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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
EFFECTIVE REMEDY FOR LICE
Important Question Right Now Be-
cause Pest Is More Troublesome
in Winter Than Summer.

CBy r. c. ASHBY, University Farm, St.
Paul. Mimi
1t has been estimated that a 49,
pound hog has $4,000 drops of blood.
Suppose he is supporting 1000 lice
and each takes one drop of blood per
day. What per cent of his blood will
be lost daily, and who will pay the
bill?
The question is important right now,
for lice are worse in winter than in
summer. The hogs pile up closely and
spend much time in their beds. The
lice take advantage of the situation and
breed rapidly.
To remove the lice is neither diff
cult nor expensive. Dipping or spray
ing with coal-tar compounds is danger
Gus in winter, but three other treat
ments are available These are:
1. Equal parts kerosene and machine
oil mixed together and applied with
an oil can, brush or swab.
2. Crude Oil (thinned with kerosene,
if too thick, applied with a brush or
as a spray.
3. Powdered staphisagria busted on
the pigs, or stepped as a tea and ap-
piled with a brush or as a spray.
For a small bunch the first treat
ment is the most convenient, but when
one has many hogs the crude oil is
cheaper. Be sure to apply behind the
ears and in both TANKS. The lice pre-.
fer folds of the skin.
Clean the beds and pens thoroughly
/
with the oil, there should be no fur
Their trouble from the lice. If the hogs
sleep in straw sheds, one can keep
them free from lice by treating them
every two weeks Try it!
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY II.
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
Make 1t Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur-
liant and Remove Dandruff-ReaI
Surprise for You.

Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluf-
fy, abundant and appears as soft, lus-
trous and beautiful as a young girls
after ''Danderine hair cleanse" Just
try this-noisten a cloth with a little
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time. This will cleanse
the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil
and i'll just a few moments you have
doubled the. beauty of your hair.
Besides beautifying the hair at once,
Danderine dissolves every particle of
GanGruff; cleanses, purifies and invig-
crates the scalp, forever stopping itch
ing and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after a few weeks use when you
will actually see new hair-fine and
dOwny at f1rst-yes-but really new
hair-growing all over the scalp. If
you care for pretty, soft hair and lots
of it, surely get a 25 cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderine from any store
and just try it, Adv.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
FEED FOR FATTENiNG STEERS
Result Of Interesting Experiment at
South Dakota Station With ST.
lage and Mill Products.

The South Dakota station reports a
ling steers of four head each were fed
during a 145-day feeding period each
lot receiving all the silage the steers
would eat and IL pounds of by-prod-
uet, this being for lot one oil meal,
lot two cotton seed meal, and lot
three dried distillers' grains The av-
erage daily gains per head were 2.45,
1876, and 2.17 pounds, respectively;
and during the first ninety days 2.69,
2O8, and 24S pounds The estimated
cost per pound of gain was $50, 6.44,
and 5.5 cents.
In two other lots grain was substi-
tuted for one-half, by weight, of the
silage fed in the former lots, lot four
receiving oats and lot five, corn The
former lot made average daily gains
of 2.18 pounds per head, the latter
2.09, and during the first ninety days
2.3 and 2.01 pounds, respectively, cost
ing 6.S8 and S.22 cents per pound of
gain. The average amount of gain for
the 146-day feeding period was as fol
lows: Lot one, 1877 pounds of silage
and IL pounds of oil NEAL lot two
PIP pounds of silage and 1.5 pounds
of cotton seed NEAL lot three, 2O.t
pounds of silage and 1.3 pounds Of
dried distilled grains; lot four, los
pounds of silage and Al pounds OF
oats; and lot five, 11.6 pounds of 81
| lage and SO pounds Of shelled corn
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

