Show r ii : th United Staten Department Airlculture ) Definite headway in rat control requires not the mere killing off of rats In markets as they are encountered or wherever homes yards poultry the they abound but more especially of those conditions removal that are for the rats according to responsible the biological survey of the United States Department of Agriculture (Prepare ) by o( Shut Off Food Supply Rats require food and shelter and where these are lacking they cannot Modern building construction persist as practiced in our and sanitation more progressive cities rats deprive of suitable living and breeding places and shut off their usual food supply Rat proofing clauses In local building and more strict regulaordinances tions In local sanitary codes Including the proper collection and disposal of garbage and the of prevention on trash and waste accumulations will do more to premises private In reduction bring about permanent the number of rats than any other measure Rat proofing - of new -- buildings - is entirely practicable and should be reIt would not be quired in all cases however to require rat practicable proofing of nmny of the older buildings As long as this Is true and as long as rats aie able to obtain a food supply It will be necessary to destroy Rut no reul progress them In rat control Is possible when the destruction of these pests t left to the individual from surfor relnfestatlon rounding infested premises Is continuous for thoroughly Arrangements areas to are larger essential treating successful results THE FEATHERHEADS The Green-eye- Monster d U Work Together A number of cities working In cowith and under the leaderoperation ship of the biological survey are now on systematic and scientific carrying rat control with excellent results This bureau will be glad to assist in and In some cases In carplanning co operative out rat control rying The problem of rat control projects Is one of the community even of the the state and the nation It county Is recognized as an Important world for not only do rats destroy problem millions of dollars’ worth of valuable foods and property but they carry filth borne disease wherever they go Profitable to Discard Misshapen Potato Seed Vlfi SAM IWiMWXE wSlXMQS YOU HAVEN T toaSYEFf CHANGED DO ECMSHNPSS 00 RtMEMKR WHAT SlllV WERE FEE? CHILDGEN SAME WOt Joyce just as PCETTV AS IVCQ 1- THEV HEAD STAQT HAYS ON A LITRE US ' Many potato growers are finding It profitable to throw out the long slender or badly misshapen tubers from their seed These tubers carry the virus of the spindle tuber disease The yield from them Is practically nothing When buving seed avoid any lot of seed which enrries a large number of these "run out” potatoes Remember when buying seed potatoes you are not buying a bushel of potatoes but rather you are making an Investment In a crop It may be a profitable one or It may be unprofitable Good seed Is worth more money for It yields a higher return on the Investment WONT VOU CALI ME - Authentic Information Given in Seed Catalogues t K-iV C Wtf Kmpipir Unlos FINNEY OF THE FORCE Reilly Will Have a Good Cry whether Vegetable home growers should consid garden or commercial er cnrefuHy the source quality nnd If you vailcty of seed to he planted have located a good source endeavor to get seed of Identical parentage for use this year Send for catalogs of several seedsmen hut do not shop around too tmuh extravagant vague statements regai ding varieties should he disregarded hut much authentic Infoimation may he obtained from reliable seed catalogs Agricultural Squibs 1 Oil will prolong many years the life of harness Watch costs and markets and profits will take care of themselves Early and late vegetables are usual than mid seuson ly more profitable crops According to agricultural college fig nres farm buildings should be repaint ed every three nnd half years and shipper crop grower Every should be certain he knows when and how to harvest and how to grade and pack In storing nnd handling Economy grain will nld In reducing the over head and Increase the Income from the grain crop Iegume hays are rii'li In' lime nnd bran ami the oil meals are rich In Keedl”g them helps to phosphorous reduce mineral slmrt ge nre stveral spec les of cut ms under sevenl common names The damage is Hu dtr for all sppi lo nnd their life histnty Is much n! ke There wot "r vxJl-'O WMttra Newspaper Coin v' t v:v iVJ- 1 o should he enough cattle on a farm to cmiMime the nlfatft If It has to be haled nnl shipped the ex pene mid work Is too great to pay for tbt shipping and baling There AyU'£NQL United lute Department (fnptrti by th of Agriculture While the baa long been recognized as a useful machine as In the corn belt its effectiveness a destroyer of corn borers In corn fodder bus given It a new significance Shredding solves one of the most diffiIn a corn borer cleancult problems up program according to entomologists of the United States Department of Agriculture by affording an effi clent and practical means of disposing of the cornstalks that might otherwise carry the borers through the win- VJhenFood Sours Lota of folks who think they bard an acid condihave tests they my Indicate “Indigestion" could beonly Shredding corrected In five that kills of from 98 to 100 per cent tiontenwhich An effective or minutes of the borers may ba obtained and soon Ilka Phillips Milk of Magnesla that any that escapa death- - In ihe restores ‘digestion to hormaU machine probably peiish during the does away with all that Phillips of storing or feeding the process sourness and gas right after meals It shredded material The maximum the distress so apt to occur kill Is obtained whew'stalks are cut in prevents two hours after eating What a pleaslengths of one half Inch or less And how to take ant Other advantages attributed to ihe good preparation Unlike a It is for the system husker shredder are cited by the dose of soda — which Is but burning farm management specialist of tlu de- temporary relief at best — Phillips partment In Farmers’ Bulletin 1589 F Milk of Magnesia neutralizes ninny on The Husker