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Show COVERED RACK FOFt FEEDING Excellent Shelter for Animals SOUTH CAROLINA FLORIST EXPERIMENTS WITH DAHLIA In Win. ter Where Corn Fodder, Hay or Grain Is Fr. Tells Interesting Story of Success With Flower of Double Variety From SeedSome Very Beautiful. Combination House. for breeding, feeding and fattening The pen part Is Intended to be a concrete wall at least 4 feet high, with an outidde door to each compartment; also all departments connected by means of sliding doors operated from the outside. The granary Is meant to be 10 feet high on top of the pens, and set back 1 foot on the Inside to allow for room to bogs. Feed or Rack. 18 season. BREAKING A KICKING HORSE 1 Horseman Glvea Excellent Method of Curing Refractory Animal of Vicious Habit. End View. , In reply to an Inquiry aa to how to get feed Into the trough. Above the break a horse of kicking when hitched cribs Is a straw loft to provide bed- up, Mr. A. E. Kellogg, of Texas, in ding for young pigs. Homestead, gives his method of breaking a kicking borse as follows: Harness your borse as ahown In the CANKER SORE MOUTH IN PIGS design, the wavy tinea representing the kick rope. Then take a strap, Comparatively Slight Ailment Easily a crupper la the best, cut out the buckle tongue, put around the ankle Cured if Animals Are Properly Fed and Sheltered. just above the hoof, after which take a rope just long enough to allow the horse to walk. Fasten one end my A. 8. VALKNTINB. V. 8 Most farmera are familiar with the to the bit with a snap, pass back ordinary forms of aoro mouth In over top of hamee, make a knot in young pigs, which In a comparatively alight ailment and readily cured. It Is Indicated by redness and swelling of the gums and lining membranes of the mouth and may result In a few well-worke- shallow ulcera. Dipping the head of the affected K over and over again dally In a warm two per cent, solution of permanganate of potash usually suffices to quickly restore normal conditions of the membranes, provided the pigs occupy clean pens. tt properly fed. have good constitutions and are sufficiently exercised. It is an altogether different matter, however, when pigs are kept In filthy quarters, where they are fed Improper The Kicking Horse. food and are deprived of adequate exercise, sunlight and fresh air. rope about balf way between hamee A filth germ, known as Itarlllus and ring on back-band- , put rope 1,- - ! . ii-- . - Aviator. Louis. Theodore St. Roosevelt made an aeroplane flight on Tuesday and aald it was tbe finest experience He traveled twice of bia lifetime. around the aviation field at Klnloch, eighteen miles west of St, Louis, In three minutes and 20 seconds. He waved his hand at the crowd of thou' sands on the field below, most of whom were too dumfounded and frightened to move. When the ma chine .alighted easily, a few feet from the starting place, a mighty Bhout of applause and relief went up. Arch Hoxsey, a Wright aviator, with whom Colonel Hoosevelt made his flight, said that his passenger made a good fellow voyager for such a trip, except that, instead of being afraid, he was having such a good time that Hoxsey was afraid he would fall out or Interfere with the engine, which waa roaring at his side. The colonel waved his hands at the crowd below so vigorously that Hox Bey called out to him: "Keep your bands on the rail, col "torn. (HI I Jsr!l JI?lari'i trtJlWi -- HOKUM -- SCD'S THK NAISIC MIOICINK or IB SKIT C COLDS for COUGHS A FEW THINGS. Colonel Roosevelt, who had forgot ten to hold himself In, waved his bands tonce more and tben obeyed or ders. Tbe colonel's flight waa a complete surprise to everybody. Although he had been Invited to go, no one bad Reggy Bah Jove, I'd like to chasthe least idea that be would do so, and he himself did not decide until tise those blawsted reporters! Cyril Why boT the moment before he stepped lato Reggy We bave been Insulted. The tbe machine. other day the firemen rescued us fellows from the burning clubhouse, and ALLEGED LUMBER TRUST. now the reporters have the account "A Few Things Saved, but headed, Department of Justice Investigating Nothing of Value." Operations Throughout the - growth just to see where it would go to. It finally decided to atop at the height of nine and a balf feet, and tben tbe exquisite bloom bung over in such a graceful way, showing a flower almost black with a bright, yellow center about the size of a The petals looked like heavy piece. silk velvet, and the blooms were as Some large as my tubers produced. of the others were equally as beautiful, one being a magenta, with the back of the petals striped in white; another waa a fawn shade and very odd; another waa yellow outlined on each petal with red, and atill another was a peculiar shade bordering on a brick-dus- t color, the back of tbe petals being yellow. Tbla combination was perfectly beautiful, and thought by many who saw It to be the loveliest in the lot In all, I aecured 32 plants, and every one waa a gem. 25-ce- MORE