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wonder, then, that the market milk
dealer must produce that milk in a
room approaching the kitchen in
cleanliness.
The type of structure used by the
professional dairyman is now clearly
known and in the main, adhered to.
The problem is the barn for the man
keeping a small number of cows and
marketing only the cream or butter.
The returns from the latter do not
justify costly barns, neither is it now
considered necessarily essential to
have the most sanitary structure.
While this is true now, there is no
warranty of its truth a decade or two
hence. Possibly the most modern
barns will be considered poor make
shifts Is years hence, in the light Of
new developments in sanitary science
yet to come. Be that as it may, it
is advisable for the professional dairy
man to build only the best and the
smaller dairyman to so build, that, as
demands require, he can remodel to-
ward the best structure.
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FRESH AIR A MILK PRODUCER
Largest Returns Need Not Be Ex-
pected From Animals Where Barns
Are Poorly Ventilated.

Ventilation of barns usually is even
more deficient than window space and
to this lack of proper ventilation vet
erinarians attribute, in large meas
ure, the prevalence of tuberculosis.
But, aside from safeguarding the
health of both the owners family and
his cattle, good ventilation is econ
Omy.
Perfect assimilation of food is no
more possible in the body of an ami
NAL without sufficient supply of air
than is perfect combustion of fuel in
a furnace with the draft closed.
In order that milk COWS or beef ami
mails may respond to an increased ra-
tion of feed, more air must be supplied
for it's combustion as surely as that
a furnace requires more air for a
heavy than a light fire.
In other words-the amount of milk
or heef produced by the animal and
the amount of heat produced in the
furnace depend as much on the air
supply as on the amount of food and
fuel.
If a barn is poorly ventilated it is
futile, therefore, to expect the largest
returns in beef or milk for the feed
consumed.
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FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
california Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping. -~-
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! If coated, give
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in a few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have well, playful child
again, When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, good inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions Of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for 80
cent bottle of California Syrup OF
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
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IF BACK HURTS CLEAN
KIDNEYS WITH SALTS
Drink Lots Of Water and Stop Eating
Meat for While If the Bladder
Bothers You.

Meat forms uric acid which exciteB
and overworks the kidneys in their
efforts to filter it from the system.
Regular eaters of meat must flush the
kidneys occasionally. You must re-
lieve them like you relieve your bow
els; removing all the acids, waste and
poison. else you feel dull misery in
the kidney region, sharp pains in the
back or sick headache, dizziness, your
stomach sours, tongue is coated and
when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges The urine 10
cloudy, full of sediment; the channels
often get irritated, obliging you to get
up two or three times during the
night. !
To neutralize these irritating acids
and flush of the body's urinous wasta
get about four ounces Of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy: take a table.
spoonful in glass of water before
breakfast for few days and your kid.
neys will then act fine and bladder
disorders disappear. This famous salts
is made from the acid of grapes ASf
lemon Juice, combined with Iithia, ana
has been used for generations to clean
and stimulate sluggish kidneys and
stop bladder irritation. Jad Salts ia
harmless and makes @
delightful etfervescent nthia-water
drink which millions of men and
women take now and then, thus avoid.
ing serious kidney and bladder dis,
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BAcKAcHE RHEUMATISM

Dear Mr.. Editor:
For long time suffered from back
ache. pain in left side, frequent urina-
tion (bothering me at all times during
the day and night), and the uric acid
in my blood caused me to suffer from
rheumatism along with a constant
tired, worn-out feeling. l heard of the
new discovery Of DR.. Pierce, Of the
InValids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y, called
"Anuric." After giving "Anuric" a
good trial believe it to be the best
kidney remedy on the market today.
have tried other kidney medicines
but these "Anuric Tablets" of DR..
Pierce's are the only ones that will
cure kidney and bladder troubles.
(Signed) HENRY A. LOVE.
neutrality-suspicious. at DR.. Pierce's
Hospital for several years proved that
"Anuric" is 81 times more active than
lithia. Send DR.. Pierce 10c for trial
package.
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CAUSE FOR REAL REGRET
Mistreated Father Thought He Saw
How the Situation Might Have
Been DiffereI