firm; if they are to last the consumer
several days, some should be picked
hard ripe and others beginning to
ripen. No ill-shaped, split, curly,
wormy, or otherwise defective toma-
toes should be shipped for eating pur-
poses.
It rs desirable that fruit shipped
should be fairly uniform in size unless
it is to meet special requirements of
the customer. If shipped with other
fruits or vegetables, tomatoes should
be so packed that nothing else can
mash them.
Green Corn (Sugar).
The sooner sugar corn is eaten after
gathering, the better its eating quality.
No inferior ears should be shipped
All should be well developed, free from
worms, and gathered at the proper
stage of development; that is, in full
milk, but before showing any signs of
firmness or toughness.
Lettuce (Head).
Consumers prefer firm, well-headed
lettuce It should be we'll developed,
and the heart turned white before cut
ting. 1t is best to ship only lettuce
which is free from dirt, and no dis
carded, insect-damaged, or imperfect
heads should be included.
Lettuce (Loose Leaf.
Some varieties of lettuce do not pro-
duce heads but instead a loose clus-
ter of leaves. It should be cut when
of good size, but tender and crisp.
FTri,,o oQP \
otherwise unattractive leaves. Lettuce
should be dry when packed.
Peas.
Growers should allow peas to ma
ture properly; but, of course, consum-
ers do not want hard, ripe peas. They
should be cool and dry when picked
| and packed to avoid heating and mold
| ing. Immature, dirty, or defective pods
should be discarded.
Root Vegetables.
Root vegetables, such as beets, car
| rots, parsnips and turnips, should be
tender, fresh, sound, washed clean and
of desirable size. No overgrown
stringy, coarse or understood stocl
should be marketed.
Spinach and kale.
Spinach and kale should be free
from sand, dirt and insects. The!
should be of good green color, withou
yellow, decayed leaves, or seed stalks
and of proper size according to the
season and the market supplied.
"Bunched" Vegetables.
Some vegetables, such as radishes
onions, new beets, carrots, turnips
satisfy, watercress and parsley, ar
tied in punches for marketing. Occa
sionally it may be desirable to buncl
them for parcel-post marketing, q
shown in the illustration.
"Bunched'' vegetables should be o
proper size, according to the season
and the market custom, and should b
neatly and carefully punched. Tn
number in each bunch varies on tn
different markets and according to tn
kind of vegetables. The first fv
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

For packing, cucumbers should be of
the size desired by the customer, such
as "midgets," the very small ones,
two-inch, three-inch, dill-pickle size.
Eggplant.
Eggplant should be cut when the
fruits are of proper size, but should
not be allowed to become tough. I'm
desirable sized, off-color, wilted, or de-
fective ones should be discarded. The
fruit should be wrapped in paper and
carefully packed.
Tomatoes.
Great care should be taken in pick
ing, handling and packing tomatoes,
80 that they do not get bruised,
cracked or mashed. They should be
picked without stems to avoid the
bruising or other fruit by the stems
when packed. If they are for immedi-
ate use, they should be ripe, but very
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agricultural
Directions for getting produce to the
consumer fresh and unchanged.
Asparagus.
Asparagus should be cut often
enough so that it does not become
tough or overgrown. The tops should
not be wet, as this starts decay, and
all imperfect stalks should be culled
out. It should be carefully tied up
in half-pound or pound punches, with
tops all even and the bottoms trimmed
off square. 1t improves the appear
ance of asparagus to wrap it in parch-
ment paper
Beans (Snap Beans).
Beans, whether bush or pole vari-
cites, should be picked when free from
rain or dew, while tender, crisp enough
to snap, and before the seed is large
enough to bulge the pod very much.
The size of the seed will vary with
the variety, but both pod and seed
must be tender. Any defective, rusty,
insect-eaten, discolored or undesirable
beans should be kept out. They should
be fresh picked when shipped. Only
varieties which are entirely or practi-
cally free from strings should be
grown for parcel-post marketing.
Cabbage.
Only perfect, hard heads of cabbage
should be considered for parcel-post
marketing. They should be carefully
trimmed of waste leaves and stalk,
and soft, growing, bursting, frozen or
decaying heads must be eliminated. A
variety producing small to medium
sized firm heads should be selected
CauIiflower.
The heads of caulifower should be
very carefully handled when cut and
after having been cut. In trimming
at least one circle of the large outer
leaves besides the smaller ones be.
meath should be left to protect the
head. Paper is sometimes placed over
the head for further protection and
All heads must be compact, and any
inferior, discolored, insect-damaged OF
otherwise defective ones should not
be shipped To be of the most desir
able eating quality, caulif1ower should
be used by the consumer as soon after
cutting as possible.
= Celery.
Only firm, fresh, well-bleached, clear
celery should be shipped. 1t should be
washed and well trimmed of roots
loose and diseased or discoloreG
leaves, and stems. The stalks should
be Of one length and practically uni
form in size. They should be freet
from water as thoroughly as possibl.
and wrapped in paper.
Cucumbers.
For slicing, only the long, straight
smooth, green cucumbers from six t.
nine inches in length should b.
shipped. The spcngy, thick, yellow
runty, or overlarge ones, or those hay
ing wilted or shrunken ends, SHOULD
be culled out. The cucumbers SHOULD
be cut and not pulled from the vine
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
The Value of Roads.

