davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Test Dry Mash Ration

The Indiana experiment station re-
ported that in a test where the birds
were all fed the same grain and dry
mash ration. the only difference being
in the amount and kind Of meat food,
that hen fed ration containing
meat scrap averaged 1856 eggs, hen
fed a ration containing skim milk av-
eraged 1854 eggs and hen fed ra-
ton containing no meat food averaged
1926. The results of an experiment at
Missouri are similar.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
EARN KCTSr'

Save toll and time by spending some
mental effort.
Select seed corn for vigor. That
counts more than score card ear type,
If the bull Is half the herd. he
should get at least as much attention
as one heifer
Wheat needs firm seed bed. Roll
It we'll and often; rolling after the
seed is In is good thing.
1t never rains but 1t pours, and while
1t pours is q good time TO fix for fall
work the harnesses that have needed
mending.
Have you any barbed wire on your
farm3 It's generally nothing more
than n cruel way to make the stock
pay for slovenly job of fencing.
Cooperative marketing has for Its
purpose getting the full market value
OF the products. II Is not a way 10 fix
prices on some arbitrary basis.
Fresh eggs bring more money than
stale eggs. 1t pays to collect eggs
daily and to market them at least
twice a week. Ask your dealer.
The garden should be given special
care. A dust mulch should be main
talned, all weeds kept down and
moisture applied in the evenings. as
the various vegetables need 1t.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Extensive Tests
of New Cow Feed
Experiments Made by De-
partment of Agriculture at
Its Farm in Maryland.


Prepared by the United States Department,
Of AErieulture.1
Extensive tests Of the value Of vari-
Gus new feeds for dairy cows have
been made by the United States De
partment Of Agriculture at Its expert
ment farm. Beltsylile. Nd. and the
results are now made available gen
orally in Department Bulletin 1872,
just published. Details OF the work
were carefully planned to insure a
fair test. In every case the feed tried
out was compared with some standard
feed as similar In composition as could
be obtained. and one that might be re-
placed by the new feed If found salts
factory.
Fish Meal Found Good.
Fish meal, though not so palntable
as cottonseed meal, was found to be
worth, pound for pound. 20 to 20 per
cent more than prime cottonseed meal.
The cows would eat all that was Of
fered, and no bad effects on the physl-
cal condition Of the cows were noted.
The flavor Of the milk apparently was
not affected in any way either by ex-
posing the milk to the odor Of FISH meal
or by feeding the cows four pounds of
the fish meal before milking.
Peanut feed containing 27.25 per
cent crude protein possesses a nutri-
tive value not exceeding "a per cent
Of prime coitonseed meal. It Is thought
that the protein content affords fair
ly reliable guide In estimating the
value of this feed in comparison with
eottonseed meal.
Potato meal is worth not more than
rs per cent as much as cornmeaI.
The maximum value that eau be as
signed to velvet-bean meal Is 65 per
cent that Of cottonseed meal.
Sweet potato meal appears to be
almost as valuable as cornmeal.
Potato sIlage, and corn silage were
found to possess about the same feed.
ing value.
Apple-pectin pulp compared with
dried beet pulp was found to be less
palatahle and less efficient as feed.
Hydrolyzed sawdust is unpalatabie.
contains but little nutriment and can
be fed only In small quantities. The
maximum value that can be assigned
to the sawdust is las per cent of that
Of cornmeal.
SuppIementIng With MoIasses
supplementing with molasses a ra-
ton that is already. suitable is not
economical. Compared with m equal
value of hominy feed the moiasses ap-
pears slightly less valuable. Molasses
renders feeds of poor quality more
palatable and induces a greater con-
sumption of nutrients, a matter Of i'm
portance in feeding exceptionally high
producing cows.
Details of the experiments are con-
tained In the bulletin, which may be
had free, as long as the supply lasts,
upon request OF the United States De-
partment Of Agriculture. Washington.
D. c.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