They were travelling peacefully
home in their numbering market cart.
when from the shadowy hedge there
leapt two unkempt forms. No tih.s
was wasted in useless talking. In .
businesslike manner they rifed the
pockets of Farmer Jones and his
daughter, turned them out of the cart,
and drove OFF in it themselves.
Dear, oh, dear!" walled the poor
OIL man, here's a nice today! Horse
and cart and money all gonei"
mot the money, father" broke in
the daughter. Il had the purse in my
mouth"
In your mouth, Iass?" replied the
old man, feebly. Good for you! But
what pity your mother wasn't there.
then we might have saved the horse
and cart!"
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| firm; if they are to last the consumer
several days, some should be picked
hard ripe" and others beginning to
ripen. No ilI-shaped, split, curly,
wormy, or otherwise defective toma,
toes should be shipped for eating pur-
poses.
It is 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
frmness or toughness.
Lettuce (Head).
Consumers prefer firm, well-headed
lettuce. 1t should be well 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 cIus-
ter of leaves. It should be cut when
of good size, but tender and crisp.
Trim off the outside, discolored, and
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
rcts, parsnips and turnips. should be
tender, fresh, sound, washed clean and
of desirable size. No overgrown,
stringy, coarse or understood stock
should be marketed.
Spinach and kaIe.
Spinach and kale should be free
from sand, dirt and insects. They
should be of good green color, without
yellow, decayed leaves, or seed stalks,
and OF proper size according to the
season and the market supplied.
"5unched" Vegetables.
Some vegetables, such as radishes,
onions, new beets, carrots, turnips,
satisfy, watercress and parsley, are
tied in punches for marketing. Occa-
it may be desirable to bunch
them for parcelpost marketing, sS
shown in the illustration.
"Bunched" vegetables should be of
proper size, according to the season
and the market custom, and should be
neatly and carefully punched. The
in each bunch varies on the
markets and according to the
kind of vegetables. The first five
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FIRST-cLASS DAIRY STABLES
Quarters for Milking Cows Are Sep
srated Entirely From All Other
Kinds of Live Stock.

The standard now set for the first
class dairy barns is high. The quar-
ters for the milking cows are separat
ed entirely from all other stock, even
from the younger dairy stock. The
barn must be narrow, not housing
more than two rows of cows. The
window surface is to be relatively
very large, the walls smooth, floors
not absorbent and easily washed.
Ventilation by a systematic arrange
ment of ducts, has to be provided.
The new order of construction is
the result of the more general under.
standing of the power of sanitation
and cleanliness in the prevention OF
disease. Milk is perhaps the most
widely used uncooked food. Little
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AMERICANS GROW
RICH IN CANADA
Testimony Proves Falseness Of
Statements as to 0nerous
Taxation and Conscription.