It cost France $612 100000 to build
the best system of roads in the world.
For many years it has reaped untold
wealth, enjoyment and benefit from
them, and now those same roads have
become the greatest single factor in
saving the republic from destruction
by invading enemies. Certainly if any
sane man doubts the profit or advisa-
bility of the best roads and the most
Of them, France affords an object les
son that none can fail to compre
hend
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
ENDS DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION, GAS
'Pape's Diapepsin" cures sick,
sour stomachs in five minutes
Time It!

Really does put bad stomachs in
order-'really does" overcome indiges-
ton, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and
sourness in five minutes-that-jus
that-makes Pape's Diapepsin the lar
gest selling stomach regulator in the
world. If what you eat ferments into
stubborn Jumps, you belch gas and
eructate sour, undigested food and
acid; head is dizzy and aches; breath
foul; tongue coated; your insides filled
with bile and indigestible waste, re-
member the moment "Pape's Diapep-
sin" comes in contact with the stomach
all such distress vanishes. It's truly
astonishing almost marvellous, and
the joy is it's har1nlessness.
A large fifty-cent case of Pape's Dia-
pepsin will give you a hundred dollars
worth of satisfaction.
It's worth it's weight in gold to men
and women who can't get their sto1n-
achs regulated. It belongs in your
hCme-shou1d always be kept handy
in case Of sick, sour, upset stomach
during the day or at night. It's the
quickest, surest and most harmless
stomach doctor in the world.-Adv.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
CALOMEL S|CKENS! It SAL|VATES!.
DON'T STAY BILIOUS, C0NST|PATED
Guarantee "Dodsons Liver Tone Will Give You the Best Liver
and Bowel Cleansing You Ever HadDont Lose Days Work.

Calomel makes you sick; you lose
days work. Calome] is quicksilver
and it salivates; calomel Injuries your
liver.
If you are bilious, feel lazy, sluggish
and all knocked out, if your bowels
are constipated and your head aches
or stomach is sour, just take spoon
full Of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone
instead of using sickening, salivating
calomel. Dodson's Liver Tone is real
liver medicine. You'll know it next
morning because you will wake up
feeling fine, your liver will be work
ing, your headache and dizziness gone,
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular. You will feel like
working. You'll be cheerful; full Of
vigor and ambition.
Your druggist or dealer sells you a
50-cent bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

the prison committee. Doctor Blan-
chard, professor Of highway engineer
ing, sees the great opportunity for the
highway road work, and, as he stated
in a recent article in the Columbia
Spectator: "The humane element must
be factor in the education of the
highway engineer of the future This
will be supplied through the co-opera-
ton Of the national committee on
prisons and prison labor and the work
under Doctor Within at Columbia uni
versity.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
ROAD
BUILDING
USE OF CONvICTs ON ROADS
Passed Through Period Of HystericaI
Wrangle Into One Of Actually Sue
cessfuI Accomplishment.