Tanlac has been our constant
friend for years, and my wife and my
self and eight children are all enjoy
ing wonderful health, largely due to
this medicine" is the remarkable
statement Of Harry II. Plstole, $40
Archer St, Waco. Texas.
'In my own case Tanlac has done
what seemed TO be impossible. When
l began taking II my stomach was
in such bad fix that 1 had to live
on a milk and egg diet and I was
almost a skeleton. / had been fiat on
my back In bed and under treatment
for IS months and felt that my time
was about up.
"After my case had been given up
as hopeless and ! thought I was be
yond redemption relative put me on
to Tanlac, and the result is, gained
20 pounds, and enjoy as good health
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Keeping Accounts
Reveals Weakness
Iowa Farmer Able to Obtain
Larger Return for Labor.

Prepared BY the United States pcpartmsns
81 Anriculturs.l
what farmers are doing through
Keeping and analyzing their farm ac
counts under the direction Of agricul.
turai extension workers is illustrated
by m Iowa farmer who, according to
reports 10 the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture, has been nhle TO
obtain an appreciably larger return for
bis labor through changes that a bet.
ter understanding Of the strong and
weak points In his farming system sng.
gested. This farmer has kept accounts
over two years. He found at the end
OF the first year that crops which he
red TO live stock brought him more
money than when sold outright and
that his methods Of handling hogs
were efficient. His figures showed
him. however, that his cows were
poor. averaging only S34 per COW for
dairy products. Comparing his figures
with those Of other farms In the state,
he also found the number Of acres
cultivated per man on his farm, as
well ms the number OF acres per horse,
were below average.
Acting on the Information his nc
count book gave him, this farmer
rented more land and replanned his
twelve small, irregular fields, making
them into nine fields Of better proper.
ton, so that the crop area per man
was Increased 90 acres and the area
per horse increased three acres. He
sold two scrub cows and bought three
cows Of good dairy records. When he
figured his accounts for the second
year and compared the two years. he
found that the income from the farm.
after paying nil expenses and interest
on the amount Of money invested, had
been Increased over $3.50.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

A flapper and her best boy were
seated alone together on the sofa. lis
tening In for tie first time with the
latters new wireless set. Nor did the
fact that both of them were wearing
their headphones prevent them from
snatching an occasional kiss. Just as
they were In the middle of one par.
ticularly longdrawn-out embrace came
the title OF the next song: take
Those Lips Away" "Oh George"
gasped the girl, ms she drew back.
blushIng. "Oh. George. they can see
usi"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Hens Don't Like Rive

Rye is not especially desirable for a
grain feed for pulIets or hens. Chick.
ems do not care for the taste of rye,
and there is not especially concentrate
ed feed value in rye to make It more
desirable than wheat, oats or corn.
However. barley, kafir and buckwheat
are often substituted in a scratch feed
mixture for growing pullets or laying
hens The more feed hen takes, the
more she will lay, so that it is a good
thing to scatter the scratch feed In
straw or roughage
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Don't Crowd Poultry

The principal thing in the poultry
business is doing the right thing at the
right time. Don't undertake too much
or more than you can master. Our
greatest trouble is that we want TO
keep pushing ahead too fast, faster
than other work and conditions war
rant. Things. frequently don't seem
10 develop like We expect; 1t is simply
because OF the lack of patience and
consequently we try too much. Good
feed, fed to good hens in good quarters
will Oil the egg basket
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
To Prevent Milk Fever
Cows Should Not Be Fat

To prevent milk fever. cows should
not be allowed to become very fat at
ealving time Their ration should be
rather light, but should not be changed
abruptly. A dose of half a pound of
glauber's salts may be given a day or
two before calying. and the dose re.
peated when the cow becomes fresh.
The cow should be watched closely
and If the symptoms of milk fever are
noticed competent veterinarian
should be called Immediately. If
treated promptly, cows affected with
milk fever seldom die, but the veter.
marian must know how to administer
treatment promptly and effectively.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