THE attempt to check emigration
from the United States to our prairie
provinces by publishing alarming state
ments about the enormous war taxes
that are being paid here-$500 on a
quarter section yearly-about forcing
young men to enlist for the war;
about the cold, no crops and any old
story that by their extravagant bold
ness might influence men and women
from venturing north to Canada, is real
ly in the list of curios to our people
Knowing the country, we can hardly
take it seriously. Our governments
however, dominion and provincial, are
taking steps to expose the false state
ments that are being made, and there
by keep the channel open for continu
ing the stream of settlers that has
been flowing to US for the past decade.
We have thought to assist in this
work, and to do so purpose giving
from time to time, actual experiences
Of Americans who have come to
Saskatchewan during late years. We
give the statements of two farmers IN
this issue as follows:-
STATEMENT OF M. P. TYSDAB
| lived near Lee, Illinois. for Is
years. l came to Saskatchewan in the
spring of 1912 and bought land near
Briercrest. 1 have farmed this land,
1880 acres, ever since. | have had
grand crops In 1914 / had 100 acres
of wheat that yielded 40 bushels to
the acre. sold this wheat at $3.50
per bushel
like the country and my neighbOrs.
My taxes on each quarter section (160
acres) are about $32 a year. This Gov
ers municipal tax, school tax, hail in
surance tax-everything There Is no
t0GT tdT. So-cGEIed. like the laws in
force here. There is no compulsion to
me in any way. am just as independ
ent here as l was in Illinois, and feel
that my family and l are just as well
protected by the laws of the province
as we were il our old home in Illinois.
What | earn here is my own. | have
seven children and they take their
places at school, in sports and at all
public gatherings the same as the
Canadian born
(signed) NJ. P. TYSDAL.
February 9th, 1916.
STATEMENT OF STEVE SCHWEITZ-
BERGER
was born in Wisconsin, but moved |
with my parents when a boy to |
Stephen Co, Iowa. | was there farm |
ing for so years. l sold my land then |
for over 5000 an acre. l moved to
Saskatchewan, and located near Brier- |
crest in the spring of 1912. ! bought |
half section of land. have good |
neighbors. l feel quite at home here
the same as in Iowa. We have per-
feet safety and no trouble in living up
to the laws in force. My taxes are
about $65 year. on the half section
for everything
1 have had splendid crops. Wheat
in 1915 yielded me over so bushels to
the acre. That is more than l ever
had in Iowa and yet the land there
costs four times as much as it does
here. The man who comes here now
and buys land at $50 an acre or less
gets bargain.
(Signed) S. SCHWEITZBERGER
February 9Th, 1916"
Farmer, February,
6.-Advertisement.
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most burst. = I got where I was almost
Gwalking skeleton and life was burden
to me until one day my husbands step
sister told my husband if he did not do
something for me / would not last long
and told him to get your medicine. So he
got Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for me, and after taking the first
three doses / began to improve. 1 con-
dnued its use, and have never had any
female trouble since. feel that l owe
my life to you and your remedies. They
did for me what doctors could not do
and will always praise it wherever I
gO."-Mrs. G. o. LoWERY, 419 w. Mon
terey Street, Denison, Texas.
If you are suffering from any form Of
female ills, get a bottle Of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
commence the treatment without delay.
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Run-down? !?
Tired?
Weak?

Every Spring most people feel SGD
out Of sorts"-their vitality iS at .
low ebb. Through the winter months
the blood becomes surcharged with
poisons! The best Spring medicine
and tonic is one made of herbs and
roots without alcohol-that was first
discovered by DR.. Pierce years ago
made Of Golden Seal root, blood root,
&C., called DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Ingredients on wrapper.
1t eliminates disease-breeding poisons
from the blood, makes the blood rich
and pure, furnishes foundation for
sound health.
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RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add OF. Bay Rum, q
email box of Barbo Compound, and \ OF. Of
glycerine. Apply to the hair twice a week
until it becomes the desired shade. Any drug
gist can put this up or you can mix it at
home at very little cost. 1t will gradually
moves dandruff 1t is excellent for falling
hair and will make harsh hair soft aud glossy.
It will not color the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub off.-AdV.
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prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture)
Directions for getting produce to the
consumer fresh and undamaged.
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 parceIpost 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
tucked down inside the leaf stems.
All heads must be compact, and any
inferior, discolored, insect-damaged or
otherwise defective ones should not
be shipped. To be Of the most desir-
able eating quality, caulifiower should
be used by the consumer as soon after
cutting as possible.
Celery.
Only firm, fresh, well-bleached, clean
celery should be shipped 1t should be
washed and well trimmed of roots,
loose and diseased or discolored
leaves, and stems. The stalks should
be of one length and practically uni
form in size. They should be freed
from water as thoroughly as possible
and wrapped in paper.
Cucumbers.
For slicing, only the long, straight,
smooth, green cucumbers from six to
nine inches in length should be
shipped. The spongy, thick, yellow,
runty, or overlarge ones, or those hav-
ing wilted or shrunken ends, should
be culled out. The cucumbers should
be cut and not pulled from the vine.
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AVOID COMMUNICATING MILK
Cow Should Not Be Groomed, Redded
or Fed Immediately Before She
Is to Be MIXED.