"The use of convicts on the public
roads has passed through the period of
hysterical wrangle into period of
actually successful accomplishment
and almost universal acceptation,"
stated E. Stage Within, whose new
course in practical penal problems at
Columbia university was recently an
nounced
Doctor Within holds that the under
lying motive in convict road Building
must be to secure the great efficiency
for the state out of it's possessions.
But the cOnvicts and the roads are
property of the state, and the work
ing Of convicts upon the roads should
eliminate many elements of waste in
the administration of road and prison
departments.
''The efficiency of the convict on the
road gang" he continued, differs
greatly in different gangs. There is
no doubt in my mind that the appli-
cation of the efficiency records in use
at the present time in the Wisconsin
road camps for free labor will tend
even more perceptibly to raise the eff
flciency of convict labor.
incentive must be created before
good work can be produced. Coop
any of us up in a stuffy, unsanitary
Jail for several months, arrdign us for
trial amid the excitement of what we
misname as justice, and then take a
few months of breaking our spirit in
prison surroundings and there is little
likelihood that the thing we call ginger
will be very apparent. There is def
mite need of building up if the convict
is to return to society and make good
THE great need" Doctor Within
concluded, "is for the foreman of q
convict road gang to throw his shoul
der to the task and inspire his gang
with the desire to be like him. TIE
problem lies in securing such men az
foreman of the road gangs
The graduate department of high
way engineering at Columbia univer
sity has been in close touch with the
national committee on prisons anC
prison labor, which is located on thu
campus, for number of years. Thi
work has been carried on under the
joint direction of the department anl
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
OIL PRESERVES COUNTY ROAD
Surface Rendered Impervious to Wa
ter and Crown Is Almost Like
AsphaIt-No Signs Of Wear.

The only road in Berks county,
Maryland, which is strictly county
road" is the stretch of five miles be-
tween Douglasville and Yellow House.
By this is meant that it is neither a
state nor township road, but is entire
1y under the Jurisdiction of the county
authorities.
Recently the road was treated with
a coating of crude oil, and no one
doubts the wisdom of this action. The
road is now not only dust-proof, but
the surface has been rendered impervi-
like asphalt, and there are no signs of
wear or tear.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

under my personal guarantee that it
will clean your sluggish liver better
than nasty calomel; it won't make you
sick and you can eat anything you
want without being salivated. Your
druggist guarantees that each spoonful
will start your liver, clean your bowels
and straighten you up by morning or
you can have your money back. Chill
dren gladly take Dodson's Liver Tone
because it is pleasant tasting and
doesn't grippe or cramp or make them
sick.
I am selling millions of bottles of
Dodson's Liver Tone to people who
have found that this pleasant, vege-
table. liver medicine takes the place
of dangerous calomel. Buy one bottle
on my sound, reliable guarantee Ask
your druggist or storekeeper about me.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
FOR HAIR AND SKIN HEALTH
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment
Are Supreme. Trial Free.

These fragrant, super-creamy emol-
lients keep the skin fresh and clear,
the scalp free from dandruff, crusts
and scales and the hands, soft and
white. They are splendid for nursery
and toilet purposes and are most eco
nomical because most effective.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

named are usually shipped with the
tops on. If the punches are broken
Or if they are not punched in order to
facilitate packing, the count and grade
should be the same as if they were
shipped in punches. Farmers Bulletin
No. 703, ''Suggestions for Parcel Post
Marketing" can be secured from the
Division of Publications, United States
Department of Agriculture.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
FEED BINS MADE CONVENIENT
Can Be Built Beneath Hay Floor
Where Stock Is kept-Much Time
and Labor Is Saved.

Handy feed bins can be built be-
meath the floor of hay drive where
stock is kept below the hay. Slanted
as shown, the grain falls into the spout
leading into box to catch the waste,
says a writer in Western Farmer. A
shutoff slide fits into end of spout.
The spout may be made to empty into
alley or where most convenient. This
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
Where Is Your MACHINERY?

You are through with your grain
binder for this season. Where is it.
sitting cat Gin the shade of the old
apple tree" or is it in a good shed.
under roof: More machinery rusts
out in the weather than is worn out
by work, all of which is not displeas-
ing to the men who manufacture it.
Don't let yours go that way.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
Clean LeQs of Chickens.

There is nothing better than cut
straw to clean the legs of chickens.
Cover the floor to the depth of six
inches with clean, dry straw that has
been run through a cutting box, throw
a few oats and some wheat in it, and
let in the poultry. The amount of
scratching they will do cleans their
legs perfectly, gives them fine exercise
and does them good in all WAYS.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
Minor Tool Cost.