6AnH0dN.
creatures don't
come up to me each time they see me
saying:
Dear me, Pygmy Elephant. how
you've grown. Why, you were a little
thing last time l saw you. hardly
recognized you at first. What a fine
big elephant you're becoming
"No. they can't say that to me be
cause I grow so slowly. When ] am
seven or eight years old am Of age
that is, am full-grown. By that time
] am about six feet taH.
i've seen children at the zoo and
they've thought they were eating a
great deal If they ate three bananas.
Even two they thought a good deal. :
But I eat forty a day. That's an
appetite worth having. At least It is
worth II TO me. for get the bananas.
II would not be worth having II !
didn't get the bananas.
II eat apples and oranges and figs
and dates and prunes, too.
Every day also drink five cans Of
a special kind of condensed milk.
II don't do things in any little small
way. Nothing small about my power
to drink milk.
81 have oatmeal for breakfast every
once in awhile and eat rice pudding
sometimes.
$50 you see I'm quite an eater. But
look at me and see how strong look.
Doesn't my gray skin look In the
best condition. And my gFay ears lie
so fiat against my body though they
wave little and flap a little as run
and play.
81 belong to the Pygmy Elephant
family and we never grow as the usual
elephants do. came from West AZ
RIGA, in the Congo. but here find 1t
very nice.
There is Alice-she is a regular.
usual. full-grown elephant. She likes
me. She has taken fancy to me, and
the big elephants are all nice with
me.
BuI AilCt- WOuiu HhS W pttttHu
that she was my mamma and that /
was her child.
q will have none of that The one
love best Of all is my keeper-bet-
ter than any of the big elephants
though l am mannerly and polite to
them but not exactly affectionate.
81 will follow my Keeper anywhere.
He calls me Tiny. 1t Is his pet name
for me.
II am really a quite unusual. ele-
phant-African elephants are never
seen so much as the Indian ones, and
then I'm an unusual African elephant.
"But l cannot talk to you much
more. I cannot tell anything more
about myself
II really won't be able to do any
tricks for you or to play and show
you how l do that, nor anything else
Just now.
"You see, l must begin my dinner.
have to take good deal of time
over II.
"You can understand that. If you
ate all l did. all the milk and the
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Born Salesman

A small boy was complaining 10 3
sympathetic nelghbor Of his fathers
suddenly acquired penuriousness. He
wasn't giving his offspring money for
ice. cream and soda water as before
and the latter was greatly stirred over
the change In his parents nature.
"Papa's saving his money, but / tell
him It's foolish" he observed.
Saving, eh?" commented the neigh.
Dor.
Eyes. Papa said he's saving to buy
a baby, but think I'll be able to talk
him out of it."-New York Sun and
Globe.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
TeIephone For the Deaf

Use Of the eheekbone as a conduc.
tor to the auditory nerve. coupled with
the ampIiflcatlon OF speech, has pro.
duced a telephone for the deaf. Per
sons who have not heard for years are
said to be able TO receive long dis
lance messages through this appa-
ratus. which is being tested by the de
partment of telephones of the Sas-
Satchewan goyernment-Popular Sci
.nce Monthly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
10 Mend Broken chino

MIX a teaspoonfuI of alum and a
tablespoonful Of water and place 1t
in hot oven until It is quite trans
parent Wash the broken pieces In
hot water and, while warm. coat the
broken edges thinly and quickly, as
1t sticks Instantly. Your china thus
mended will bear hot water and or
binary usage;
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as anybody could wish.
my wife was all broken down IN
health. But now she weighs l55
pounds, and is strong and well and
am giving Tanlac credit for 1t. We
give Tanlae to the children to tone
them up and make them grow, and
nobody ever had healthier set Of chill
dren than we have.
"Tanlac Is certainly the greatest
medicine on earth for anyone whose
life is wrecked by bad health. We
sure DO have a great deal to praise
TanIae for at my house."
TanIae is for sale by all good drug
gists. Accept no substitute. Over 40
million bottles sold.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Good Time Assured

