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Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-21
Live on Farm.

By Elsie Tews. aged 10 Years, Pine
Bluffs, Wye. Blue Side.
This is the first time ] have ever
written TO the Sunday page. would
like to join the Blue side, for blue
is my favorite color, | live on a
farm OF 480 acres and have lots OF
fun feeding chickens. We have 200
little chicks. | help mamma feed
them. milk one COW for papa every
night, for | like to milk, | have no
brothers nor sisters. live in Ne
braska and got TO school in Wyom-
ing.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-21
NY Narrowest Escape

BY Lucille Griffin, Aged 10 Years,
St. Paul, Neb. Blue Side.
One Saturday my uncles, my
mamma and all started to Grand Is
land in my uncle's car. We got there
all right, The next day we took my
grandma with US and went out TO
mammals cousins.
When we got there dinner was
ready so we sat down to eat After
dinner us children went out to play
We stayed there all day and had
fine time.
In the evening we started back TO
Grand Island and on the way we had
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-21

poned. We were all very sorry, but
II could not be helped. Our Sunday
school teacher was giving this picnic
to us as reward for our faithful
attendance. think this was a grand
reward, don't your Our picnic will
be next Saturday. hope Miss Waste
and Mrs. Paper and Mr. Basket are
out in the park.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-21
Violet Picking.

By Myrtle Peterson, Aged II Years,
Kearney. Neb. Blue Side.
One day last week my sister and |
went out to get some violets We
went out to the first channel. We got
many violets and sixteen paintings. |
will answer all letters | receive.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-21
Has a Pet Pigeon.
BY Donice Vroman, Aged 10 Pat
tefson Avenue, Plattsmouth,
Meh Ped Side

BY Donice Vroman, Aged 10 Pat
tefson Avenue, Plattsmouth,
Neb. Red Side.
This is the second time | have
written TO the Busy Bee page. | will
tell You about our pet pigeon, One
day papa brought IN a pigeon. II was
about frozen. My sister-in-law asked
mamma what she had TO put it inl
She got a pan and warm flannel
cloth and cotton. She put It in the
pan and after while it was warm
and lively. Mamma had to take care
Of II and feed it long time. After
while mamma taught il TO eat II
always went TO mamma. II would
peck anybody that would take It.
Nov II can fly, Its name is Cotton
because II was wrapped in cotton.
Well ! must close as my story is
getting long. This is a true story.
Picnic Postponed.
By Leona Walter Aged 10 Years,
Wahoo, Neb, Blue Side.
Saturday our Sunday school class
was going to have a picnic, but It had
to rain so the picnic had to be post
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-21
Little Stories by Little Folk
First Prize)
Bird Rhymes.
BY Fern Peterson, Kearney, Neb
Dad GA.


BY Fern Peterson, Kearney, Neb
Red Side.
am going 10 write a poem about
birds in the alphabet form.
A stands for albatross,
II goes by the sea.
B stands for bluebird,
He grows in the lea.
G stands for cuckoo,
He sounds very queer
d stands for dove,
| think he's dear.
T. stands for eagle,
He's big and strong.
+ stands for flicker,
To go il doesn't take him long.
G stands for gull,
And he's all white.
II stands for hawk,
He comes in the night
1 stands for ibis,
And he's all red.
] stands for jay,
He has a topknot on his head.
X stands for kingfisher,
And he catches fish.
L stands for lark,
He can sit in dish.
M stands for meadow lark,
He sings sweet song.
N stands for nightingale,
He sings all day long,
O stands for oriole,
He hangs long nest
p stands for parrot,
He never can rest.
Q stands for quail,
He said il would rain.
r stands for robin,
He has brain.
S stands for sparrow,
He builds in the caves.
7 stands for thrush,
lie builds in the leaves
u stands for ullet,
And he'll kill rat
v stands for vulture,
He'll eat a dead cat
w stands for woodpeckca
He has a red cap.
X stands for *" bill,
He eats pine sap.
Y stands for yellow breast,
To other birds he'll say "shooT
z stands for 100000,
And he says "ooo-eoof
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-21

tBy special permission OF the author The
Bee will publish chapters from the History
Of Nebraska, by A. 70, sheldon, from week
10 week
Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-21

