the purpose of magnifying the
farm.
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work and washing for eleven and ] can
truthfully say lydia e. Pinkham Veg
etable Compound has been . gcdsend
20 me for I would have been Ia my grave
today but for II / would tel all wo-.
men suffering as ! was TO Try your valn-.
able renedy. Mrs. WsE. GREEN $50
zg kdd;aan Street Tudiananolis Indiana
There q hardly neigh ghborhood in this
country. wherein some woman has NOS
found health By using this good cld-
fashioned root and herb remedy
If there is anything about which ycu
would Ike special advice, write bA The.
LYDIA E. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn
Mass.
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THOUSANDS Rave KIDNEY
TROUBLE AND DON'T KNOW IT


Weak and unhealtay Kidneys cause 50
much sickness and sufEerine ana when
through neglect or other causes. kidney
trouble Is permitted TO continue. serious
results may be expected.
Your other ORGANS may need attention =
but your kidneys should have attention
hrst because their work il most iznportanf.
If you feel that your kidneys are the
cause Of your sickness orrun down ecn-
dition commence taking Drs kilmer's
svvarnp-Root. the crest kidney. liver and
bladder remedy. becas1ss IL Il proves 20 be
the remedy you need and your kidneye
begin 20 Improve they VIII help ell the
other organs to health.
Prevalency Of Kidney Disease.
Most people do not realizs the alarm
ing increase and renarkabls preTalency
II kidney disease. while kidney dis
orders are among The most common dis
eases that prevail. they are almost the
Aut rseoenized By patients, svsc asssai,'
eontenf tae0selUes sOsf1 doeso,5ng ths
Neekss while the oysgasai dsseass con
stantly undermines the system.
SPECIAL NO E-You may obtain . e.
zen cents TO Dr. K1imer 4 Co, Binghamt
% prove the remarkable merit Of this me
valuable information, containing many Of
from men and women who say they found
IN kidney, liver and bladder troubles. Tf
well known that our readers are advised te
Kilmer & Coz Binghamtons n. z. When ]
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when the lsos,e 7es,sa Los,

Charley, dear. said young Mrs
Toratns, edc you believe IN going ac-
cording to the viii Of the maJoritYs"
ssOf course. Everybody does. +
ssThen why doesn't the baseball ur1-
pire try to make his decisions that way
oftener9,'
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And Have Men at Their Mercy.
Mrs. GabbI understand that the
number Of lady BARRIERS Ii rapidly In
creasing.
Her Husband Shouldn't wonderl
It's a business In which women can
talk while they work Boston Eve
ming Transcript.
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Lot 81 Ennnus TrouhIe.

There is lot of fungus trouble this
season. Blights, rusts, rots, mildews
and other bacterial and fungus dis
eases are common. There is no use
lodging; we must fight them with the
proper fungicides or they beat us.
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HOW TO REMOVE DANDRuFF
itching and irritation, Of the Scalp
With cutEcura. Trial Free.

onretiring lightly touch spots Of dan.
druF, itching and burning with Cuticura
Ointment. Next morning shampoo
thoroughly with Cuticura Soap and hot
water. These super-creamy emollients
do much to keep the scalp clean and
healthy and to promote hair growth.
Free sample each by mail with Book,
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. 4,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Ady.
The man of business is born. not
made.
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lmnortanf "a Naothera
Fancy Canine.

"Your wife seems fond of dogs"
II don't think she really Is. She
won't have dog around unless he
looks more like chrysanthemum than
he does like a dog"
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Keen Chicks Separated.

Don't let the later Matched chicks
sleep in the coop with the larger ones,
but separate them according to ages
and sizes.
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down tnaE ! c0ul0
not work I was
thin pale and veal
weighed but 109
pounds and was Ia
bed most Of the
time. ! began tax
ing Lydia 3. Pink
hams Vegetable
Compound and Eve
months later I
weighed 1888 pounds
II IL al cha hn,fan
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The Evenings Embellishments.
"Why don't you join our literary
clubY'
81 don't play cards, or dance the
modern dances"
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Rlqht Size Of Farm.

Selling Off land till all debts are
Cancelled and little or no hired help
needed has saved a good home for
many a worthy family who, had they
clung to the big farm, would have lost
all.
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Do Not Market Dirty Eggs.