Il understand party of Snake
Ridgers are coming over to the Gulcb
to play poker"
YEP replied Cactus Joe. "we
thought we might as well try to be O
little neighborly."
But these boys have the reputation
Of using marked cards"
That's all right. If my Of 'em
wins, we have bundle of counterfeit
money ready to pay off with"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Foot and Leg Troubles

sealy leg and humble foot are two
troubles often found in the poultry
flock that can be prevented by simple
treatments. Scaly leg is a diseased
condition most frequently found among
older fowls. 1t is caused by small
mites that burrow under the scales Of
the shanks and feet. where they multi
ply In great numbers.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
An Ohio Mother Reports

Columbus, Ohio. - "When my
daughter became IA years Of age che
was ailing very much. The doctor
gave her medicine, but she was very
weak, and be always had to write ex-
cuses for her as she could not attend
the gym classes, and ! often had
to keep her home from school. had
taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound for my nerves and run
down condition, so ! gave her three
doses daily, and also Lydia =. Pink
hams Blood Medicine. Our friends
are surprised to see how fine and tall
she Is getting and how well she Is.
will gladly answer letters and give
you a fine recommendation for other
mothers. = Mrs. MARIE MIELKE,
el4 Elmer Street, Columbus, Ohio.
Over 100000 women have so far
replied to our question. "Have you
received benefit from taking Lydia z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound 7"
e8 per cent. ofthese replies answer
eyes. Thatmeans that e8 outof ev-
cry 100 women who have taken this
medicine have been helped by it
For sale by druggists everywhere.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
They Thou Q h I
They Were Eat
ing a Gre at
Deal.
Eggs Were Boiled Cold

Little Dorothy lat breakfsst)-My
egg is quite cold; is yours. too7
Little Hazel-Yes; wonder what
makes them that way7
Little Dorothy--I guess cook made
mistake and boiled them in cold
water.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Children Cry for Castor"
Harmless Substitute for Castor Oil, ParegorC, Drops
and Soothing Syups = No Narcotics!

Motheri Fleteher's Castoria has
been in use for over 80 years to relieve
babies and children of Constipation,
Flatulency, Wind Collie and DIarrhea
allaying Feyerishness arising there
from, and, by regulating the Stomach
and Bowels. aids the assimilation OF
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

To remove plmples and blackheads
smear them with Cuticura Ointment.
Wash on In five minutes with Cutl-
cura Soap and hot water. Once clear
keep your skin clear by using them for
daily toilet purposes. Don't fail to in
clude Cuticura Talcum. Advertisement.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Women and the Radio

''Funnyl My wife prefers the tele-
phone to the radio"
Naturally She gets chance 10
answer back.r-simpliclsslmus, Mu-
mich.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
YOUR DAUGHTERS HEALTH
Mothers of Ailing Daughters, Attention
Flow Two Mothers Helped Their Daughters
by Giving them. Lydia E. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound

what Il does She had not taken the
first bottle before Il began 10 help
her, and we will always say that
Lydia F. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the best medicine she ever
took. Mrs. L. DARBY, GIL N. 18th
Street Richmond. Indiana.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Muat Aak Ouestiona

"oh, Emma" exclaimed the weary
mother. don't ask so many ques-
tionsl"
"But, mamma" queried the little
one. "if don't ask questions what can
l askf"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

Tanlac Vegetable pills for eonsti-
patton; made and recommended by the
manufacturers Of Tanlac.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

In literature there are so many
things necessary for you to read that
are unmitigatedly stupid.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Rich Phosphate Deposits

Much interest has been aroused in
Austrian agricultural circles by the
discovery that many of the hundreds
of eayerns found in the Austrian alps
contain valuable deposits of bat guanc
and other phosphates of animal origin.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Clever and Foolish

"once a girl has made man think
he's clever, he's capable of any fool
ishness."
"a man cannot give woman great
er joy than to suggest that she is
vamp-a wicked. beautiful, heartIess
vamp."-From "on the veranda,H by
Holloway Horn
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