POLLY M assure you that you can
get rid Of blackheads In a few minutes.
Get neroxln at any drug store and sprinkle
some OF II on sponge. made wet with
hot water, then rub It on The blackheada
all over. You will be surprised how I'm
mediately effective this will prove TO be.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05

Inc snout and jOwi OF an animal are
other points to which considerable at.
tention Is given. Shall the animal be
long IN the sn0ut and heavy in the
Jo"i' or Shall it be short in the snout
AMI light in The jowl? And shall tho
dish OF the nose be large or small?
Ilat al! depends on the utility Of it.
II 4 long snout enables the hog to eat
be- ter or If it is associated with
greater length Of body, and this is de-
sired, then II may be a good idea to
select for it. If a heavy iowl is IN any
way useful TO the hog. then it may be
feature to be desired. but if it i'm
pedes its eating. prevents the pig from
getting INTO the trough as it should
then 1t is to be avoided
Many times in the history of the
hog industry the question has been
asked. What type Of hog is best to
grow? Shall ii be the lard type or
bacon type?" Many times the answer
has been. That simply depends upon
ones preference in the matter" 1t
depends in large measure upon the
sorts of feed one can grow. Some be-
!ieve a lard hog will not be a lard
hog unless a man has lard hog feeds
for ft-and the same of the bacon hog
Therefore a fellow is on the wrong
track when he is trying to grow lard
hogs unless he has lard hog feeds for
them.
Many man has seen a herd of lard
hogs which were very typical in the
beginning taken into parts of the
country not essentially corn districts
and in the course of few generations
has seen those lard hogs lose almost
all their type characteristics and be-
come bacon animals. Just so do bacon
hogs raised in the corn belt, unless
fed on milk, pasture and kindred feeds
instead of on corn, lose their bacon
characteristics. Why, then, should a
man who has plenty of milk and pas
ture, but little corn, go out OF his way
to get lard hogs An$ why should
the man who has plenty of corn and
grain, but little milk and pasture. hurt
himself to grow bacon hogs? There is
always a demand for both types, so
why not grow the type that the feed
at hand will most economically pro-
duce?
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05
GOOD REPRODUCTION HINTS
Presence of Male Bird Has No infIu-
b ence on Number of Eggs Laid
Infertile Eggs Best.

Produce the infertile eggs.
Infertile eggs are produced by hens
having no male bird with them.
Removing the male bird has no in
fluence on the number of eggs laid
by hens.
The hens greatest proft-producing
period is the first and second years,
and unless a hen is an exceptionally
good breeder she should be disposed
of at the end of her second laying
season and before starting to mott.
Few eggs can be expected until the
pullets are matured.
II possible, mark the pullets that
lay in the fall and use them in the
breeding pen for the following spring.
Soft-shelled eggs are often caused
by fowls being confined, becoming
overfat, and from lack Of mineral
matter.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05
ia ARRIVE
STOCK.
TURNING SiLAGE INTO BEEF
4 Cannot &c Considered as Substi-
TUE for Other Necessary Materi-
ais in Animals Ration.

The word "silage' at one time sug-
gested only brimming milk pals and
big milk checks. Nowadays it is as
well a big factor in putting the fin
ishing touches on choice sirioiu beef.
SiIOs are common in the beef feed
ing sections of Wisconsin. The main
reason for feeding silage 10 beef cat
tie is economy of production. 1t cam
not be considered as a substitute for
other necessary materials in the ia
ton, according 10 J. l.. IOrmey. Col
iege of Agriculture, University Of Wis
cOnsin, who gives a few suggestions
as to the feeding of siiage for beef
production under local conditions
Glover or alfalfa hay should be
fed along with the silage in the win
ter Ii clover or alfalfa hay is not
obtaiuable, use timothy or mixed hay.
In addition to the corn siIage and hay
allowance. about three or four pounds
OF cottonseed meal for each 1000
pounds of live weight of the animal
should be fed daily.
"Two-year-old steers weighing about
1000 pounds may be started on about
20 to % pounds of silage, 10 pounds
of clover or alfalfa hay, and to :
pounds OF a mixture consisting of six
parts of corn to one part cottonseed
meal by weight daily. In a period
OF two weeks the cattle may be
brought up TO full rations, if care
fully watched. At this time they will
eat about Is to 20 pounds of siIage,
to pounds of hay and u to IA
pounds of grain mixture daily,
AS cottonseed meal is rather high
priced this year, wheat bran or glu-
ten feed may be used instead with al
most as good results and at a saving
in cost Of production"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05
SCUM IN WATERING TROUGHS
Trouble Caused by Form of Lower
Plant Life Can Be Avoided by
Treating the Water.

