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them with loose earth. Use only
enough earth to entirely cover the
crown of the roots.
An even temperature Of anywhere
from 80 to 80 degrees will give good
results. High temperature hastens
growth, but at the expense of quality.
A gasoline or Oil stove with an oven,
large Oil lamps or even lanterns will
serve to raise the temperature should
the cellar be too cool. A cellar with a
furnace is ideal. Keep the soil slight
ly moist by applying a little tepid wa
ter when it seems in need. The ap-
plication Of a weak solution of nitrate
of soda or liquid COW manure usually
pays well for the pains.
When and How to Pick.
1t is month or six weeks from
planting to harvesting. Twelve to four
teen inches is a good height for pick
ing. Do not carelessly jerk or pull the
stalks. Run the index finger carefully
down the inside of the stalk and gently
pry and pull it from the clump. If
numerous small stalks spring up in
crease the heat and thin them out to
fair stand.
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FAMOUS SCIENTIST AS CHEF
Visitors Mistaken in Thinking Metch-
nikoff Was Engaged in Lahora-
tory Experiments.

One day some distinguished visitors
who had arrived in Paris and were be-
ing escorted about by q committee
were taken to call upon the late Pro-
fessor Metchnikoff (the famous scien-
tist who believed that the secret of
long life lay in diet) toward the hour
of noon. The laboratory was all but
empty, as most of the workers had
departed for that sacred meal, the
French dejeuner. But Metchnikoff
was there himself intent upon YES
sci he was holding over gas burner
at must be a very interesting ex-
pertinent that keeps you engaged even
at this hour" remarked one of the
committee.
"Look for yourself" said Metchni-
koff, and, continuing to stir with a
glass tube, held up the dish so that
delicious fragrance rose to the noses
of the visitors.
"That's what I'm working at" he
laughed, ''banana in slices, fried in
butter 1t is excellent. Worlds
Work.
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roc Rad. Indeed.

Mrs. Commuter had lain awake with
a headache till one o'clock. Then in
the balance of the night she had re-
sponded to several calls for a drink. a
doll, and all the other nocturnal infan-
tile orders. At five in the morning, as
she was just beginning to round out
the first continuous hour of slumber,
the little six-year-old girl called softly
from her nearby crib:
'Mother."
No answer. Again, little louder:
''Mother!"
Mother said nothing. Again the
child's voice, this time mezzo-forte:
''Motherl' ~
"Well, what is it2'
Mother, isn't it too bad that one of
Earry McCole's polliwogs died?"
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day. No appreciable effect was OBJ
tained either on the quantity or quail
ity of the milk produced. Apparently
this material had no effect on the
stimulation of the nervous system; If
anything, it, had depressing effect.
The weight of cows receiving the pre-
cipitated bone ash showed a slight
Increase.
Experiments showed no advantage
Ia milking three times day was com
pared with twice day.
Cows fed palm-nut cake did not in
crease in weight as did those fed
cotton cake, but they showed looser
skin with a glossier look. The palm-
nut cake gave higher percentage Of
fat in the milk.
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KNEW WHAT he WOULD 90
Pretty schcolte teaches pldentIy Had
Inspired Afgsetlo1 Heart
CHARMING schooltsacher WIN


a charming schoolte lteacher} whose
smile brings happiness to eFeFxone and
who. moreover. has that greatest
blessing ] sense Of humor. tells this
on herself.
She teaches what Is known by
some as a subnormals school (Which
very often is more normal than SUBJ
and the other morning several Of her
pupils were gathered around her read
ing very interesting 90 story, such.
as is printed In school readers, and
one sentence ran. eThe little Jap
anese girl greeted them warmly, etc.
eyEhat is meant by greet? Z asked
the teacher who BY the wny was
showing off her pupils and the method
Of teaching them to an Interested
young man who had been brought I'M
by the principal to watch her labors.
There was great deal of brow
puckering and the word greet" failed
to register on any brain. Finally she
said, IF were to come into the room
where you were, what would you do?''
There was a second silence and puz-
zled looks and then ffrom q tall boy
of sixteenl: "Td hug you.
The visitor, with his handkerchief
to his mouth, sped from the room, and
his shouts of laughter could be heard
a block. while the teacher. with cheeks
covered with bushes carefully ex-
planned greet as twas meant in the
school reader Columbus Dispatch.
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RHUBARB FORCED IN
CELLAR IN WINTER
No Special Provision Will Have
to Be Made-LittIe Ven
tiIation is Needed.
CBy n. W. DOYLE, Department of Ag-
riculture, KansaS.)