Every mother possesses informa-
tion of vital importance to her young
daughter, and the responsibility for
the girls future is largely in her
hands.
When a school girls thoughts be-
come sluggish, when she suffers the
consequences Of wet feet, pain, head
aches, fainting spells, loss Of sleep
and appetite and is irregular, her
mother should have q care for her
physical condition and give her Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
which has proved a reliable aid to ma
ture for just such conditions In so
many cases.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

We arouse in others the attitude we
hold toward them.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Dope That Deters

self-satisfactIon is the anesthetic 10
all progress.-Boston Transcript.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
First Bottle Helped Her

Richmond, Indiana. Sci am send
ing this letter to tell you how much
good Lydia E. Pinkhsm's Vegetable
Compound did my daughter. She
was troubled with nervousness 80 that
she was restless at night, and then
she could not sleep and she was afraid
Of everything. She could not work
as she was not strong enough, and
she had to quit school at IA because
she was i'll so much. The doctor said
she had anervous breakdown and her
system was all run down. She had
pains IN her right side and through
her back, and the medicine she took
did her no good at all e ] saw Lydia
E. Pinkham's advertisement In our
paper, telling all that the Vegetable
Compound had done for other women,
so said, We will try 1t out and see
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19


eat forty bananas
That is a good
appetite for a lit.
tie tw GA n d-a-
half-year-oId Pyg
my Elephant to
have.
"Of course you
might not say ]
was so very tiny.
but for an ele-
plant | am small.
II am thirty
nine inches high
at present and I
weigh four hun
dred pounds.
II grow rather
slowly, which is
nica for than
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
OrnithoIo9y

At the entrance to the geological
gardens a man approached a keeper.
Have you really got flying fish
hereY
'Yes."
"I'll have to see 'em. Which is the
way to the bird cagesT"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

Food; giving natural sleep without
opiates. The genuine bears signature Of
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

More Suitable
what has become of the fine old
names of Prudence and Patience7"
'"They wouldn't be appropriate
these days" replied the old crouch.
'If I had a couple of daughters I'd
christen them Extravaganza and Hys-
terra. "-Boston Transcript.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

forty bananas L
am sure you
would find that
your eating took
up quite a little
time, anyway"
The Pygmy Ele-
plant looked at
the people and
put his trunk in
his mouth = not
all the way, Of
course, but Just a
little, as a person
will put a finger
in their mouth
not for any rea-
son In particular.
Then he saw
the keeper COM
ing and he turned
his back upon the
people.
Forty bananas a
portant to him tina
Forty visitors ca
Forty bananas
brought TO him. a
had eaten them all
That was the
bananas and visit
was one of the diff
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
Hard to Toke Good Adpice

/ can easier teach 20 what were good
to be done than be one of the 20 to
follow mine own teachings Shake
speare.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19

MY friend" asked the missionary,
"are you travelling the straight and
narrow path7"
In silence the man handed over his
card which read: "Signor Ballanclo,
Tlghtrope Walker."-From the Square
Deal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1924-09-19
EEDddGyS
W3DEyeRiN8
Fairy Tale
WFAARY 6RAHAi1 Z BOWER
ELEPHANTS 40 BANANAS

81 eat them every day" said the
Pygmy Elephant. ayes. every day J
Seward daily gateway., 1924-12-11
MAID OF ORLEANS LOCKED IN ICE
 HERSCHEL ISLE
BELIEVED TO BE LOST, BUT RE- PORTED SAFE-PASSEN GERS AND CREW SAFE

FAIRBANKS. Alaska, Dec. H. Defeated in their efforts to reach Vic toria Land, the Seattle power schoon- CT Maid of Orleans, which was given up for lost, is locked in the ice at Herschel Island with her passengers and crew safely housed for the win ter
 Aboard the Maid of Orleans are Miss Alice Supplee, Seattle high school teacher; Capt. Christian Klen- genherg and crew of eight men,
 The news was brought here today by Capt. T. P. O'Kelly, c. H. Clarke, Rudolph Johnson, E. J. Gall and Am prose Agnaveluk, survivors. of the lost schooner Lady Kindersley, arriv- ing here by dog team from their long trip from Herschel Island