POTATOES SL Paul, Agents in Minneapolis, Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and smaller cities In the east have turned in their reports. Complaints bavq been reaching the department fronf dealers and builders, as well as individual consumers, alleging tbe price of dressed lumber Is fixed by agreement and unduly raised by powerful Interests which control the lumber In- dustry. Charges of blacklisting, elimination and competition and divisions of territory also are maoe. IMPORTANT CASES CO OVER. 8upreme Court Readjusted Because of Failure to Have Full Bench. Because of failure to Washington. bave a full bench In the supreme court of the United States a general readjustment of Important cases set last spring for consideration this autumn was made Tuesday by the court. Tbe Standard Oil and the tobacco t auits, under the Sherman law, were postponed for rehearing from November 14 to January 3. So were the cases involving the question of the correct penalty to be Imposed on violators of tbe twenty-eigh- t hour law, regulating tbe shipment of livestock,' and interpretation of the national pure food and drug act. It Is expected that successors to Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Moody will bave taken their places by that lime of anti-trus- Livestock For a good many years tbe general farmer has contented himself with occasionally going over bis potato plants with a bucket and a stick In an attempt to eradicate entirely the destructive potato beetle or "bug." In a way. Ibis has answered the purpose, lne tbe plants were saved from being entirely consumed by the hordes of iasect pests that continually swarmed up from nowhere, but of course It was Impossible to rid each plant of all the btigs that infested it. Pom of tbe eggs were aure to remain and batch. Then there were the many varied plant dlseads to which tbe tubers were subjected and a few years ago no methods were available to effectually control them, since no systematic study bad been given to this branch of agriculture. ElNOTES I Carelessness In handling tigs Is a bad habit to form. In form the Ioreta are not so far unlike the Houthdown. Tbe hog Is a waste saver. It stops many a leak in the farm. Bows and young pigs should be on pasture as soon as possible. Old sows are a class by themselves so far as quality of meat goes. Rape pasture is cheaper than feed and should be used. Fait Is the shepherd's friend, as It makes bis flock love him and follow bis leading. Too many farmers have failed to appreciate the possibilities of rye as hog pasture. In sorting the breeding flock attention should be paid to establishing uniform AN Realizing that more scientific methods should be adopted to successfully combat these different pests, tbe New ' Used Boy aa a Shield. York experiment station at Geneva York. New Charles Fischer, aged made some very Interesting and careful experiments In recent years, tbe 12. was swung writhing and screamresults of wblcb have lately been pub- ing trom tbe sidewalk by a man who used the boy's body to check a bullet lished In bulletin form. Their research revealed that fre- fired by Harry Greenwald, an ex pugiquent sprayings during the dry sea- list.' , Tbe missile pierced the child's sons of the year effected much better brain and be died within an hour, and pur-tuplant conditions and a proportionately Greenwald, terror-strickeIncreased potato crop. by citizens and police, dashed Into a hallway and committed suicide. Out of eleven volunteer experiments, there waa shown an average Tbe man who used the boy as a Mi j name Is not gain per acre, due to spraying, of 6SH screen escaped. bushels. The average net cost of known to the police. Greenwald was spraying per acre waa 84 cents and about 23 years old and was known at tb average price of potatoes at dig- "pit" Clark. ging time was 0 cent per bushel. A little mental arithmetic makes It eelf. ) Treated Candidate Too Rough. 4 evident that It pays to spray. " and it waa found that the chirks on the sod coveted floor were stronger, freer of disease and thrived better In every way than chicks In brooder with no earth covering for the floor. KanMi Prrattrw Kaiser Has Die From this experiment the Idea waa towered and Into Practice evolved that earthen floors were the Mean of PrcwenOnar Lnrii proper kind for young chirks and continued experiments were made on a MorUllty Amonf Chick. large scale. Th black earth floor was tried with A well known Kansas City poultry 25.000 chicks and proved so succcstftil Brjan, F.rnest Ke'lerstrass. has discovered and put Into practise a new that le than five per cent of ordinmeans of preventing the common ary brooder raised chicks die. The idea of Mr. KeIlertfMS jg large mortality of brooder chicks. The remedy Is so simple that at first board floors are too bard and W thought It appears almost ridiculous. natural for the feet of young chfeka, It consists only In tbe use of black and that soil la a soft and natural fioor for them. I!y standing on the Uard soil In the flcr of the brooder. Mr. Kellerstrass