(By II. w. DOYLE, Department Oh Ag-
riculture, Kansas.)
Anyone having q dark cellar can
force rhubarb in midwinter. 1t need
cause no Objectionable OdOrs nor ex-
cessive dampness. Very little space is
required, q small bed in corner an
swering.
It is necessary to completely exclude
daylight so that the stalks will grow
upright and have good coloring and to
discourage leaf development. Dim ar
tificial light is not injurious. To shut
off the light it is usually necessary to
erect wooden partitions or nse curtains
Of old carpet or similar material. Very
little ventilation is needed, and no
special provision will have to be made
for it. Spread two or three inches
of loose garden loam over the eel
lar floor.
Ten roots will produce an abundance
for the average family. Should one
bunch of roots cease bearing remove
them and put in new supply. Select
roots from two to five years of age,
the thriftier and stronger the bet
Ter. Almost any variety will force.
A most important factor in success is
to allow the roots to remain in the
ground until thoroughly frozen.
How TO Plant It.
Dig the plants in the fall, retaining
as much dirt as possible among the
roots, and leave them outside to
freeze; or they may be purchased. Trim
the roots slightly to make a smooth
Job and take to the cellar. Set the
clumps as close together as possible
and I'LL In underneath and between
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GOOD GRIT SUPPLY
IS MOST ESSENTIAL
Not Only Keeps Fowls in Good
State of Health, but De-
CreaseS Feed Bill.

When grit is not supplied some of
the grain is not reduced sufficiently to
make it available for assimilation, and
it passes through the body as waste.
The supplying of grit regularly then
is real economy not only in keeping
the fowls in a good state of health,
but in the saving of food.
Many farmers supply their hens no
grit, they believe that hens on range
will find all that is needed. Some
soils contain very little grit, and
where the hens have ranged over a
field for, perhaps, 10 or 20 years, the
natural supply of grit may have be-
come entirely exhausted. Unless one
is certain that the range supplies an
adequate quantity of grit, it will pay
to buy the commercial article and keep
it before the hens all the time.
Grit can be supplied in a limited
way by breaking up pieces Of broken
pottery, china and glassware to the
proper size. Walnut and hickory
nut shells are also good. The grit
must be irregular in shape and con-
tain sharp edges.
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Hls Many puties.

: When young Farmer Giles left the
hapry homestead and plowed fields to
Join the army there was not prouder
man in the land. The first time he
was doing sentry-go the officer of
the guard came by and called upon
him to give up his orders.
"Orders :" shouted Giles. "Give up
my orders?"
"Yes, certainly. What are you here
forY' demanded the officer, sharply.
"Oh, I'm here to walk up and down,
stand at attention, wink at the girls,
look after Sergeant Murphy's bit of
garden and see that nobody pinches
his spades; also to see you amt about
when they fetch the beer for the
,guard-rOom prisoners, and should you
come on the scene to-"
But the officer had completely col
-Pittsburg Chronicle Telegram.
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DR.. Peery's "DEAD shot" is an effective
medicine for Worms tr Tapeworm in adults
or children. One dcbe is sufficient and no
supplemental purge necessary
Not the Simple Life.

Little Dorothy had acquired fixed
habit of eating Sunday dinner with her
two old and beloved friends, the
Browns, who lived just across the
street. Coming home she found her
own family seated at their table en-
joying a substantial but plain dinner.
A slight wave of contempt crossed her
face. -s.
why, what did you have for dim
ner?' her mother asked.
Baked chicken, rice, hot biscuits,
mashed potatoes, candied sweet pota-
toes, cranberries, plum jelly and other
delinqueneies, loftiiy asserted the lit
tie nlaid.-The Christian Herald.
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Exaes Cory os wsappes.
It's easier to look over another's
faults than it is to overlook them.
Misery loves company-and it never
need have a lonely feeling.
No man is modest enough to believe
himself any worse than others.
Anger manages everything badly.
TLiue Long!

A recipe given by o famous phy-
sician for long life was: "Keep the
kidneys in good order! Try to elimi-
nate Though the skin and intestines
the poisons that otherwise clog the kid
neys. Avoid eating meat as much as
possible; avoid too much salt, alcohol,
tea. Drink plenty Of water"
For those past middle life, for those
easily recognized symptoms Of infam-
nation, as backache, scalding "water, +"
or if uric acid in the blood has caused
rheumatism, s'rusty'' joints, stiffness,
get Anuric at the drug store. This is
q wonderful eliminator of uric acid and
was discovered by DR.. Pierce Of In
valids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y. If your
druggist does not keep it send 10 cents
/, to DR.. Pierce for trial package and you
win know that it is many times
more potent than lithia and that it dis
solves uric acid as hot water does
sugar.
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( I
EVEN PERIODS For MILKING
Cows Thus MIXED Gave More Mix IN
Evening Than IN Morning. Ef-
feet Of Phosphztes.