CIV. C. sACKETT. Colorado stationD
Considerable annoyance is frequent
ly experienced with a green scum
forming in watering troughs which are
uncovered and exposed to bright sun
shine. This growth is due to algae. n
form Of lower plant life, and aside
from a possible disagreeable flavor
which may be impaired to the water
they are harmless. However. a water
ing trough in this condition is always
unsightly. and far from inviting to the
stock that must drink from it,
Algae growth can be prevented en-
tirely by trea ing the water with cop
per sulphate, or blue stone, using one
and one-half grains ID each 100 gallons
of water The copper sulphate should
be dissolved in a small amount of
water, and this solution added to the
water in the trough.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05
BIRDS NOT ALWAYS FRIENDS
No Pity or Sentiment Should Be Vast
ed on songsters Who Threaten
Fruit or Grain Crops.

CBy e. s. TUCKER. Louisiana Expert
ment Station.t
Much argument has been spent in
urging the protection of birds for the
sake of their attributive aid in the
suppression OF insects. While admit
ting that many birds attack fruits and
commit other depredations, the claim
is made that these feathered creatures
more than repay all their damages by
the number of insects which they cap
ture and eat. A study Of the facts in
this matter generally shows that such
birds do not feed upon injurious in
sects alone but also destroy beneficial
ones.
Ter weighing the evidence and
Judging further frsm personal obser-
walton, the writer has concluded that
no pity or sentiment should be wasted
on birds which threaten the produc-
ton of fruit or grain crops, or which
menace poultry. Unmerciful destruc-
ton by shooting and every prevention
of the breeding of such birds has, with
in the writer's own experience, been
the only means of saving the yield of
small fruits, particularly grapes, in a
middle western locality. But the birds
that are not known to eat fruit or
grain or to do any harm may be rea-
sonably protected.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05

grows swine should keep in mind is
to get a really useful animal.
Business is business. and few can
afford to crafty personal fancy. You
need to consider the feeds you have.
the markets you have to supply and
cher things of this nature, in select
ing the hogs to grow. There are some
features that are essential about hogs
as we'll as some that are not-just as
there is about everything else. Where
the ear breaks cannot be said to be
an important feature. Let it be of
medium size and thickness, for too
thick and unwieldy an ear is always
associated with slowly maturing, I'M
evenly heshed, thin-skinned animal; a
small ear indicates lack of strength
and too great refinement.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05
INDIGESTION, GAS
OR SICK STOMACH
Time it! Pape's Diapepsin ends
all Stomach misery in five
minutes.

Do some foods you eat hit back
taste good, but work badly; ferment
into stubborn Jumps and cause a sick,
sour, gassy stomach? Now, Mr.. or
Mrs. Dyspeptic, jot this down: Papes
Diapepsin digests everything, leaving
nothing to sour and upset you. There
never was anything so safely quick. so
certainly effective. No difference how
badly your stomach is disordered you
will get happy relief in five minutes,
but what pleases you most is that 1t
strengthens and regulates your stom-
ach so you can eat your favorite foods
without fear.
You feel different as soon as "Pape's
Diapepsin" comes in contact with the
stomach-distress just vauiches your
stomach gets sweet, no e COG 70 belch-
ing, no quotations Of undigestcd food.
Go now, make the best investment
you ever made. by getting a large fifty
cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from any
store. You realize in five minutes how
needless it is to suffer from indiGes-
ton, dyspepsia or bad stomach. Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05
Had PeIIagra Seven Years
Thanks God He's Cured