by accident, two or floor the rhlcss acquire lg weskne three years ago, noticed that a pieci. of that results In the white bowel trouble of a broker and a greral weakening of tbe )oung 'd plseed on the Iioor dry soil as a floor fjuick'y worked cm by the ctkks. blids With Thfjr ptjo,i on It and scratched on It the chirks will ear!y learn to scratch "n ' 'n woodn floor of an4 become active. Thronsn s'TUb-irVsnd exerrlsi tbe bird grow strong, Tr, er.tire floor of U,e with aod. and bence more reslstect to !!!ase. f 3 then "ov-v- d SAVES UVES OF CHICKENS tye. lnt I ! j i j i n oo, x,f'-'-TP"-r'- I OLD-TIM- CLOWN. E To determine if there is any foundation for numerous com J. B. Agler, (Tony Parker,) Praises Doan's Kidney Pills. plaints received at the department of Mr. Agler Is one of the best known justice, alleging the existence of a lumber "trust," special agents of the men In the clrcua world, having been on the road with a department are investigating tbe oper63 ations of many trade associations and show wagon other organizations in all parts of the yeara. When Interviewed at bis home country. Calendar back-band- ground Country, Washington. BY SPRAYING , tben through the ring In through hip strap and snap to strap on ankle. Fasten a abort rope In knot in other rope, then over the hames to other end of bit. There are few farms on which at least some sheep ran not be kept to great advantage. Male lambs should be castrated when one to thre week old to produce the best return. No animal on the farm ran be expected to do Its best without free arceps to good water. In buying a farm one o' the most things to consider Is the Important Watch for Disease. matter or water for the fo k. of the stilmals while at Keep watch Good salted, good looking horses of pasture as well as wh"n on dry fodder, the richt tvpe are very hard to find and Vemf mtr that the scours coxtive-n"sand do not go begging when found Is either a dangerous 0f The selection of a stallio.. must o. a disease. Ascer- very largely depend on the kind of Itself or symptom tain which It seems to be. and give a mare with which be Is to be mated. elmple. remedy at once, and then If I;egln to fed the pigs a soon as to at.l'ity to com-!a- t they will drink n;!lk or soft doul.tr j! In slops, so the case, send for a veterinarian. that they U not exhaust the sow, Hut if the farmers would keep a eloper and make her so that she will be watch over their animals thrre would in unfit condition for future farrowing re.--d of the veterinarian, who Good green pasture with milk and ' too late, or grave-- shorts, with a little corn, will keep tj. rsiiei ' ;'. f.e5 his v ork later. the pigs growing aa they should. s Double Dahlia. I want the flower loving readers to know of the success I had with dahlias from seeds. I ordered one packet, and sowed it in a box, having no idea that I bad sucb a glorious treat in store, writes a South Carolina Florist la Park's Floral Magazine. Within five days the seedlings had pushed up In little "bumps," and soon were holding their heads up, looking strong and vigorous. As soon as they were large enough to transplant. I put them in d good, loamy, soil, and I could actually see them grow. Within three weeks I noticed the color of some atalks was dark red, and others light green. Tbe buds commenced to show soon, and tben swell, and oh. tbe pleasure in watching the different colors show! Some grew faster than others, but all grew entirely to my satisfaction. There was one particular plant that grew and kept on growing and we encouraged this Texas dlae Former President Startles Throng at . feet long, and will save many times lta cost In one ilme-wate- iMMktiH istiiiM 1 A Covered rrt BIPLANE onel." $10, for one 16 Necrorhonus, usually Is prevalent In such places and finding accras to small cuts or sores upon the membranes of the mouth and akin of the nose quickly produces deep eating ulcera which In time may even affect the bones of the snout. The disease now present la termed "necrotic stomatitis" and la most serious and deadly malady. It may be prevented by providing brood sows a clean, disinfected, whitewashed, airy, sunny, fresh bedded place it. which to farrow. The bacillus mentioned Is present In the manure of swine, bence the necessity of keeping the farrowing pen clean. Also It In we'I to wimh the udder of the sow wi'h a two per cent solution of coal tnr disinfectant before the p!gs ae allowed to suck for the first time ar.d to the washings at least once dally for a week or more. As an estra precaution the little aba teeth found In the mouths of some p',g at birth should be carefully nippod off with pincers to prevent them from lacerating the tongue or from scratching the noses of the plg'a mates d'iring play or fights. r Wren He disease la seen mix frt' !v with the food of the sow, clca i tip disinfect and whitewash Ibe pen and put In frsh tedding. 