The total cost of the minor items of
equipment needed on a farm is much
greater than the average person is
wont to think 1t has been found by
inventories taken on number of
farms that the tools and implements
actually needed on the average farm,
from a wheelbarrow down to a husk-
ing peg, cost nearly 5000.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
Dancer With Alfalfa.

Avoid letting horses overfeed or
alfalfa hay, as there is danger OF
causing kidney trouble. A rule that
has been followed successfully in feed
ing alfalfa hay is to give one pound OF
hay for every 100 pounds of horse
weight
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
Best Manure for Garden.

Manure for the garden should be
fine and well rotted. Where you have
only fresh stable manure available,
out it in a pile now, keeping it turned
as often as it begins to heat, in order
that it may be in better condition for
use in spring. It is never advisable
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
Time for Watering Horse.

Water taken into the stomach of &
horse is bound to go in quickly. Il
given after feeding, it will carry much
undigested food with it. Before meals
is the time for watering
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
The GUARANTEED.
ReI11edyFor Women
STELLA VITAE directly
the to 1t stops wasting relieves
run down women 1t helped su
first bottle If you not benefted-$1 Dealers
TEACHER MEDICINE CO., CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.
He Knew.

Did you ever know that there is
lot of symbolism connected with a
deck of cards? Hearts, for instance,
signify love-
Yes. | know. Last night | held a
spade flush against four aces and
had to dig"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
War Preiudices.

Why did you take French leave
visiting relative?'
Because she told me he was her
cousin-g german
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
Uncomfortable Stock.

It is a poor policy to have the sta
bles so drafty and the drinking water
so cold that the feed given the stoci
is largely expended in an effort to keel
up bodily heat.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

Throw Off Colds and Prevent Grip.
When you feel cold coming on take LAXA.
1--WE BROMO QUINlNB 1t removes of
Colds ano Grip. Only One BROMO QUININH"
r w GROW 'S signature box Csc.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

A factory is to be opened in the
Azores for the manufacture Of alcohol
from sweet potatoes.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
ELIXIR BABEK A GOOD TONIC

ELIXIR BABEK A GOOD TONIC
And Drives Malaria Out the System.
Your 'Babek' acts like magic; have given
It to numerous people in my parish who were
suffering with chills, malaria and fever. rec
commend 1t to those who are sufferers and IN
need of d good tonic"-Rev. S. Szymanowski
81. Stephens Church, Perth Amboy, N. J..
Elixir Babek, so cents, all druggists or by
Parcels Post prepaid, from hoczewski d Co.
Washington, D. G.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

A solution of paratfin in benzine will
preserve autumn leaves in their natu-
raj cOlors
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

Keep Sheep Pens Clean.
Keep the sheep pens clean Dir
md foul odors effect sheep quickly.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

Use Murine after Exposure in Cold,
Cutting Winds and Dust. 1t Restores
Refreshes and Promotes Eye Health.
Good for all Eyes that Need Care.
Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago.
Sends Eye Book on request.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
Feed Bins.

saves labor and time, because you fill
the bins through trap doors in floor
above and there is no lifting at any
time.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

The trackless trolley system is be-
ing used for general freight traffic in
several parts of Germany.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
No Use.

why don't you put in a time clock
and keep tabs on your employees"
1T wouldn't pay. They're such
worthless lot that the time they waste
is of very little value
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

to use fresh stable manure under any
garden crop.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
FEEDING Cows for Milk.

Cows will not give better milk
than the feed you place before them.
They can't. Give only the best and
the purest food.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
Transforming Corn Into Pork.

The Transformation of corn into porl
brings good money to those who know
how to turn the trick.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09
Rive as a Cover Crop,

more general and for this purpose i,
Is valuable
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

In proportion to its SIZE Monaco pro-
duces richer royal revenue than any
other country.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

Colorado has the highest automobile
road
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-09

Embarrassment of opportunities.
Argus told of his difficulty.
Il can't decide which one to wear
a monocle in he complained.