An English experiment station has
definitely determined that the total
quantity of milk is not influenced by
equal or unequal periods Of milking,
but that the fat percentage is mate
rally altered by the length Of time
between morning and evening milk
lngs. Cows MIXED at even periods
gave more milk in the evening than
In the morning. The evenings milk
was slightly the poorer in. quality.
In an experiment to determine the
effected Of feeding phosphates directly
to cows, precipitated bone phosphate
was fed at the rate of one ounce per
Middletown transcript., 1916-11-11

The farm tractor Is generally a
profitable implement If enough land is
cultivated to use it economically. This
Is the opinion expressed by three
Iourths Of the 200 tractor users In nh-
nois to investigators for the United
States department Of agriculture.
About one-third of the men in this list
increased the acreage, ON an average
I20 acres to the farm, after buying the
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Only Hinted ii.

George was an imp, his sister said,
and she thought her mother ought to
raise her children better, which made
mother laugh.
''What has poor George done now?''
asked mother. well, if you want to
know" said Grace, aged sixteen, "he
came into the parlot and asked Charlie
to give him some money. The very idea
of begging ~ she exclaimed, as George
himself came into the room.
II did not ask him for money"
George Indignantly denied, 'I said
that Grace's beaus gave me quarter
every time they saw me. except one,
and he was a tightwad."
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BAD FEED is CAUSE
OF HOG DYSENTERY
Close, Unsanitary Quarters Also
Encourage Disease Among
Young Porkers.

(By G. w. BARNES. Live Stock spe-
cialist, Arizona Agricultural Expert
ment Station.)
Dysentery is generally due to bad
feed and to close unsanitary quarters,
and, often causes great loss in young
pigs, where we have been called upon
in regard to dysentary it has been
found that the mothers quarters were
wet and filthy. Plenty of room and
sunshine, sanitary surroundings and
feeding nothing except clean, whole
some food at regular intervals until
the animals are back on their feet
again, is the best treatment.
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CLEANLINESS OF Tie DAIRY
Vital Factor in Successful Production
Of MiIk-Rack for Summing Cans
Is illustrated.

Cleanliness is very vital factor In
The successful production of milk. The
illustration shows a simple summing
rack for milk cans and utensils. Any
farmer can quickly construct this rack.
All you need is a few 2-by-4s and 1-by-
as. The framework is of 2-by-4s and
the braces are 1-by-4s. The cut shows
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SMALL TRACTOR IS GROWING IN FAVOR

used prohtnbly: Two-plow tractor,
40 acres; three-plow tractor, 200
acres; four-plow tractor, $50 acres;
five-plow tractor, 800 acres.
The large tractor Is going out Of
use on. farms. Thirty-nine per cent Of
the tractor owners estimate that
four-plow tractor is the best size for
use on 750-acre farm, while only %
per cent of the men using tractors IA
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THOROUGH COOLING OF MILK
one Of Most Important Steps in It's
: care-strain Immediately and
Place in Cold Room.

Prompt and thorough cooling Is one
OF the important steps in the care Of
milk.
Milk should never be left in the
milking pail for several minutes in a
E'arm place. 1t should be strained at
ssnce and put in the coolest place pos
able.
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use, and was happily surprised to re-
ceive results after a few doses; this
encouraged me to continue until the
Inflammation and congestion fully sub
sided. Anyone can realize what it
would mean to one depressed and dis
cOuraged to regain health, besides a
doctor bill saved and being saved the
danger Of an operation" MRS. DE-
LOSS HEDGLON, Niagara St.-Adv.
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SCIlPlAOA AdS CIV
en- me. My ply
sicia strongly
urged an opera
ton, but 1 was
afraid. One of
DR.. Pierce's s
books fell into
my hands, and
reading what the
Prescription had
done in similar
cases [ began it's
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an end view and the length will depend.
on the number of cans and utensils to
be summed. The rack should be adj
Unstable to the direct rays of the sun.
This is accomplished by the use Of an
iron bolt in securing the horizontal
pieces at their intersection. with the
upright 2-by-4s forming the pedestal.
For clean milk cans, wash first in cold
water, then steam (or scald, if steam is
not availablel, then use the sun rack.
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suocestino Z chanae

Willie Is six years old, and ycsn
his mother punished him reeen
he did not resent it, but decided o.
have it out with her.
1t hurts you to whip me- dcesA't
mother2n he said.
eYes, dear" said his mother -
hurts me very much"
'sAnd you only do it to make no
good9'
Yes dear M
''Well, mother, forget it next tiEe
and it viii make me geOder.
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lmprovement.

Mrs. Josiah Cowles, the new presi-
dent of the National Federation of
Women's Clubs, was talking in New
York about dress.
Women, once they get interested in
our movement" she said, "dress more
Nsensibly. They give less thought to
ess. / may claim, in fact"-Mrs.
wles smiles-'I may claim in fact, +"
e ended. that these women start
Iaking their own clothes and stop
picking their friends clothes to
pieces. ."-Exchange
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What He Would. No.