The cows should not be groomed
bedded or fed Immediately before
milking.
So doing fills the stable air with
dust and germs which gets into the
pail while milking and so contain.
mates the milk.
The grooming is as good for the
COWS as good bedding but do it some
time during the day when ample time
will be left before the next milking
to allow the dust to settle.
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SWAMP ROOT STOPS
SERIOUS BACKACHE

When your back aches, and your blad-
der and kidneys seem to be disordered re-
member it is needless to sufer-go to your
nearest drug store and get bottle of DR..
KilmeTs Swamp-Root. It is a physicians
prescription for diseases of the kidneys
and bladder.
It has stood the test of years and has
9 reputation for quickly and effectively
giving results in thousands of cases.
This prescription was used by DR.. Kill
mer in his private practice and was so
very effective that it has been placed on
sale everywhere. Get a bottle, SOC and
Sl.OO, at your nearest druggist.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
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HabituaI With Him.

''Loogy yum. Brudder Tump!" Sc
verely said good old Parson Bagster.
What makes yo' beat yo' wife?"
"Uh-weIl, sah,' replied the wretch,
dis lady am muh ,ou'th wife. I
fnwmed de habit years ago O. beatin'
muh fust wife uh-kase she needed it..
and I've sawtuh been beatin' muh
wives in rotation ever since, out o
custom. Yo' knows yo'se'f how hard
it is to break off a habit when it's
don got its claws socked on to yo'."-
Kansas City Star.
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FOR HAIR AND SKIN HEALTH
cuticura Soap and Cutieura 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.
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Clean Lens of cbiekers.

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 cutting box, throw
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.
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Feeding Grain and siIans.

Some like to feed grain on, OF
mixed with, the silage, while others
prefer to feed grain before and silage
after milking. The latter practice Is
to be preferred except in cases where
nothing is fed before milking.
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Minor Tool Cost.

The total cost of the minor items of
equipment needed on farm is much
greater than the average person is
wont to think. It has been found by
inventories taken on a number of
farms that the tools and implements
Sctually needed on the average farm,
from a wheelbarrow down to husk-
ing peg, cost nearly 5000.
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Fair Warning.

How did you happen to be late this
morning, Jobson?"
"Why-er, Mr.. Wadly, got inter
ested in reading the war news in the
morning paper. and was carried past
my station"
Hum"
Il trust it won't happen again, sir"
IF it does you will be at liberty to
devote all of your time and attention
to becoming a war expert"
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Best Manure for Garden.

Manure for Abe garden should be
fine and well rotted. Where you have
only fresh stable manure available,
put it in 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, L is never advisable
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fering with female
trouble and could
hardly do my work.
/ was very nervous
but just kept drag
ging on until last
summer when / got
where / could not do
my work. I would
have a chill every
day and hot flashes
and dizzy spells and
nv head would al-
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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.
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Wisdom of ExnerIence.

Little Lemuel (reading)-Say, paw,
what is a prolonged conflict?
Paw-It's something you'll never be
able to understand, son, until after
you grow up and get married.
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staIIs for caIvinu Cows.

Get the box stalls ready for the COVE
that are to calve in the early spring.
The man who will let a COW drop her
calf while confined in a stanchion, OF
tied in the row of cows, is unfit to owr
COWS.
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Her Reason.

Women remarked the mere man,
are seldom capable of reasoning"
Don't you believe it." replied the
female of the species.
Why not?" he inquired.
'Well-because," she answered.
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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.
so 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
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Not Even That.

Harold-You don't mean to say that
you absolutely do nothing?
Clarence-Aw, don't even do that
My man attends to everything, you
know.
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ELIXIR BABEK A GOOD TONIC

And Drives Malaria Out Of the System.
~Your tBRbekS acts like magic have given
Il TO numerous people in my parish who were
suffering with chills, malaria end fever. rec
commend it to those who are sufferers and in
need of a good tonic" Rev. s. SzymaIowski,
Elixir Babek, so cents, all druggists or by
Parcels Post, prepaid, from Roczewski d Co.
Washington, D. c.
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A Successful EaIIura.

Ryder-Was Jones airship a sue
cess?
Walker-That depends on the point
OF view.
How so?"
Walker-Weli, as a success it was a
failure, but as failure, it was a sue
cess.
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Tomatoes.
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.
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Hereditary Exnerlence.

''As a social climber, Mrs DeRich Is
certainly success"
"She ought to be- Her father was
lineman. Judge.
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A Chicago inventor has patented an
attachment SO that phonograph can
be used as a burglar alarm.