8rrap each iri r thoroughly and then liehllv ratitcrlz with lunar caustic or dilute nitric arid. Ppl.'t open each boll or round tnirifh on the noe and saturate with tinture of Iodine. Afterward use tincture of Iodine freely or.ee dally on sores outside of the mouth and cfrdy a five per cent, solution of perrrangsnaf" of potash to the ulcers on the gums and lining membranes within the mouth. IN- - A St. Louis by Making Trip With One of the most serviceable buildings about the barnyard Is a covered feed rack for winter feeding of corn DOUBLE PURPOSE HOG HOUSE fodder or any variety of hay or grains. It answers also for shade during the summer and shelter for the manure Well Adapted to All General Use for deposited under It. Breeding and Feeding 8wlne The center posts should be 8 or 10 Also for Granary. inches square and 12 or 14 feet long. or 3 Set these In the ground 2 (Hy J. C. SHAVER.) feet In a straight row 6 feet apart. Tho llluBtratlona ehow a good genA Is placed on the row of eral purpoae hog house, granary, and posts plate a pair of rafters as shown and so on, adapted to all goneral uues In the picture Is fastened to each post. A sheeting of common plank Is nailed on upon which a root of straw ami or old hay Is placed. 3M0 f Strips are nailed to the rafter braces to which slats are nailed formIUHO tn.i inn YARD ing the racks. A feed trough for grains, mill feed, and roots Is built on each side. I This also catches the loose hay or tut corn which falls through, and the stock gets It cleaned up Instead of tramping It under foot. A rack like this will cost about A UP ROOSEVELT Seattle, Wash. I A. Peterson, a cable splicer, aged 23 years, brought suit on Tuesday sgainst Seattle camp 69, Woodmen of the World, and Its Initiation committee, for ti".M) dam ages, alleging that he was crippled for life by Injuries received on the night of April 21 last while being initiated Into the order. Peterson alleges that be suffered a broken left l g and ankle, his right hip was severely bruised, the back of bis head and neCk lacerated and Injured and bis back and spine wrenched. Body Sewed Up in Sack. New Orleans Wish the skull crushed and shoming other marks oi violence, the body of Frank Kpjdej, a watch maker, f4 years oM, was found on Tuesday, sewed tip In several sacks, in the old isin canal. Lisbon Under Martial Law. . Lisbon. Although the city rnians on'Irr iritnMI law pending a reorganization of the administration, the S". have Wo gradually withdrawn from the stree's, sod the people, have resumed their occupations. drs In Winfleld, Kans., he said: "J kidney trou- ble In the war, and Buffered Intensely for twelve years. Backache was so severe I could hardly walk and my rest was broken by distressing urinary trouble. Doan's Kidney Pills cured me and my cure has been permanent for five years. This is remarkable as I am In my 83rd year." Remember the name Doan's. For sale by all dealers. 60 cents ft box. Co Buffalo, N. T. Childish Reasoning. "Look at tbe brownies, papa!" exclaimed a Utile miss as she gazed upward at a Wall street skyscraper. "They are not brownies, dearie," replied papa. "They are big men, like me, but they look so tiny because they are so high." "If they .were twice as high, would they look twice as small V sbe asked, showing the mathematical turn not unnatural in tbe offspring of a successful broker. Papa answered "Yes." Sbe msde a quick calculation and Foster-MUbu- remarked: "They won't amount to much when they get to heaven, will tbeyr WASTED A FORTUNE ON SKIN TROUBLE "I began to have an itching over my about seven years ago and this settled In my limbs, from the knee to the toes. I went to see a great many physicians, a matter which cost me a fortune, and after I noticed that I did not get any relief that way, I went for three years to the hospital. But they were unable to help me there, I used all tbe medicines that I could see but became worse and worse. I bad an Inflammation which made me almost craxy with pain. When I showed my foot to my friends they would get really frightened. I did not know what to do. I waa so sick and bad become so nervous that I positively lost Whole body all hope. "I bad seen tbe advertisement of tbe Cutlcura Remedies a great many times, but could not make op my mind to buy them, for I bad already used so many medicines. Finally I did deride to use the Cutlcura Remedies and t tell you that I waa never so pleased as when I noticed that, after having used two sets of Cutlcura Soap, Cutlcura Ointment and Cutlcura Pills, the entire Inflammation bad gone. I ' was completely cured. 1 should be only too glad W people with similar disease would come to me and And out the truth. I would only recommend them to use Cutlcura. Mrs. Perth Sachs, H21 Second Ave., New York, N. Y Aug. 20, 19." "Mrs. P.ertha Sachs is my sister inlaw and 1 know well how she suffered sad was cured by Cutlcura Remedies after many other treatments failed. Morris Sachs, 321 E. 89?h 8L, New York, N. Y., Secretary of Deutarh Ostrowoer Kemp-ne- f Hebrew Henvolett Society, etc" How can a woman be expcfed to bave any regard for the truth when she Is obliged to promise to obey la VnL-Wrel- the marriage ceremony? |