1t was his first night on guard and.
of course. Mike Flaherty was on the
watch against officers and such-Iike
questioning him on his duties.
AS it happened, he was at station
guarding a magazine of powder thai
had arrived during the day. Suddenly
the orderly officer came around and,
after the usual formalities, commenced
to question Mike.
Officer What would you do if the
magazine blew up?
Mike go up with the report. sir,
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MOTHERS JOY SALvE.

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. O-Adv.
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vored the eight-plow machine. None
recommended one as large as ten
plow.
That the small tractor is coming into
greater use" in Minnesota is the re-
port of ]. L. MowFy of the division of
agricultural engineering, University
farm, st. Paul. Many are favoring the
three or four-plow machines, while but
few find use for the large ones that
were often tried few years ago.
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cuIl .UnprofItabIe Cows.

Now is the time to turn of the nm
profitable COWS. If after a good trial
any COW is below the standard in ea-
pacity, send her to the butcher.
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SIlaue for Calf.

A good grade of corn silage, free.
from coarse cobs and butts, may be
fed in small amounts after the calf is
six weeks old.
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tractors and finding that they did not
have room to use them to the best ad-
vantage.
The average size Of the farm on
which the two-plow tractor is used is
27O acres. The average size of the
farms that make room for the five
plow tractor is 420 acres.
Here is the minimum size of the
farm on which the Illinois tractor
owners think their machines could be
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snecuIent Winter Eeed.

The silo affords a most economical
means of assuring a succulent food in
winter and efficient and palatable food
to supplement the dry pastures in
summer.
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Envy shoots, at others, but hits itself
A wise girl knows& enough not to
pretend to know a lot more.
Loaded Up.

"There's nothing in the man you
pointed out to me-"
Nothing in him! Well, when l left
him he was on his eighth highbalI."
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Five Popular Breeds.

The five. most popular breeds are
The Plymol th Rocks, Leghorns, Wy
Iandottes, O~pingtons and Rhode Island
Reds.
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NEWS OF NEW JERSEY

Dumont, N. III feel happy over
the relief DR.. Pierce's FavOrite Pre-
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sites, Granuiated Eyelids, Sore and Infamed
Eyes healed promptly by the use Of ROMAN
EYE BALSAM.ZAdv.
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North Crandon, Wis. aWE
old / got married and at Is yea
twins and it left me with very d
not walk acrcss the floor vi
down to rest and it was hard
and do my work. Iwent to
me 1 had a displacement a
have to have an operation.
much that / did not know
heard of Lydia E. Pinkham
4 thought I would give it a
vel as ever. ] cannot sal
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Drudoerv Removed

What a lot of drudgery the cream
cry took out Of farm homes.
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ALona Wam

Policeman (giyihg e
being elected from thu
discovered on the doc
entrance to the pietI
Magistrate-Did
for his extraordil
Policeman His
distinct. yer ~o1
i could gather
Mary Pickford
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Ahead Of Hin.

"Do you ever ask your wife's advice
about things?" sNo. sir; she doesn't
wait to be asked"
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Raising Cucumbers.

To raise cucumbers you must be a
good bug fighter.
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4AllA41ctLA 1eAA1e4l5S, - MIS-. AAYME ASBACl
Testimony from Ok
Iawton, Okla. g When 1 began TOD
Vegetable Compound ] seemed to be good
and had headaches much Of the time and y
before my little child was born and it di
good at that time. I never fail to reco
Vegetable Compound to ailing women
for me. Mrs. a. Z MoCAsLAND, 500
From a Grateful Massachuset
Roxbury, Mass g was s1fferin
nation and was examined BY a physi
that my trouble was caused BY
Ny symptoms were bearing down
and sluggish liver tried severa
cines then was asked to try I1yC
Vegetable Compound It has GU
pleased to be In my usual good
and highly recommend TT
Haynes Park, Roxbury, Mass
1If you want special advi
E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
letter will be opened, read 81
IN strict confidence
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Keep Weeds Down.

Let no weeds mature in the corn
shat is to be succeeded by small
Tain crop.
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AnnHL f0D
HV6klLU1 III
sick Nomen
For Forty Years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound Has Been
Woman's Most Reliable Medicine
Here IS More Proof.

To women who are suffering from some form Of
woans special Ills and have constnt fear of breaking
down. the three following letters ought tObng hope:-
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It's unlucky for man to rise at the
end Of q rope.
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Insure Healthv Pios.

|A liberal feeding Of roots to the
pod sows iasures healthy pigs.
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With the exception of the stage SR.
lain every man has some good POINTS,
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Proof Of Her Economy.

"Is your wife economieal?"
';Very. Look at the clothes that she
makes me wear"
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keen RellahIe Am
Keep fbe I'D bun that has proved bis

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