towards, S. C.-David G. Pate, of this
place, writes: 81 am glad to say to you.
after waiting forty days. that I still feel
like I am cured of pellagra. had this
disease for the last seven years. The
fourth day after beginning your medicine
l went back to work and have been able
to do my work ever since. thank God
for your remedy"
There is no longer any doubt that pei
lagra can be cured. Don't delay until it
is too late. 1t is your duty to consult the
resourceful Baughn.
The symptoms-hands red like sunburn,
skin peeling off, sore mouth. the lips.
throat and tongue flaming red. with
much mucus and choking; indigestion and
nausea, either diarrhoea or constipation.
There is hope; get Baughn's big Free
book on Pellagra and learn about the
remedy for Pellagra that has at last been
found. Address American Compromising
Co., box 2oSs, Jasper, Ala, remembering
money is refunded in any case where the
remedy fails to cure.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05
FARM
G.)()l.,TNY
MIXTURE FOR LAYING FOWLS
Scatter Equal Parts of Cracked Corn,
Wheat and Oats in L,tter-Make
Hens Exercise.

In order to obtain eggs If is neces-
sary TO have healthy, vigorous stock,
properly fed.
A splendid mixture for laying hens
is equal parts of cracked corn. wheat,
and oats, which should be scattered
in the litter.
Bran or middings and beef scraps
should be kept in receptacles TO which
the fowls have access at all times.
Plenty Of exercise increases the
egg yield.
Provide four or five inches Of good.
clean litter in whioh to scatter the
grain.
Cabbages, maEgels. potatoes. sprout-
ed oats, etc, make excellent green
feed.
When wet mashes are led be sure
they are crumbly and not sticky.
For the first three days chicks may
be fed mixture of equal parts hard
boiled eggs and stale bread. or stale
bread soaked in milk When bread
and milk are used. care should De ex-
ercised to squeeze all milk out of the
bread. From the third OF foarth day
until the chicks can eat wheat and
cracked corn, commercial chick feed
is a good ration.
Plenty OF pure, fresh water. grit.
shell, and green feed should be avail
able from the first day.
There is very little danger of over
feeding young stock.
Feed the chickens about five times
daily and only what they will eat up
clean in few minutes, except at
night, when they should receive all
they want
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05
BUILDING DOG-PR00F FENCE
Most Economically Constructed by
Setting Posts Ten Feet Apart
Put Barbed Wire First.

A dog-proof fence can be economic
ally built in the following manner:
Posts are set ten to twelve feet apart
and a barbed wire is first stapled to
them right on the surface of the
ground. Three inches above this is
placed panel Of closewoven wire, SO
inches high, and about this two
strands Of ordinary barbed wire. Care
should be taken to see that there are
no openings between the ground and
the lowest barbed wire An Enclosure
made in this manner, into which sheep
may be turned at night, is inexpensive,
and dogs will not go through it. Most
of the damage by dogs is done at
night.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05
WORKING UP THE FIREWO0D
Big Saving In Fuel Bills May Be
Made and Give Farm Neat and
Attractive Appearance.

On a great many farms there are
large supplies Of suitable stove wood
going to waste. When the fall work
is we'll out of the way is a good time
to work up some of the surplus trees.
waste lumber and the like into fuel.
1t is often a great convenience to
have firewood to burn even where coal
usually furnishes the source OF heat
In many cases working up the avail
able wood supply on the place will
work a great saving in the fuel bills
and In any case it will help to give the
farm neat and tidy appearance.
which always carries a cash value.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05
Look and Feel
Clean, Sweet and
Fresh Every Day
Drink glass Of real rot voter
before breakfast e wash
out poisors.