A dirty egg looks bad, and Of two
lots, one dirty and the other clean, the
dirty lot sells much more slowly. Wash
Ing eggs that have dirty spots brings
a sufficiently higher price and quicker
demand to pay FOR the trouble.
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A trial WIN convInce Anyone.

A Trial VIII Convince Anyone.
Thousands Of people have testified
that the mild and immediate effect Of
swamp Root, the great kidney. liver and
bladder remedy, is soon realized and that
it stands the highest for its remarkable
results IN the most distressing cases,
symptoms Of Kidney Trouble.
swamp-Root is not recommended foe
everything but if you suffer from annoy.
ina bladder troubles, frequently passing
water night and day, smarting or irrita-
ton in passing, brick-dust or sediment,
headache, baelaehe, lame back, dizzi-
ness, poor digestion, sleeplessness. nerv.
ousness, heart disturbance due 20 bad
kidney trouble, skin eruptions from bad
blood, neuralgia, Rheumatism, lumhago.
bIoating, irritability, worn-out feeling.
lack Of ambition, may be loss Of flesh OF
sallow complexion, kidney trouble IN its
worst form may be stealing upon you.
swampRoot ss Pleasant 70 Taks.
If you ere already convinced that
Swamp Root 3 what you aed, you car
purchase the regular ffty-cent and ons.
dollar sizs bottles e 81 drug stores
nple sire bottle Of swamp-Root by enclosina
u. N. Y. This gives you the opportunity
Iicine. They viii also send you q book os
the thousands Of grateful letters received
Swamp Root to be just the remedy needed
J value Ind success of Swamp-Root are 90
send for sample size bottle. address DE-
lTitlng se suEe and mention this paper.
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Strawberries for New Red.

DO not take strawberry plants from
al old bed to set a new bed, unless
you can easily pick out the varieties
and the plants are young and vigor-
Ous.
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DR.. Pesry's DEAD sHoT,' Ii. an effective
medicine for Worms or TapeWOrm in adults
or children. Ono dose is sufieient and no
supplemental purge necsssary.-Ady,
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MOTHERS I0Y SAVE

for Colds, Group, Pneumonia and
Asthma GOOSE GREASE LINIMENT
for Neuralgia. rheumatism and
Sprains. For sale by all Druggists.
GOOSE GREASE COMPANY. MFRS.
Greensboro, n. G.-Adv.
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No PIace for lokea.

81 see the word obey is to be left
out of the marriage ritual"
"Yes, the church people evidently
thought the ritual was no place for a
joke."-Houston Post.
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Feed Grain 60 Calves.

Dairy calves should be taught to
eat grain as soon as possible. They
can grind their own feed better than
1t can be done for Aem.
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cultLvatinn nf orrharrl-

II the orchard was cultivated as
carefully as the corn crop the yield
Of fruit would be a pleasant surprise.
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Food for MIX productlon.

Green succulent food is better for
milk production than the same kind
of fodder cut and dried. no matter
how carefully cured.
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Federal Road Funds.

The apportionment of federal
road funds available for the fis-
cal year ending June 30, 1917,
are as follows for New York
md rnicrI,I,or.innt rfn+ns.
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g tchewan. Canada. o a. ill:
vitlng market for American Nlotling.
groceries and machinery
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Keen ault sensrated.

Do not let any bull run with the
dairy herd. The young bun may be In
jured, and the old bull may lniure
someone.
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Time Wasted.

Many a man wastes his time tell
Ing other people not to waste theirs
Exchange.
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It has received and the facility and
ability Of the farmer to do repair work.
The implements used on the farm
represent large investment, and this
investment increases yearly. Every
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churnablIIty Of cream.

The churnability Of cream depends
largely on its being ripened evenly.
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Sites, Granulated Eyelids, Sore and Inhamed
Eyes healed promptly by the use Of ROMAN
EYE BALSAM.-Adv.
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100 ~
10 WORK
N BED MOST OF TINE
Her Health r Restored 5g ydiis
E Pinhanas ! ege hls
Compound.

indianapolis, Indians. e w health
was % poor and my constitution 20 run
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Good Reason.

"Oh! Why did l ever marry your"
Because l didn't know any better" !"
Life.
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Ffehf,s ina zI lis 3
e1ss Test Of lime. TEST q aeia E1.lf
Ssz pie 10 9 , aEi
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Expensive Covering for Machines.
Blue sky is a poor and very expen-
zlve covering for farm machinery