Shredder Eastern times Its volume In acid Corn Bet Farms Just Issued This Next time a hearty meal or too rich Jtmlletiu Is based laigely on Informaa diet has brought on the least dls- tion secured in a"co operative study comfort try — In of the expei fences of furmers Ohio Michigan Indiana nnd Illinois wiio use husker shredders In harvesting their corn crop A copy of the bulletlu may he obtained United by writing to the States Department of Agriculture D C Washington ter ' PHILLIPS F Milk of Magnesia Bud Grafting on Trees Really Simple Process Bud grafting or "budding” as it Is often culled Is the pioeess of eye ur 'Bud fi orb one tree or shrub to another and Is really a simple process when once the operator “knows how” There are a few essential points however that are frequently overlooked and one of the principal ones of these Is to have the bark of the stock so that It slides freely Almost every man or boy from the country can remember in bis earlier days the making of a whistle from small wood of the willow and how necessary It was for the bark to peel to make it Now this Is Just the condition properly for the bark to be In for successful bud and when the stork to he grafting grafted upon Is In this condition success Is almost sure to follow August Is the season In mnny sections for of peaches cherries plums and other fruits and also roses and other ornamentals One of the secrets of budding nnd grafting Is to perform the opiiatlon quickly be foie the sap of the plant gets a chance to oxidize and as It Is an old adage that “practice makes perfect" the professional grafter or builder nearly always scores moie success than the amateur in this line Way to Clean Brooder by Using Heavy Paper A good way to keep the floor of a brooder clean Is to cover the floor with heavy paper Over tlus scatter or cut straw When the beeomes soiled It Is removed litter nnd all and burned or burled It Is much easier ro replace both the paper und litter than to scrub the floors when soiled Then too the brooders are always dry whereas If they must be scrubbed often they me liable to be damp sometimes and then look out for roup will on Dampness bring rup In young chicks nnd Is sometimes so fatal and does Its work of destruction so quickly that one lias no chance to use a remedy If one can he found It Is much more fatal to young rhlcks than to tnatuied fowls litter papr Cultivate Everbearing Strawberries All Year strawberries need lots Everbearing of cultivating and hoeing It Is Dot to Keep the weeds out hut necessary the ground should he worked fre quently whether there are any weeds or not as the everbearers do not like to be left standing In a hard sol! even If there are no weeds So keep the ground stirred so that there is a mulch of loose soil around them at nil times If you want them to do their best for you Everbearing strawberries make a fine addition to the menu on our table In the fall of the year helping to make that much needed variety and change which some sage has said Is “spice of life” Cutting Forests Where forests are cut down with no provision for Immediate regrow th the economic effects reach out fur beyond industries nove the lumber business bank deaway wages are reduced decrease farmers lose their posits revenues markets railroad shrink schools deteriorate good roads are fewer tax burdens pile up and iihan doiied farms abound Control Cutworms Cutworms are among the most Insects troublesome with which the gardener and the farmer have to deal Their principal damage Is done in the spring when thev cut off young plants at or near the surface of the ground Ontwoims are not difficult to control The most effective and the most prne tur-method Is to punon Pern with poisoned bran mush Speaking Well for it Bently — Why don’t you try my tailor old man? Branson — Does he use good material? Bently — rifioutd say he doe&T Why I had a suit that lasted almost up to the time I paid for It ito Bites HANFORD’S Balsam of Myrrh bk for linrxy flnt bottle All dealer If not saited From Cotton When James Coats began to tnuke thread In the little town of Ferguslle 104 years ago few Paisley Scotland could have realized the enormous profits thut would accrue to the family Nine “cotton kings" headed by Lord Glentanar who left an estate valued died millionaires at £4024203 and the recent death of Mrs Coats Boyd who left £748118 brings the total to £21205274 for ten members of the Of tills anming sum amassed family fiom the sale of reels of cotton the In death state has claimed £5104528 I amily duties — Montreal Herald Money Fine Art on a William Mckee umimenting very famous ease hcfoie the California said with a smile: legislature A good "Liars are born not made liar Is almost as muih of a rarity as a strictly honest man nnd I firmlv lieve it takes more talent to lie a liar thnn It does to he honest ‘Tor one tiling a good liar nnist have a good memory” Boy Burglan Spanked An old fashioned the va spanking rlety popular In grandpa’s day was the senttnee meted out to two youngsters by a judge of Alamosa Calif They hnd broken Into a grocery store The court advocated similar procedure In the case of other Juvenile offenders Dem Angel Voice Calling “Has your new play au unhappy ending?” “Tes It closes Saturday night’’— Life SO WEAK SHE COIIWT WALK Helped By Taking Lydia E Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound Gretna was born La— “After my I took Lydia E first child Pinkhara s Vegetable Com- pound for a rundown condition I could not walk across my room at times I was so Weak A friend duced ms to take the Vegetable Compound Since that time I have also taken Lydia E Plnkham’s Herb — Medicine and the rills for Constipation and I have used Lydia E Pinkham’s Sanative Wash I am a housekeeper and I am still taking the Vegetable as a Compound tonic to enrble me to do my work”— Mbs E F Vxckxais 829 Hancock SU Gretna La Headache PL An N? -- NATURE'S RKMIBT Tablet— will promptly the K Beetled bowel action clear u waste end pot eon (rm your i aystem end bnmr relief at once The trild trt raMGIIT W OJ '"VsebU !'UeeTrylt AIRIOHI c For Sale at AH Dragglat f |