Life is not merely 30 1--we. bat o.
tive well eat well, digest we'll. work
well. sleep well, look wei. What
glorious condition 80 attain, and yet
how very easy it is IL Ja- VIA only
adopt the morning inside bath
Folks who are accustomed to feel
dull and heavy when they arise. split
ting headache. study from q cold. foul
tongue. nasty breath. acid stomach
can. instead. feel as fresh e. u daisy
by opening the sluices OF the system
each morning and flushing out the
whole Of the internal poisonous stag
nant matter
Everyone. whether aIiing. sick OF
well, should each morning. before
breakfast. drink a glass OF real hot
water with a tCGapoonful OF limestone
phosphate in it to wash from the
stomach. liver, kidneys and bowels the
previous days indigestibie waste, sour
bile and poisonous toxins. thus cleans
ing, sweetening and purifying the en-
tire alimentary tract before putting
more food into the stomach. The &C
ton OF hot water and limestone phos-
phate on an empty stomach is wonder
fully inyigorating. 1t cleans out all the
sour lamentations. gases. waste and
acidity and gives one 4 splendid ap-
petite for breakfast While you are
enjoying your breakfast the water and
phosphate is quietly extracting 4 large
volume of water from the blood and
getting ready for thorough flushing
OF all the inside organs
The millions of people who are both
cred with constipation, bilious spells.
stomach trouble, rheumatism; others
who have sallow skins, blood disor-
ders and sickly compilations are urged
to get a quarter pound Of limestone
phosphate from any store that handles
drugs which will cost very little, but
is sufficient to make anyone a pro-
nounced crank on the subject Of In
ternal sanitation.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05
Automatic Hog OiIer.

being manufactured in increasing
numbers to meet the popular demand
for something of the kind Here is
one that works on a little different
principle than the others. AS the
hog rotates the barrel of the cylindri-
cal stem the knobs hit the trip and
little oil is released to run down to
the hogs hide. The slope of and angle
at which the post" stands makes it
possible for the hog to get oil on any
part of it's body-top, bottom, sides or
ends.-Farming Business.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK CASCARETS"
Gently cleanse your flyer and
sluggish bowels While
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.

Sick headache. biliousness, dizzi-
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-alwsys trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the in
testines, instead If being cast out
OF the system is re-absorbed into the
blood When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dun, throbbing, sick
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the cOnstipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep--a 1O-cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05
CHICKENS NEED GREEN FOOD
Cabbaqe Tied to Stake Is Excellent
Long STUFF Is Liable to Cause
Trouble With Hens.

When green food is given to hens in
confinement il should always be cut
or chopped fine. A cabbage tied 10
a stake is excellent, but variety is
better.
White clover. red clover, lawn grass,
tops Of vegetables, or even young
corn fodder, will be relished by the
hens if chopped into short lengths so
that they can easily eat 1t.
Long food sometimes causes the
hens to become crop bound.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05
Physicians In Consultation
Kidney Trouble Overcome

In April, 1914, | was attacked with
Kidney and Bladder trouble and suffered
great pain and was confined to my bed
for two months. l was attended by
physicians and was patched up and went
back to work, but continued to suffer
more or less, until about the 18th of De
cember, 1914, when | called in two prom
inent physicians, who held consultation
over my case and announced that an
operation was necessary, that my right
kidney would have to be removed. At
this point my Brother-in-Law, who lives
at Texarkana, insisted that l try Swamp
Root, which gave him relief. l began
taking SwampRoot at once, and from
the first bottle | have steadily gained in
weight from $50 pounds to 10 pounds in
six weeks time. l feel good, have a
good appetite, sleep well; in fact, / feel
like myself again. In the consultation
of my physicians they used an XRay,
and gave me a most rigid examination.
/ most cheerfully recommend DR.. Kill
mers Swamp-Root to sufferers from
Kidney trouble.
W. W. ROSSON.
Policeman No. /,
305 w. Lollar st. Tyler, Texas.
We hereby certify TO the above facts,
and that we sold the Swamp Root to Mr..
Rosson, as testified to therein.
OD0M DRUG CO.,
T. L. Odom.
Personally appeared before me this
18th day of February, 1915, w. w. Ros-
son and T. L. Odom, who subscribed to
the above statement and made oath that
the same is true in substance and in fact.
H. Fl. HODGES, Notary Public,
Smith County, Texas.
Prove What Swamp Root Will Do For You
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, n. Y, for a sample size bot
tie. 1t will convince anyone. You will
also receive a booklet of valuable infor-
nation, telling about the kidneys and blad-
der. When writing, be sure and mention
this paper. Regular ffty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-02-05

The stock melon. which is a cross
between citron and watermelon, is
being fed to stock in the Kansas and
Oklahoma experiment stations for ex-
perimental purposes. The fruit has
somewhat the appearance OF a water
melon. The flesh is solid and lacks
sweetness.